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NZ Police Diplomatic Protection Service raises $12,500 - yes that's right, a Quiz night & Charity auction organised by those Police that serve and protect John Key and other dignitaries raised an incredible $12,500 for the Dyslexia Foundation!
DPS Officer Stew Brodie was the key motivator behind the event's success which saw over 100 guests gather at the NZ Rugby Union head offices in Wellington in June. With the help of quiz volunteer and NZRU staffer Juli Clausen, DPS officer Andrew Melville and former DPS member Paul Kitney, the event team worked tirelessly in between extensive work and travel assignments. They were inspired by Stew's story of living with dyslexia during his school years, and early adulthood. A former Police College firearms instructor, Stew has helped his colleagues better understand the difficulties that dyslexia presents particularly for adults. Stew himself was not diagnosed until he was in the police, and since then has embraced it and nurtured the gift, which in his case has seen him become a talented self-taught stone carver in his (not very) spare time!
Auction highlights included a Shona Moller painting; a money-can’t-buy experience on an Air New Zealand B777 flight simulator; a Westpac Stadium corporate box for a Phoenix game; a Panasonic LCD TV from Smith City; and a Weta studio King Kong statue signed by Richard Taylor.
A huge thanks to Shona Moller, Di Conway, Nick Fedaeff, and other artists involved. ALSO, the generous sponsors including: Air New Zealand, Smiths City, Westpac Stadium, Bell Tea and Coffee Company, Dockside restaurant, Pead PR, Gen-i, Telecom, Langham Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel, Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby Football Union, NZRU, Cookie Time, Richard Taylor/Weta, Office of the Prime Minister, Interislander, Villa Maria, Life Pharmacy Queensgate, Wellington Phoenix, The Duxton Hotel, MoJo, James Cook Hotel, Public bar and restaurant, Hertz rental cars, Simillium Pharmacy, Monsoon Poon, Speights Ale House, Simon Woolf Photography, The Dominion Post, Whittakers, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
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