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Lions support hospice

Julia Wade

November 17, 2025 4:11pm

Julia Wade


Nov 17, 2025 4:11pm

Lion members hand over a cheque to the North Haven Hospice team (from left) Dargaville’s Brian Campbell and Des McGowan, Waipu’s Sue Foster, Marsden’s Margaret Marinkovich and Liz Hedley, Mangawhai’s Mandy and Clive Hebben, and hospice representatives, marketing director Lyn Cheyne and HR manager Debbie Norman. Absent, Waipu Lion Juanita McGoldrick.


Kaipara and Northland Lions clubs have collectively donated 17,108 to North Haven Hospice, a welcome gift that will help the service buy essential equipment.

Waipu Lions Sue Foster and Juanita McGoldrick coordinated the fundraising campaign, which involved clubs from Mangawhai, Dargaville, Paparoa, Marsden and Whangarei Mid Western, along with the assistance of the Lions Clubs Lloyd Morgan Trust.

Mangawhai Lion’s Club president Clive Hebben takes the new ceiling hoist on a test drive.

The money will enable hospice to install hoist tracks in two of the centre’s in-patient bedrooms, as well as the purchase of a portable ultrasound, which can be used in patient’s homes.

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