For enquiries and bookings on the shuttles from Hawkes Bay and Taranaki, please contact:
- Hawkes Bay 06-876 7638
- Taranaki 06-757 3006
The shuttles travel on Mondays and Fridays and sometimes on Wednesdays, as necessary. When arranging your Radio/Chemotherapy appointments, please inform the staff that you will be a shuttle passenger, so they can make your appointment to coincide with the shuttle arrival/departure times.
The Oncology Department of the Palmerston North Hospital makes bookings for all patients coming for treatment as out-patients. Patients are notified of this when their appointments are sent to them.
The driver will arrange this with you. Pick-up is made from all communities on the main route between New Plymouth to Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay to Palmerston North. Opunake passengers usually travel privately to Hawera to meet the shuttle. However, the shuttle will travel either routes (Opunake or Stratford) dependent on the passengers' requirements. The Society endeavours to make the service as flexible as possible to meet the passenger's needs.
Patients and their carers are eligible for transport assistance when they have a confirmed date for simulation or treatment at the Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy Unit at Palmerston North Hospital
For more information regarding eligibility and to apply for a travel allowance, please contact:
The National Travel Assistance Officer at Palmerston North Hospital
Penny Leonard - Phone: 06 350 8476 or 06 350 8944 - between the hours of 8.30 am and 4.30 pm.
You may also contact your own Hospital's Travel & Accommodation Officer for information.
There is no fixed charge for accommodation, nor is anyone ever turned away for financial reasons. However, most people prefer to donate something and this may be discussed with the Administrator of Ozanam House. Donations can be easily made online, refer to the DONATE page on our website.
