‘Affordable Underground Furniture’: D.I.Y. Coffin Clubs Catch On in New Zealand<br />"But it also serves a purpose." The country’s first coffin club was established in 2010 by a palliative<br />care nurse, Katie Williams, in a makeshift workshop in her yard in Rotorua, also on the North Island.<br />Grace Terry said that We have a heap of fun,<br />Kiwi Coffin Club Rotorua said that It grew from there,<br />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.<br />" 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,<br />"I’ve seen people come alive making their own coffins." Mrs. Terry’s own coffin, painted mauve<br />and decorated with deep purple hydrangea blooms, sits in the couple’s home, waiting to be lined.<br />The club’s motto is "fine and affordable underground furniture." The caskets are inscribed with the club’s initials, K.C.C.,<br />and are built to meet national standards: Each has a waterproof lining and is strong enough to hold a body.
