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New Zealand Latter-day Saint Discusses Death and Grieving in TVNZ Interview

Stephen Dil, managing director of a funeral services company on Auckland’s North Shore, and president of the Funeral Directors’ Association of New Zealand, was interviewed on TVNZ’s “Breakfast” program this week.

In the interview Mr Dil talks about some of the ways New Zealanders approach death and grieving, and how social norms are changing.

  

The father of three is also a lay minister for a Latter-day Saint congregation of young adults in Auckland

Watch the interview here.

Watch a short video that explains Latter-day Saint beliefs regarding life and death.

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