Let’s Talk About What Matters Most
Death and dying aren’t always easy topics, but they’re important ones.
Keep an eye out for our next annual Death Café & Open Day – a relaxed and welcoming space to chat, connect, and ask questions about death care.
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.
While there’s no Death Café or Open Day currently scheduled, feel free to reach out to our team at any time.
The Death Café 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.
Find out what others are saying about our Death Café events:
“You know something is up when a funeral home is buzzing, filled with laughter, cake, sandwiches and strong coffee…”
– Rotorua Daily Post Reporter
“This was a very special discussion and the number of people who turned up was a sign that we need to talk about death more as a Community. Osbornes helped our family and met our needs with sensitivity and caring. Thank you for starting a wider discussion that helps us all.”
– Steve Chadwick
