Sanctuary NZ End of Life Doula

09/11/2025

A gem from the fantastic conversation between dear friend and incredible colleague Treza Swansong : End-of-Life Doula Services and Petra Sunday Sanctuary last week🌿💛🌟.

On why having tender conversations can be so vitally important:
"Giving people the chance to really explore what life is about, what they think happens when they die, what death looks like usually and exploring these existential and spiritual dimensions which become hugely important for people at end of life"

06/11/2025

Chair of ELDAA, Treza Gallogly, joined Petra Bagust on the most recent episode (Community and Death) of Sunday Sanctuary 💛.

It’s an inspiring, authentic and insightful discussion, touching upon life, death, hope, and many things in between. It also explains beautifully the role of an End of Life Doula for those who are curious about the different aspects of Doula support and services.

Listen to the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fE28ogeiqibtYbGohSpcL

Thanks to Treza Swansong : End-of-Life Doula Services and Petra for the humanity and aroha you bring🌿

22/10/2025

🌿 Closing the care gap in end-of-life support in Aotearoa🌿

I’m really happy to share this recent ehospicearticle,
“ELDAA: New Zealand’s professional End of Life Doula body responds to care gap,” co-written by Treza SSwansong : End-of-Life Doula Servicesand myself on behalf of End of Life Doulas Aotearoa (ELDAA).

In it, we speak about the growing need for compassionate, person-centred end-of-life care in Aotearoa, and how doulas are helping to bridge the gaps within our overstretched palliative care systems.

It’s means a lot to me to be part of this growing movement, helping to build awareness, professional recognition, and community understanding of doula care in Aotearoa and most importantly to have the privilege of supporting the amazing individuals and whānau I get the honour of meeting.

Thank you to my beautiful rahiri who gave me her permission to use her experience and images to help others... we miss you and we honour your wisdom and grace always🌿

https://ehospice.com/asia-pacific-posts/eldaa-new-zealands-professional-end-of-life-doula-body-responds-to-care-gap/

As the country's global palliative care ranking plummets, a new professional movement has emerged to fill critical gaps in end of life support. Margaret'

30/09/2025

“After working this toolkit all my life, and staying on the road all these long years, and getting up after all the falls, and pushing through pain, and stress and suffering, and all the triumphs, and all the disasters, and all the joys, and all the sorrows, and raising a family, and all that brings with it, and finding love, and most of all having now lived through months and months of staring down the clucking face of death itself, I finally arrived at the last enduring truth,” Latta wrote.

“I learned what I always knew but never truly understood. There is only one metric that really matters when we measure ourselves against the way we’ve chosen to live our lives: In the end ... there is only love❤️

Honouring you today Nigel Latta. Moi mai Ra 🌿

The clinical psychologist was diagnosed with "incurable" gastric cancer diagnosis in 2024.

18/09/2025

My gratitude to this amazing colleague and friend Belinda Leaving Legacies NZ for this wonderful podcast. Incredible, inspirational, and a true gift to anyone listening. Thank you also for this courageous, tender, raw and beautiful sharing Katy Go With Grace. Amazing wahine shining light on navigating the hardest of times and how to show up for people when they need you most.
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Listen here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0la54h8th2FtisgJ2nhoFh?si=enZaknKxQ1yyo0_NrMIZew

Guess what time it is........ time for series two of DYING TO KNOW podcast.
I'm super excited to share with you the newly released episode one where I sit down with Katy Mandeno founder of Go with Grace.
Go With Grace is a platform built from the hardest kind of knowing. After losing her daughter, her father, and then her partner Chris to su***de, Katy didn’t try to fix her grief. She chose to hold it, and then she chose to help others do the same.

This conversation moves through the raw terrain of grief, su***de loss, end-of-life planning, and what it means to live in a world that rarely prepares us for any of it. Katy shares what it was like to be in shock and still have to make decisions. She talks about what helped, what didn’t, and how we can better show up for people when everything falls apart.

You’ll also hear about Dying Matters Week, compassionate communities, and why your village matters more than ever.

This episode is full of emotional clarity, practical insight, and the quiet reminder that showing up, even with soup or silence, matters more than we think.
You can find the episode here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0la54h8th2FtisgJ2nhoFh
Go With Grace

18/09/2025

So wonderful to meet Bec Birds of a Feather End of Life Doula yesterday✨.
She’s doing incredible mahi on the beautiful West Coast — her care, passion, and drive to support people and community is inspiring.
It’s such a buzz to walk alongside other End of Life Doulas who are creating change and supporting people with such knowledge, experience, and grace. 🌿

If you’re a West Coaster needing end-of-life support, reach out to Bec… you’ll be in the very best hands.

birdsofafeatherdoula@gmail.com💚
https://www.eldaa.org.nz/team/rebecca-gaskell💚

I was in Christchurch today and had a very special Korero with Sarah Campbell-Simpson from Sanctuary NZ End of Life Doula 🫶
My cup was very full after our loooooooong coffee.☕️☕️☕️
Such a beautiful kind soul doing amazing mahi in Canterbury.
My first time having a actual face to face and a hug from another Doula. 🥰

Give Sarah's page a follow and share her word amoungst your loved ones. 🥰

Blessed to be supported by such like minded loving humans. 😇

08/09/2025

Last week was Dying Matters Week in Aotearoa - a time to talk about one of the most difficult, but inevitable factors of life: death.⁠

To commemorate the week, I wrote an Op-ed piece for Capsule NZ about the stretched state of our palliative care services in New Zealand, and why I believe way forward is for End of Life Doulas to be integrated and accepted 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. ⁠

Here is the link to the piece if you keen to have a read:

https://capsulenz.com/uncategorized/dying-matters-week/

Huge thanks to Capsule NZ and ELDAA ( www.eldaa.org.nz) for the opportunity and support🌿.

03/09/2025

Sharing the Doula mahi, amazing doula, incredible colleague and lovely friend Treza Gallogly on TVNZ breakfast this morning- watch here ♥️

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/episodes/s2025-e148

Thanks to
ELDAaa and for all you do ✨

03/09/2025

This morning on BreakfastTVNZ, ELDAA - End of Life Doula Alliance Aotearoa chair Treza Gallogly talking about supporting our communities and strengthening our palliative care systems with Doulas 👏 ⭐!

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/episodes/s2025-e148

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