Our Stories
Fostering a lifetime of charitable giving
Warren Bowers wanted to gift more than just cash to his nieces and nephew at Christmas time, he wanted to involve them in the process of giving back to their community.
Become a ‘Community Hero’ when you list with Bayleys
Our Platinum sponsors Bayleys Gisborne have recently taken their support to the next level, with a ‘Community Hero’ concept that will support Sunrise’s operating costs.
New endowment fund with Sunrise to support local theatres
The War Memorial Theatre Gisborne Trust is the latest local charity to establish an endowment fund at The Sunrise Foundation.
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.