Nancy Briant was born in Golden Bay and thanks to the palliative care services provided by the Golden Bay Community Health team supported by Nelson Tasman Hospice, she was also able to die there. At home, surrounded by her loved…
June Scales was raised at a High Country Station in Tekapo. Very much a hands-on, spending long days mustering and sleeping outside in all types of weather childhood, she was brought up driving a grader, trucks, and other types of…
Bob Campbell & Jess Ward lived together in Golden Bay for 49 years. They started out in Onekaka and then lived the rest of the time up Cobb Valley Road on their land. 9 years of which were in a…
In April, Nelson Tasman Hospice sought support from the Golden Bay community, as the Golden Bay Community Health nursing team identified palliative care equipment that was urgently required for patients on hospice service. This equipment included a syringe driver (meaning…
The Golden Bay Lions Club was chartered in 1964 and has been helping locals ever since! Donating $2850 to Nelson Tasman Hospice to purchase a syringe driver, is just the latest way they have supported Golden Bay residents. A syringe…
The Hospice philosophy of care is a model that provides palliative care for people of all ages facing a life-limiting condition. It is the provision of caring, dignified support and services which allows individuals to live the way they want…
John Campbell has been volunteering for Nelson Tasman Hospice for 16 years now, delivering beds and air mattresses all over Golden Bay. He can’t remember how he got started but he’s pretty sure that his wife Karen, who was a…
The Whitaker family are celebrating the anniversary of John’s death this month. John Whitaker died comfortably in his home in April 2022, with support from his family, Golden Bay Community Health and Nelson Tasman Hospice. John was a ‘very, very…
In Golden Bay, a team of four district nurses, along with two relievers, work in collaboration with Nelson Tasman Hospice to provide palliative care in the community. As Golden Bay is a rural area, community health care is provided by…