Plans are well in hand for next year's Pork Pie Run, a bi-annual event that sees a fleet of Minis (and in 2011 a genuine Holden police car) travelling in convoy from Kaitaia to Invercargill.
The event is inspired by the iconic film, Goodbye Pork Pie, but has less to
do with taunting the law than with raising funds for a worthy cause.
Next year's run, which will leave from Kaitaia on Good Friday (March 29) after assembling in the town the day before and arriving in Invercargill on April 3, will raise funds for Leukaemia and Blood and Cancer NZ.
"The reason is our daughter, Naomi, was afflicted with a blood cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma ) in 2010, and at the time we did the last run in 2011 she was undergoing chemotherapy," Annie Hemsley (Whangarei) said.
"We were so grateful for the help we received, not only for Naomi but also for ourselves, and the support that came from the LBC group was exceptional.
