Bay of Plenty & Gisborne

Waipuna Hospice

43 Te Puna Station Road
Te Puna
RD6
Tauranga 3176
PO Box 1156
Seventh Avenue
Tauranga 3140
Ph: 07 552 4380
Fax: 07 552 4386
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Waipuna Hospice provides medical and specialist nursing care and support services to terminally ill patients and their families in the Western Bay of Plenty community, extending from Waihi Beach to Paengaroa. Our services include inpatient and community-based nursing care, family support, bereavement counselling, massage, volunteer support, a day programme and the loan of resources such as equipment and books.
Waipuna Hospice has a 12 bed inpatient facility and is situated on 5 acres on the banks of the Wairoa River in Te Puna, Tauranga.

Hospice Eastern Bay of Plenty

37 Goulstone Road
PO Box 275
Whakatane
Ph: 07 307 2244
Fax: 07 307 8057
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Hospice EBOP, based in Whakatane, provides community-based palliative care services throughout the Whakatane, Opotiki and Kawerau districts.
Services include: Home and community-based palliative care nursing services, loan of specialist equipment, 24/7 nursing support, grief and bereavement support, weekly day-stay programme, volunteer transport and family support. Support is provided for both the patient and their families/whanau.

Gisborne Palliative Care Service

c/o Gisborne Hospital
Private Bag 7001
Ormond Rd
Mangapapa
Gisborne
Ph: 06 869 0552
Fax: 06 869 0566
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Founded in 1981 to meet the needs of the terminally ill and their families in the Gisborne/East Coast region, the Gisborne Palliative Care Service cares for up to 165 patients, mostly in their own homes, each year. The Gisborne region covers a land area of 8265 sq km on the east coast of the North Island and stretches from just north of Morere Thermal Springs and Mahia Peninsular in the south up to the East Cape and Potaka township to the east of Opotiki.  Services include: Specialist doctor and nursing staff, night nursing, counsellor, bereavement care, spiritual care, volunteer service (65 volunteers), specialist equipment loan, community education, biography service and memory boxes and two specialist beds within Gisborne Hospital.



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