Coast fundraisers include charity concert

A concert to raise money for the Red Cross Cyclone Relief fund will be held at Parāoa in Whangaparāoa on Wednesday, March 15.

The gig has been put together at short notice by Parāoa, working with entertainer (and local board chair) Gary Brown who has contacts in the music business.

As Hibiscus Matters went to print, NZ acts confirmed for the gig were The LadyKillers (Suzanne Lynch, Jackie Clarke and Tina Cross), Automatic 80s, Rockstok, Bamboo Baby, Rietta Austin and Chet & Melissa O’Connell with Jaime Vokes from Hands Off. There is also a reunion, after 50 years, of the 1970s band Space Waltz.

The artist are all donating their time for the show. Brown says they hope to live stream the fundraiser nationwide with a link for donations back to the Red Cross Fund, and may also hold a silent auction with support from local businesses, if it can be arranged in time.

Tickets will be available from Eventfinda – look for Parāoa Flood Relief Fundraiser. Schools all over the Coast have also been focused on flood relief fundraising via mufti days and other activities.

Ōrewa College alone raised almost $3000