Coast fundraisers include charity concert

A “Flood Relief Fundraiser” concert will be held at Parāoa in Whangaparāoa on Wednesday, March 15.

The gig has been put together at short notice by Parāoa, working with entertainer (and local board chair) Gary Brown who has contacts in the music business.

As Hibiscus Matters went to print, NZ acts confirmed for the gig were The LadyKillers (Suzanne Lynch, Jackie Clarke and Tina Cross), Automatic 80s, Rockstok, Bamboo Baby, Rietta Austin and Chet & Melissa O’Connell with Jaime Vokes from Hands Off. There is also a reunion, after 50 years, of the 1970s band Space Waltz.

The artist are all donating their time for the show. Brown says they hope to live stream the fundraiser nationwide with a link for donations back to the Red Cross Fund, and may also hold a silent auction with support from local businesses, if it can be arranged in time.

Tickets will be available from Eventfinda – look for Parāoa Flood Relief Fundraiser.

Schools all over the Coast have also been focused on flood relief fundraising via mufti days and other activities.

Ōrewa College alone raised almost $3000 for the Red Cross appeal. Whangaparāoa College made contact with Taradale High School to offer its support – Taradale has approximately 1000 students whose community is drawn from a large rural zone including the badly affected areas of Waiohiki, Moteo and Puketapu. Whangaparāoa College held a mufti day on March 1, themed in Taradale’s school colours of blue and gold, and hopes to raise around $10,000 via a Givealittle page https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/aroha-for-taradale-high-school