Lew Tubby started making wig stands for cancer patients after his brother-in-law was diagnosed with the disease two years ago.
The 78-year-old Papamoa man has since made more than 140 stands for free.
Mr Tubby belongs to the Tauranga Woodcrafters Club and members heard other clubs in New Zealand were making stands for patients. That was about the time Lew and wife Laureen learned of her brother's diagnosis.
Mrs Tubby said: "When we discovered it, it was more or less the same time my brother got cancer, so it was Lew's idea to get it started at the Tauranga Woodcrafters Club and he has been making them since then.
"He has been the main wig stand maker but it was really the fact my brother got cancer.