Death, dying and icecream – facing my fear of death
As part of Health Central’s series on death and dying, FIONA CASSIE reflects on her own mixed experiences.
Demystifying the d-word: the need for death education in New Zealand schools
While attitudes are slowly changing, the subject of death is still cloaked in stigma and taboo. JUDE BARBACK examines calls to educate children about death, dying and ageing.
Live well, stay well, get well… die well?
With the baby boomer generation ageing fast, it is projected that number of deaths in New Zealand’s will jump 50 per cent within two decades. Is our stretched, ‘death-denying’ health system ready for the steep upswing in demand for palliative and end-of-life care? Not yet, finds FIONA CASSIE.
Hungry ghosts no more: nourishing the souls of early Chinese miners in New Zealand
The shared links between Māori and Chinese communities, including a mutual respect for their ancestors and a determination to do the right thing by their dead, are explored by staff reporter JAYLAN BOYLE.
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