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We can’t tell you how humbling it is to receive donations from members of our community – your generosity blows us away. One of the latest community groups to get behind our cause was the Balfour Lions Club – together they raised $3000, which they have kindly donated to the… Read more

On the morning of 7 July, Southland Charity Hospital board member – and widow of Blair Vining, whose epic fight for an end to the “postcode lottery” was a key driver the formation of our hospital – spoke to the Southern District Health Board at its meeting in Dunedin. The… Read more

When Lyn Brown’s daughter Jess sent her a link to say she’d purchased a supporter’s brick for the Southland Charity Hospital, it reminded the owner of the Waikaia Store, Brown Owl Café and Post Office to jump online and purchase her own. Little did she know, she would be the… Read more

Blair Vining reckoned if everybody in the south bought a brick, together we could build a hospital. So, we’re going to do just that. Buy a Brick Day On Friday 31 July, 2020, the Southland Charity Hospital want to see schools and businesses across New Zealand hold a Casual Friday… Read more

By the community – for the community: that’s the ethos behind the Southland Charity Hospital, which is excited and privileged to announce that Boyd Wilson has volunteered to serve in the vital role of development manager. Southland Charity Hospital trustee Melissa Vining, wife of the late Blair Vining – whose… Read more

Southland Charity Hospital concept plans released on Blair Vining’s 40th birthday On Wednesday May 13, 2020, Blair Vining should have been celebrating his 40th birthday. The day before New Zealand emerges from Level 3 of its COVID-19 response, the Vining family’s tribute to their husband and father is particularly poignant…. Read more