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Kim adds her expertise to national palliative care group

November 27, 2023

Kim Fuller, Clinical Nurse Consultant with the IDEA Services National Clinical Team, has joined a group working to improve palliative care in New Zealand.

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IDEA Services first to manage medication online

August 22, 2023

The online medication management platform 1CHART has now been successfully rolled out to almost 600 residential homes across Aotearoa, making IDEA Services the first disability service provider in New Zealand to introduce an online system.

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Accessible tours brought light show up close for everyone

August 22, 2023

It wasn’t quite dark, but the lights and sights of LUMA 2023 filled the Queenstown Gardens with mystery and excitement.

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Volunteers work to protect a unique coastline

August 22, 2023

For 10 years some environmental warriors have been battling to protect the Castlecliff sand dunes at Whanganui.

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Performers test revamped theatre

August 22, 2023

Singers, dancers and musicians from IDEA Services recently put a newly upgraded community theatre in Wellington through its paces.

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Photographers focus on the best of the Bay

March 2, 2023

Napier’s much-photographed Pania of the Reef was attracting attention from a group of people with cameras. But this time they weren’t tourists.

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Volunteers sign up for the army

March 2, 2023

The hard work is much more satisfying since a group of Christchurch IDEA Services volunteers joined the Student Volunteer Army.

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Super recruiter helps to ease shortages

November 25, 2022

IDEA Services could do with more people like Ghanshyam Diyora. And thanks to him, we have more people like him.

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A garden in waiting

May 26, 2022

When some old tree ferns were removed from a Mosgiel backyard in November last year, they left behind a bare fence line and empty spaces. That provided a blank canvas for the creative types among the staff and residents at an IDEA Services home.

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New strategy to strengthen cultural opportunities

December 1, 2021

A new Māori strategy is giving IDEA Services staff the confidence to explore cultural opportunities with the people we support.

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