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Make Hay while the Sun Shines

$520 of $5,000 goal
Given by 7 generous donors in 10 weeks

Contribution towards our annual procurement of hay

Blenhiem Central, Blenheim

Did you know that horses eat for approximately 16-18 hours a day?

The horse is predominantly a grazing animal, designed to eat small amounts, frequently. Their natural feed is grasses and other edible shrubs and plants - and hay.

Each year we need to procure approximately 1,200 bales of hay to feed our wonderful horse team.

We pride ourselves on the welfare of our horse team and ensuring that they have the right diet is imperative to their well-being, which enables them to be able to help our riders in a calm and safe enviornment.

We are very privileged to have a community that helps us to do what we do well, and we have locals who grow and bale hay for us - A huge thank you to Caythorpe Family Estate and Jamie Timms.

However, it is a huge job picking up the bales from the paddocks, transporting it to our property and stacking it in the hay shed. We just do not have enough volunteers to do this job ourselves.

We do fundraise throughout the year to try to cover the costs for our hay procurement, we are not quite there and need to do a final push before the hay is cut in November/December.

If you can donate, it would be very much appreciated.

About us

The Core Purpose of NZRDA is to provide interaction with horses to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing disability, or who have specific challenges or needs.

We aim to enable and support them to achieve good lives.

Use of funds

We pride ourselves on our high standards of well-being for our equine team and their diet is extremely important to ensure that they are fit for purpose for our equine therapy programmes. Good quality hay is important for their balanced diet.

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Latest donations

Nick
Nick on 01 Dec 2025
$50
Marlborough Riding for the Disabled

Thank you!!

Marlborough Riding for the Disabled
Vicki
Vicki on 01 Dec 2025
$100
Marlborough Riding for the Disabled

Thank you so much Happy horses!!

Marlborough Riding for the Disabled
alison
alison on 29 Nov 2025
$200
Marlborough Riding for the Disabled

Thank you Alison, we and our lovely horse friends really appreciate your support

Marlborough Riding for the Disabled
Joanne
Joanne on 27 Nov 2025
$100
Guest Donor
Guest Donor on 13 Oct 2025
$5

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This campaign started on 7 Oct 2025 and ends on 7 Jan 2026.