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Doulas in the News


Dying Matters Week : Liz Adcock-White speaks to Compass FM.
Dying Matters Week 2026 sees many ELDAA Doulas across the country, hosting events, and speaking to media. RNZ interviewed Liz Adcock-White about planning for end of life, and navigating grief and loss. Hear the recording by clicking the link below:


Good Magazine: Death without debt: More Kiwis are reclaiming the way we say goodbye
ELDAA Vice-Chair Sherie Sullivan talks to Good Magazine about her work as an End of Life Doula, facilitating Death Without Debt workshops, and how we can reclaim the care of our dying across Aotearoa, in a deeper and more meaningful way. You can read the article by clicking the link below.


Fifth Season a Dual Support Service, North Canterbury News
ELDAA Professional member Liz Adcock-White talks to the North Canterbury News about her work as a coach and end of life Doula. You can download the article by clicking the link below.


A Better Goodbye : Stuff Sunday Magazine, July 2026
ELDAA Committee members Deborah McCullough and Treza Gallogly talk to Felicity Monk about Doulas and our work in Aotearoa. You can download the article by clicking the link below.


TVNZ Breakfast show - a follow up with Deb McCullough and Karen Barnett: March 2026
ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough supported Hospice NZ with the release of their Dying Reviews campaign. Watch this heart warming follow up to the October interview on Breakfast with Deb and Karen.


1News - What the living can learn from the dying – talking to a death doula: January 2026
An end-of-life doula is like a midwife at the other end of life, helping people and/or their families make the transition from life to death by providing emotional, spiritual and practical support. Treza Gallogly, who chairs the End-of-Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa, tells Emily Simpson about what the role requires and what she's learned from it.


Junction Magazine - When Care Comes Home: January 2026
Sherie Sullivan, ELDAA professional doula and committee member talks about how in communities across the region, more families are quietly rethinking how they care for one another at the end of life.


ehospice: News, Views and Inspiration from Around the World: October 2025
ELDAA: New Zealand’s Professional End of Life Doula Body Responds to Care Gap. “As EOLD’s we are responsive. We fill the gaps. We come with compassion and neutrality and we find out the best way to support people in accordance with who they are and what they wish. We honour the deeply human experience of dying. It’s about ensuring that every New Zealander has the chance to die with dignity, in the way that feels right for them and their whānau (family).” Treza Gallogly and


TVNZ News and the Breakfast Show October 2025
Hospice Dying Reviews ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough supported Hospice NZ with the release of their Dying Reviews campaign. Dying Reviews looks at how well businesses and organisations in New Zealand handle situations with their clients / customers when dying or death is involved. She shared her experiences from when her husband Steve was unwell and after he passed. TV1 News 15 October 2025 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmpN9EzyqhEmxDZkF-OTOOEjF03wJbOw/view


The death doula: Helping prepare for life’s final chapter September 2025
ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough talks to LawNews about her journey to becoming a Death Doula .


TVNZ Morning Show, ELDAA Interview September 2025
Treza Gallogly, sat down with Chris Chang and Jennie-May Clarkson on the TVNZ Breakfast Show, to talk about End of Life Doulas—and how we can better support our communities and care systems. It’s so heartening to hear these conversations happening at a national level, as recognition grows that we need more support—emotional, cultural, spiritual, and practical.


Capsule Magazine : 'Dying Matters: NZ’s Palliative Care Services Are Worsening – Could Funding ‘End of Life Doulas’ Greatly Improve Care for Kiwis?' September 2025
This week (September 1 – 7) is Dying Matters Week Aotearoa. It’s a week to connect people across the motu, to start conversations in a...


PNM Pacific Media Network Sept 2025
Pacific families in NZ can honour their loved ones without breaking the bank ‘You don’t need to literally pay your respects’: Concern and...


RNZ Nine To Noon: The Doulas Helping People Treat Death as a Journey September 2025
It's a subject that many find uncomfortable, but is a necessity - how to handle the end of life. Amid the grief and challenges of how to...


Taranaki Daily News Community events discuss death, dying, grief September 2025
Belinda Price and Kim Maunder are helping facilitate Dying Matters Week in Taranaki this week.


Dying Matters Week : Liz Adcock-White speaks to Compass FM.
Dying Matters Week 2026 sees many ELDAA Doulas across the country, hosting events, and speaking to media. RNZ interviewed Liz Adcock-White about planning for end of life, and navigating grief and loss. Hear the recording by clicking the link below:


Good Magazine: Death without debt: More Kiwis are reclaiming the way we say goodbye
ELDAA Vice-Chair Sherie Sullivan talks to Good Magazine about her work as an End of Life Doula, facilitating Death Without Debt workshops, and how we can reclaim the care of our dying across Aotearoa, in a deeper and more meaningful way. You can read the article by clicking the link below.


Fifth Season a Dual Support Service, North Canterbury News
ELDAA Professional member Liz Adcock-White talks to the North Canterbury News about her work as a coach and end of life Doula. You can download the article by clicking the link below.


A Better Goodbye : Stuff Sunday Magazine, July 2026
ELDAA Committee members Deborah McCullough and Treza Gallogly talk to Felicity Monk about Doulas and our work in Aotearoa. You can download the article by clicking the link below.


TVNZ Breakfast show - a follow up with Deb McCullough and Karen Barnett: March 2026
ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough supported Hospice NZ with the release of their Dying Reviews campaign. Watch this heart warming follow up to the October interview on Breakfast with Deb and Karen.


1News - What the living can learn from the dying – talking to a death doula: January 2026
An end-of-life doula is like a midwife at the other end of life, helping people and/or their families make the transition from life to death by providing emotional, spiritual and practical support. Treza Gallogly, who chairs the End-of-Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa, tells Emily Simpson about what the role requires and what she's learned from it.


Junction Magazine - When Care Comes Home: January 2026
Sherie Sullivan, ELDAA professional doula and committee member talks about how in communities across the region, more families are quietly rethinking how they care for one another at the end of life.


ehospice: News, Views and Inspiration from Around the World: October 2025
ELDAA: New Zealand’s Professional End of Life Doula Body Responds to Care Gap. “As EOLD’s we are responsive. We fill the gaps. We come with compassion and neutrality and we find out the best way to support people in accordance with who they are and what they wish. We honour the deeply human experience of dying. It’s about ensuring that every New Zealander has the chance to die with dignity, in the way that feels right for them and their whānau (family).” Treza Gallogly and


TVNZ News and the Breakfast Show October 2025
Hospice Dying Reviews ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough supported Hospice NZ with the release of their Dying Reviews campaign. Dying Reviews looks at how well businesses and organisations in New Zealand handle situations with their clients / customers when dying or death is involved. She shared her experiences from when her husband Steve was unwell and after he passed. TV1 News 15 October 2025 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PmpN9EzyqhEmxDZkF-OTOOEjF03wJbOw/view


The death doula: Helping prepare for life’s final chapter September 2025
ELDAA Professional Doula Deborah McCullough talks to LawNews about her journey to becoming a Death Doula .


TVNZ Morning Show, ELDAA Interview September 2025
Treza Gallogly, sat down with Chris Chang and Jennie-May Clarkson on the TVNZ Breakfast Show, to talk about End of Life Doulas—and how we can better support our communities and care systems. It’s so heartening to hear these conversations happening at a national level, as recognition grows that we need more support—emotional, cultural, spiritual, and practical.


Capsule Magazine : 'Dying Matters: NZ’s Palliative Care Services Are Worsening – Could Funding ‘End of Life Doulas’ Greatly Improve Care for Kiwis?' September 2025
This week (September 1 – 7) is Dying Matters Week Aotearoa. It’s a week to connect people across the motu, to start conversations in a...


PNM Pacific Media Network Sept 2025
Pacific families in NZ can honour their loved ones without breaking the bank ‘You don’t need to literally pay your respects’: Concern and...


RNZ Nine To Noon: The Doulas Helping People Treat Death as a Journey September 2025
It's a subject that many find uncomfortable, but is a necessity - how to handle the end of life. Amid the grief and challenges of how to...


Taranaki Daily News Community events discuss death, dying, grief September 2025
Belinda Price and Kim Maunder are helping facilitate Dying Matters Week in Taranaki this week.
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