Christchurch City Mission One of Seventeen Charities Receiving Donations

Seventeen charitable organisations from around New Zealand have benefited from the ninth round of the Harcourts Foundation funding, a charity set up by Harcourts Real Estate Group to provide support that helps, grows and enriches our communities. This round’s $30,133 was spread over the country with five successful recipients from Auckland, three based in the central North Island, five from Wellington and four in Christchurch. The biggest doantion going to Christchurch’s City Mission.

Queen’s Gisborne apartment to be sold

For the last two decades the owners of the Masonic Hotel Building in Gisborne, Bruce and Janet Johnstone, have entertained friends and family in a dining room that was used by the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in 1954. Gisborne’s royal apartment is soon to have new owners as the Masonic Hotel Building has been put up for sale with an auction date set for 10 June 2010.