Weaver Christine Keller, of Dunedin, with a blanket she wove for the Otago Community Hospice to accompany people that have been cared for at its Dunedin base in North Rd.
The multi-coloured blanket — called "Kahu Aroha" — is based on the three main rivers that flow through the region the hospice covers — the Waitaki, the Taiari (Taieri) and Mata-au (Clutha) as well as the riverbanks that embrace them.
She presented the hospice with the blanket yesterday.
Photo: Peter McIntosh
The blanket will be placed over patients who have died in the inpatient unit as they are transferred to the hearse.
