It's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (14-21 Sept) and we're kicking it off with an interview with our incredible Kaiārahi ‑ Māori Cultural Liaison (Hauraki, Waikato), Barb O'Loughlin.
Loyal Harbour Hospice volunteers thanked
Harbour Hospice celebrated its volunteers’ dedication with its annual Harbour Hospice Warkworth/Wellsford Long Service Awards at Tui House on July 31. Valerie Partridge was one of the two volunteers recognised for 25 years – the other Elizabeth Clark.
Jeanette and Kitty – 20 years of friendship and giving to Hospice
Every Wednesday you’ll find Jeanette and Kitty working side by side at Harbour Hospice’s Link Dr shop. They met 20 years ago through volunteering for hospice and have become the firmest of friends.
Camaraderie keeps volunteer coming back
Valerie has volunteered for Harbour Hospice for 15 years and says it’s the camaraderie with other volunteers that keeps her going back, year after year.
Peas in a pod
Over their 55-year marriage Beth and Graham Lawson have raised a family together and fostered children, bred and showed dogs together and supported causes for rescue dogs. Now they volunteer together for Harbour Hospice
Waiata from Room 10
Being able to care for their kōtiro in accordance with tikanga Māori, as they would at home, brought great comfort to the McIver whānau. Here, they share their experience of hospice care at our Inpatient Unit in Takapuna.
Making life better for Brian
Grandfather and great grandfather Brian Evans, 86, began receiving Harbour Hospice care six months ago and says having the support has helped him relax more and enjoy every day.
Doctor by day, fiction writer by night
We don’t know how she found the time but somehow, in between her work for hospice as a doctor and medical team leader and her home life as a busy mum of two, Dr Eugenia Romboli has written a book.
Former New Zealand Warrior Dean Bell on working for hospice and being a granddad
He counts running out to a Wembley Stadium crowd of 100,000 among his greatest moments, but Kiwi rugby league great Dean Bell reckons he’s living his best life now as a hospice worker and granddad.
‘Margaret, you need a challenge’
Margaret Broad was one of Harbour Hospice’s first, and most influential, volunteers. The tragedy of losing her husband and daughter in the Mt Erebus disaster drove her to work tirelessly for the Hospice cause.
