Free events for Dying Matters Week all week!
Dying Matters Week 2025 – Thursday 4th September
📍 Helen Smith Room, Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua
Join us for a special day of storytelling, connection, and meaningful conversations as part of Dying Matters Week 2025:
🕘 10:00am Storytelling in English with Moira Wairama, award winning author of Nanny Jo and the Wild Mokopuna.
A warm and reflective storytelling session celebrating life, memory, and connection.
🕦 11:30am – He Kōrero i te Reo Māori with Moira Wairama - Nani Jo me ngā Mokopuna Porohīanga.
🕘 1:00pm – The Whakaahuru Gentle Singers
Soothing songs that offer comfort and presence at the end of life.
🕙 1:45pm – Your Story Matters with Nicola Kane
Capturing life stories and memories for future generations.
🕛 3:00pm – Wills & Legal Matters with Gault Mitchell Law
Practical advice and guidance to support confident planning for the future.
🕑 4:00pm – Meditation & Singing Bowls with Annette Burrell
A calming, restorative session using sound and stillness to support rest and relaxation.
Then join us from 6:15pm at Pauatahanui Lighthouse Theatre for a special screening of The Last Journey — a movie fundraiser you won’t want to miss. (PAID EVENT)
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in...
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.7% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.6% Critical thinking
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30% Resilience and adaptability
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2.7% Other - I will share below!
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Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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