{"id":609845,"date":"2026-09-24T03:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609845\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T03:14:08","slug":"hawkes-bay-man-pays-2500-to-fill-up-car-with-petrol-for-a-good-cause-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609845\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawke\u2019s Bay man pays $2500 to fill up car with petrol \u2013 for a good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"
This year, another surprise lot to reflect New Zealand\u2019s cost of living struggles went up for auction \u2013 a tank of petrol.<\/p>\n
Auctioneer Brayden Coldicutt during the charity auction and gala dinner. Photo \/ Michael Farr<\/p>\n
Peter Gerbes, managing director of Napier\u2019s Colourcraft, won the auction with a bid of $2500. He also purchased the block of butter last year.<\/p>\n
Gerbes plans to fill up his wife\u2019s car, a VW Tiguan, following the successful bid.<\/p>\n
Auctioneer Brayden Coldicutt, from Harcourts, helped lead the event and will meet Gerbes at the pump to cover the petrol.<\/p>\n
Family VIP Services business manager Julie Hart said the generosity shown by Gerbes and other supporters was incredible.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love that a block of butter and now a tank of petrol have become such fun moments in the auction,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBehind the laughs is an incredible amount of generosity, with people willing to give because they know their money is supporting local families.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so grateful to Peter, and to everyone who bid, donated items, sponsored the event or supported us on the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
About 130 people attended the event at Toitoi\u2019s Assembly Ballroom.<\/p>\n
Money raised will go towards helping Hastings and Napier Women\u2019s Refuges provide safe accommodation, advocacy, and practical, ongoing support for women, children and male victims affected by family violence across Hawke\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year, another surprise lot to reflect New Zealand\u2019s cost of living struggles went up for auction \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[104554,1561,138,3944,25346,8473,1872,2109,20833,2082,6101,1976,5420,5158,111,139,69,10142,20442,22126,96013,61,810,102],"class_list":["post-609845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-104554","tag-bay","tag-business","tag-car","tag-cause","tag-done","tag-face","tag-family","tag-fill","tag-for","tag-good","tag-hawkes","tag-hes","tag-man","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paid","tag-pays","tag-petrol","tag-smile","tag-to","tag-up","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609845","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=609845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}