Join the Movement: Sign Up for "The Good Walk" and Make Every Step Count!

Get ready to lace up your sneakers and step into a rewarding challenge this October with "The Good Walk!"

This exciting event invites individuals and groups to sign up and commit to walking a minimum of 30 laps around the base of Mount Maunganui, all within 30 days. The initiative aims to help build relationships, have fun and give back to Good Neighbour!

Good Neighbour is founded on the belief that as a community we’re responsible for taking care of each other. Whether it’s as a volunteer, giving financially or corporate sponsorship, we all have something to offer and a responsibility to help as best we can.

Good Neighbour is an organisation playing a key role in transforming our community in the Bay of Plenty. Good Neighbour, powered by 300+ volunteers, provides the community with food rescue (rescuing 580 tonnes of food from landfill each year then delivering to homes in need); providing practical assistance such as property maintenance to those who find themselves in crisis without a support network; rescuing logs from the port and processing into firewood for homes in need (500m3 per year); a kitchen producing community meals for those in need (26,000 meals last year); social support addressing the underlying needs enabling whanau to discover resilience, well being and purpose; youth life skills programs; supporting people's journey into employment; community gardens; and gathering fruit from our collective backyards (36,000kg last year) and providing it to those who are without.

By entering into "The Good Walk" you are a part of those taking responsibility for their community by supporting Good Neighbour to continue the incredible work they are doing.

How “The Good Walk” works:

Participants, whether individually or as part of a group, will pledge to complete at least 30 laps around the Mount over the course of 30 days, with the first walk starting on October 4th. To enhance the experience, each entrant or group will gather sponsorships either per lap or through fixed donations. This not only encourages a healthy lifestyle and a sense of community, but also supports a worthy cause.

The Good Walk is proudly supported by Synergy Tech NZ, Carmel Country Estate and Holland Beckett who are matching donations, dollar for dollar!