Hawkes Bay Today
  • Hawke's Bay Today home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Havelock North
  • Central Hawke's Bay
  • Tararua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Napier
  • Hastings
  • Dannevirke
  • Gisborne

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Hawkes Bay Today

Woman amazed at generous support

Hawkes Bay Today
27 Jan, 2015 08:45 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Sarah de la Haye who has Cerebral Palsy received an anonymous donation of $1000 after losing a bathroom deposit when Mercy Renovators went into voluntary liquidation. Photo / Duncan Brown

Sarah de la Haye who has Cerebral Palsy received an anonymous donation of $1000 after losing a bathroom deposit when Mercy Renovators went into voluntary liquidation. Photo / Duncan Brown

Sarah de la Haye may as well be on American TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with all the emotional ups she's had this week.

The Hastings woman with Cerebral Palsy feared a new bathroom and the chance to eventually marry her fiance were totally out of reach after losing a $4250 deposit when Mercy Renovators went into voluntary liquidation.

Ms de la Haye had planned to remove a bath and shower at the home she shared with fiance Craig Hansen to make room for a wet area, which would allow her to shower unassisted and give her much needed independence.

Her faith in people had been renewed after being inundated with support. "It's like what you see on TV programmes, like that Extreme Makeover you don't expect it to happen here in New Zealand. This is on a smaller scale but it's been amazing."

Yesterday a blank envelope containing $1000 cash was left at Hawke's Bay Today.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

An accompanying letter read: "I too have been let down by people and put into debt." It was simply signed: "Love and blessings."

Ms de la Haye was in total disbelief as she pulled out $50 notes - her face said everything words couldn't manage.

When the shock wore off she said: "whoever you are, I can't thank you enough, thank you."

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

A group of local tradesmen and suppliers had also put their hands up to donate time and materials for the renovations. It came after a plea from Shayne Annan, owner of Suncity Plastering and Wet-seal Hawke's Bay. Now all they needed was a permit to be signed off by Hastings District Council to begin work on the original plan laid out by Mercy Renovators.

Funds in Ms de la Haye's Givealittle account have swelled to $655. Anyone wanting to keep up with progress on the bathroom can ask to join the Facebook page: Wet Area Shower updates - Sarah de la Haye.

-To donate: givealittle.co.nz/cause/wetareashower2015

Discover more

Hopes go down drain with cash

24 Jan 11:00 PM

Tradesmen offer to donate services

25 Jan 07:50 PM
Save

    Share this article

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

Premium
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay
Hawkes Bay Today

Motorist dies after four crashes in 40 minutes in Hawke's Bay

Some roads remained blocked.

17 Jul 06:02 AM
'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues
Hawkes Bay Today

'We have you surrounded': Police stood down after Hawke's Bay stand-off, search continues

17 Jul 04:06 AM
Premium
Premium
Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa
Hawkes Bay Today

Black Ferns: Tui pair on the big bird for matches in South Africa

17 Jul 04:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Hawke's Bay Today e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Hawke's Bay Today
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP