Beautiful, affordable, family-led funerals can be done for well under $2000, but New Zealanders are trapped in the funeral industry’s business model by dysfunctional paperwork systems and other institutional obstacles. The average price of a funeral in NZ is now $13000.  Come along and hear what you, your community can do to run beautiful, dignified funerals for well under $2000. 

Facilitated by: Rachel Robinson, Hospice volunteer, DWD national committee member

This workshop will cover:

• Funeral planning, wills, Enduring Power of Attorney, Advanced Care Plans, probate

• After-death paperwork requirements and avoiding professional service fees

• Care and transport of the body

• When you need a coffin and when you don’t.

• The pros and cons of cremation vs burial. Alternative and environmental technologies.

• The politics and history of funerals

• Community initiatives and collective action for funeral reform

• And much more . . .