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“To serve patients in the community is phenomenal.” Meet Nurse Amanda.
When Amanda finishes work at the end of the day, she knows she has done some good.
Celebrating 20 years of the Camellia Heritage Club
It is not every day you get invited to have high tea with the Governor General. But for a very special group of Hospice supporters, they got to do just that.
“The Hospice do a great job.”
It was a Christmas hamper that first got Gary Parsons involved with Mary Potter Hospice. Gary worked for Richard Hislop Ltd, a Wellington importer of luxury food items such as Walkers Shortbread and boxed chocolates from Europe. These were just what the Hospice needed to fill its Christmas hamper raffle and they were happy to…
Meet Nurse Irese – “It’s a unique and special experience..”
When Irese Baldock says she works at Mary Potter Hospice, people often react with: ‘Oh, that must be sad’. “Sometimes it is, but actually it is more than that,” Irese says, “it is extremely rewarding – and also fun.” Irese is a nurse in the Inpatient Unit in Newtown, Wellington. Originally from the Philippines, Irese…
Congratulations to Mary Potter Hospice’s Annual Award Winners
The Annual Awards were presented at our Annual Celebration to various Mary Potter Hospice volunteers, staff and supporters to say thank you to those special people and groups who support the vital work of the Hospice. They have been selected – with great difficulty – from the many nominations put forward by our Hospice staff.…
Garth’s gift for the future
At 92, Garth England has seen first-hand the impact Mary Potter Hospice has had on the Wellington community for many years. “It is such a great place for Wellington people to have as a refuge in the latter part of their lives. It is great that people do not have to pay for their services,…
Sutherland Self Help Trust supports Te Whare Rānui project
For over 30 years, The Sutherland Self Help Trust has been generously supporting Mary Potter Hospice. Established in 1941, the Sutherlands – who owned and managed New Zealand’s first major grocery store chain – wanted to create a fund which would continue to help community welfare in New Zealand. Since then, over $30 million has…
We all have a story worth telling
Sachi believes everyone has a story worth telling. As a Volunteer Biographer at Mary Potter Hospice, Sachi listens to patients tell their life stories and then helps record them in a biography which is given to family and friends. She was inspired to volunteer following her mother’s death in 2018. At 72, her Mum, Michiko…
The gift of a lifetime
For over 30 years, Jeanette Hill has been generously giving to Mary Potter Hospice. What started off as donating on an ad hoc basis has evolved to now being part of the Camellia Heritage Club. “We have friends who have used the Hospice. Hearing about their interactions, it is so reassuring to know there is…
Hospices around Aotearoa now have a framework to improve the experience of Māori whānau within their services
Mauri Mate; A Māori Palliative Care Framework for the Hospices of Aotearoa has been created by Māori, for Māori, focussed on quality, equity and compassion; a way to improve whānau manaaki. It is the first for Aotearoa and the outcome of a collaboration between Totara Hospice (South Auckland), Mary Potter Hospice (Wellington) and Te Ohu…
