Remuera Death Cafe

Death Cafe Be Mindful of Death & Live Fully

We are group of locals who get together every month to hold our own Death Cafe.

For us its a welcoming, relaxed place to have conversations abut death and dying and all the matters that arise around this part of life. We are all ages, our last meeting we ranged from 20’s to 80’s, with different cultures, spirituality and life experiences. What we have n common is the enjoyment of open conversation and time together around topics that sometimes our families or friends aren’t eager to talk about.

Our wonderful librarian Hilary, curates books ever month that she puts out. alongside tean and coffee, on the table for us to loan if we want to. Usually someone has a book from last month they want to tell us about.

You can talk, or just listen, you are welcome and we’d love you to join us.

History of Death Cafe

In 2011, Jon Underwood founded Death Cafe based on the ideas of Bernard Crettaz, and held the first Death Cafe in his home in London. 

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The objective of Death Cafe is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'. 

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Since, Death Cafes have spread quickly across World. As of today there have been 15545 Death Cafes in 83 countries. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counselling session.