The Arrowtown School Fair drew up to 3000 people - and returned an estimated $24,000 - during a beautiful day on Saturday.
Duntroon children encourage riders in the Danseys Pass trail ride on Saturday to go through a puddle and spray them with water.
A collective love of books will be celebrated this week at the Remarkables Primary School Community Book Fair.
The speed with which Arrowtown Primary School's performing arts centre goes ahead depends on community support and funding.
Central Otago's second Relay for Life, being held in Cromwell on March 17 and 18 next year, has a hard act to follow.
The third annual Ride the Lake event, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, will be held in Cromwell next Sunday.
A "leisurely stroll" around the Oamaru Harbour walking and cycle track on September 22 will celebrate Arthritis Appeal Week in Oamaru.
Omarama has made a quick start to fundraising to turn its hall into a multipurpose community centre, with $280,000 raised towards the $750,000-plus complex.
More than 100 scooter riders pulled up in Queenstown on Saturday with $45,000 raised for the New Zealand Prostate Cancer Foundation.
Wanaka businessman Tim Davis expects a "numb bum" after today's 218km scooter ride from Bluff to Queenstown but says it's all for a good cause - the Prostate Cancer Foundation's Blue September campaign.
Four teams of four firefighters turned out for the inaugural Firefighter Chill Factor Challenge at Coronet Peak on Friday, which saw ski and snowboard-clad quartets competing to finish as many sponsored runs as possible in two hours.
There will be no love lost at Coronet Peak tomorrow as firefighters go up against each other in teams of four, competing in the 2011 Firefighter Chill Factor Challenge.
Dunedin father Rob Fehsenfeld knows his daughter Daryl-Ann has a mountain to climb, so yesterday he tackled one of his own.
Scooter enthusiasts in the South will get the opportunity to test their all-weather mettle for charity next month.
Several hundred customers queued to buy firewood as part of a fundraiser for Green Island Kindergarten.
Bubbles are being used this week as a symbol to promote greater understanding of the cystic fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand membership liaison officer Julian Cox said.
This picture of Moke Lake, by Lucia King-Smith (12), of Queenstown, is part of the "Illuminate Our Place" exhibition in Auckland.
Many hands make light work when it comes to fundraising - especially those of celebrities.
What started out as a cheap way to see New Zealand has evolved into a far more meaningful journey for Wanaka man Jup Brown.
With Government funding cuts and more pressure on women's refuges, this year's annual appeal is even more crucial than usual, Women's Refuge chief Heather Henare says.