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Chrissy was inspired to volunteer for Mary Potter Hospice in memory of her sister-in-law Marion. “We lost Marion many years ago to cancer, and she was cared for at the Hospice. She left a toddler and a six-year-old daughter, and it was very hard. My nieces are now grown up, and I started volunteering because…

When Robyn hits the streets of Wellington to collect donations for our Street Appeal, she knows her husband would be proud. 

Every second week you’ll find Michael volunteering in the Hospice Shops’ very own treasure chest – the Trade Me room.  This nondescript room tucked away in the Hospice’s Retail Distribution Centre in Newlands is where the curios and collectibles so generously donated by the community have a temporary home. These treasures are carefully researched, photographed…

This scholarship is dedicated to supporting Māori and Pacific student nurses with an  interest in palliative care.

This year with the help of several major sponsors the committee raised $22,000 in cash and secured several prizes to be auctioned off.

Thanks to your support, we can run an arts therapy programme to help children and young people make sense of things.

Behind our Hospice Shops are a dedicated team of people who do very valuable mahi for the the Hospice.

The donation of $76,845 will enable Mary Potter Hospice to continue to provide our specialist palliative care free-of-charge for people in our local communities.

Read our Summer/Raumati 2021 newsletter here.

A huge milestone was achieved with the opening of Te Ara o Puanga: the Mary Potter Apartments.

Meet Dave, Shop Manager from the Mary Potter Hospice Shop in Porirua.

Mary Potter Hospice has become the first hospice in New Zealand to be formally recognised by Alzheimers NZ as Working to be Dementia Friendly.