Supporting healthcare in your region
Some regions have set up trusts and foundations to manage donations and bequests.
Pātiki and Waharua Kōpito patterns
Making a donation or bequest to a health organisation has a lasting positive impact to the health and wellbeing of communities. Donations help provide:
- a wide range of resources, care items and services that support patients and their whānau
- grants and funding to support health-related projects
- scholarships for health workforce development and education.
Some regions accept donations directly, others by a separate trust or foundation.
How to donate in your region
Auckland
Canterbury
Canterbury
On behalf of our patients and families, thank you for considering donating to us.
We also wish to thank for their continued support:
- Buddle Findlay Child Health Foundation (external link)
- Friends of Children in Hospital (external link)
- Maia Health Foundation (external link)
- Radio Lollipop (external link)
- Hospital volunteers
Donating money
- Māia Health Foundation (external link)
- Canterbury Neonatal Unit Trust Fund (external link) (external link)
- Radio Lollipop (external link)
Donating items
Our Matatiki children's health service gratefully accepts new toys and arts and craft items. Our neonatal unit has an ongoing need for clothing and bedding.
Gifted toys and art supplies are given to children while in hospital or used in the activity room where children as inpatients can spend time playing and engaging with hospital play specialists.
Note: For the safety of our patients, we are only able to accept donations that are brand new and recently purchased.
You can schedule a time to drop off a donation Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm by emailing ChildHealthWebsite@cdhb.health.nz
Or you can post donations to:
Christchurch Women’s Hospital
Child Health Admin
Attn: Service Manager for Child Health
Private Bag 4710
Christchurch 8140
Requirements for neonatal clothing and bedding
Our neonatal intensive care has an ongoing need for clothing and bedding. New cotton singlets, gowns or baby grows are always gratefully accepted. Knitted items such as singlets, cardigans and blankets are also items in need. We are happy to receive used single or double woollen blankets which are cut down to bassinet size.
Knitted clothing
- Sizes 14 inch (35cm) and 16 inch (40cm)
- Cardigans - loose cuffs, set in sleeves or generous raglan sleeves
- No cords or ribbons around necks
Baby grows
- Prefer domes
- If zips, they must open from both ends
Blankets and quilts
- Design: knitted wool closest to the baby is the first layer with crochet blankets on the outer layer or a quilt. Although pure wool is the gold standard, we will accept acrylic mix as well because the NICU is a warm environment and babies are not going outside
- Quilts: cotton with thin batting, no puffy fillers
- Sizes 70 x 70 cm approximately and some larger @ 115 x 70 cm for twin cots.
Sheets
- Cotton
- Sizes: 100 x 60cm approximately
Suggestions for toys and art supplies
Infants and toddlers
- Musical mobiles
- Musical light up toys
- Board books and textured books
- Cot mirrors
- Rattles
- Textures blocks
- Plastic links
- Pop up toys
- Shape sorters
- Tactile toys
- Sorting/stacking/nesting toys
- Teething toys
- Balls
- Musical instruments
- Fisher Price little people
- Sensory toys such as squishys and fidget toys
Preschool age
- Colouring books
- Crayons and washable markers
- Fisher price toy medical kit
- Light up musical toys
- Bubbles
- Play dough and play dough toys
- Transportation toys — cars/trains/trucks
- Memory games
- Games such as Candy land, snakes and ladders, Guess who, Jenga
- Toy dinosaurs, insects, animals
- Wooden puzzles with large knobs
- My little pony
School age
- Art and craft packs
- Headbands
- Games such as Operation, Connect four, Game of life, Skip bo, Monopoly deal, Uno cards
- Lego sets
- Matchbox cars
- Non-violent action figures
- Painting kits
- Beading kits
- Word search books
- Finger nail polish kits
- Playmobil
- 100-piece puzzles
- Little pet shop animals
- Polly pockets
Donating time
Hospital volunteers help patients, visitors, and staff by:
- helping you find your way around the hospital
- running the Christchurch Hospital gift shop
- giving company to patients
- helping with play therapy and pet therapy
- delivering packages
- helping with other tasks like calling taxis and reading
- fundraising.
To contact Christchurch Hospital volunteers:
- email: christchurch.volunteers@cdhb.health.nz
- contact them on Facebook (external link)
- contact them on their website (external link)
Donating breast milk
Our milk bank accepts breast milk from mothers who have surplus to their own baby's requirements.
Counties Manukau
Counties Manukau
Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay
To make a donation or bequest directly to us, contact our Group Director of Operations by:
- phone: 06 878 8109
- post: Chief Executive Officer, Private Bag 9014, Hastings 4156
You can also make donations and bequests to Hawke's Bay Foundation.
Nelson Marlborough
Nelson Marlborough
Northland
Northland
South Canterbury
South Canterbury
Southern
Southern
Donations and bequests help us purchase additional items or equipment that benefit patients.
For information on making a donation or bequest, call:
- Dunedin Hospital — 03 474 0999
- Wakari Hospital — 03 474 0999
- Southland Hospital — 03 214 7208
- Lakes District Hospital — 03 441 0015
You can also contact the HealthCare Otago Charitable Trust:
PO Box 5848
Dunedin 9058
E-mail: secretary@hcocharitabletrust.co.nz
Bank details
Bank: Bank of New Zealand
Account Name: Southern District Health Board Account
Number: 02-0908-0230279-000
References
Particulars: Your name
Reference: Donation
For overseas donations
BNZ Swift Code: BKNZNZ22
Receipt request
Email: accounts_receivable@southerndhb.govt.nz
You can also donate through Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust and Lakes District Hospital Foundation.
Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust (external link)
To find out how to support the Lakes District Hospital Foundation and hospital, email Jayne Macdonald at jmacdonald@mactodd.co.nz
Tairāwhiti
Tairāwhiti
Taranaki
Te Tai Tokerau
Te Tai Tokerau
Waitakere
Waitakere
Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti
Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti
Wellington Hospitals Foundation
Wellington Hospitals Foundation is the official charity for the hospitals served by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Wellington, Hutt and Kapiti, including:
- Wellington Regional Hospital
- Te Wao Nui Child Health Service and Hospital
- Hutt Hospital
- Kenepuru Community Hospital
- Kāpiti Health Centre
- the Mental Health, Addictions and Intellectual Disability Service.
Wellington Hospitals Foundation (external link)
Hutt Hospital Foundation Trust
The Hutt Hospital Foundation Trust is a registered charitable trust that raises funds for projects to improve the health and comfort of patients and their families at Hutt Hospital.
Waikato
Waikato Health Trust
Waikato Health Trust
The broad purpose of the Waikato Health Trust is to support the provision of health and disability services within the area served by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato.
The Waikato Health Trust (WHT) is an incorporated charitable trust. One of its main activities is to manage the donations and bequests received by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato. Under an arrangement between Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato and the trust all donations and bequests received by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato are passed to the trust. They are then spent strictly in accordance with the donor's wishes.
This arrangement gives donors confidence that any conditions they may wish to attach to their donation will be respected. It also enables donations to benefit from the tax advantages of a charitable trust as well as maximising returns by allowing funds to be pooled.
Making a donation
The Waikato Health Trust welcomes donations and bequests to support the provision of health and disability services within the area served by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato.
Such donations can be tagged in any way the donor considers appropriate. For example, a donor may wish to support:
- a particular hospital or ward
- a particular area of research
- a particular locality.
The funds are managed accordingly and no administration or overhead fees (except online donation transaction fees) are deducted so every dollar you donate is used for the for the intended purpose.
Contact us
To make a donation to Waikato Health Trust:
- phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 97636)
- email: healthtrust@waikatodhb.health.nz
The Heart Trust
The Heart Trust
The Heart Trust is an incorporated charitable trust dedicated to improving the quality of life of heart patients living in the mid North Island.
The trust acts to speed up access to world-class heart diagnostic and treatment services for people living in:
- Waikato
- Bay of Plenty
- Taranaki
- Tairāwhiti.
Contact us
To contact The Heart Trust:
- phone: 027 391 5854
- email: info@thehearttrust.org.nz
Waikato Hospital Arts Committee
Waikato Hospital Arts Committee
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato staff are passionate about the role art plays in healthcare environments.
Waikato has built up an extensive art collection from numerous artists in each of its hospitals through donation or purchase.
Well selected and appropriately placed artwork has a positive impact on wellness and wellbeing. Decorating hospitals with specific types of artwork can speed up a patient's healing process, shorten hospital stays and help manage pain.
The Waikato Hospital Arts Committee was established to monitor the acquisition of art, by making sure every piece donated adds value to the current collection.
If you are passionate about art like we are and would like to assist the committee in raising funds for this programme, your donation and or support would be greatly appreciated. The alternative to donating art is to donate money towards buying a piece of art.
Contact us
For more information about donating to the Waikato Hospital Arts Committee:
- ask the charge nurse
- email: info@waikatodhb.health.nz
Help our Waikids
Help our Waikids
New Zealanders, especially our tamariki and rangatahi, are fortunate to benefit from a free to low cost public health system. But there’s not a limitless pot of funding for some of the items needed to provide care.
We have over 900 patients in Waikato Hospital on any given day. If you are in hospital that means you are really unwell or seriously injured. Some of the whānau who need care sadly don't have much at all.
Around 25% of Waikato's people live in deprivation. A nice new teddy bear or a colouring book could be the difference they need to get through life-saving surgery. A warm pair of PJs and something to keep their feet cosy, like a simple pair of socks, could be the difference in keeping them safe when they get the chance to leave hospital.
We’ve put this page together to help you make a thoughtful gift idea that suits you or your team and helps our Waikids.
Donating to Waikids
Safety first — check to see if your gift or kind donation is suitable.
We welcome a range of items to help us provide recreational activities and celebrate special events.
However, there are strict hygiene and safety criteria which need to be followed to protect unwell children from cross infection and outside germs.
- We respectfully ask that no second hand stuffed toys be donated. Soft toys are extremely hard to keep sterile and clean.
- Good condition plastic toys can be accepted if they are safe and can withstand a robust cleaning process or can be wiped with an anti-septic wipe.
- Books, toys, portable DVDs and CDs are great distractions but please ensure they are in good condition.
- For celebrations we can only accept new and unwrapped gifts.
- Unfortunately we cannot accept any food items as gifts since some children have food allergies or follow special diets.
Checklist for donations
- Is it clean?
- Is it in good condition?
- Can I post or deliver it to the hospital myself? (We are not able to pick up items.)
- See our wish list for donations of new helpful items to support children in hospital.
If we cannot accept a gift you were considering, we ask you consider other organisations that support children but do not face the same health risks as Waikato Hospital.
To contact us:
- phone: 07 839 8899 (extension 96747)
Waikids wish list
| Age | Item |
| Infants |
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| Toddlers and preschool |
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| School-aged |
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| Teenagers |
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| Everyday essentials |
New, in any all size, with labels if possible. |
| Parent packs |
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Donation drop offs
We appreciate your donation. You can drop it off at:
Waikids Hospital Play Specialist Service, E7
Elizabeth Rothwell Building
Waikato Hospital
Pembroke Street
Hamilton 3204
For large items, call us to arrange a specific day and time.
Contact us
Contact us about:
- organising a fundraising event to raise money for Waikids
- volunteering in the play specialist team
- donating money.
To contact Waikids Hospital Play Specialist Service:
- phone: 027 211 2347
Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust
Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust
For many years, a small and dedicated group has been collecting equipment, books, documents, photographs, uniforms and the like in a bid to preserve rare and interesting material about the history of health, for the benefit of future generations.
In 2005, the work of this group was formalised under the banner of the Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust, which is a Registered Charitable Trust with the Charities Commission (No. CC 10234).
The trust organises public meetings and lectures and annual memorial lectures on topics of interest.
Purpose of the trust
- To undertake, publicise and promote the collection, identification, preservation and display of documents, photographs and objects of historical interest related to the provision of health services in the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato area.
- To maintain and develop the collection and to have it available for display and for research and education purposes for the benefit of those people primarily in the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato area (but also elsewhere in Aotearoa New Zealand) who need or wish to research, study or learn about the history of health services in the region.
- Any other purposes that will result in the collection, preservation and public display of medical and other health-related memorabilia.
Ways you can help the trust
Your contribution will help to safeguard the history of health services in the Waikato for future generations.
Contact us
Contact us if you:
- would like to offer any items of historical interest to the trust for safekeeping
- would like to make a donation
- would like to buy one of our books (information below).
Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust
C/- Peter Rothwell Academic Centre
Waikato Hospital
Private Bag 3200
Hamilton 3240
Phone: 07 839 8750 (extension 96890)
Email: waikatomemtrust@gmail.com
Waikato Health Memorabilia Trust books
- Changing Times, Changing Places — From Tokanui Hospital to Mental Health: Services in the Waikato, 1910-2012
- Under One Roof: A History of Waikato Hospital
- The Waikato Hospital: Our hospital, your history