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Building More Than Furniture: Ian’s Story of Craft, Connection, and Community at Arohanui Hospice

By Abby on June 23, 2025
Before retirement, Ian was a chartered accountant with a strong focus on rural accounting. With a career rooted in supporting others through numbers and strategy, it’s perhaps no surprise that when the time came to step away from the office, Ian was already looking for ways to give back. “I’d always said I wanted to […]

Love of the land helps Arohanui Hospice

By Abby on June 23, 2025
Samantha McGougan wanted to cry when Arohanui Hospice bought 20 of her hand-reared two-year-old Hereford-cross steers. Tears were understandable. The Hospice had provided support and care for her father, Brent Ellery, when he died at home from prostate cancer in June 2014. The Hospice had also helped the family with her maternal grandfather’s struggles with […]

Wrap-around care from Arohanui Hospice

By Abby on June 23, 2025
“All the better for seeing you.” That’s how Michelle MacGregor would answer, when anyone asked how she was. And that’s a testament to her spirit and courage and love — that she could think of others that way, while she was fighting a losing battle with cervical cancer. Michelle’s aunty, Maria McRae, knew her niece […]

Con Heinold: retiring from 18 years of service to Arohanui Hospice as a Farming for Hospice co-ordinator

By Abby on April 3, 2025
Look after the Hospice, so it’s there to look after you. That’s Con Heinold’s message to people about Arohanui Hospice. Con has just retired as a volunteer area co-ordinator for the Farming for Hospice fundraising campaign. He’s modest about the work he’s done as area co-ordinator, but it’s been 18 years of looking after participating […]

Sweet Treat: A Delicious Collaboration for a Great Cause

By Abby on April 3, 2025
There’s something truly special about a sweet treat that not only delights the taste buds but also gives back to the community. That’s exactly what the brand-new Sweet Treat Cookie is all about! This mouthwatering creation is the result of a fantastic collaboration between Arohanui Hospice and the skilled bakers at Autobake—a proudly Manawatū-based production […]

A life well engineered

By Abby on April 3, 2025
When printing and packaging engineer John Bradley couldn’t start his lawn mower, he just thought he needed to get a bit fitter. There’d been a lot of family and business stress; his wife wasn’t well, and sometimes you just had a bad day. He pulled the mower cord again, and his arms and chest suddenly […]
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