The World Vision 40 Hour Challenge is New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising campaign.  
 
Every year since 1975, tens of thousands of young Kiwis have taken a stand through a 40 Hour Challenge to raise money and bring hope to thousands of children living in poverty in more than 40 countries. 
 
This year we’re challenging you to go completely offline for 40 hours. Find out more!

Thank you for taking up the challenge. Your fundraising will make a real difference.    
 
If you are fundraising for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge with your school, church or team: 

• If your sponsors have donated online by credit card or internet banking - nice work, we've already got your funds. 

• If you've collected cash, give it to your World Vision 40 Hour Challenge organiser as soon as possible, along with your Sponsorship Book and they will bank the money for you. 

• If you're the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge organiser, use your team’s 40 Hour Challenge Deposit Book or Deposit Slip to bank your team cash donations at any ANZ branch by 5th July 2024 (last day of term 2). Please ensure the bank includes your team’s unique reference number so we can track your fundraising. 

• If you've lost your team's 2025 World Vision 40 Hour Challenge Deposit book you can order another one by emailing your full name, team name and address to: books@worldvision.org.nz. 

• Alternatively, you can transfer the funds directly into the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge account: 06-0101-0323407-02. Important: please include your unique reference number (found on the front of your Deposit Book) or school name so we can track your fundraising. 

• Group organisers – using the postage-paid sticker provided, please send your completed Sponsorship Books and Organiser Record Sheet back as soon as possible to: Freepost Challenge, World Vision New Zealand, Private Bag 92078, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. Alternatively, you can destroy your Sponsorship Books by putting them in a secure recycling bin.   

 
If you are fundraising for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge as an individual: 

• If your sponsors have donated online by credit card or internet banking - nice work, we've already got your funds. 

• If you've collected any cash or cheque donations, deposit these at any ANZ branch by 5th July 2025 using the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge Deposit Slip included with your Sponsorship Book. 

• Alternatively, you can transfer the funds directly into the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge account: 06-0101-0323407-02. Important: please include your unique reference number (your Sponsorship Book number) or your full name when banking your funds so we can track your fundraising. 

• Send your completed Sponsorship Book back to World Vision New Zealand as soon as possible using the postage-paid sticker provided. Freepost Challenge, World Vision New Zealand, Private Bag 92078, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. 

World Vision New Zealand is committed to ensuring the highest proportion of its funds gets to those in need and we work to keep the cost of administration and marketing to a minimum. In 2023, 82% of the money received by World Vision has gone to fund our development work overseas. If you want a breakdown of where World Vision New Zealand’s money goes, read our Annual Report. 
 
We are fortunate to get generous advertising rates from television, radio, print, billboard and online media which helps our marketing budget immensely. Most of our administration and marketing costs go towards enabling more financial support so that we can reach even more people in need.