Everyone in New Zealand has the right to an affordable and dignified funeral process.

Help us put things right.

2025 Workshops Nationwide

$10,000 – the average cost of a NZ funeral

$1,000 – the cost of a dignified D.I.Y. funeral

Official paperwork requirements are forcing people into funeral poverty. The fix is simple: doctors ought to be doing the paperwork. Help us get the law changed.

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Death Without Debt’s work is supported by:

Our campaign is supported by:

Recycling for Charity,
Community Law,
Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa
The Salvation Army,
The Aotearoa/NZ Assocation of Social Workers,
Wellington Catholic Diocese Social Justice Committee. 
Waikanae Baptist Op-Shop (grant)