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DIY Funeral Workshop

DIY Funeral Workshop

Sat 07 Jun 2025, 11:00 PM - Sun 08 Jun 2025, 3:00 AM

Location: Wānaka Community Hub

The average cost of a funeral is $10 000 but with know-how and family and community support, a dignified funeral process can be done for around a $1000 - including a service, modest catering etc.


Presenting the workshop will be Fergus Wheeler, advocate and campaigner for Death without Debt and Su Hoskin and Liz Maluschnig, DWD presenters.


Workshops cover:

  • ​End of life, advanced care planning, wills, power of attorney and probate.
  • Paperwork issues and avoiding professional service fees.
  • Care and transport of the body
  • When you need a coffin, and when you don't. Coffin alternatives.
  • Pros and cons of cremation vs burial. New ecological methods.
  • The politics and history of funerals.
  • Community initiatives, collective action and reform
  • And much more

$40 per person.


Couple or two friends - $60.


Family (max 3) $70.

Hardship - by donation or koha


*COST INCLUDES 64 PAGE BOOKLET*


Register on the website.