Embrace Life

12/09/2026

☕ Tauranga Death Cafe — New Venue! 🕯️

We're trying out a new spot — Greerton Library!

Come along for honest, open conversation about death, dying, and everything in between. Don't let the topic fool you — these sessions are full of warmth, curiosity, and often quite a few laughs. It's not sad or gloomy, it's just real people having a good chat about something we usually avoid talking about.

No agenda, no set topics, just conversation over a cuppa and a biscuit.

📍 Greerton Library (first time here — come help us settle in!)
📅 Saturday 26th September
🕙 10:00am – 11:30am
💰 Free
☕ Tea, coffee & biscuits
💬 Everybody welcome — just turn up

Death Cafe is a global movement — not grief support or therapy, just conversation about mortality.

05/09/2026

WHAT IF THINKING ABOUT DEATH COULD HELP YOU LIVE BETTER?

Death is one of the few experiences we all share — and yet most of us rarely talk about it.

🌿 MEETING MORTALITY – AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP 🌿

Friday 11 September | 1:00–2:30pm
📍 Greerton Library, 139 Greerton Road

Rather than avoiding the subject, come along and get curious about death.

This interactive workshop is an opportunity to explore our ideas, assumptions and feelings about mortality — and then turn our attention back to the life we are living.

💭 What really matters to you?
💭 Are you spending your time and energy on what matters most?
💭 What could you change, embrace or do more intentionally?

Because perhaps thinking about how we die can help us think more deeply about how we want to live.

Come along, have a conversation, get curious and see if meeting mortality might just change the way you look at life. 🌱

Everyone welcome.

26/08/2026

I am so excited to see so many wonderful events happening across Aotearoa for Dying Matters Week

Join us from Monday 7th to Sunday 13th September 2026 at local libraries and other community spaces in Tauranga and Rotorua.

25/08/2026

Dying Matters Week Aotearoa – Tauranga | 7–13 September 2026

This year's theme, Shaping Your Legacy, invites us to start meaningful conversations and make plans that reflect our values and wishes.

Funeral Planning & Natural Burials
Mon 7 Sept, 6–7pm, Greerton Library
Hope Family Funerals will cover funeral planning, costs, and natural burial as an environmentally conscious option.

Meeting Mortality: A Gentle Conversation About Living and Dying
Fri 11 Sept, 1–2.30pm, Greerton Library
End-of-life doulas Gaylene Delaney and Robyn Wilson explore legacy, mortality, and living more fully.

Register for both events: gowithgrace.nz/dyingmatters/bay-of-plenty-events

Tauranga Dying Matters Expo
Sun 13 Sept, 9:30am–4:00pm, Hope Family Funerals, Te Puna
Entry $10, with food and refreshments available. Please bring cash for our raffle, and koha are welcome.
Register for the Expo: events.humanitix.com/dying-matters-expo

Dying Matters Week Aotearoa is led by Go With Grace, supported by Hospice New Zealand, The Eldernet Group and the End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa (ELDAA).

We warmly invite you to join us at one, or all, of these events, and to share this with anyone who may be interested.

Ngā mihi nui

19/08/2026

Your legacy starts long before you die

What will you leave behind?

Not just your possessions or your money—but your stories, your values, your wisdom, your relationships, your wishes and the memories people carry of you.

This year’s Tauranga Dying Matters Expo explores the theme “Shaping Your Legacy”—and it’s about much more than death.

It’s an invitation to think about what matters to you now, and how the choices you make today can shape the legacy you leave behind.

Come along, ask questions, start conversations, discover what’s possible and perhaps even begin some conversations you’ve been putting off.

💬 Your legacy is being shaped every day. What do you want yours to say?

📅 Sunday 13 September 2026
📍 Tauranga Dying Matters Expo

Come along—and bring someone you love. Please share this post and help us get the conversation going. ❤️

19/08/2026

It’s here! The Dying Matters Expo 2026 programme has landed, and we think it’s shaping up to be a really worthwhile day.

Take a look at the programme in the image below 👇 and see what catches your interest. There’s plenty to explore, listen to and get involved with throughout the day.

We’re incredibly grateful to all the organisations joining us, including Embrace Life, Holland Beckett, Waipuna Hospice , Organ Donation New Zealand, Natural Burials Te Puke and more. A massive thank you to for all their hard work in bringing together a full week of events like these right across the country.

📅 Sunday 13 September 2026
🕤 9.30am–4.00pm
📍 Hope Family Funerals, Te Puna
🎟️ $10 entry

Save the date, mark yourself as Going on the event and bring someone along. We’d love to see you there ❤️

11/08/2026

🌿 DYING MATTERS EXPO 2026 – SHAPING YOUR LEGACY 🌿

Join us Sunday 13 September for a day of inspiring speakers, interesting stalls, practical information and meaningful conversations.

🎤 Hear from Te Puke Natural Burial Team, Organ Donation NZ, Waipuna Hospice, Holland Beckett Law and more.

🔥 Plus delicious food from Kenny John’s Foodtruck – The Fire Truck!

💰 Entry $10
📧 Register: [email protected]

Come along, bring a friend and start shaping your legacy. 💚

24/11/2025

Meaningful conversations over a lovely cup of coffee (or tea)

01/10/2025

💜 Death Without Debt Workshop – Tauranga 💜

We all want to honour our loved ones with a farewell that is both meaningful and dignified – without leaving behind financial stress. That’s what Death Without Debt is all about.

📅 Saturday 18th October
🕘 9:00am – 1:00pm
📍 LifeChurch, 934 Cameron Rd, Gate Pa, Tauranga

At this workshop we’ll explore:
✨ Affordable funeral planning and the options available
✨ After-death body care and what choices you have
✨ The legalities you need to know
✨ How to avoid common traps and unnecessary costs

Our goal is to help families feel empowered and informed, so that farewells can be guided by love, not financial burden.

💲 Cost: $40 per person | $60 for two | $70 for three
🙏 If cost is a barrier, koha is welcome – no one will be turned away.

✅ Every participant will receive a comprehensive workbook to take home.

➡️ To register, visit the Death Without Debt website: www.deathwithoutdebt.org.nz

Let’s talk openly, plan wisely, and ensure no family is left with debt when what they need most is support. 💜

2025 Workshops & Webinars

31/08/2025

'We don't want to talk about dying but it helps take away the fear.'