With the help of customer donations, we're able to make a real difference for the kids at Starship. Learn more about the incredible ways our customer donations have helped make a difference.
Don't forget, it’s easy to add a small donation to your monthly bill or to make a one-off donation.
Together, by giving just a little, we can help make a real difference to the lives of thousands of Kiwi kids and their families.
When Mya was 7 years old, she had life-changing plastic surgery with a team of five surgeons led by Dr Wheeler. From birth she has been living with a rare condition called arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an entanglement of blood vessels in her left cheek.
In 2020 Avery was involved in a nasty car accident that left her suffering with severe head, leg and spinal injuries, as well as internal bleeding.
How is Avery now?
Lennox is a very special little boy. A real fighter. At 20 weeks of pregnancy a heart-defect was spotted, at birth he was put into intensive care, and at 3 weeks he was moved to the Starship National Children’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for open heart surgery.
But sadly, many New Zealand families don't. Cold, damp homes lead to over 15,000 kids being admitted to Starship every year with preventable illnesses. That's why the Starship led Healthy Homes initiative was created. Hundreds of families' homes have been made warmer and drier with curtains, draught stoppers, heating and blankets.
As a part of this initiative, Starship has provided 18,400 curtains to 1,435 families in need.
We took penguins to the kids at Starship, thanks to the magic of 360 video and donations from our customers.
Meet the Mercury Knitters as they adventure to Starship Children's Hospital for a surprise.
Eli has been living in Starship Children’s Hospital for some time, away from most of his family and friends. To share a little bit of magic with him, we created a 360° Virtual Reality experience to make him feel closer to home, from over 600km away.
Every cent of your donation goes to support The Starship Foundation. Over 24k Mercury customers donate as little as $4 on their monthly bill. It all adds up.