Mercy Matters July 2022

Wongs, the Flower Lady, and heaps of hot chocolate

During the first lockdown, the inpatient unit (IPU) at Mercy Hospice was home to a 40-year-old Cook Island Māori, Tahitian man called Wilfred, but to everyone he met, he was ‘Wongs’.  With his family based in Tahiti and Rarotonga, Wongs spent his early years in New Zealand, either in care or on the streets.

By |2022-07-04T14:03:26+12:00July 10th, 2022|Mercy Story, Patients & families, Volunteers|Comments Off on Wongs, the Flower Lady, and heaps of hot chocolate
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The cost of funding hospice races ahead of inflation

As the country as a whole attempts to carry on with life and business, Hospice New Zealand, the national organisation representing all hospice services in New Zealand, is doing what it can to highlight the funding crisis that simply won’t go away. For those of you who were not able to read this when

By |2022-07-11T11:10:05+12:00July 5th, 2022|Mercy Matters, Mercy Story|Comments Off on The cost of funding hospice races ahead of inflation
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