Kōrero: Death and dying

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• Financial support if someone has died

  Information about the financial support that is available from the Accident Compensation Corporation when someone has died in an accident.

• Funeral grant

  Income and asset-tested grants to assist with some of the costs of funerals are available from Work and Income.

• Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand

  The website of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand includes information about what to do when someone dies.

• Skylight

  A New Zealand not-for-profit organisation providing support for children, young people and their families facing loss, trauma and grief.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Schafer, Cyril. 'Dead serious? Funeral directing in New Zealand.' Sites 4, no.1 (2007): 95–121.

• Schwass, Margot, ed. Last words: approaches to death in New Zealand's cultures and faiths. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books with the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand, 2005.

• Tonkin, Lois. Everybody hurts sometimes: a book about grief for children and teenagers. Christchurch: Port Hills Press, 1997.

• Tonkin, Lois. Understanding grief: a guide for people dealing with the death of someone close. Wellington: Cancer Society of New Zealand, 2001.