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Arohanui Hospice Board welcomes new trustee

By Megan Smith on February 2, 2022
The Arohanui Hospice Board welcomed its newest trustee, Dr Curtis Walker, at its first meeting for 2022 last night, via Zoom. Board Chair Lorraine Vincent says Dr Walker’s arrival completes two years of significant succession planning and governance changes for the Board. Dr Walker (Te Whakatōhea rāua ko Ngāti Porou) is a general physician and […]

Arohanui Hospice encourage community to visit Tree of Remembrance

By Megan Smith on December 2, 2021
Arohanui Hospice’s Trees of Remembrance will be blessed tomorrow Wednesday, 1 December, outside Farmers stores in Palmerston North and Levin. Arohanui Hospice Chief Executive, Clare Randall, says Farmers department store has teamed up with hospice services across Aotearoa for the 8th year, to help raise funds in support of keeping hospice services free of charge. […]

Veteran fundraiser retires as trustee of Arohanui Hospice

By Megan Smith on December 2, 2021
Long-time Arohanui Hospice trustee Roger Clausen has retired as a board member of Arohanui Hospice. Roger has been a long-time supporter of Hospice, having been on the board for 28 years and held the position of chairman for eight years. Current board chair, Lorraine Vincent, says she has been incredibly privileged to work alongside Roger […]

Meet our volunteers: Sew On

By Megan Smith on November 26, 2021
Meet ‘Sew On’ a group of volunteers who have been meeting for 3 years in a bustling workshop above our Lombard/Walding St shop in Palmerston North. Think Santa’s workshop - if everything were fabric. They’ve created a labour of love, upcycling donated clothing and fabrics that would otherwise not sell. Everything is donated, apart from […]

Kind Hearted students bake treats for Arohanui Hospice

By Megan Smith on November 26, 2021
Children at Palmerston North’s Riverdale School are lapping up lessons in kindness. For teacher and Kind Hearts Club leader Lynette Kenyon, the idea of involving children in doing things to help others was born out of her being on the receiving end of a random but well-considered good deed. An unexpected stay in the children’s […]

Palmerston North volunteers ensure hospice patients enjoy flowers and fragrance

By Megan Smith on November 26, 2021
Every room in Arohanui Hospice looks out into the extensive gardens that surround the facility. From almost every window, you can see the lovingly maintained landscape which is positively packed with flowers, fragrance and foliage. Arohanui Hospice’s volunteer coordinator Jill Rolls says that patients and their families frequently mention how much comfort and resilience they […]
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