News from Aotearoa/New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Lovely to discover MERespite, an organisation whose list of what the fundraising is for actually looks like it cares, is not so very far away. Nice to know

 

If I recall correctly, ME Respite was created by a former nurse who has severe ME. There is a Board of Trustees and they have an office in Auckland and volunteers. I signed up a few years ago to do mentoring but then became too unwell to do this. They also have a craft group where you can make items for their ME op shops which are in Auckland. I get phone calls every so often asking how I am and if I need help which is nice to know for when I might need more support. The support is mostly Auckland based eg they drop off easy meals but if out of town they can get you a small discount on your online shopping (from the former Countdown, not sure if it is now with it's replacement Woolworths). It's a bit convoluted a process but once learnt could be useful to save money.