Barbs favourite ‘Lemon Curd Muffins’
Barb highly recommends this delicious recipe by Hugh Withington
Carers NZ Survey for Whānau and Friends
Do you help to care for a friend or family member who is unwell or has an ongoing health condition or disability? If so please help to bring visibility to the often hidden role of family caregiving. Nelson Tasman Hospice…
Motueka Hospice Shop- Back up and running
The Motueka Hospice shop is back up and running after a 6-month repair and refresh project following damage caused by the Boxing Day hailstorm. The result of this unlikely weather event was the damage to many buildings and homes in…
Hospice Shop News
A note from Nina in Takaka It’s coming up to a year since the shop moved in their forever home, once known as the Mariposa store, down Commercial St in Takaka. As the first year comes to a close, we…
NBS Dancing for a Cause 2021
A real success story In 2018 a group of passionate dancers and Hospice supporters came together to put on a show inspired by the popular TV show, Dancing with the Stars. Local personalities were recruited and teamed up with semi-professional…
Meet Tony Gray
CEO Nelson Tasman Hospice On Monday 21 June, Nelson Tasman Hospice welcomed Tony Gray as the new CEO, with a pōwhiri, supported by local iwi. Chair of Nelson Tasman Hospice, John Peters, said “A pōwhiri is an excellent way to…
Regular donations huge help
Hospice supporter Neil Seagar wants to encourage other donors. Neil's wife of 44 years, Liz, died in hospice care two years ago. He now gives $20 from his pension every week. Neil says he appreciated hospice's holistic approach to care…
Spring 2020 newsletter
Our latest newsletter tells the story of one of our community patients, Denis Blanche, who lives at Stillwater Lifecare and Village in Richmond. He gets good care there, and it's supplemented by the Hospice team. The newsletter also brings you…
Our board chair in profile
Meet Nelson Tasman Hospice board chair John Peters. John started off his management career in IT but found his home in health where he “enjoyed going to work every day”. John was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and grew…
Hospice NZ’s opinion piece re. End of Life Choice Act referendum
Hospice NZ chief executive Mary Schumacher wrote this opinion piece to update the public on its court action over the End of Life Choice Act, which will come into force if it passes at the upcoming referendum. Please click here to…