Russell s Patu Sigley is Ministry of Health s Volunteer of the Year
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Patu Sigley accepting Hone Hohepa s wero at her marae, Haratu, before receiving her Ministry of Health award as Volunteer of the Year. Photo / Angela Maioha
Northern Advocate
Russell identity Patu (Patricia) Sigley has been named by the Ministry of Health as the Health Volunteer of the Year, in recognition of her outstanding achievements within the community.
She was nominated by Haratu Kororareka Marae for her work over more than 50 years, often in small and sometimes isolated communities.
The career nurse has spent a large part of her so-called non-working life busy as a volunteer, helping set up hauora clinics, volunteering for the rural ambulance service for 20 years, assisting people into pensioner housing or community living.