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 safe space, learn from local experts and seek support to get affairs in order and navigate grief or loss.

To commemorate the week, Death Doula and Vice-chair of the End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa, Sarah Campbell-Simpson has penned this eye-opening piece about the worsening state of our palliative care services in New Zealand, and why she believes end of life doulas (also known as death doulas) should be integrated into Aotearoa’s palliative care frameworks (including pathways for funding through health services) due to the truly positive impact they can have on the dying – and their whanau.

Read here