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Over $100,000 raised thanks to Golf Day 2025
Over $100,000 raised thanks to Golf Day 2025
15 January 2026
On Thursday 6 November 2025, a huge (and we mean huge!) range of Wellington Free Ambulance supporters came together for our annual Golf Day. Hundreds of players enjoyed the sunshine and a great game of golf at the stunning Royal Wellington Golf Club - and importantly, helped raise over $100,000 for the first time!
Bringing Golf Day 2025 to life took months of effort and a huge amount of teamwork and we'd like to acknowledge and thank our amazing Golf Day supporters, some of whom generously helped in multiple ways.
Together, we raised $109,911 which helps us continue to save and change lives, free of charge.
For making this happen, tēnā koutou and thank you to:
Our sponsors
- Principal Partner: Western Mailing
Western Mailing has been by our side as Principal Partner supporting Golf Day for four years, helping on the organising committee and hitting the greens with not one but two teams! Stephanie Walker from Western Mailing explains:
"Golf Day means that we get out there and support Wellington Free Ambulance as a whole. But more than that, it's actually about the people because the Wellington Free Ambulance people do selfless things every day, and we want to support them to continue doing that for free for as long as we can."
- Gold Sponsor: EVT (Rydges Wellington, Rydges Wellington Airport, QT Wellington and Rydges Formosa) for three years of support, the Champagne Tent and generous vouchers for auctions and prizes from hotels to dining and more!
- Silver Sponsors: Thorndon New World for four years of support with on course food and drink, prizes and auction contributions, and Coherent for four years of clubhouse and course signage.
- Bronze Sponsors: SWP Commercial for three years of support and sponsoring the $50K Hole-in-One competition and Mitsubishi Motors NZ for supporting us for the past two years and sponsoring the golf balls and auction prizes.
- Royal Wellington Golf Club for hosting us again, especially Dylan, Tony, Sam and his team of Greenkeepers for all their support.
- Riddle Media for the fantastic photos and videos from the day.
Hole sponsors
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BGIS Delivereasy Diesel & Turbo EVT (Rydges and QT hotels) |
Holmes Construction KPMG LifeDirect LT McGuinness |
Mitsubishi Motors NZ Mojo PayMyPark (Arthur D Riley) Plimmer Plumbing |
RoofLogic Silicon Systems SWP Commercial Volte Z Energy |
Auction and prize sponsors
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Auctioneer: Hamish Drumm, Ray White Advantage Tyres, Thorndon Quay, Wellington Bay of Many Coves Boomrock Brackenridge Country Estate and Spa Eclipse Restaurant EVT (Rydges and QT hotels) Fiji Airways Flamingo Scooters GCH Aviation Hippo Bar & Restaurant Kisa KJ and LM Burns Ltd
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Liberty Restaurant LifeDirect Life Pharmacy, Queensgate Lighthouse Cinema, Petone Logan Brown Restaurant Luna Estate Malamala Beach Club Martinborough Golf Club Martinborough Hotel Megisti Sailing Charters Mevo Millbrook Golf Resort Mitsubishi Motors NZ |
Mosaic Venues Moy Hall Vineyard Naumi Hotel, Wellington Now Yoga Numa Skin and Body Club NZ Cricket Ombra Ortega Fish Shack Parehua Resort Poppies Vineyard QT Hotel, Wellington Rydges Formosa Golf Resort Rydges Hotel, Wellington and Wellington Airport |
Shed 5 Restaurant Sheraton Resort and Spa, Tokoriki Island Sky Stadium Sounds Air South Sea Sailing Tirohana Estate Travel PA Wellington Airport Wellington Helicopters Westshore Beach Holiday House WOLF by Foxglove York Bistro Zephyr Café, Takina
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On-course sponsors
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Beard Brothers Cardrona Distillery Coca-Cola Choice Bros Brewery |
Delivereasy Dough Bakery Heyday Beer Inferno Fires |
Karma Drinks Kereru Beer Mojo Coffee Pōneke Bakery |
Puku Pies & Kai Rydges Hotels Thorndon New World
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Golf clubs
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Arrowtown Golf Club Cape Kidnappers Golf Club Carterton Golf Club Formosa Golf Resort |
Hastings Golf Club, Bridge Pa Jack’s Point Golf Club Levin Golf Club Martinborough Golf Club |
Millbrook Golf Resort Otaki Golf Club Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club |
Te Arai Links Golf Club Titirangi Golf Club The Morgans Golf Club Waikanae Golf Club Windross Farm Golf Club |
Thanks go to all the players (including Wellington Free Ambulance paramedics who kindly spent their day off with us) volunteers and more who joined us on the day to help make Golf Day 2025 such a success.
Golf Day 2025 in photos
