2023 Scholarships Winners
Crombie Scholars Announced Congratulations to this year’s winners of the coveted Diana and Colin Crombie Scholarship for tertiary studies. Year 13 Napier Girls High School student Lilly Seerden and...
View ArticleFunding Links Stronger Post Cyclone
Volunteer Appreciation Day held in Hastings that was co-funded by local funders One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle has given community funding leaders time to positively reflect on the critical...
View ArticleHawke’s Bay Foundation Welcomes New Chair
Kevin Callinicos, Chair Hawke’s Bay Foundation is delighted to welcome Trustee, Kevin Callinicos to the role of Chair. As the Foundation’s legal advisor, Kevin joined as a trustee in 2019, and being...
View ArticleWelcome Rachel McIlwaine – Administration
Rachel McIlwaine Born and raised in the Hawke’s Bay, Rachel has a deep connection to the area and the local community. In her early 20’s, Rachel and her husband Jimmy were based in Melbourne for a...
View Article‘Live Here Give Here’ Hooks Family Dairy Farming Business into Giving Back
Andrea Barry (left) with BEL Groups’s inaugural study grant winner, Von Mendoza Giving back to support local causes through their Community Foundation has been the cream on the top for an enterprising...
View ArticleHawke’s Bay Foundation’s Newest Corporate Sponsor Set in Concrete
Mike Teddy from MPT with Amy Bowkett from Hawke’s Bay Foundation Setting solid foundations that last is a daily operation in more ways than one for Hawke’s Bay Foundation and its newest corporate...
View ArticleHawke’s Bay Foundation New Caretakers of Museum Fund
Jeanette Kelly from MTG and Amy Bowkett from Hawke’s Bay Foundation The public fund behind Hawke’s Bay’s beloved museum archival collection is being handed over for safe keeping to Hawke’s Bay...
View ArticleScholarship Winners – where are they now?
Georgia Denton (2018 scholarship winner) and Jacob Driver (2020 scholarship winner) Hawke’s Bay Foundation offers four annual scholarships: The Colin and Diana Crombie Scholarship, France Scholarship,...
View ArticleHawke’s Bay’s Captain Tom Legs it for Lifesaving Local Charities
New Zealand’s own Captain Tom is stretching his legs and his limits, aiming to walk 100 kilometres in his 100th year to help give those who need it, a second chance at life. Hawke’s Bay farming...
View ArticleNapier Cadet Trust Transfers Funds to Hawke’s Bay Foundation
Forty years after forming, the Napier Cadet Trust is giving a final salute, vesting its remaining cash and investment assets to Hawke’s Bay Foundation to carry on the good work for local youth. The...
View ArticleHawke’s Bay Funding Duo Join Forces
David Clapperton (ECCT) and Amy Bowkett (Hawke’s Bay Foundation) A recently forged partnership between Eastern Central Community Trust (ECCT) and Hawke’s Bay Foundation is set to enhance the impact of...
View ArticleCharity Sector Resolute in Face of Fall in Funding
Round Table session with local charitable organisations and Hawke’s Bay Foundation staff and trustees Rising demand and growing complexity of needs exacerbated by a fall in funding has been...
View ArticleFoundation Ushers in New Era
Amy Bowkett (left) and Alesha Hope (right) Hawke’s Bay Foundation is paying tribute to its founding Executive Officer Amy Bowkett, who after six years at the helm, has announced her departure from the...
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