Sir Colin is supporting a PhD research for Type 1 Diabetes in childhood at the Liggins Institute, having made a substantial donation to this great cause.

Founded in 1908 the Rugby League in Auckland is home to upwards of 25 teams in a range of divisions and age brackets​.

Auckland Hockey Association (AHA) was formed in 1903, with three teams taking part on a paddock in One Tree Hill, however the number of teams playing in two grades had increased to twenty by 1907, forty in 1941 and today is the largest Hockey organisation in New Zealand with strong clubs and 400 team​s across adult, youth and junior competitions throughout winter and summer.

Established in 1992, Auckland Theatre Company is Auckland's premier professional theatre company and one of the leading theatre companies in New Zealand. The Company presents a main bill​ season of seven to eight plays to over 80,000 people from throughout Auckland and the Upper North Island each year.

Melanoma New Zealand (formerly known as the Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand) is a registered charitable trust ​devoted to issues relating to melanoma. Our mission is to prevent avoidable deaths from melanoma and alleviate anxiety among those affected by it.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Auckland Incorporated (SPCA Auckland) helps protect approx​imately 15,000 animals in Auckland every year. Animals who are sick, injured, lost, abused or simply abandoned. We are the only charity with the power to protect all animals including prosecuting people under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

The Auckland based Westpac Rescue Helicopter is staffed full-time by a highly experienced flight crew consisting of pilots, paramedics and crewmen ​and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

The BCFNZ is the country’s foremost breast cancer education and awareness organisation. We promote awareness of breast cancer, provide information and education, and raise funds to support breast cancer-related initiatives, including research, scholarships, medical grants, community education and a breast cancer patient register.

New Zealand Opera is the face of professional opera in Aotearoa. Our goal: to bring human stories, glorious music ​and the passion of opera to all. We produce three main stage productions annually which are performed in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

Coastguard maintains an infrastructure right around the coast of New Zealand to ensure we are there when the New Zealand public need us. In the Northern Region, ​we cover from Thames, across to Kawhia and up both coasts to Cape Reinga.

The Cancer Society of New Zealand is a not for profit organisation funded by caring New Zealanders.

Starship Children's Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, prov​iding family centred care to children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific.

New Plymouth Boys' High School is a visually striking school, which incorporates a mix of older and modern buildings on a spectacular 15-hectare​ site. Its attractive, park-like setting is home to 210 boarding students and over 1340 boys in total, including old collegian, Sir Colin Giltrap.

The Porsche Club of New Zealand has over 600 memberships (approximately 1,150 people in total). The Club was established on the 7th December 1975 by 14 keen enthusiasts who are the Founding Mem​bers.

The inaugural Motatapu was held in 2005, offering a mountain bike or marathon option and attracted 1,000 participants. Now over 4,000 people take part in five different events, all held on the same day. Eve​nt options include.

IHC is working in your community. We are New Zealand’s largest provider of services to people in New Zealand with intellectual disabilities and their families.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee represents both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games Movements in New Zealand. The organisation’s aim is to inspire excellence and pride in New Zealanders and enable New Zealand’s elite athletes to achieve on the world’s stage.

In 1973, ​the North Shore Women's Hockey Association was formed on Auckland's North Shore and in 1975 established its headquarters at Rosedale Park in Albany. The Association grew rapidly and in 10 years had doubled in size and incorporated the largest junior girls division in New Zealand hockey, a status the present day NHHA still holds.

The Pakuranga United Rugby Club is the biggest and fastest growing rugby club in Auckland. Formed in 1965, we are located at Bell Park in Lloyd Elsmore Park in Auckland's Eastern Suburbs. We are home to over 60 Senior, Intermediate, Junior and Nursery teams during the winter.​

Shine provides a range of effective, practical and innovative services to achieve our mission to stop domestic abuse in New Zealand. We directly help thousands of adult and child victims every year to become safe and stay safe through our frontline services, and we indirectly help thousands more every year through professional training programmes.

The NZ Breakers roared into life on October 1, ​2003, defeating the Adelaide36ers by a single point in front of a sold out North Shore Events Centre. Professional basketball had hit New Zealand, with entertainment, action and excitement of the ANBL now a weekly experience in Auckland.

Supporting the Rowing team from Diocesan​ School of Girls in regattas and training.

Takapuna District Cricket Club has a long and rich history from it's beginnings as the Takapuna Cricket Club in the 1920's and 30's. In 1995 one of the founding members of the club, Reg Jones, compiled "The Early Hist​ory of the Takapuna District Cricket Club" which describes the clubs growth in the first few years.

Takapuna RFC was formed in 1934 and located in Taharoto Rd, Takapuna. During this early period, Takapuna won t​he prestigious Gallaher Shield in 1940. In the early 70's the club took a monumental decision to move to Onewa Domain where it is now located.

In 1960, Glenfield Rovers commenced it​s humble beginnings as the “Chelsea Sugar Refinery” football team. Today the club boasts a two level clubrooms consisting of a formal lounge, fully licensed bar and kitchen, thirteen changing rooms, four full size fields of which three are fully floodlit and an 85 car capacity car park.

Mercy Hospice Auckland provides a range of specialist community palliative care and hospice services for people facing life-limiting​ illnesses, caring for them with the utmost professional skill, compassion and quality of service.