Thank you Siobhan Marshall!

6 November, 20226 November, 2022

Fourth out of 21 competitors is a pretty stellar effort for Siobhan Marshall who left Celebrity Treasure Island this week after competing for several weeks in the far north of New Zealand.

Siobhan has long been a supporter of the SPAW organisation and we are very grateful to her – she has raised $10,000 for our charity after winning two puzzle competitions on the show, smart cookie.

These funds will go a long way to helping us treat more animals in the months ahead. Thank you Siobhan, we are grateful to you!

Together, we have raised more than $130,000 for Tonga

5 June, 202212 September, 2022

Thank you to all of those who rallied together to help us raise more than $130,000 in aid for the Kingdom of Tonga following the devastating tsunami that affected the region in January. Over the recent months we have worked with the Tongan Government and local partner organisations on Tongatapu, Vava’u, Eu’a and Ha’apai to…

Talking with our team: Lead Vet Dr Geoff Neal

23 November, 202112 September, 2022

In this series, we talk with the people giving their time to help animals in need. Today we chat to SPAW’s Lead Vet and Board Chair Dr Geoff Neal about the work he has been doing for SPAW over the last eight years. Geoff studied at Massey University in Palmerston North and worked as a…

Talking with our team: Vet Victoria Chapman

7 June, 202212 September, 2022

In this series, we talk with the people giving their time to help animals in need. Today we chat to Zoetis Veterinary Advisor and SPAW volunteer vet Dr Victoria Chapman about the work she has been doing for SPAW over the last six years. Victoria studied at Massey University in Palmerston North, graduating in 1996….

Angela Glover – Message from Karen Schade

18 January, 202212 September, 2022

We have heard the heartbreaking news that our beautiful friend and colleague Angela Glover has passed away after trying to save her dogs from the tsunami in Tonga. Many of us in the SPAW community knew Angela, and we feel her loss immensely. Angela touched so many lives both human and animal through the selfless…

SPAW returns to Tonga

6 November, 20226 November, 2022

SPAW returned to Tonga during October, our first trip to the South Pacific after nearly three years of disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After suffering a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami earlier this year, it was critical that we made Tonga our first stop. During the trip SPAW worked with Host-a-Vet Vava’u to host…

South Pacific Animal Welfare and Host a Vet Vava’u

20 November, 202112 September, 2022

It is difficult watching the population of street dogs and cats increasing due to the suspension of de-sexing operations on Vava’u, Tonga, say Tracey Meikle, Bodine (Bo) Cameron and Brandie Cass from Host-a-Vet. Host-a-Vet in a NGO set up by Vava’u expats in 2017 to work with SPAW to deliver their clinics on the island…