A triple treat was dished up at Sir Michael Hill’s private golf course, The Hills, near Arrowtown, on Thursday night to support child health research charity Cure Kids.
‘‘The Twilight Experience’’ started with Ambrose pairs on The Hills’ par-3 9-hole course, The Farm, before a golf cart-guided tour of the property’s sculptures, led by Christine, Lady Hill, and concluded with a three-course dinner and an auction.
Sir Michael and Lady Hill have a long association with Cure Kids, which dates back to when the golf course first opened, in 2007.
It was a charity the couple felt passionate about supporting, he said.
‘‘I think it’s a really great cause and, as you get older in life and you’ve seen everything, you realise how lucky you are to have had good health.
‘‘Seeing these poor young people with all sorts of disabilities, anything we can do to ... make life better for them, I think, is something we all should ... do.’’
Cure Kids was the largest funder of child health research outside the government, and was doing a lot of work for children living within the Queenstown Lakes district.
South Island engagement manager Will Hall said the organisation had some of the ‘‘biggest brains in the nation’’ in Otago, including chairman of paediatric genetics at the University of Otago Prof Stephen Robertson, who was ‘‘leading the way in research and looking after our local kids’’.
