A bit of prep before washing can extend the lifespan of your clothing.

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Fashion Hacktivism, an event created to showcase AUT’s ‘Fashion Hacktivism goes Big’ upcycling project, which, in partnership with Dove, focused on giving damaged second-hand clothing a new lease on life.

The Stitch It workshop series has officially launched, and we couldn’t be more thrilled about the overwhelming response we received for our first event of 2023.

As Christmas approaches, why not plan to focus on quality over quantity in your festivities to help reduce waste, lower stress levels, allow more time with your loved ones, and increase support for local businesses?

Over recent months we’ve been working behind the scenes and have taken the opportunity to engage with key stakeholders including service users, referrers, staff and volunteers around the merit of slightly changing our name from Dove Hospice to ‘Dove Hospice...

This month, Second-hand September, we connected with fashion activist Amanda Butterworth from our  New Zealand Fashion Revolution team.  Fashion Revolution is a global movement that campaigns for a clean, safe, fair, transparent, and accountable fashion industry through research, education, collaboration,...

As we roll through another week of lockdown, and the end of what would have otherwise been New Zealand Fashion Week 2021, we reflect on one of the most popular product items donated to Dove Hospice… clothing. As you may...

‘Inspiration for a waste free lifestyle – An Interview with Kristy Lorson’ As we come close to the end of July, for many this also means the end of another Plastic Free July.  For those of you unfamiliar with Plastic...

What does ‘National Volunteer Week’ mean to Dove Hospice? An interview with Lyn Kirkham This week, 20th June – 26th June, is New Zealand’s ‘National Volunteer Week’.  This week, we are taking the time to recognise and show our ongoing...

Today, 21st May 2021, is ‘World Tea Day’ and this also falls during ‘Hospice Awareness Week’ here in New Zealand. With Dilmah being a dedicated supporter of Hospice New Zealand we wanted to recognise this support and thank them for...

An interview with Terry, Glen Innes Dove Hospice Retail Assistant You may all be familiar with the quote; ‘One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure’. Well here at Dove Hospice, we sell preloved goods for our cause …and among them...

An interview with Mala Patel, local Auckland based photographer.   Planning a summer wedding? ⠀⠀ Mala Patel, an avid Dove Hospice shopper and also one of our amazing volunteers, created this ‘Sustainable Summer Wedding’ collaboration project which we wanted you...

Welcome to Dove Hospice Online On March 23rd this year, Dove Hospice launched e-commerce store www.dovehospice.com with the aim to showcase and sell our pre-loved product donations to the world.  With strong company values of Affordability, Community and Sustainability, we...

An interview with our DOVE HOUSE Clinical Services Manager, Patricia Melville. On a rainy Auckland Wednesday afternoon, Patricia Melville, our Clinical Services Manager sat down with our marketing team in one of the warm and relaxing family meeting rooms at...