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Organ donation:
People of all ages can be considered for organ donation.
In New Zealand you can donate your heart, lungs, pancreas, liver and kidneys. Tissue such as heart valves and skin can also be donated.
One donor can transform the lives of up to 10 recipients.
You can make your wishes to become an organ and tissue donor known by ticking question 4C on your driver licence application or renewal form.
If you would like to be a donor, tell your family which organs and tissues you are willing to donate.
At the end of last year's Te Puke Float Parade, there was an impromptu heartfelt haka to express support for Hollie Snell.
Hollie had been involved in a car crash on November 18 last year. Her family had been told to prepare for the worst and had begun the process of carrying out Hollie's wishes for her organs to be donated. But by the time of the parade, there were signs that all was not lost. There was hope.
Hollie, now 17, has since said she was ''knocking on heaven's door'', but just over 12 months later, instead of being in a hospital bed as the parade takes place, she will be in it - sitting next to Santa for the parade.
It has been a tradition of the parade that young battlers are honoured with a chance to sit with Santa during the parade.