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Working with Plunket to keep our Tamariki safe

Working with Plunket to keep our Tamariki safe

25 February 2023

Whānau Āwhina Plunket received a grant from Sunrise for $1930 which they have used to purchase 10 new car seats.

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Grant aids animal desexing on the Coast

Grant aids animal desexing on the Coast

25 February 2023

SPCA Gisborne Tairāwhiti put their $2000 grant from Sunrise towards the cost of running their current mobile desexing programme on the East Coast.

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Sunrise Grants 2022

Sunrise Grants 2022

19 November 2022

As well as growing the endowment funds, The Sunrise Foundation is focused on giving back to the community. We support a diverse range of groups and organisations with grants given out each year.

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Outward Bound a resounding success

Outward Bound a resounding success

20 August 2022

In May, the latest watch of 14 local Year 12 students spent two weeks at Outward Bound.

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Protecting our region’s heritage for future generations

Protecting our region’s heritage for future generations

20 August 2022

Tairāwhiti Museum is excited about its upcoming exhibition COLOURS DELUXE. This will showcase The Art Album of New Zealand Flora, a rare book published in 1889, by Gisborne couple Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne.

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Once in a lifetime birthday for Jodi

Once in a lifetime birthday for Jodi

20 August 2022

At just 24 years of age, Jodi Iremonger suffered a cavernous angioma in her brain stem, leaving her with stroke-like symptoms.

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Scholarship recognises commitment to study

Scholarship recognises commitment to study

20 August 2022

In the early days of Sunrise, a scholarship fund was set up with EIT to support one or two students each year who are facing hardship or where financial assistance will make a difference.

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Hard work pays off 

Hard work pays off 

28 May 2022

The Women’s Native Tree Project Trust grew and then donated over 6000 healthy native trees and plants to community groups within Tairāwhiti last year.

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