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Help Bobbi Get Home ❤️

$17,454 donated
Given by 287 generous donors since yesterday

Help to raise funds to medically evacuate Bobbi from Fiji to New Zealand so she can receive the specialist care she urgently needs

Napier, Hawke's Bay

Please help us get Bobbi home to New Zealand ❤️

Mel & Ben’s beautiful 18-month-old daughter Bobbi, is currently in ICU at Lautoka Hospital in Fiji after suffering a severe asthma attack on Friday.

Bobbi’s medical team in Fiji have recommended that she be transferred to Starship Hospital in New Zealand by medical evacuation (Medevac), where she can continue receiving the specialist care she needs.

Mel & Ben’s travel insurance will not cover the cost of Bobbi’s Medevac home or the hospital expenses they have already incurred. This has left their family facing an completely unexpected financial burden.

At this stage a Medevac is the best option to get Bobbi safely home to New Zealand.

This has been an incredibly frightening time for Mel, Ben and Sky. We are asking for any help you can give, no matter how big or small.

Every donation will go directly towards the costs associated with Bobbi’s Medevac, her medical care, and helping Mel, Ben, Sky and Bobbi get home to New Zealand.

If you’re unable to donate, please consider sharing this page with your friends, family and wider community. Every share will help.

Please help us get Bobbi home.

Ashlee Parsons' involvement (page creator)

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Medevac transfer & associated medical costs incurred so far

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Thank you!   17 August 2026

Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to help get Bobbi home. Bobbi & Mel are about to depart Fiji for Auckland. We are overwhelmed with the support and have closed the donations for this page. Thank you again so much!

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This campaign started on 16 Aug 2026 and ends on 17 Aug 2026.