Aroha Eatery

We honour living and dignify dying by ensuring patients and their whanau 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.

Inpatient Care

Our Inpatient Unit offers short-term admissions to support patients with palliative care needs that cannot be managed within the hospital and community setting.

Community Based Cares

Our Inpatient Unit offers short-term admissions to support patients with palliative care needs that cannot be managed within the hospital and community setting.

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24-hour Palliative Care Support Line

Our 24hour phone support service offers nonurgent support for patients and whānau receiving care from Tōtara Hospice.

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