Meals That Matter - See challenge description below!
Meals That Matter: 40 Hours. 500 Meals. One Goal.
We’ve already raised a huge amount — but we’re still aiming for our $8,000 goal. Every donation helps make a difference.
From June 13–15, Shirley Boys’ High School and Avonside Girls’ High School teamed up for our most ambitious World Vision 40 Hour Challenge yet. While our wider school communities completed their own personal challenges, our student leadership teams cooked and froze 500 nutritious meals in just 40 hours for people experiencing food insecurity right here in Christchurch.
Together, we were a team of 12 student leaders:
From Shirley Boys’ High School – Head Boy Joel Barrie, Associate Head Boys Daniel Tucker and Tyson Witana, and House Captains Mikaere Walker, Ben Cutler, Lincoln Jones, and Jacob Woodrow.
From Avonside Girls’ High School – Head Students Zoe Croot and Fe’ofa’aki Osai, Deputy Head Students Emma Yule and Trinity Akurangi, and Head of the Pasifika Council Merita Maka.
Over 40 hours, we prepared three nutritious meals – Chicken Tikka Masala, Vegan Tikka Masala, and Cottage Pie – using the shared school kitchens. The meals were distributed with the help of Kairos Food Rescue to vulnerable families and individuals across Christchurch.
We were proud to be supported by FreshChoice Sumner, our major sponsor whose generous contribution made a huge part of this project possible. We also appreciated the support from PAK’nSAVE Wainoni, who helped us with a portion of the ingredients.
We took on this challenge because food insecurity affects people both in Aotearoa and across the globe – including the Solomon Islands, where stories like Polyn’s (a young girl whose family must choose between food and school) remind us just how urgent the need is.
Our challenge wasn’t just about cooking. It was about community, action, and compassion.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Thank you to our Sponsors
$460
Sbhs/aghs Student Leadership
$201
Karen & Tim
Great effort! Congratulations on such a successful Challenge, hope you get the support to reach your goal for the Solomons :)
$107
David Pilbrow
Great cause
$100
Anonymous
Well done for all your hard work. Your an example to hold up to the people who complain about today's youth. The kids are alright❤️
$80
Imogen Loakman
What a fantastic cause Team! Keep up the wonderful mahi, you’re all great role models! 👏😃
$53
Anonymous
$53
Jeremy Hogan
Love your commitment and the vision you have to pivot the 40 hour challenge to make a meaningful difference locally and internationally. Good on you 😀👍🏼
$53
William Radovanovich
Bless you all, a little goes a long way. Thank you for doing what your doing for humanity.
$53
Victoria E
Great effort. Loved seeing the students at Sumner. Positive and friendly. Excellent ambassadors
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Jason Steward
Cook up a storm team. Great work coming up.
$45
Anonymous
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Teague Family
Amazing idea everyone. All the best!
$45
Anonymous
$45
Samantha Orchard
Go Team! What a fabulous way to give back
$45
Vicki Steward
Well done boys, an amazing amount of hard work has gone into doing this for strangers. Very proud of you all
$45
Marita Gillespie
Great job team. Watched you on Breakfast. Auckland admirer
$45
Kaylene Wakefield
$45
Sue Ellison
Well done to you all, an amazing achievement and fabulous idea to help so many..
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Sarah Harrison
Well done team. Amazing effort x
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Zita Kimkou
$30
Melenie Parkes
$30
Siobhan Mcpherson
Loved seeing you all on Breakfast this morning! Amazing Mahi!
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Rico K
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Sue Mitchell
What an inspiring thing to do for people in the Solomon’s and in the community- a better idea than starving yourselves for 40 hours
$30
Rico Kemp
$30
Amanda Caulton
I saw the two young leaders on ‘Breakfast’. So well spoken and informed, very inspiring.
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Ashley Bonham
$30
Solomon Daniel
Awesome mahi!!
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Anonymous
What an awesome team effort. Well done on a fantastic job for a brilliant cause.
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Anonymous
$30
Christine Woodside
$30
Marie Campbell
$30
Jeni Spencer
Nice work!!
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Fay B
Brilliant Challenge, I hope it goes well. Thank you.
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Gabrielsson Whanau
Ka pai team!
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Anonymous
You are inspirations!
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Kim Hay
Great mahi!
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Julie Walker
Good luck guys, great work
$21
Shona Firman
Great work.
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Tania Dawson
Well done to the student leaders on the News this morning. They spoke like true leaders.
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Katherine Tyson
Well done to you all! What an epic achivement that will benefit so many!
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Anonymous
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Georgie Zarifeh
Good on you kids!
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P Grieve
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Lauren Burnet
I saw your challenge on Instagram and couldn't help but be inspired. What a wonderful idea incorporating both global and local need. All the best and keep up the awesome mahi!
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Ingrid Schmelz
Awesome team SBHS and AGHS
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Kate
Great work everyone! Thanks for your hard Mahi
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Leilani Osai
Malo Aupito. Bless your hearts.
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Margaret O'brien
$11
Anonymous
Our Team Members
Joel B
$1,051
Fe'ofa'aki Osai
$128
Lincoln J
$438
Ben C
$252
Jacob W
Tyson W
$26
Daniel T
$60
Emma Y
$313
Mikaere W
$37
Trinity D
$236
Fe'ofa'aki Osai
Zoe C
$412
Merita M
$305
Thank you to Fresh Choice Sumner for allowing us to collect this money outside the supermarket.