ʻOku ʻi ai ha hisitōlia lōloa mo loloto ʻo e Mercy Hospice ʻi he tokangaʻi ʻo e manavaʻofá, ʻoku faʻu ʻe he misiona mo e ngaahi tuʻunga mahuʻinga ʻo e Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá mo ʻenau tukupā ke poupouʻi ʻa e kakai ʻoku puké, faingataʻaʻiá, pe ofi ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e moʻuí.
Ko e Mercy Hospice ko e taha ia ʻo e ngaahi fuofua falemahaki ʻi Nuʻu Silá, naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá.
Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa e Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá ʻi Tāpilini, ʻAilani, ʻe Katelini Makouli.
Naʻe aʻu atu ʻa e Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá ki ʻAotearoa Nuʻu Sila ʻi hono tataki ʻe Sisitā Cecilia Maher, ʻi he fakaafe ʻa e kau fafine Māori fakalotofonuá, pea nau kamata ʻenau ngāué ʻi ʻAokalani ʻo ʻoatu ʻa e akó, tokangaʻi ʻo e moʻuí, mo e poupou fakakoló.
Naʻe kamata ʻa e tokangaʻi ʻo e kau mahakí ʻi he kamataʻangá ʻaki hono fakaava ha “Hospice for the Dying” ʻoku fehokotaki mo e Falemahaki Mercy, ʻo fakaʻilongaʻi ai ʻa e kamata ʻo e ngaahi ngāue tauhi fakatapui ʻo e ʻosi ʻa e moʻuí ʻi loto ʻi he misiona ʻo e Mercy.
Naʻe hoko ʻa e St Joseph’s Mercy Hospice ko ha konga ʻo e Falemahaki Mercy, ʻo fakamālohia ai ʻa hono fakatahaʻi ʻo e tokangaʻi ʻo e kau mahakí ʻi loto ʻi he sisitemi tokangaʻi moʻui ʻo e Mercy ʻoku lahi angé.
Na’e fokotu’u faka’ofisiale ‘a e Mercy Hospice Auckland Limited, ‘o fakahaa’i ai ‘a e hokohoko atu ‘a e tupu mo e fakalakalaka ‘o e ngaahi sevesi ‘a e ngaahi falemahaki ‘i he vahefonua.
Naʻe hiki ʻa e Mercy Hospice ki hono feituʻu lolotongá ʻi he College Hill ʻi Ponsonby pea naʻe fakaava fakaʻofisiale ia ko ha fale fakatapui ʻo e kau mahakí. Ko e falé, naʻe ngāueʻaki kimuʻa ʻe he Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá, naʻe foaki ia ke poupouʻi ʻaki hono fakalakalaka ʻo e ngaahi ngāue ʻi he falemahakí.
ʻOku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Mercy Hospice, ko e feituʻu ʻo e College Hill ko e tuʻunga ia ʻo ha timi lahi ʻo e kau neesi fakakoló mo ha ʻiuniti ʻo e kau mahaki ʻoku moheʻanga ʻe 8. Kuo tupulaki ʻa e timí ʻo kau ai ha ngaahi falekoloa fakatau ʻe 8, timi tānaki paʻanga, poupou fakafāmili, ako mo e fakalakalaka, mo ha fuʻu kau tau ʻo e kau ngāue tokoní.
‘Oku ‘oatu ‘e he Mercy Hospice ‘a e tokanga’i fakafaito’o makehe ki he kau mahaki mo e ngaahi famili ‘i he kotoa ‘o ‘Aokalani, ‘o fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi sevesi ‘i he komiuniti pea ‘i hono ‘iuniti ‘o e kau mahaki. ʻOku kei tataki pē ʻene ngāué ʻe he ngaahi tuʻunga ʻulungaanga mahuʻinga fakavaʻe ʻo e manavaʻofá, lāngilangí, mo e ngāue tokoní naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he Kau Fineʻofa ʻo e ʻAloʻofá. ʻOku kei poupouʻi pē ʻa e falemahakí ʻe he tokoni ʻa e kau ngāué, kau ngāue tokoní, mo e kau poupou ʻo e koló ʻa ia ʻoku nau kei poupouʻi pē ʻene tukufakaholo fuoloa ʻo e tauhí.