The Right Honourable Helen Clark was
the guest speaker at the Rainbow Dinner and Auction fundraiser held on Sunday 9
September at the Cordis Hotel Auckland. This was the first fundraising event
the Trust has held for two years and was a key part of the change early this
year when the GABA Charitable
Trust became the Rainbow
New Zealand Charitable Trust.  It
was also the MOST SUCCESSFUL fund-raiser ever! 
A full house of guests enjoyed outstanding LGBTI+ talent and entertainment,
and thanks to the generous support of our corporate and private sponsors and
auction donors over $40,000 was raised. 
All funds are distributed back to the rainbow community via the Trust’s Grants
programme, in addition to funding Tertiary Scholarships for 4 outstanding
rainbow high-school students to support their first year at University.  See images and video coverage including Helen
Clark’s speech at http://rainbownzcharitabletrust.org.nz/events/rainbow-dinner-auction-helen-clark/,
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