{"id":182105,"date":"2025-12-13T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/182105\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:35:07","slug":"givealittle-report-which-city-in-new-zealand-is-the-most-generous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/182105\/","title":{"rendered":"Givealittle report: Which city in New Zealand is the most generous?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"W\u0101nakaW\u0101naka woman Emma Holden received $417,000 in donations to help her cover costs for cutting-edge cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

The stories and statistics shared in the report captured a picture of \u201cnationwide giving to nearly every conceivable cause\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are a reminder to us all that the generosity of New Zealanders is unflagging, and when people call for help they will be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report showed Kiwis had a soft spot for giving to health-related causes, with 42% of donations going to such fundraisers, totalling $13.2m.<\/p>\n

The most-supported page on Givealittle in the year ending June was for W\u0101naka woman Emma Holden, who needed funds to travel to Shanghai for cutting-edge treatment for her multiple myeloma blood cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her page raised more than $417,000 for the treatment in a short space of time, showing \u201chow quickly New Zealanders rally when a life is on the line\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n

Kiwis also gave generously to ReliefAid\u2019s Gaza appeal, with more than $191,000 donated and up to $60,000 of donations matched. The support allowed the New Zealand-founded group to provide drinking water to about 60,000 people each month.<\/p>\n

Seven of ReliefAid\u2019s nine team members in northern Gaza were killed,<\/a> while the surviving staff in the south continued their work despite losing homes and loved ones, the report said.<\/p>\n

\"WairoaWairoa was hit by flooding in June last year. Photo \/ Hawke’s Bay Regional Council<\/p>\n

\u201cThe generosity and humanity of New Zealanders provided life-saving support for families who had nowhere else to turn,\u201d said ReliefAid founder Mike Seawright.<\/p>\n

A popular community-focused cause was the Wairoa mayoral relief fund, started after the town was hit by severe flooding in June 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n

More than $282,000 was raised across 2152 donations, providing immediate relief for food, shelter and essential supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis campaign demonstrates how generosity responds not just to individuals, but to entire communities in crisis. It shows the power of collective giving to help towns rebuild after disaster and the Wairoa community has been overwhelmed with the support and kindness they received,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

Other causes highlighted in the report included the Papak\u014dwhai School\u2019s annual Readathon, which raised $26,000 in one month to bolster funds for teaching assistants and librarians, and the \u201cPower the Brigade\u201d campaign started by Hillmac Electrical to support Havelock Volunteer Fire Brigade, raising more than $10,000.<\/p>\n

How Kiwis gave in the 2025 financial year<\/p>\n

$31.6m \u2013 total giving via the platform.365,882 donations made.$13.2m \u2013 the amount given to health-related causes, 42% of all giving.$3.6m \u2013 given to community causes, 11% of all giving.$14.2m \u2013 the amount given by donors in Auckland, the most of any region.$108 \u2013 the average amount given by donors in Gisborne, the highest average in the country. Northland was the other region where average giving topped $100.$86 \u2013 the national donation average.$50 \u2013 the most common donation amount.49 donations over $10,000<\/p>\n

Board chairwoman Charlottle Lockhart said in the report generosity was not \u201ca number on a page\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a hand offered when someone stumbles, a neighbour dropping off a meal, a community choosing to stand alongside one of its own. At its heart, generosity is about connection, it binds us together in ways that policy and systems cannot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Living with a terminal cancer diagnosis herself, Lockhart said she understood \u201chow fragile life is, and how much difference support can make\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are not just statistics \u2013 they are lifelines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"W\u0101naka woman Emma Holden received $417,000 in donations to help her cover costs for cutting-edge cancer treatment. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[115614,1558,2199,33489,1644,115615,6637,54101,49475,78,185,807,1132,3025,117,111,43,139,69,1560,12860,418,223,1961,5977,379,80],"class_list":["post-182105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-115614","tag-been","tag-city","tag-donations","tag-financial","tag-fundraisers","tag-gave","tag-generous","tag-givealittle","tag-in","tag-is","tag-kiwis","tag-million","tag-most","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-report","tag-revealed","tag-shows","tag-the","tag-this","tag-which","tag-year","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}