OUR EVENTS
2025 continued to lift the quality of events on the Trust’s annual calendar. Our major experiences included a successful second golf tournament, a highly emotional dinner featuring guest speakers Deborah Manning, Hamish Bond and Nigel Latta (we were so sad to hear of Nigel’s passing just weeks after being on stage with us), being named the Charity of Choice at the Emerson’s Dunedin marathon, and a spectacular initial foray into fashion with Fashion @ the Grange. Looking ahead to 2026, the annual golf tournament is set for 6th March, the annual dinner will be held on 7th August and Fashion @ the Grange will strut its stuff on 9th October. A sporting legends lunch is also planned for mid-year.
2024 was quite a remarkable year for the Trust. Trustee Prof. Chris Jackson has been elected to the Union for International Cancer Control, just one of 16 board members internationally and the first ever from New Zealand in the union’s 90-year existence. Chris has also been appointed to co-lead the brand-new Cancer National Clinical Network, established to improve access to quality cancer services, designed around the needs of all people in New Zealand.
And the stardom attracted to our events calendar has been extraordinary. Shaun Wallace, the Dark Destroyer from The Chase, was with us in July while Willie Apiata VC enthralled us in November at the Trust's first annual dinner. We have been privileged to host them both.
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If you’d like to know more about The Louise Davie Charitable Trust, the research it is funding or its upcoming events, please get in contact and Steve Davie will be in touch.
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