Pink light for breast cancer – NZ landmarks light up
News release 1 October 2013
Pink light for breast cancer – NZ landmarks light up
Landmark buildings around New Zealand will light up pink from today, October 1, in support of Breast Cancer Month. From the Old Municipal Building in Whangarei to the Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin, 19 local landmarks will join more than 200 other iconic or historic structures around the world as part of Global Illuminations, an initiative established by Estee Lauder Companies in 2000.
Auckland’s Sky Tower,
Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre and the Canterbury
Museum in Christchurch are some of the “world famous in
New Zealand” buildings set to glow pink.
“Global
Illuminations acknowledges the enormous impact that breast
cancer has on communities around the world,” said Van
Henderson, chief executive of the New Zealand Breast Cancer
Foundation. “We’re very grateful to all the councils and
building owners who have agreed to light up pink. Their
commitment will keep help raise awareness of all the
fundraising activities going on in October.”
Funds raised through the NZBCF’s Pink Ribbon Street Appeal (October 11-12) and through community fundraising events around the country will go toward research into new targeted treatments, life-saving awareness and education programmes, and support for women going through breast cancer.
For a complete list of illuminations in New Zealand, see the table below.
CITY | LANDMARK | DATES OF ILLUMINATION |
Whangarei | Old Municipal Building | 1st-31st October |
Whangarei | Victoria Canopy Building | 1st-31st October |
Auckland | Sky Tower | 1st-31st October |
Hamilton | SkyCity Building | 1st-31st October |
Hamilton | Bridge Street Bridge | 1st-31st October |
Rotorua | City Focus | 1st-31st October |
Taupo | Hilton Lake Taupo | 1st-31st October |
Gisborne | Clock Tower | 1st-31st October |
Gisborne | Sculpture | 1st-31st October |
Hastings | Clock Tower | 25th September- 25th October |
New Plymouth | Clock Tower | 1st-31st October |
Palmerston North | Clock Tower | 6th-31st October |
Palmerston North | Regent on Broadway | 1st-31st October |
Wellington | Michael Fowler Centre | 7th-13th October |
Nelson | Nelson Cathedral | 1st-31st October |
Nelson | Trafalgar Street Bridge | 1st-31st October |
Christchurch | Canterbury Museum | 1st-31st October |
Christchurch | Chch Airport & Airways Tower | 1st-31st October |
Dunedin | Toitu, Otago Settlers Museum | 1st-31st October |
ENDS