About us
We honour living and dignify dying by ensuring patients and their whānau receive leading-edge specialist palliative care within our community
The mahi - delivering specialist palliative care
Since 1981, Tōtara Hospice has been at the forefront of delivering advanced palliative care services to the communities of South and South East Auckland. Tōtara Hospice provides free multi-disciplinary, specialist holistic palliative care services to the districts of South and South-East Auckland. We are a local charity and our community of approximately 520,000+ people is one of Aotearoa, New Zealand's largest and most diverse.
Our services support those with life-limiting illnesses such as cancers, heart, lung or kidney failure or neurological diseases such as motor neurone disease, with a focus on ensuring in every way possible that a person's final journey is experienced with comfort, care and dignity.
Our team provide physical, emotional, psychological and social care and support. We are proud to work alongside colleagues in our community including General Practice and Hospital teams to achieve the best outcomes possible for our patients and their whānau.
Our vision and values
Our work is driven by an unshakable commitment to our vision, purpose and our core values. These principles shape our approach and guide us in providing the highest standards of specialist palliative care to our community.
Me mahi tahi tātou mo te oranga o te katoa - We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone
Our values
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Whai wāhitanga 🫂Inclusion - a safe place for all people, where diversity is expected and valued
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Aroha 💗Compassion - treating others with care, dignity and empathy, showing kindness without judgement
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Manawaroatanga ✨Pride - in our vision, purpose and community
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Auahatanga 💡Innovation - seeking new ideas and striving for better solutions, acknowledging and harnessing each other’s skills and contributions
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Ngaiotanga 👩🏽⚕️Professionalism - great people in a great place, acting with respect and integrity, embracing the highest standard of ethics and care
Our beginning
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