It has been five years since we opened the doors of the Hospice building at 331 Suffolk Road, Stoke. Since opening, the Daniel O’Brien (Specialist Palliative Care) Wing has cared for nearly 1100 patients, and our team of specialist doctors,…
NBS Hands Up for Hospice was a month-long appeal held in May, reaching into the community to ask for help so Nelson Tasman Hospice can continue to support more than 210 local patients diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses and their families,…
This piece was written by Nelson Tasman Hospice’s Medical Director, Dr Jodie Battley This May marked five years since Nelson Tasman Hospice (NTH) moved from Manuka Street to the new premises in Suffolk Road. This purpose-built facility, funded entirely from…
It takes a community to make a hospice happen, and the month of May has seen Nelsonians put their hands up to help raise over $100,000 for Nelson Tasman Hospice’s bi-annual appeal. A grass-roots community campaign, the Hands up for…
A fantastic month of raising much-needed funds for the Nelson Tasman hospice will culminate on Friday, 31st May, with the MoreFM Heave for Hospice. Upper Trafalgar Street will come alive from 4pm, where local teams, organisations, businesses and even councils…
It’s the halfway point of our month-long Hands Up for Hospice appeal, championed by NBS, and the community has already raised an awesome $26,342 to support the Nelson Tasman Hospice! This week is also Hospice Awareness Week, which runs nationwide…
It was one of those “People you may know” suggestions on Facebook that re-connected Vanessa Lee with her intermediate classmate Luke Ashby in 2021, and although their time together was cut short with Luke’s death at only 45 years old,…
Free spirit Penny McPherson uses her skills in landscaping to maintain a delightful fairy garden on her property, bringing smiles to the faces of children and adults alike. While families stroll around finding hidden figures and characters, the Nelson Tasman…
Small business owner Helen Kelly utilised her community to support hospice by sharing some of the proceeds of her online auction with Nelson Tasman Hospice. With the help of her small business world friends, Helen sold handmade items at a…
A big thank you to the Rātā Foundation for granting Nelson Tasman Hospice two $20,000 grants earlier this year. The first grant went towards operational costs of the Nelson Tasman Hospice Trust’s services in the community. Enabling our clinical teams…