Hillsborough resident receives award for her contributions to helping those with ALS
Hillsborough resident receives award for her contributions to helping those with ALS ×
HARK ALS founder Donna York received a cash prize of $7,500 as a 2021 recipient of the Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award. PHOTO COURTESY OF DONNA YORK
Hillsborough Township resident Donna York has made it her mission over the last 11 years to bring awareness to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or as most people call it, Lou Gehrig’s disease, while also helping families get the proper care they need to support their loved ones who have been diagnosed with the disease.
Christmas killing: Family speak after alleged murder of father-of-five Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 9:28PM
Wipatene Mason was allegedly murdered at Christmas. He died on Boxing Day two days after he was wounded in a a violent incident. Photo / Supplied
Christmas killing: Family speak after alleged murder of father-of-five Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 9:28PM
The family of a father-of-five killed after a violent incident on Christmas Eve say they will never recover from his death, which has wrecked their lives.
Wipatene Mason, 41, was injured during an incident at Nukuhou, south east of Whakatane, on December 24.
It is understood he was stabbed multiple times and despite a number of emergency surgeries in a bid to save his life, he died on Boxing Day.
Christmas killing: Family devastated by alleged murder of father-of-five and backbone of Bay of Plenty whanau
26 Jan, 2021 03:44 AM
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Wipatene Mason was allegedly murdered at Christmas. He died on Boxing Day two days after he was wounded in a a violent incident. Photo / Supplied
Wipatene Mason was allegedly murdered at Christmas. He died on Boxing Day two days after he was wounded in a a violent incident. Photo / Supplied
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The family of a father-of-five killed after a violent incident on Christmas Eve say they will never recover from his death, which has wrecked their lives.
Exclusive: We spent a day at the COVID19 front line at the QEH King s Lynn
| Updated: 20:56, 21 January 2021
The Lynn News has spent the day on the Covid frontline at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital seeing its mantra of âThe Safest Possible Careâ in action.
Despite being exhausted both mentally and physically, the team spirit and morale of the staff is surprisingly unshakeable, even when faced with unprecedented and devastating circumstances.
Heartbreaking scenes on the wards, with patients struggling to breathe on CPAP machines, and taking more than an hour to eat a small pot of ice cream as their oxygen levels plummeted highlighted the devastating effect of the virus.