Let’s Talk About What Matters Most
Death and dying aren’t always easy topics, but they’re important ones.
Join us on Sunday, July 20th between 9am and midday for our annual Death Café & Open Day - a relaxed and welcoming space to chat, connect, and ask questions about death care.
Come and chat about everything from natural body care, how much a funeral costs, to pre planning or pre paying for yourself or someone you love.
You’ll have the chance to meet our warm and experienced team of Funeral Directors, Embalmers, Celebrants, and Grief Counsellors, take a guided tour of our premises, and explore what compassionate, thoughtful care looks like.
No suits. No formal presentations. Just good coffee, kind people, and open hearted conversations with our locally based professionals.
☕️ Where: Osbornes Funeral Directors, 197 Old Taupo Road, Rotorua.
☕️ When: Sunday 20th July 2025, 9am to 12noon
☕️ No tickets required, this is a free event where you can drop in and have a chat between 9am and midday.
🍰☕️ What is the Death Cafe concept? ☕️🍰
Death and dying are something that we all face at sometime in our life, however we often don’t talk about it, and put it off to discuss ‘one day’.
Talking about it can only be a good thing; not only does coming to terms with your own mortality mean you’re more likely to live life to the full, being open about it means we can support each other, our families and ourselves when death has an impact on our lives. It makes for a healthier, happier community.
Death Café is a global concept founded by Jon Underwood, based on the work of Bernard Crettaz in 2004. The objective of Death Café is not to be seen as morbid, but rather for people to go along, drink tea, eat cake and to ‘increase awareness of death with a view of helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’.
We believe the more comfortable that people can become in talking about death and dying, the better for being able to communicate your wishes to those you love and care about.
It is important to understand what options are out there, debunk any myths, and enable you to feel at ease that your plans are in place. Death Café allows us to exchange conversations about life and death and celebrate the Art of Living and Dying in a compassionate community.
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