Our Stories
St Mary’s Fund for students in need
A generous family group of parishioners have gifted $40,000 to The Sunrise Foundation and requested it be used to seed the Saint Mary’s Catholic Primary School Endowment Fund.
Giving back to Wainui SLSC
At six years old Dion Williams joined the Nippers programme as a ‘grom’ at Wainui Surf Lifesaving Club and he’s never looked back.
Generous bequest will benefit Tairāwhiti forever
In 2018, Bob and Aileen Harris gifted a donation of $1.38m to Sunrise and requested it be used to create the Bob and Aileen Harris named fund. This is the largest bequest we have received to date.
A warm welcome to our new sponsor Architects 44
We’re thrilled to welcome Architects 44 to our Sunrise team since they’ve joined us as a Gold sponsor.
Alzheimer’s Gisborne establishes fund for the future
A bequest left by Les McGreevy has been used to establish the Alzheimer's Gisborne-Tairāwhiti Endowment Fund with Sunrise. Alzheimer’s Gisborne works alongside those diagnosed with dementia, and their whanau, offering service and support.
Tayler Reid's dash for cash benefits General Fund
A fundraising event on 1 May where a team of five from Alan Berry Motors Suzuki competed against NZ athlete Tayler Reid in a 10km race around Boys High 400m…
Donating to the SPCA Endowment Fund is a 'win-win' situation
Animal lover Maria Lovelock jokes she would be a ‘crazy dog lady’ if her husband allowed it, but instead of adopting more dogs she chooses to donate to the Gisborne…
Chrisp family has Ngatapa Club 'in the blood'
Alex Chrisp was rapt to learn that his weekly donations to the Ngatapa Rugby and Associated Sports Club Endowment Fund have totalled over $800 within just a few years.