Everyone in New Zealand should be able to choose what sort of funeral they arrange, and at what cost.
Help us put things right..
2026 Workshops & Webinars
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 solutions are simple. Join us in putting things right.
10 steps to busting funeral debt
Our manifesto. Extending duty of care is the first step
DIY funerals
Workshops are coming to your part of the country. Order our step by step guide to a diginified and affordable funeral.
For doctors and nurses
We have a fix that is as simple as it is beautiful.
Support our work
Help get us this campaign over the line. Strength is in numbers.
Watch Death Without Debt on TVNZ’s ‘Sunday’ programme
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)
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)
