Author: WHF Team

Spring Supporter News

Find out what’s been happening at the Foundation and check out our latest newsletter here.  

Makeover for Heart and Lung Unit

Did you know that 2850 patients are seen by the Wellington Regional Heart and Lung Unit a year! Many having angiograms for coronary stents, heart valves or other diagnostic procedures, and there are over 500 heart and lung operations performed every year. With your help we recently helped refurbish the unit’s patient lounge, installing a… Read more »

Sick kids drive super cool cars to surgery!

Having an operation can be very scary, even for the bravest among us! To help make the experience a lot loss less frightening and overwhelming for our wee patients, the Foundation recently funded a fleet of five super cool electric cars for children to travel to theatres in, at both Wellington and Kenepuru Hospitals. Among… Read more »

Walk Through the Heart of the City 2019

Grab your shoes and loved ones and join us for a fun walk through the heart of the city to build a stronger heart for Wellington Regional Hospital!  All funds raised will go towards supporting Wellington Regional Hospital’s Heart and Lung Unit.  Go the extra mile and encourage family and friends to sponsor you too!… Read more »

Mark, Dorothy and the Minister of Health check out work on the new children’s hospital today

We were delighted to have our incredible benefactors Mark Dunajtschik and Dorothy Spotswood accompany the Minister of Health, The Hon. David Clark on a visit to the site of Wellington’s new multi-million dollar regional Children’s Hospital this afternoon. It’s incredibly exciting to see our vision for a bold and modern new children’s hospital becoming a… Read more »

Thank you Wellington!!

A huge THANK YOU to all the wonderful Wellingtonians, businesses, community groups, families and individuals who generously supported Hospi’s Pyjama Appeal again this year. We’ve been inundated with thousands of fabulous flannelette pyjamas which has helped keep sick kids warm and well this winter.  Many of the PJs have been distributed by our paediatric community… Read more »

‘Singers to Listen For’ – Showcasing wonderful young opera singers

    The Wellington Hospitals Foundation are very pleased to invite you to an evening showcasing rising operatic stars, in support of the new Wellington Children’s Hospital.  We are delighted that Wellington Rotary has chosen the new Wellington Children’s Hospital to be joint recipients of proceeds from their annual concert – Singers to Listen For. … Read more »

“Two Year Countdown to New Children’s Hospital”

“Two-year countdown to children’s hospital” …. Our community’s support of the new Wellington Regional Children’s hospital grows every day! The Foundation is delighted to share this front page article of today’s Dominion Post which celebrates the half way stage of the new children’s hospital. Below, Dr Andrew Marshall outlines the impact your new children’s hospital… Read more »

Wellington Children’s Hospital Annual Street Appeal

Wellington Children’s Hospital’s Annual Street Appeal is on Friday 23rd August 2019. Please give two hours of your time to help thousands of sick kids in our region receive the best possible care! Please SIGN UP to collect today at signup.com/go/WCHStreetAppeal