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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, […]

The Hair Market paying it forward

By Gemma Vallender on August 9, 2023
Not many who frequent a hair salon stop to think about the number of empty bottles and used hair foils that salons go through.   Michelle Boudreau, from The Hair Market, has and has done something about it, all while finding a way to pay it forward. In December 2021, Arohanui Hospice gratefully received a monetary […]

Meet Faith and Keith Martin

By Gemma Vallender on August 9, 2023
Volunteering is in the blood for husband-and-wife duo Keith and Faith Martin, who both have always looked to help their community. Faith joined hospice as a volunteer in 2013 and Keith followed only a couple of months later. When asked what the biggest highlight has been for each of them, they beam. You can feel […]
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