Hospice News
Father's Day Event Cancelled
Due to the part closure of the Auckland motorway this weekend, we regret in inform that the Father's Day Remembrance Event has been cancelled. We'll keep you posted on upcoming Remembrance Events.
We know you love cake!
How do we know you love cake? Because over the last 13 years people from far and wide have repeatedly ordered (and eaten) over 7,000 New Zealand Christmas Cake Company cakes and puddings from Mercy Hospice Auckland...
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Mercy Hospice Tennis Tournament, November 12th
Preparations for the Mercy Hospice Auckland Tennis Tournament are well underway with a fun-filled day planned at The Pompallier Lawn Tennis Club and The Herne Bay Rackets Club on November 12th...
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Free Public Lecture with Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, September 27th
Professor Rod Macleod from the University of Auckland will be having "A Conversation with the Baroness on End of Life Care and Advanced Care Planning"...
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PSIS - Keeping it local
For the second year running PSIS continues to support Mercy Hospice Auckland through their local supporter campaign. From June 21 to August 26 when customers take out any 'local supporter products'...
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Food, wine and friendship provides the recipe for success
A fabulous lunch was enjoyed by over 400 people at the Hyatt Regency Ballroom on June 20, at Mercy Hospice Auckland's annual degustation event, 10 - A Celebration of Tastes...
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Mercy Hospice Auckland benefactors of TACT Antique Fair
If you're an admirer of quality antique and retro goods you won't want to miss The Antique Fairs Charitable Trust (TACT) 2010 Antique Fair taking place at the Logan Campbell Centre on July 17 and 18.
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Hospice Bride: Don't be sad, we're not
There are people who astound you with their ability to remain positive through the worst. Rebecca Mahan and her husband Andrew Wilson are two of those people...
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Host a Tea Party and you could be a winner
Host a Tea Party for Mercy Hospice Auckland during May or June and you could win a Bob Steiner tea pot and cup and saucer set valued over $320...
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Corporate support has Saks appeal for hospice
Shout yourself some fabulous clothing from Saks Newmarket on July 1 from 2pm to 7pm and 10% from your purchase will be donated to Mercy Hospice Auckland...
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Cancer's deadly reality faced with love
Robyn Johnson died in March after a three-year battle with cancer. Adrian Blackburn cared for her. This is his account of their journey...
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Hospices: places of refuge and care
Hospice. The word itself seems to create fear. "He's gone into the hospice. Well, that's it for him." It's a fear that builds on apprehension. Death is best unacknowledged. Let's try to ignore it...
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Gather your foodie friends and join us at Auckland's premier food and wine event, 10 - A Celebration of Tastes. - SOLD OUT
Sample a variety of delectable dishes from 10 of Auckland’s finest restaurants, all under one roof,
each of which has been carefully matched with wines from a selection of New Zealand’s finest
wineries...
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Hospice Awareness Week May 17-23
Hospice Awareness Week is our most significant opportunity to tell you what we need and how you can help. A donation from you will assist us to reach $5000 a day needed to do our job...
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The Garden Party 2010
The early autumn sun shone warm for the second Mercy Hospice Auckland Garden Party at Florence Court on 24 March. The day by all accounts was a great success with ladies and gentlemen...
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Round the Bays
Over 50 people pounded the pavement on March 14 for Mercy Hospice at Round the Bays. The day started out a little ominous with a heavy rain shower and gusts of wind that almost blew our Marquee away...
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Mercy Hospice Auckland gets grant from The Harcourts Foundation
Mercy Hospice Auckland has received a grant from The Harcourts Foundation to enable it to purchase a specialised piece of nursing equipment. The hospice, which provides a range of free palliative care and hospice services...
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Donny Trust Programme - A Career of Great Rewards
For Fiona Gardiner, the third recipient of the Donny Trust Palliative Care Nurse Specialist Training Post, a career in palliative nursing is a career of great rewards....
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Get your running shoes on for hospice
Would you be interested in taking part in Round the Bays on Sunday 14th March for Mercy Hospice this year?
The run is 8.4km along the waterfront and is a great opportunity for us raise awareness of hospice.
Sponsor the team by visiting www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/TeamMercy2010
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Heroic Gardens Festival
The Heroic Gardens Festival has chosen the hospices of the Auckland region as the beneficiaries of this fabulous two day garden festival for a second year running. You can purchase your tickets through Mercy Hospice.
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Remembrance Trees – A Real Success Story
Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers and sponsors for supporting Mercy Hospice’s Remembrance Tree 2009 campaign which raised $37,754.
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Team Mercy conquer the New York Marathon
All 13 Mercy Hospice Auckland New York Marathon Runners made it to the finish line on 1st November. The team all ran as a tribute to loved ones and raised an outstanding $76,000 which will be used to support hospice staff training. See some of the team on Close Up just before flying out to New York.
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Shakespeare's Special Touch
Mercy Hospice in Auckland has a new volunteer. Its latest recruit is Shakespeare, a two-and-a-half-year-old apricot Labradoodle whose main task is to make patients smile.
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Josh from TV3 Sunrise gets into the Christmas spirit
Josh interviews Jan Nichols and volunteer Maureen Armstrong at The Langham about Mercy Hospice Auckland’s annual Remembrance Trees.
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Xmas Cakes Help Hospice
Christmas may still be weeks away but now is the time to order cakes that taste good and help hospice. That's the message from Mercy Hospice and the Great New Zealand Christmas Cake Company.
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2009 Strawberry Angel Christmas decoration
The very collectable 2009 Strawberry Angel Christmas decoration, which was launched at our Hospice Strawberry Festival on 4th November,
is now available to buy through the hospice.
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Buy a strawberry and help hospice
Tim Hurley from Mercy Hospice Auckland joins Breakfast TV to explain how you can help raise money for them an what the money will do.
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Strawberry Fundraiser – sweet as!
Mercy Hospice Auckland and patient Alex Mudie are hoping to dispel myths about hospice by raising money and awareness of the service with the first National Hospice Strawberry Festival.
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Lana Coc-Kroft's Secret Heartbreak
The star opens up about her grief over her father’s death (story credited to Woman’s Day).
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Hospice Strawberry Festival
Here’s your chance to have this season’s first taste of strawberries whilst supporting your local hospice. On 4th November Mercy Hospice Auckland will take over QE II square Downtown from 8am selling strawberries & ice-cream.
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It's a New York marathon effort for Team Mercy
Team Mercy are running the New York Marathon on 1st November 2009 for hospice.
Please make a donation by visiting
www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/TeamMercyNY.
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Mark Colthart's Mission for Mercy
Auckland barrister Mark Colthart is running in this year's Auckland Marathon on November the 1st raising funds for Mercy Hospice Auckland.
To support Mark and Mercy Hospice visit http://www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/MarkColthart/
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Caring for the Carers
With death and dying at the centre of every day’s work, it takes a special kind of person to work at Auckland Mercy Hospice.
Jackie Brown-Haysom learns that by putting staff first, everyone benefits. » Read more
Hitting out For A Good Cause
A bright sunny day, 54 tennis players, gourmet lunch, raffles and prizes created a fundraising recipe for success for Mercy Hospice Auckland.
The inaugural Pat McKenzie Memorial Tennis Tournament took place on Friday 4th September.
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Hospice Awareness Week - a collective effort!
Hospice Awareness Week has raised over $67,000 with the street collection bringing in $39,500 and the envelope appeal over $12,000. » Read more
"10" A Celebration of Tastes 2009
On Sunday 7 June over 400 foodies and wine lovers attended Mercy Hospice Auckland’s annual 'Degustation Brunch' at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. » Read more
Living Every Moment
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Creative for a cause
Canon are giving us the chance to win $25,000. All we need is your vote!
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Hospice Awareness Week highlights true meaning of friendship
In many ways life has sped up for the patients of Mercy Hospice in Auckland...
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Clearing up confusion over the role of hospices
It's Hospice Awareness Week and Hospice NZ Chief Executive Mary Schumacher and teenage patient David te Maipi try to
clear up the confusion about the role of hospice.
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Hospice Awareness Week, May 11th - 17th
Mercy Hospice Auckland has joined forces with the other 27 hospices throughout the country to further raise the community’s
understanding and knowledge of their services during Hospice Awareness Week...
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» Read our Awareness Week press release
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Living Every Moment
Prime Minister, John Key launches Tile Art Work for Mercy Hospice Auckland
The Past Present and Future wall art garden project was launched by the Prime Minister John Key, on 26th March to raise funds for Mercy Hospice Auckland.
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Maggie Barry Trades a Rake and a Shovel for Running Shoes
Mercy Hospice Auckland will be reaping the benefits of Maggie Barry's quest to get fitter as she takes to the bays to walk with the Mercy Hospice Auckland team in the Round the Bays 2009. » Read more
Calling All Green Fingers
Garden
lovers who purchase a ticket for the Heroic Gardens Festival this year will not only be able to view 23 different gardens across Auckland, they will also be supporting Mercy Hospice, Auckland.
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Well Known Ceramist Helps Hospice
Mercy
Hospice Auckland recognise the importance of remembering a loved one but finding the right way to do that has lead them to award winning New Zealand ceramic artist, Bob Steiner.
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Teaching Award honours Hospice Specialist
Hospice palliative medicine specialist Dr Bruce Foggo has been
announced as a recipient of this year's Dennis Pickup Clinical
Teaching Award.
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Mercy Hospice Recognised with EEO Work and Life Award 2008
Achieving a Highly Commended for Diversity award this year – one
of only seven work and life awards made – is a significant milestone
for Mercy Hospice Auckland. As a team we just get on with our daily
work often failing to stop and realise just how far we have come as
an organisation.
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