Welcome to Little Elms

The Trucking for Hawke's Bay Child Cancer Charitable Trust owns and manages the Little Elms complex in Orchard Road, Hastings which consists of six motel-type chalets, a three bedroom holiday house and an administration building.

The chalets provide accommodation for families of patients at the nearby Hawke's Bay Hospital so they may be close by to provide support, particularly if the patient is a child.

Families of child cancer patients from around the country are able to use the holiday house to have some much needed “time out” from the rounds of tests and treatment that otherwise rule their lives.

The staff of the Hawke's Bay branch of the Child Cancer Foundation are based in the administration building so families are able to call in and have a cuppa and a chat with them in the family room.

Various community and health related groups also use the facilities in the administration building for meetings and training sessions.

Thanks to an amazing community effort the whole complex was built in just six days in October 2008. Check out photos in our gallery.

Our major fund-raising event is a bi-annual Ride in a Truck Day, with a truck cavalcade, truck rides, displays and more. The enxt Truck day will be held on 12 October 2013.