Despite the rising cost of living, Southlanders dug deep to support Family Works’ Christmas appeals last year, ensuring families in need were able to enjoy the festive season.
Posted: Wednesday February 1, 2023
There must be a secret elixir of life in the water at Gore’s Resthaven care home - or is chocolate the answer?
Posted: Friday January 27, 2023
Enliven Southland’s new pastoral care coordinator Shirley Keen has swapped welcoming visitors into her home-based hospitality business for visiting others in their homes, but her core values of providing care and comfort to others remain her focus.
Posted: Thursday January 26, 2023
Strengthen your family relationships this year and join our Incredible Years parenting programme in Mossburn next month.
Posted: Monday January 16, 2023
Swapping high-pressured hospital roles for the intensive care for Invercargill’s elderly has been a welcome change for two of Invercargill’s newest migrant nurse recruits.
Posted: Sunday January 15, 2023
Surely there must be a secret to making a marriage lasting 70 years.
Posted: Monday December 12, 2022
Southland children in need are set to receive the precious gift of a new book this Christmas thanks to Kiwi Christmas Books.
Posted: Tuesday December 6, 2022
Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS) has welcomed full-time Pou Tohutohu Ahurea Māori - Cultural Advisor Michelle Ryland into the role, marking a new step in the charitable trust’s cultural journey.
Posted: Monday November 28, 2022
Staff and residents are set to benefit from Peacehaven's dementia unit's new outdoor area in more ways than one.
Posted: Monday November 28, 2022
Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS) has put a stake in the ground, taking a stand against violence towards woman.
Posted: Monday November 28, 2022
Sam Harvey was just 21 when he and his mates decided to join the army to help the New Zealand effort in the Malayan Emergency.
Posted: Friday April 23, 2021
Our Peacehaven and Resthaven village residents had a fantastic time in March playing some Walking Netball with the Southern Steel.
Posted: Thursday April 8, 2021
While Christmas for many people is a time of joy, happiness, being with family, eating plenty of good food, and celebrating, for others it is a time of stress, loneliness, or struggle.
Posted: Thursday April 8, 2021
Janine Cruickshank is no stranger to working in health and safety, but while it is a familiar path, her new role at Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS) is one she is relishing.
Posted: Thursday April 8, 2021
When Sheila Baytopp talks about dance her eyes glaze over, and a dreamy, far away expression crosses her face. It’s an expression of love, of passion, of times gone by, but times that are remembered with fondness.
Posted: Thursday April 8, 2021
Heather and Pita Petelo became foster parents for Family Works in September 2016 and haven't looked back since.
Posted: Monday March 1, 2021
New Enliven Director Carol Riddle is passionate about her job. It is clear in the way she speaks about the people she works with, the residents in the care homes, and the experiences she has had, not only in this position, but in the many others she has held within...
Posted: Tuesday December 22, 2020
When Lynn Morton joined the Presbyterian Support team in 2004, little did she know how wide and varied her involvement would become.
Posted: Tuesday December 22, 2020
Kelsi* and I were matched in 2009 in the Buddy Programme. We never lost touch after the Buddy Programme and still stay in close contact to this day. I could write a book on the different things we did.
Posted: Wednesday November 4, 2020
Erika* has five children with ages varying from newborn to 9 years old. Erika’s family had Oranga Tamariki involvement due to care and protection concerns for the four eldest children and the spotlight was on Erika and her partner for the birth of their fifth child.
Posted: Wednesday November 4, 2020