Hato Hone St John - West Coast

13/06/2026

Happening today!
Remember bring your non perishables out to our volunteers or leave by your letterbox for pick up.
Help us support your community.

UPDATE the Hokitika Food drive has been postponed due to the weather. We will keep you updated when we know the new date.

12/06/2026

This week we celebrated Volunteer Week with lunch for our volunteers from Fellowship, Health Shuttle, Youth, Major Incident Support Team, Therapy Pets and Friends of the Hospital. We are incredibly lucky to have an amazing team of volunteers who support the work we do.
We were blessed to have the Hato Hone St John Chancellor John Whitehead CNZM in attendance, presenting a special certificate and pin to our volunteers from the Friends of the Hospital and Therapy Pets teams.
These ladies have given invaluable service over the past few years to St John and their community so join us in saying thank you. 💛
And our thanks to Lisa Winter from the MASH Mobile Mess Tent for the wonderful lunch we enjoyed.

11/06/2026

🚑 West Coast, we need your help 🚨

Our St John ambulance teams are always ready to respond when our communities need them most — and now they’re asking for our support.

Every donation, big or small, helps keep this essential service strong across the Coast.

Scan the code in the image or visit https://lighttheway.stjohn.org.nz/west-coast to support the Light the Way Annual Appeal 2026.

Let’s stand together for the people who stand ready for us. 💛

This June we are raising money to help rebuild and repair vital ambulance stations across Aotearoa.

09/06/2026

Primo had an awesome day out in Hokitika today.
He loved checking out the sights, snapping plenty of selfies and meeting so many friendly faces!
A big thank you to everyone who donated to our Annual Appeal, your support means so much 💛

09/06/2026

Anybody need a ride? Found a new car!

08/06/2026

And Primo is off adventuring in Hokitika. Keep an eye out folks!

08/06/2026

Hello Hokitika!
Primo the Penguin 🐧 will be touring Hokitika tomorrow Tuesday 9th June. He will be out shaking the bucket for Annual Appeal and looking for photo opportunities, cuddles, and pats.
So if you would like to make a donation, take a selfie and say hello keep an eye out downtown between 11am and 2pm.
See you there 🥰💛💛🐧🐧

06/06/2026

Primo the Penguin 🐧 has been out and about today with the wonderful Youth team collecting for the St John Annual Appeal. Did you see them our and get a photo?
Aren't our kids AWESOME! 🐧

06/06/2026

We have our team on-site at both the The Warehouse and Griffen and Smith Mitre 10 MEGA today until 2pm if you would like to support our Annual Appeal by making a donation or buying a raffle ticket.
Our thanks to all of our volunteers and the Paroa Women's Institute for your help to make this happen
You are all amazing! 💛💛

05/06/2026

Come on down to Greymouth New World today and buy a raffle ticket from our awesome volunteers.
We are fundraising for our Annual Appeal to support your local ambulance stations. 💛💛
Prizes in comments below.