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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.

CITYLANDMARKDATES OF ILLUMINATION
WhangareiOld Municipal Building 1st-31st October
WhangareiVictoria Canopy Building1st-31st October
AucklandSky Tower1st-31st October
HamiltonSkyCity Building1st-31st October
HamiltonBridge Street Bridge1st-31st October
RotoruaCity Focus1st-31st October
TaupoHilton Lake Taupo1st-31st October
GisborneClock Tower1st-31st October
GisborneSculpture 1st-31st October
HastingsClock Tower25th September- 25th October
New PlymouthClock Tower1st-31st October
Palmerston NorthClock Tower6th-31st October
Palmerston NorthRegent on Broadway1st-31st October
WellingtonMichael Fowler Centre7th-13th October
NelsonNelson Cathedral1st-31st October
NelsonTrafalgar Street Bridge1st-31st October
ChristchurchCanterbury Museum1st-31st October
ChristchurchChch Airport & Airways Tower1st-31st October
DunedinToitu, Otago Settlers Museum1st-31st October

ENDS

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