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'AFFORDABLE UNDERGROUND FURNITURE' - DIY COFFIN CLUBS CATCH ON IN NEW ZEALAND - The New York Times

Members of the Hawke's Bay DIY Coffin Club meet with friends each Tuesday at...

Members of the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club build a coffin on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Roger Terry and Phil Thompson move a completed coffin at the Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

The entrance of the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Members of the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club build a coffin on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Semi-completed coffins in storage at the Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on Janaury 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

John Atchinson, a regular volunteer, poses for a portrait next to a coffin he has been working at the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Jim Thorne, a regular volunteer at the coffin club, works in the measuring and cutting out room cutting out a new lid for a coffin on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Rachael Shaw, 61 years, collages photographs of her life on the coffin she is making at the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Rachael Shaw collages her coffin at the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times

Members of the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club build coffins on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Members chat at the Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Grace Terry hands out a plate at the Hawkes Bay Coffin Club morning tea on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Morning tea at the Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times.

Rachael Shaw covers her coffin after working on it at the regular Tuesday meeting at the DIY Hawkes Bay Coffin Club on January 24, 2017. Lottie Hedley for The New York Times

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