A big thank you to the New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) for the contribution they make to local communities, and especially the contribution they have made to the community that we care for. The grant that they have gifted us…
Nelson Tasman Hospice, alongside hospices across the country, are launching a campaign on Monday the 15th of May 2023 to help raise awareness about the value of hospice care. The campaign It’s Ok features hospice patients and whānau sharing their…
It’s the people that make Aynsley Wilkinson passionate about volunteering. Creating strong relationships with colleagues, the conversations she has with customers and the feeling of giving back to the community. The way she describes it is “like having another family.”…
NBS, a financial institution providing personal and business banking services to local people for over 160 years, announced today that it is donating $90,600 to three regional hospices due to the success of a recent campaign to attract new deposit…
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…
“Get out there. Do it!” is what Sam Nicholls told us when he was asked what he would like others to know about volunteering for Nelson Tasman Hospice. We recently met with Sam and his grandparents Jenny & Malcolm…