Get Action! Grief education in schools w/ Lee-Anne Duncan: 23 Sep, 2026

95bFM: The Wire · Sep 22, 2026

Sooner or later, all of us will be touched with grief in our lives. But talking about death and the loss of a loved one can be an experience we might find incredibly difficult to navigate - particularly, when talking to a child about loss. And yet, by 8, 35% of NZ children experience a close family member’s death. For 1% of children, that will be a parent. Back in 1999, ‘Change, Loss, and Grief’ were included within Aotearoa’s curriculum, but by 2007 references to loss, bereavement, and grief were absent. In recent times, there’s been a push to incorporate greater education around grief in…