Sending flowers to Levin (Taitoko)

Liverpool Street health centre or Palmerston North?

The Horowhenua Health Centre at 62 Liverpool Street has no emergency department. A health shuttle links it to Palmerston North Hospital, so a patient from Levin is often in Palmerston North. Most wards at Palmerston North Hospital are flower free; check with the ward before sending or bringing flowers. A delivery to the patient's home in Levin once they are discharged is usually the safer choice.

Rest homes from Queen Street East to Mako Mako Road

Levin has a good number of aged-care homes for a town its size. Eldernet lists these in Levin:

• Horowhenua Masonic Village Care Home, 685 Queen Street East
• Te Whānau Lifecare, 603 Queen Street East
• Levin War Veterans Home, corner of Prouse and Matai Street
• Summerset by the Ranges, 104 Liverpool Street
• Millvale House Levin (dementia care), 42 Mako Mako Road
• Madison, 144 Queen Street West

Write the resident's full name and the home's name on the order, and pick a compact arrangement that fits on a bedside table. For dementia care, a simple posy in a stable container is easier for staff to manage than a large bouquet.

Funerals, Old Levin Cemetery and Kawiu Marae

Horowhenua District Council manages seven cemeteries, including Old Levin Cemetery and Avenue Cemetery; bookings go through the council offices in Levin and Foxton. Harvey Bowler Funerals has its office at 284 Oxford Street, Levin. For a funeral, ask the funeral director or the family where flowers should go – usually the funeral home or the family home rather than the cemetery.

Kawiu Marae and its meeting house, Te Huia o Raukura, serve the Muaūpoko people. If you are sending condolences for a tangihanga, our tangihanga guide explains what is appropriate.

Levin weather: around 1,050 mm of rain, frosts in July

Levin gets about 1,053.9 mm of rain a year, and its records run from about 32.6 °C in January to −5.4 °C in July. Both ends of that range are hard on flowers left outside. Put the recipient's phone number on the order so the florist can reach them, and suggest a sheltered spot on the delivery note. Our flower care guide explains how to keep a bouquet fresh for longer.

Much of the Horowhenua was once wetland and has been drained into farmland, so many people around Levin live on rural roads with an RD address. Copy the address exactly as the recipient writes it; rural addresses can take longer, and weekend delivery is limited in many areas. For the coast to the south, see Ōtaki.

Card ideas from Horowhenua College to the clock tower

Levin's two secondary schools are Horowhenua College, opened in 1940, and Waiopehu College, opened in 1973. A note mentioning a school prize-giving or an end of exams is a natural reason to send flowers to a student. The clock tower, built in 1999 by Levin Rotary Club, is the town's best-known landmark – a familiar reference for a card sent from far away.

Places flowers often go in Levin

Hospitals

• Horowhenua Health Centre

Rest homes and care

• Horowhenua Masonic Village Care Home
• Levin War Veterans Home
• Te Whānau Lifecare
• Summerset by the Ranges (Levin)
• Millvale House Levin - Dementia Care NZ
• Madison

Funeral homes

• Harvey Bowler Funerals

Cemeteries

• Old Levin Cemetery
• Avenue Cemetery

Put the recipient’s ward, room or the funeral director’s name on the order so the florist can find them.