Sustainable Coastlines charity ball
Sustainable Coastlines have only had two years of operation and in that time have motivated more than 12,500 volunteers and school students to remove over 95 tonnes of rubbish from coastlines and this event will play a big part in making this work continue.
It is hosted at the Hilton Auckland Hotel’s stunning waterfront location on Saturday 23 July, tickets include a three-course seated dinner, full beverage package and entertainment from top artists who support the cause.
Performances from:
• World-renowned concert pianist Michael Houstoun on the grand piano.
• Barnaby Weir – the incredibly talented lead singer of The Black Seeds and Fly My Pretties fame – with his critically acclaimed acoustic set.
• Aotearoa’s top jazz ensemble Nairobi Trio.
• Popular local jazz and funk legends Grand Central Band.
The all-inclusive tickets are $150, while discounted tables of ten are also on offer at $1300 – perfect for getting friends and clients together for an epic night out which supports a great cause.
Click here to buy tickets.
All proceeds will support coastal clean-up, riparian tree planting and educational projects with schools and volunteers around the country.
The evening was a huge success last year and with a limited capacity they are expecting to sell out, so get in quick.
July 20th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Excellent. Tidy ‘em up before Iwi claim ‘em. Thanks Mr Key.
July 20th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Oh FFS! Sustainable bloody COASTLINES now??? Is this ‘charity’ just another money-making rort for some conman or other?
July 20th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Reading that post I was thinking how awesome it is that 12,500 volunteers including school students care enough about our coastlines to clean up rubbish. A real good feeling.
Then I clicked on comments and read the two cynical comments above me. How sad.
July 20th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
Don’t panic bc, I’ve volunteered with two classrooms of kids clearing up beaches here in Wellington. The crap picked up was unbelievable – bottles, palet strapping. Oddest thing we found was a ‘hairbrush’ that was about 10x the size of the domestic ones. That kept them guessing.
July 20th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Well BC this is an event for privileged and shallow types to have a night out and feel good about themselves as they dine on fine food and wine in an upmarket Hotel.
And perhaps a nice photo op for the gossip pages.
July 20th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
That’s really cheap, if it includes unlimited spirits.
July 20th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Andrei –
In what way are YOU helping out this cause?
July 20th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Well I sure as hell don’t leave used condoms and broken bottles on the seashore, unlike the Labour party’s core constituency.
July 20th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Hey that’s great krazykiwi. It’s a shame that all that rubbish (95 tonnes!!) should have to be cleaned up when it shouldn’t be there in the first place.
July 20th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
“Oddest thing we found was a ‘hairbrush’ that was about 10x the size of the domestic ones.”
I believe it may have been a toilet brush..eeewwwwww!
July 20th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
Well if it hadn’t been picked up it would have probably ended up buried in the sand, only to be rediscovered 10,000 years hence and placed in a museum as an archaeological treasure.
July 20th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Me and a few mates do a lot of kayaking and often pick up plastic bottles, bags etc and bring them back with us. It’s pretty tragic how much shit is on the coastline of “clean green” NZ. Rangitoto is like a landfill. Why can’t they organise to take low level crims out to places like this for work parties and clean the shit up?
Never mind being a tree hugger, from a marketing persepctive it isn’t a good look.
Good on these guys doing what they do, apart from the clean up itself it creates awareness amongst communities who get involved. If everyone picked up at least one piece of litter from the beach every time they went there it wouldn’t take long to clean it up.
July 20th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Until the fundamentalists of whatever religions exist in 12011 argue that the world didn’t exist 10,000 years previous.