RNZ: Families who have lost a child say new funding from the government into paediatric palliative care will mean others won't have to do it alone.

RNZ: The government will spend $15.5m over four years to set up a national paediatric palliative care service, Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced.

Stuff: Families caring for children with life-threatening illnesses will receive more specialist support at home as part of a $15.5 million investment to expand palliative care nationwide.

NZ Herald: Not many Kiwi teenagers can say they have been invited to eat fast food on a Los Angeles beach by an international pop star, but RJ Abood was special.

NZ Herald: There were few comforts for Angela Schleif as she watched her second child die from the rare genetic disorder Alpers Syndrome, 17 years after her first.

Stuff: When Kristin Davis’ daughter Meila was dying from bone cancer, managing her pain often came down to a phone call in the middle of the night.

The Post: After a decade of palliative care neglect in which New Zealand slumped by world standards, there is new hope the terminally ill may soon be suffering less

The Listener: After a childhood of violence and broken dreams, Amanda Evans has forged a career making a huge difference to the lives of dying children. She is one of only two palliative-care specialists for children in NZ

Stuff: The father of a terminally ill five-year-old who died without specialist end-of-life care has urged Health Minister Simeon Brown to ensure no other families have to navigate the “scarring” journey alone.

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Wairarapa Times - Age Midweek: Eighteen-month-old Riley Peterson loved bunnies, walks in the push-chair, the swings at Queen Elizabeth Park, and most of all, her mum and dad. She was her parents’ “whole world”.

RNZ: Kathryn Ryan talks to doctor Amanda Evans and mum Rachel Hill about her son Otis.

The Post: Halfway into its three-year pilot, Wellington’s philanthropy-funded child palliative care service has three times as many patients as expected, showing how many families have been missing out. The chief children’s commissioner supports a call for urgent funding of a new national service for dying children, calling the current situation “untenable, inequitable and inadequate”.

Herald article: A specialist paediatric palliative care doctor says New Zealand is falling behind other nations in its care of terminally ill children and the Government must step up to help.

Webinar hosted by Dr Amanda Evans on grief.

The Post article: A secret donor’s gift will help more families of dying children get specialist support to navigate the unthinkable. But why is an essential health service having to rely on charity?

Spinoff article: Some tips on being good company to someone who is facing their mortality.