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New Zealand's largest ever water pistol fight was held at Lakeside Park in Western Springs to highlight the plight of children who don't have access to clean water - Source: ONE News -
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Aucklanders attempted to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for a good cause on Sunday.
Hundreds made an attempt at Lakeside Park in Western Springs to stage the world's largest water pistol fight.
The organisers were able to raise $1800 from the event, which was meant to highlight the plight of children who don't have access to clean water.
The free flowing water at the event was designed to highlight the difference in access from a country like New Zealand to other countries in the world where good clean water is in short supply.
UNICEF spokeswoman Carolyn Shivanandan says it's a bit of fun to highlight a more serious issue.
"About a billion people around the world don't have access to water that we have," says Shivanandan.
Sunday's record breaking event was an attempt to blow the current world record out of the water - 2761 people participated in a mass water fight in Spain in 2007.
Unfortunately there were only 1500 people at the event.
The money raised though will go to poverty stricken nation of Laos, in south-east Asia, where 80% of population don't have access to clean water and sanitation.
"There's something like 400 children dying everyday from diseases we don't even hear about in New Zealand," says Shivanandan
Diseases like cholera and typhoid that could be prevented.
So what's an everyday privilege here could make the most extraordinary difference in the lives of millions of children worldwide.
