Supporters

Raukatuari is so grateful to the following grant funders and organisations, without whom we would not be able to transform lives with music every day.

Thank you so much to the following generous funders - our mahi would not be possible without you!

  • Mairangi Bay Business Association

  • McKenzie Music Therapy Trust

  • Nomad's Golf Club

  • Pub Charity Ltd

  • Rehabilition Welfare Trust

  • Robert Horton Memorial Trust

  • Rotary Club of Hawke’s Bay

  • St Joan's Trust

  • Te Rourou One NZ

  • The Fan Family Trust

  • Waimarama Maori Committee

  • Whangārei Lions Club

  • Withiel Fund Charitable Trust

  • A K Franks

  • Alex McClean Charitable Trust 

  • All Insurance Services

  • APRA Amcos

  • Christine Taylor Foundation for Mental Health

  • Coombes Johnston BMW Tauranga

  • Creative Arts and Cultural Wellbeing Prison Initiative

  • Frimley Foundation

  • Hathaway Technical Services

  • Jubilee Trust

  • L W Nelson Charitable Trust

  • Lighting Design by Kate

  • Lions Club of Hastings

Patrons

Boh Runga

Boh Runga is the lead singer and guitarist of iconic New Zealand rock band Stellar*. Stellar* was Sony Music's biggest selling kiwi band, and won eight Tui Awards for Mix and its 2001 follow up album Magic Line. Boh comes from a very musical family, with sisters Bic and Pearl both in the music industry. In 2008, Boh headed to Los Angeles to begin recording her first solo album, Beside You. The album was critically acclaimed in New Zealand, and Boh generously donated $1 from each album sale to the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre.

Boh also has her own jewellery line, in association with gold bullion company NZ Mint. Her first jewellery range, Birdland, was based on her love of New Zealand's native birds.

Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon is a celebrity chef with a world-wide following. His restaurants include Auckland's The Sugar Club and Bellota, and in London the Providores and Tapa Room. He has been involved with many restaurants as an investor, consultant, and executive chef. Well known for using a wide range of ingredients in new and exciting ways, Peter has been credited as the "godfather" of fusion cuisine. As Peter says, "I love to cook creatively, and my excitement about new flavours and textures from all around the world defines that I create fusion cuisine."

Peter shares his generosity and passion not only for food, but with several charitable organisations including the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre, which was founded by his good friend and cousin Hinewehi Mohi. He was the mastermind behind two incredible fundraisers for the Centre, the gourmet hangi attended by more than 500 people at the Turangawaewae Marae at Ngaruawahia. Peter spiced up the traditional hangi fare with ingredients such as saffron, cumin, manuka honey, ginger, kawakawa, Thai red curry, smoked paprika and garlic, to name just a few of the ingredients he used in the gourmet feast.

Peter was born in Wanganui and has travelled widely. He is based in the UK and New Zealand.

Thank you to our pĪtau whakarei Kiingi Tuheitia.

Ambassadors

Don McGlashan
Anika Moa
Te Awanui Reeder
Hollie Smith
Karl Steven
Barnaby Weir

Carly Binding
Shayne Carter
Tim Finn
Brooke Fraser
Dave Gibson
Nathan Haines