Wellington Fundraiser

Lower Hutt — How many sausages must you sizzle to get yourself to Arizona? An awful lot, says Adam Duffin, one of four Hutt students to take advantage of a student exchange scheme with one of the council’s sister cities, the high-technology centre of Tempe in America’s south-west.

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Porirua — Anchor Growing Communities has announced how the funds raised through its joint funding initiative with New World Porirua will be split amongst three local charities.

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Porirua — "I would walk to the ends of the earth to ensure that child abuse is never swept under the carpet again." said 'Link Hands Against Child Abuse' walker and child abuse survivor Barb Mullen.

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Wellington City — Ronald McDonald House is synonymous with providing that special home away from home for families with chronically ill children.

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Wellington — Wellington's Somali community is inviting Wellingtonians to join them at a special event in November to raise funds for UNICEF's Africa Food Crisis Appeal.

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Wellington — One hundred and fifty New Zealand Defence Force personnel will be joined by three American marines on Thursday 21 April, collecting on the streets of Wellington for the annual Poppy Day collection.

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Wellington —   Dear New Zealanders,   We urgently need your support to keep our service running in Wellington.  I am the CEO and Founder of the Phobic Trust which I set up 30 years ago to treat anxiety disorders.

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Wellington City — The plight of those affected by the Queensland floods has touched the heart of Wellington Phoenix owner Terry Serepisos.

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Wellington City — A pink ‘greenhouse’ that will be auctioned off on Trademe with proceeds going to breast cancer research has begun a national tour to drive up the price.

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Wellington City — Film buffs and wine-lovers are invited to attend a charity auction and dinner aimed at raising proceeds for a Wellington-based organisation which funds research into finding cures for eye diseases.  The Capital Vision Research Trust annual fundraising night is being assisted by leading real estate agency Bayleys, and takes place in Wellington on September 25.

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Wellington City — The weather smiled on us with a perfect day for our annual Skylight Golf Classic.

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Wellington City — The Wellington City Mission is hoping to match its effort of 12 months ago and build the world’s biggest ever can Christmas Tree in Wellington this Friday.

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Wellington — Generous food and wine lovers from throughout Lower Hutt and Wellington ate and drank their way through dishes prepared by some of the region’s leading restaurants at a charity lunch which raised a staggering $92,326 for Te Omanga Hospice at the weekend.

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Wellington —  A fabulous line-up of New Zealand female musicians will take part in ‘Safe and Sound’, a concert in support of maternal health in the Pacific at the San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington, on 22nd October 2009.

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Wellington City — Bachelors, and those who know a quality bachelor between the ages of 25-55, are needed for NZ’s first ever ‘Men in the City’ charity bachelor auction that will benefit Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the fastest growing developmental disability affecting approximately 40,000 New Zealanders.

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Wellington — As an uncle of a CanTeen member, Staff Sergeant Alexander McKenzie knows all about the struggle CanTeen members face, and the benefits they receive from CanTeen.

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Wellington — Emma Daken strides into Wellington to end NI leg of her journey in quest to set record as youngest Kiwi to walk the length of NZ  for Cystic Fibrosis research

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Wellington — Emma Daken wants to raise awareness and funds for cystic fibrosis and she is willing to walk the length of New Zealand to do so.

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