Horse powered charity fundraiser

Published: 8:59PM Saturday February 03, 2007 Source: One News

• Email this article
• Print this article
• Text size + -
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Facebook

A horse-powered charity fundraiser trotting up the South Island could have motorists thinking they have driven back in time.

The cavalcade will be on the road for more than a month, testing the stamina of both horses and riders.

About 30 horses and as many people are on the road, raising money for the Lion Rescue Helicopter which they say does a lot for horse people in the back country.

Five wagons and saddle-sore riders are taking six weeks to plod from Bluff to Picton.

See related video for more...

• Email this article
• Print this article
• Text size + -
• more...
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Facebook

Latest Breakfast Video

• te-karere-121111-fri - te-karere-121111-fri (0:22:30) 
• Marae Investigates 12 - 2011_12, Episode 12 (0:29:26) 
• Marae Investigates - Series 2012, Episode 13 (0:29:18) 

NZ News

• updated 19:20 Port to lose millions in three week strike
• Scott Base staff give 'Norwegian viking' the cold shoulder
• Navy supports sailor living on borrowed time
• updated 18:00 Hotline number could replace overseas embassy help
• Climber killed after Fiordland fall
• Stadium rebuild delayed by fabrication mistake
• updated 16:45 Otago braced for flooding as country drenched

Most Popular

1. Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests
2. Otago braced for flooding as country drenched
3. Hotline number could replace overseas embassy help
4. Kiwibank rebounds from slump
5. All hot air balloons to undergo urgent safety checks watch

rssLatest News

• updated 19:20 Port to lose millions in three week strike
• 18:57 Scott Base staff give 'Norwegian viking' the cold shoulder
• 18:42 Valerie Adams' golden quest on track
• 18:31 Key claims solution on asset sales
• 18:12 Navy supports sailor living on borrowed time

Advertising