Charities

More than 100 Waitaki Boys' High School (WBHS) pupils ran more than 1000km in 20 hours during the weekend to raise funds for an Oamaru girl needing an operation.

The list of charity stores in Otago continues to grow, with the opening of Charity Barns in Dunedin and Oamaru.

Charity runner Mal Law has finally stopped running, after seven days and 370km of torture.

Queenstown philanthropist Sir Eion Edgar is to donate $500,000 to the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

The memories of August's disastrous flooding in Pakistan remain fresh for Gibbston Valley-born Alastair "Cookie" Cook, as he tells Miranda Spary in a series of recent emails ...

A pair of adventurous Queenstown residents are trying to get to Auckland in three days on only $10 each, all in aid of the Cure Kids charity.

Balclutha's Catholic parishioners are gearing up to celebrate the legacy of soon-to-be-saint Mary MacKillop, helper of disadvantaged families in rural communities more than 100 years ago.

A group of Ugandan children is on a life-changing trip to New Zealand.

Charity organisation Women in Touch is hosting the Orphans Aid International Quiz Night again this year and is aiming to match or beat last year's total of $1500.

Former Waitaki mayor Alan McLay will head to earthquake-stricken Haiti later this month on behalf of Project HHH - Hearts and Hands for Haiti.