28th November 2023 Charity / WIAL
A group 56 Christmas Trees have been placed around Wellington Airport as part of the annual Cystic Fibrosis Christmas Tree Festival.
TOP 10 Holiday Parks Group has been named the top workplace fundraiser for the Child Cancer Foundation’s Wig Wednesday.
Christchurch Attractions is partnering with the Central City Business Association and Salvation Army in an effort to provide more warmth for the city’s vulnerable people.
EcoZip Adventures welcomed over 150 Waiheke Island residents to its second annual Locals’ Day, raising $7,000 for charity.
Privately-owned sculpture park Gibbs Farm will open to celebrate a special charity event this month with the Child Cancer Foundation.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has launched an international fundraising appeal and a special Lotto draw to support the recovery efforts across the North Island impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
ZipTrek Ecotours’ Locals Day annual fundraiser has raised $7,225 for Sustainable Queenstown.
Wellington Zoo will provide free passes to people and families supported by the the Wellington City Mission.
Highlands Motorsport Park will run a cycling event on 26 March 2022 to support awareness around prostate cancer.
Ziptrek Ecotours is donating $7725 to the Southern Wellbeing Trust after raising the funds in its #WellbeingForWhakatipu initiative.
Invercargill’s Bill Richardson Transport World has raised $42,000 for charity KidsCan to help support vulnerable young New Zealanders and their families.
Shotover Jet is providing free rides for essential workers in Queenstown to thank them for their efforts over the pandemic.
The RealNZ Cruise-for-a-Cause raised nearly $30,000 for the Deep Cove Outdoor Education Trust.
Air New Zealand welcomed 50 Koru Care kids on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for a special mystery flight on Saturday 15 May.
Two cyclists have raised $25,000 to support the family of a friend who died after being struck by a car.
Queenstown-based guiding company Ultimate Hikes has raised $125,000 for the Starship Foundation.
Steve Armitage, general manager destination at Auckland Unlimited said Summernova’s charity partners represented the festival’s ethos of inclusivity and sustainability.
Items primarily donated by tourism operators in the Queenstown and Fiordland areas were auctioned off.
Auckland Airport will give $100,000 to South Auckland charities through its Twelve Days of Christmas grants programme.
Shotover Canyon Swing is going ‘full swing’ on Thursday 17 September 2020 to raise funds for St John Ambulance and raise awareness for mental health.
GCH Aviation’s Kaikoura Helicopters has partnered with marine mammal welfare organisation Project Jonah to help protect local marine wildlife.
Air New Zealand has donated nearly 15,000 food items to Mangere Budgeting Services Trust and Food Bank after a group of cabin crew volunteered at the organisation during Covid-19 alert level 3.
Real Journeys’ Walter Peak and Canyon Brewing chefs have cooked almost 1800 meals for locals in need.
The Carepoints programme would allow members to gift their Airpoints to any or all of three charity partners – KidsCan, Women’s Refuge and New Zealand Red Cross.
Air New Zealand has donated more than 8000 inflight blankets to charitable organisations in New Zealand to support those in need this winter.
A new fund established by the Wakatipu Community Foundation in response to the Covid-19 crisis to support the district’s most vulnerable residents will help address central government funding gaps, says Queenstown mayor Jim Boult.
Claudelands Events Centre is using its kitchens to support community groups struggling to keep up with demand for food during the lockdown.
The Fiordland Trails Trust and St John’s new Central Otago ambulance station will benefit from Real Journeys’ annual Cruise-for-a-Cause fundraiser this year.
Tekapo Springs has pulled together a collaborative Australian bushfire relief package and launched its new Jumpernaut and Aqua Drop waterslide to celebrate 12 years in business.
Air Chathams says it provided more than $100,000 in discounted flights, free flights, cash support and luggage cost waivers in the last six months of 2019.
Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier is giving away a holiday package for two in an effort to raise funds for the measles epidemic in Samoa.
Ziptrek Ecotours has raised $11,352 for Central Lakes Family Services as part of its annual Ziptober fundraiser.
Real Journeys is taking applications for its Cruise-for-a-Cause fundraiser for 2020.
Dunedin’s Wildlife Hospital and Queenstown’s Baskets of Blessing will receive a record $80,000 from Real Journeys Cruise-for-a-Cause events.
Queenstown-based guiding company Ultimate Hikes has raised $120,000 to go towards a new apartment block for the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust.
NZ operators are getting behind their favoured charities, raising money through annual ‘locals’ offers and anniversary celebrations.
SKYCITY Entertainment Group’s open day at its Auckland tourism attraction, the 328 metre Sky Tower, raised more than $9000 for charity Youthline.