North Haven Hospice

North Haven Hospice helps people with a life-limiting condition to enjoy living every moment, making the most of the time they have left, however long that may be, with our specialist palliative care. We are a community charity.

People are supported to live as well as possible and to allow death to occur naturally with comfort and dignity. Throughout this time and in their bereavement, we also support family and whānau.

Hospice care is holistic. It extends beyond physical needs, placing equal importance on emotional, social, cultural and spiritual needs and wants. This care extends to family and whānau caring for you.

Most people receive our services primarily, or even entirely, at home or in their place of residence; wherever that is throughout the entire Whangarei District or south-east Kaipara. Most people only come to our premises Te Whare Hūmārie in Tikipunga, Whangārei if they need a closer level of monitoring or symptoms cannot be managed at home. Sometimes family and whānau or other carers may need some respite and people stay for a short period of time until they are ready to return home.

Our hospice services are provided free of charge.

However, the gap between the partial Government funding we receive and the actual cost to provide the service we do is approximately $2.8 million every year. This is the amount we need to fundraise annually, which works out to $55,000 every week and almost $8,000 per day.

Every dollar that is raised for North Haven Hospice, stays here in our community, supporting local people facing the end of life and during bereavement.