Hospice and Health NZ: building a stronger partnership for palliative care

Chief Executive Wayne Naylor recently met with Health New Zealand’s Executive Leadership Team to share an overview of hospice care across Aotearoa and discuss   how we can work together to strengthen palliative care for New Zealanders.

Wayne began by acknowledging the important progress made this year and thanking Health NZ for the 2026/27 funding uplift, including the targeted $8.8 million increase for hospice services.

A central message to Health NZ leaders was simple: helping people to die well is an essential part of a good health system, and hospice is core health system infrastructure

Charitable Op Shops - a $78M contribution to communities

Last night at Parliament we celebrated the launch of Charitable Reuse Aotearoa, a new collaboration between seven of New Zealand's largest charitable reuse organisations, working together to highlight the extraordinary impact of op shops across Aotearoa. 
The first-ever Aotearoa New Zealand Reuse Impact Study shows that charitable op shops across the country:
•    Reused 46.9 million items in one year
•    Kept 41,300 tonnes of goods out of landfill
•    Saved New Zealand households an estimated $844 million through affordable second-hand goods
•    Reinvested $78 million into social and community services, including hospice care
•    Were powered by more than 1,550 full-time equivalent volunteers alongside 1,322 paid staff. 

Read or Download the Reuse Impact Study here