The annual North Otago Mud Plug fundraiser by the Rotary Club of Waitaki, had 37 entries from as far away as Gore and Christchurch, a better field than at last year's event.
About half the 84 art works which went on sale at the annual Wobbly Art Exhibition in Dunedin last Friday have already been sold, fetching about $5500, the Otago Multiple Sclerosis Society said yesterday.
The Christchurch black tie earthquake fundraiser, at the Skyline on Saturday night, raised $40,000 for the Red Cross relief effort. The event featured music from Swamp Donkey and celebrity emcee...
A black-tie charity dinner and ball in aid of Christchurch earthquake relief is being organised by a group of Wakatipu friends inspired by the fable of "stone soup".
Dunedin's Caselberg Trust has come to the aid of two Christchurch writers displaced by the February 22 earthquake.
Children were present in about 1900 family violence incidents in the Southern area last year - a sad statistic Presbyterian Support Family Works wants to change.
Two church fundraising concerts in Dunedin yesterday together raised almost $5000 for earthquake relief efforts in Christchurch.
Of the many reasons to get undressed, charity is probably the most noble - which is why a group of Queenstown riverboard and canyon guides decided to "get naked for Christchurch".
Three Queenstown radio staffers put their hair on the line on Friday for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation Shave for a Cure fundraiser.
Music concerts in Queenstown in aid of earthquake and tsunami-battered Japan raised more than $4000 for New Zealand Red Cross and Salvation Army appeals.
The Southern Steel and the Highlanders will swap their respective playing kits for a bit of glamour tomorrow night, to help raise funds for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
About 140 people turned out in Arrowtown last Wednesday to play bingo and raise money for 15 volunteer firefighters heading to Auckland to compete in the eighth annual Sky Tower Challenge.
A former Nightline presenter, a TV3 reporter, the face of Postie Plus, the Queenstown Lakes Mayor, and a New Zealand ski racer were among those strutting their stuff on the catwalk in Queenstown on Friday night, helping to raise more than $3000 for the Salvation Army Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
University of Otago Japan Club members are working hard to raise funds in support of two Red Cross appeals in the aftermath of recent earthquakes in Christchurch and Japan.
Organisers of Dunedin Steps Up, the Christchurch earthquake black-tie charity auction dinner held at the Dunedin Town Hall on Friday, are overjoyed at beating their own fundraising target.
Yet again the Wakatipu community has shown its generosity, helping raise an estimated $30,000 at the Queenstown Primary School fair, which principal John Western described as a "stellar" day.
Wakatipu's "glitterati" turned out in force on Friday night at Millbrook Resort's "Art with Heart" charity auction for Canterbury earthquake relief, raising an estimated $100,000.
Port Chalmers United Rowing Club held its annual art auction at Carey's Bay Historic Hotel yesterday.
Former professional golfer Greg Turner looked a bit funny without a putter to lean on and you have never seen a defender quite as short and squat as former All Black prop Kees Meeuws.
About $10,000 has been raised by the Dunedin Japanese community for victims of the Christchurch and Japanese earthquakes.