A Night out to Save Lives

Join us on Friday 22 August 2025 at the iconic Classic Flyers Aviation Museum, Mt Maunganui, for the Chopper Gala & Charity Auction Night – a dazzling evening in support of your Aerocool Rescue Helicopter.

✨ What awaits you:
- Bubbles & canapés on arrival 🍾
- A delicious seated dinner and dessert platter
- Live and silent auctions with exclusive items
- A showstopping raffle
- Live music by The Shy & Retiring Company Band
- Hosted by the fabulous Kerre Woodham, sponsored by NZME & Newstalk ZB

Come for the cause, stay for the celebration. It’s your chance to make a difference - with style.

Tables are selling fast! Secure yours now – choose from Standard or Platinum options.
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What if... your donation could save a life?

Imagine... a loved one in desperate need of urgent medical help. In that critical moment, the Aerocool Rescue Helicopter is their lifeline.

Every flight is a race against time, and your donation is what makes these life-saving missions possible. With your support, the crew can reach those in need with the best equipment and care onboard.

Your generosity could be the difference between life and death.

Donate now and save a life.
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EQUIPMENT

Your donations help us equip our rescue helicopters with specialist, life-saving equipment and give our crew everything they need to save lives. 

                                                                               

Recent Missions

Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter

Aerocool Rescue Helicopter

Greenlea Rescue Helicopter

Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter

YOUR STORIES

Peter wouldn’t be alive today, if it wasn’t for generous supporters
Peter was living out in the country, in rural Mangakino. On a cold and blustery day, he went to feed out silage on their remote farm.
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“There will never be enough thank yous. Thank you!’
Kindness has a profound and lasting impact on people’s lives. It gives people a second chance - and in some cases, even a third and forth.
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Your incredible support helped save Geoff’s life
Thanks to generous kind-hearted people like you, Geoff was airlifted to Waikato Hospital in the nick of time. Geoff and his wife had no idea their world was about to turn upside down.
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