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Have Your Say! Help Shape the Future of Arohanui Hospice Services - Community Timetable

By Abby on August 14, 2024
Arohanui Hospice is excited to invite the community to participate in an interactive forum aimed at shaping the future of hospice services in the region. These events are a unique opportunity for community members to share their ideas and help guide the development of future hospice and community palliative care services. "We are committed to […]

The big, deep safety net of Arohanui Hospice

By Abby on July 22, 2024
It started with a trip. Paul and Mel were away on holiday, a trip to the South Island, and Paul banged his head. And then the headaches started. They came home to Manawatu, and Mel got Paul to a doctor. Her normally dry-witted, busy, funny husband was disengaged, and just wanted to stay in bed. […]

Long hair, big hearts

By Abby on July 22, 2024
Two girls in Hunterville learned about community care when they cut their hair for cancer and Arohanui Hospice, in February. Kaitlin Ramsay, 10, and Nellie Harvey, 9, decided about two years ago to grow their hair long enough so when it was cut, it could be made into wigs for cancer sufferers who had lost […]

Beefing up fundraising for Arohanui Hospice

By Abby on June 30, 2024
Arohanui Hospice’s Farming for Hospice programme celebrates 30 years of fundraising in autumn 2024. And it started the way all good programmes do, with a really good idea. Farmer Gerald Fell had just lost his sister Jennifer to breast cancer. She died aged 50 in the Hospice’s care, and the Hospice were so good to […]

A little bit of paradise

By Gemma Vallender on June 26, 2024
For most people being at home while they are on their end of life journey is important to them; this is no different for Andy and it’s easy to see why. Andy and Tracy live in the old Raumai School which has been uniquely transformed into their home. They have over the years, shared their […]

“I couldn’t have done it without the Hospice”

By Abby on March 31, 2024
When Bruce McKelvie fell unexpectedly on his grandson’s second birthday, life changed. Catastrophically, and irreparably. “There was a big loud crash and there was Bruce with blood all over his face, his glasses had smashed,” said his wife, Jennie. They noticed a week later that the muscles in his forearms were writhing under the skin, […]
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