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EPISODE · Sep 21, 2025 · 1H 10M

How to Say Goodbye When You're 11,000 Miles Away. Navigating Grief and Loss from Afar

from NZ Ahead Podcast · host Liz Deacle & Brian Deacle

🇳🇿FREE 5-DAY NZ VIDEO GUIDE HERE ➡️ www.nzahead.com/free This conversation is about the heartbreaking reality of losing a parent as an expat. In this profoundly open and moving episode, Liz talks with community member Stevie, who moved to New Zealand from the UK with his family, and recently suffered the loss of his father back home in Scotland. They delve into the gut-wrenching decisions, the immense guilt, and the overwhelming logistics of managing grief and funerals from the other side of the world. If you have ever worried (and, I promise, we all do) about what happens when a family member gets sick back home, this episode offers raw honesty, hard-won wisdom, and the comforting knowledge that you are not alone. Thank you, Stevie, for your courage in sharing... Kia Kaha. Aroha. Liz and Brian.   Links: If you are thinking of MOVING TO NEW ZEALAND and want to know more about the country, SIGN UP for our FREE 5-DAY VIDEO GUIDE To Life in New Zealand. (This leads to details on how to join the private NZ Ahead Slack Community that Stevie is a long time member of). www.nzahead.com/free   🛑 ​Click the link below to take the FREE NZ Shores eligibility test and see if New Zealand is for you.https://nzshores,com   💰 Transferring currency? We've teamed up with TorFX. If you want a money-saving currency solution where trust and transparency count, we've done the homework for you. We use them, and people in our community use them. These guys are FABULOUS! ➡️ https://itsadrama.com/torfx   🚗 Looking for the best DEALS on car hire? We use love and trust Discover Cars. They are consistently good and find us the best deals. Check out car hire here: https://itsadrama.com/NZcars   Do you LOVE New Zealand & dream of moving here one day? Are you Considering Moving To New Zealand and are desperate to know what life in New Zealand is (really) like? Sign up now and we will send you our FREE Moving to and Living in New Zealand 5-Part Video Series! (At the end of the series, you will be offered details of becoming a member of our inspiring and growing private NZ Ahead community). www.nzahead.com/free    Start your adventure ball rolling today and get your free 5-Day Life in NZ videos NOW! ➡️ www.nzahead.com/free   Love the show? Please rate and review us HERE! rate and review us HERE! This is a free way to support our show by leaving it a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, select the star rating and hit "write review". Thank you! Subscribe to us on Apple, Subscribe on Android, Subscribe on Spotify

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