Music News - Big boost for music therapy centre
03 November 2004 - 0 Comments
Some classic pieces of music memorabilia helped raise more than $120,000 at a charity auction in Auckland last night (Nov. 2) for New Zealand’s sole music therapy centre.
The auction was in aid of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust that operates a dedicated music therapy centre in Auckland catering for special needs children.
The original lyrics to Victoria written by Jordan Luck on the note paper of the ‘Greerton Motor Inn’, where the Exponents lead singer began writing the song, sold for $5,000.
A Fender Telecaster guitar signed by original Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders went to a phone bidder for $4,600 and a surfboard signed by the Beach Boys raised $4,400.
Other popular items with bidders were:
• a CanWest Media Package that fetched the night’s top bid of $20,000;
• two tickets to Rod Stewart’s Christchurch concert, return flights and a nights accommodation for $1800
• the hand painted lyrics to Not Given Lightly by Chris Knox; $4500
• a corporate booth at next January’s Big Day Out concert received a high bid of $3,600.
Hosted by TV personality Stacey Daniels and actor and director Oliver Driver, the event featured outstanding live performances by Adeaze and Aaradhna and Nesian Mystik and special performances by Bic and Boh Runga, and Scribe performing with Boh and Brooke Fraser.
Businesses and individuals donated all of the auction pieces and Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre co-founder and entertainer Hinewehi Mohi says she is overwhelmed by the generosity.
“We’re overwhelmed by the support from everyone involved in the event,” Hinewehi says. “The wonderful synergy between the music industry and music therapy showed just how powerful music is in bringing people together.”
She says the funds raised will be used to employ a much needed second music therapist.
“Currently we have a waiting list of around 50 children and the funds raised from this auction will help us expand the centre and really increase the number of children and families that can benefit from music therapy.”
About The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre
The centre provides music therapy for special needs children of school age and younger. It is New Zealand’s first music therapy centre.
The idea grew from a Kiwi family’s experience of music therapy in the UK and, subsequently, the realisation there was a need to provide a similar service here.
Singer and songwriter Hinewehi Mohi, her husband George and daughter Hineraukatauri spent time at the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Centre in London in 1999.
Hineraukatauri has severe cerebral palsy. It was soon evident that therapy through music struck a chord for her. For the first time in her life, she had an opportunity to participate in and control an activity and to actually create something. Most important for Hineraukatauri, music became a means to communicate.
Upon its return to New Zealand, the family determined to establish a music therapy Centre here. The dream is now realised with the opening in early 2004 of the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre (RMTC) in Sandringham, Auckland.
The centre comprises one workroom, an observation facility, an office and waiting room and associated facilities.
Currently there is one full time, qualified music therapist and an assortment of musical instruments. These include a piano, snare drums, splash cymbals, crash cymbals, wind chimes, xylophones, tambourines, loads of drumsticks and mallets and much more!
The work at the centre focuses primarily on children. However, the aim is to ultimately provide therapy for all age groups within the wider community.
For further information on the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre please go to www.rmtc.org.nz or contact 0508MUSICTHERAPY
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