https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/ Latest update from Hospice North Shore - Auckland, NZ (Palliative Care) en-us Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:16:04 +1300 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:16:04 +1300 60 https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/rss/webpage/?categoryId=61 https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/history/caring-for-our-community/ <img src="https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/media/5536d187468a0.jpg" width="200" /> In 1983, North Shore Hospice as it was known, began with volunteers working out of one tiny room. A few years later one nurse was employed and in her first 12 months on the job she took care of 30 patients. Tricia Clarkson was the first nurse employed at the, then... Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:23:48 +1300 https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/history/caring-for-our-community/ https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/history/carolyns-story/ <img src="https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/media/5535c6b6ed3bc.jpg" width="200" /> &nbsp; Carolyn McCondach is one of the original visionaries of Hospice North Shore (pictured above with her daughter Louise) Thirty two years ago, Carolyn&rsquo;s beautiful teenage daughter, Louise, died of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a cancer of the... Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:37:49 +1300 https://www.hospicenorthshore.org.nz:443/history/carolyns-story/