‘Affordable Underground Furniture’: D.I.Y. Coffin Clubs Catch On in New Zealand
"But it also serves a purpose." The country’s first coffin club was established in 2010 by a palliative
care nurse, Katie Williams, in a makeshift workshop in her yard in Rotorua, also on the North Island.
Grace Terry said that We have a heap of fun,
Kiwi Coffin Club Rotorua said that It grew from there,
Mrs. Terry said that once people finish creating their own coffins at the club, they often build others for charity, or return to help other members.
" said Ms. La Grouw, whose mother died at 94 last year. that We like to say it is only a box until you put someone in it,
"I’ve seen people come alive making their own coffins." Mrs. Terry’s own coffin, painted mauve
and decorated with deep purple hydrangea blooms, sits in the couple’s home, waiting to be lined.
The club’s motto is "fine and affordable underground furniture." The caskets are inscribed with the club’s initials, K.C.C.,
and are built to meet national standards: Each has a waterproof lining and is strong enough to hold a body.
