[New Zealand] Palliative care podcast’s win a ‘complete surprise’

[New Zealand] Palliative care podcast’s win a ‘complete surprise’ 
Otago Daily Times, New Zealand; by Matthew Littlewood; 12/2/24 
A Dunedin carer’s attempts to bring conversations about palliative care to a wider audience has been acknowledged at the New Zealand podcasting awards. Otago Hospice care nurse Denise van Aalst told the Otago Daily Times that winning the bronze medal in the Best Interview Podcast category for her podcast Ending Life Well came as a "complete surprise". The 29-episode series was launched about two years ago, and covered subjects such as self-care, legal matters, funeral planning and whānau manaaki (families who provide care to a kaumātua at end of life). "We knew that our podcast was helpful for people. "We don’t talk about death and dying in polite society, and people are often now going in and helping to care for somebody at the end of life with little experience or knowledge, and they don’t know where to go to get that."