Kerry Sunderland

Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks to Chris Dunn about her work as a clinicial nurse educator at Nelson Hospice and how it's possible to live well with a life-limiting illness.

In this episode, Kerry Sunderland speaks with ceramic artist Suvira McDonald about his life, his experiences with death, and the beautiful urns he makes.

The annual Community Day of the Dead Ceremony began in the Byron Bay region in 2007. This year’s ceremony, which will be held later this year, will be the 20th and the ceremony’s founder Zenith Virago recently travelled to Aotearoa to offer a…

Meet Death Without Debt founder and spokesperson Fergus Wheeler

Zenith Virago, founder of Australia's Natural Death Care Centre, returns to the show to discuss the evolution of the Deathwalker Training programme with Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland.

Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with deep listener Anna Groves. Anna is a Centre for Nonviolent Communication certified trainer, co-creator (with Katie Lane) of Inner Nature Cards, and is currently undertaking a Masters in…

In this episode, Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with Utah-based Catharine DeLong during her recent visit to Aotearoa New Zealand.Catharine is a certified music thanatologist, hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and harp…

In this episode, Deathwalker's Guide to Life host Kerry Sunderland speaks with Utah-based Catharine DeLong during her recent visit to Aotearoa New Zealand. Catharine is a certified music thanatologist, hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and harp

Artist and writer Jo Randerson's latest book Secret Art Powers has been described as an exploration of the power of art and creativity to create change. She talks to Nelson Arts Festival Pukapuka Talks programme lead Kerry Sunderland.

These days, more people are living in digital ‘echo chambers’, making it increasingly impossible to know – let alone understand – other people’s points of view.

Multi-generational migrant stories have found compelling new ways of being told in the capable, creative hands of Māori writer Jade Kake and Sri Lankan/Pākehā author Saraid de Silva, who will appear together at this year's Nelson Arts Festival.

The 2024 Nelson Arts Festival event Housing for All, which is part of the Pukapuka Talks programme, aims to shine the light on different ways of developing housing models accessible to all. In this solution-focused session, which takes place at…

Matt Bialo Rachael King and Lee Murray will meet on stage at the Nelson Arts Festival on Saturday October 26 in a literary powerhouse event for those who enjoy disappearing into books, especially those who love discovering both new words and new…

Jacqueline Bublitz won best novel and best first novel at the Ngaio Marsh Awards in 2022. A Nelson Arts Festival audience will get to hear her speak about her new thriller.

Nelson Provincial Museum’s assorted collection of 807 toys – with more than 400 that can be viewed on the museum’s website – provide a window into the past.

As the 30th anniversary of the Nelson Arts Festival approaches, Kerry Sunderland looks at the origins of one of its most popular events.

The 2024 Nelson Arts Festival, which takes place from Thursday October 24 to November 3, will be the 30th annual multi-arts festival – in its current form – to take place in Whakatū and the community is invited to share their memories.

Amy Brown’s debut novel is a three-part ode to family and art-making interrupted. My Brilliant Sister is a marginalia-worthy literary tryptych – a novel in three parts, with three very distinct point of view characters – that explores creation in all…

This drawing by Robert Codrington in 1860 of an upturned waka in Tākaka featured in an original bound sketchbook that has been called a real treasure as it captures a time following the Tainui and Tokomaru migration to Te Tauihu and the arrival of…

Meet: Deathwalker's Guide to Life host and producer Kerry Sunderland reunites with artist and deathwalker Aralyn Doiron to discuss 'A Knock on the Door' , Death on Screen: How Grief and Loss Can Feel Like a Ball in a Box