Useful links to other organisations

Websites and links to useful local, national and international organisations for further information. 

More information can be found at the following organisations. Please note that this list and the links on this website do not constitute an endorsement by Hospice Wairarapa and we are not responsible for the content of any linked site, any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. Opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content are those of the respective authors and organisations.

Local Wairarapa-based organisations

Age Concern Wairarapa
Cancer Society Wairarapa
Kahukura (specialist palliative care nursing service)
FOCUS
Wairarapa Hospital (Palliative Care Service)

National support organisations

Advance Care Planning
Alzheimer’s New Zealand
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Breast Cancer Support
Cancer Society
Canteen
Carers New Zealand
Child Cancer Foundation
The Grief Centre
Heart Foundation
Hospice New Zealand
Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand
Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand (MNDNZ)
Multiple Sclerosis Society of New Zealand (MSNZ)
Mesothelioma
New Zealand AIDS Foundation
New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders (NZORD)
Parkinson’s New Zealand
Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand
Skylight
Stroke Central
Te Hokinga ā Wairua – End of Life Service

Government agencies

Health Navigator New Zealand
Cancer Control New Zealand
Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC)
Health Quality and Safety Commission
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health – Palliative Care

International Links

Asia Pacific Palliative Care Network
Canadian Virtual Hospice
European Association of Palliative Care
Help the Hospices
Hospice UK
International Association of Hospice & Palliative Care
Palliative Care Australia