Death Cafe Warkworth

13/06/2024

Death Cafe on Sunday 16th June has been cancelled due to low response. We will advise of any event dates in future.

30/05/2024

Come along and join us at our next event - facilitated by Lily 🫖🍰 please RSVP by 3pm Friday 14th June 2024

10/03/2024

There were six of us today at our second Death Cafe in Warkworth. It was enlightening and informative. Everyone had space and privacy to share their stories, ask questions and respond with answers. Links, resources, and experiences were shared. Discussion included end of life care, options for families making arrangements for death care, options around the care of deceased loved ones, including burial and cremation, the necessity for medical and legal information required, and the importance of taking ownership of your own end of life and death care. Thank you to everyone who attended and shared of themselves.

07/03/2024

REMINDER: Join us on Sunday 10th March, 2-4pm to explore questions related to death and dying in an open group setting.

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28/02/2024

We warmly invite you to the next Death Cafe on Sunday 10th March 2pm-4pm at besoul Funerals (your host and sponsor) at 12 Gumfield Drive, Warkworth.
RSVPs essential please to: [email protected] or (09) 422 2534 or in the comments below.
Join Lily and Karen for coffee, cake, and a chat. We look forward to seeing you there.

09/02/2024

An amazing podcast interview with Philipa Ross and Sharleen Greer with some wonderful insights around celebration and ceremonies and the full cycle of life. Plus wonderful links included to further resources for guidance and wisdom. Enjoy x
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2q0kV0Pe7YFWFTIswEZQwN?fbclid=IwAR2E_aviMjEb-lOB9eajS_FNl-_41bHR8WEwlqRLBBIB7GEDgEyK3ayMXIY

Listen to this episode from Waste Not Want Not on Spotify. Sharleen Greer has developed a heart centred service offering sacred ceremonies as a way to honor and celebrate every stage of our evolutionary journey through life. She shines a light on how, when we make a conscious decision to create chan...

21/01/2024

Ngā mihi to everyone who came along to our Death Cafe Warkworth today. No photos as we create a safe space with confidentiality but please enjoy this still life of skull and hyacinth!

Loads of topics discussed and experiences shared in our kōrero, especially about advance care planning, natural burial, responses to expected deaths and sudden deaths, embalming versus other cooling methods, the confusion around legal paperwork and how to claim sovereignty of your own death care.
The conversation flows organically, the knowledge we share is phenomenal. If you've never been to a Death Cafe I would highly recommend, there is so much to learn.

Thank you to Sheepworld Cafe for being amazing hosts too.

14/01/2024

Coming up this Sunday, Death Cafe returns to Warkworth. What is a Death Cafe? Read the post below by one of our facilitators for an introduction. All welcome, don't be shy. Sunday 21st January at Sheepworld, come for a 1pm start.

12/01/2024

Just one of the valid reasons to become comfortable talking about death is to reduce costs associated with funerals. How? By planning ahead, being pepared and finding out about your alternatives and rights as a consumer.

Ese Tatupu says Pasifika should speak more openly about death - often a taboo topic.