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Ranui House Stories
Meet our Haematology Prize winners!
It’s a privilege and delight to announce our five Haematology Prize winners for 2021 and 2022. Part of the mission of the Bone Marrow Cancer Research Trust is to support the...
Former Kiwi athlete and two-time leukaemia survivor announces new role
More than a decade since his diagnosis, two-time leukaemia survivor Josh Komen is pledging to ‘give back’ to those who were there for him during his darkest days. The former...
The Rānui housekeeper that lights up Christmas
Edith Molyneux is more than a housekeeper at Rānui House. She is Rānui’s very own Christmas angel. For more than 14 years, Edith has been looking after the 26-apartments at Rānui...
Special recognition for two of the driving forces behind Christchurch health charity
Two Christchurch volunteers have been gifted a new title to recognise a lifetime of dedicated service, which has seen thousands of Kiwis provided a home-away-from-home when...
From Golden Bay to Rānui House – with love
On a Friday night in March 2022, Melise Tilley was told she had leukaemia. Four days later she was on a plane leaving her home in Golden Bay for Christchurch Hospital. “I went to...
Rānui House gives family space to heal
Amidst a daunting and huge life-changing transplant surgery, two brothers and their partners have found solace in staying at Rānui House. Waimate’s Kelvin Sadler underwent a...
In the blink of an eye, life as we knew it changed
My husband Max was diagnosed with an extremely rare auto immune disease and was told his chances of survival were slim.
Housekeeper Helen saved my life
At 23, Josh Komen from Greymouth was diagnosed with cancer and had a Bone Marrow Transplant
Little brother’s lifesaving gift
Liam Seelen did not hesitate to offer a piece of himself to save his big brother’s life.