Keeping families close

Poppy's Story

Poppy’s favourite thing in the whole world is her twin sister Willow; they’ve got a special bond that is just unexplainable. Our twin girls were born five weeks premature. This was the first of what unbeknown to us, would be the first of many stays at Ronald McDonald House South Island. When the ... Read more about Hayley Harrison and her family have been part of the Ronald McDonald House South Island whānau since 2014. Hayley shares her story.

Brent Crossan and Michael Sandri have been mates since school, with a love of the outdoors, extreme sports and good food uniting them across the decades. In 2016, Brent’s daughter Hailey was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, and Brent was regularly travelling from Invercargill to Rona... Read more about

My Story: Kat and Bodhi Moses

I was very fortunate to be pregnant with my IVF miracle baby. But at 30 weeks I went into spontaneous labour and within two hours my beautiful baby Bodhi was born. Being 10 weeks early meant Bodhi had a long road of hospital care ahead, but I was very fortunate to come into the care of the Ronald... Read more about Kat Moses stayed at the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Southland Hospital for 33 nights after her son Bodhi was born 10 weeks early. She shares her story.

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Check out the stories of the quadruplets that took the nation by storm and started their journey with us, the incredible Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Social Workers who accompany so many of the families who stay with us on their journey, and the SOuthland Good Sorts who raised over $7000 by shavi... Read more about Check it out here...

Help us win

To celebrate turning 100, Archibalds are generously giving away $100,000 to charities. We are incredibly humbled to be chosen as one of 10 Canterbury charities in the running to receive a share of the $100,000. The charity that gets the most votes is gifted $50,000. The next two receive $25,000 e... Read more about #DriveForGoodNZ

Room Sponsor Spotlight

Pantry stocker-uppers, Family Dinner Programme cooks, bookshelf fillers, Christchurch Supper Club venue hosts and table buyers, Host-a-Roasters, Room 7 Sponsors… our friends at Casa Construction wear a fair amount of hats when it comes to their support for us! Casa Construction have sponsored Roo... Read more about Casa Construction

Out & About

In 2005, Lisa Deer underwent surgery for a brain tumour. Thirteen years on, the Blenheim beauty therapist has bravely lobbed off 21 inches of her hair to raise money for Ronald McDonald House South Island – the place she and her mum describe as a ‘haven’ through the 45 nights they spent here over... Read more about Fundraiser a cut above

What's Going on Down South

There’s a room in the Ronald McDonald Family Room, Southland hospital that has a special place in the McRae family’s hearts. Room 3 is now known as ‘Henry’s Room’ after Justine and Tim McRae, along with their family and friends, raised over $12,000 to sponsor it for the next two years in memory o... Read more about The Family Room's Angel

Volunteer Spotlight

Every Wednesday for the last five years, our Christchurch facility has welcomed volunteer house handymen David, Gus and Neil – or as they’re more commonly known, ‘The Three Musketeers’. The Musketeers’ drive to volunteer came after they bid farewell to education careers spanning more than 4... Read more about The Three Musketeers

Teenage Tenacity

“It was a Wednesday.” Jaffar Nuru, 17, vividly remembers the February day he went for an MRI scan at Christchurch hospital, thinking he would be back home – on the farm outside Geraldine – in time for dinner. Instead, on the Friday morning he underwent a thirteen-hour surgery to remov... Read more about Jaffar finds his 'home-away-from-home'