There are two universal experiences in this world: living and dying. And if you’re reading this, it means you’ve already experienced one of them. So why are we so afraid of talking about the other?

In early August, AA Life Insurance, instead of shying away from this traditionally taboo subject, will partner with The Spinoff, and together go into seven days of mourning, to open up about death in ways no one else in Aotearoa is talking about.

Where we go when we die, how it happens, and what comes after death are all part of a greater conversation that confronts our mortality, as well as the sheer fact that our time on this earth is both fleeting and undefined.

Dying to find out more? Stayed tuned as Death Week runs from 07.08.23 ~ 13.08.23.