Supporters

Our very special thanks to the following Organisations and Trusts:

thank you to our Koha for Raukatauri SUBSCRIBERS and also to the following generous supporters:

  • Len Stulich

  • Lighting Design by Kate

  • Linda & Warwick Webb

  • Lindsey Cann

  • Lions Club of Hastings

  • Mairangi Bay Business Association

  • McKenzie Music Therapy Trust

  • Michael Stephen

  • Michelle Hurley

  • Mike Whale

  • Ngahuia Wade

  • Nomad's Golf Club

  • Pamela Price

  • Patricia Lawry

  • Paul & Mavourneen McCarten

  • Pub Charity Ltd

  • Rehabilition Welfare Trust

  • Richard McKenzie

  • Robert Horton Memorial Trust

  • Rotary Club of Hawke’s Bay

  • Sarah Yates

  • St Joan's Trust

  • Steven Wills

  • The Fan Family Trust

  • Tim & Jan Hurley

  • Valerie J Wilson

  • Waimarama Maori Committee

  • Whangārei Lions Club

  • Withiel Fund Charitable Trust

  • Adrienne Sutton

  • Alex McClean Charitable Trust 

  • All Insurance Services

  • Annabelle Valentine

  • APRA Amcos

  • Arthur Prinsen

  • Chris Cherry

  • Chris Powell

  • Coombes Johnston BMW Tauranga

  • Creative Arts and Cultural Wellbeing Prison Initiative

  • David Courtney

  • Don Currey

  • Elizabeth Hardley

  • Ellis Coxon

  • Esther Hensby-Bennett

  • Frances Stead

  • Frimley Foundation

  • Gabi Hoffer

  • Gabrielle Wagner & Winston Hiliau

  • Hathaway Technical Services

  • Hineihaea & Mark Haemata Tapui

  • Jan Hurley

  • Jean Sherrard

  • John & Susan Lucey

  • John Kelly

  • Jubilee Trust

  • Julie & Blake Herbert

  • L W Nelson Charitable Trust

  • Lee Corbett

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