After a two-week journey across Aotearoa in their little red Mini, Vaughan and Erin McNabb from Wairoa have returned home heroes, raising over $40k for KidsCan and earning the “Spirit of the Event” award at the 2025 Pork Pie Charity Run.
“Exhausted ... but we survived,” Erin told Hawke’s Bay Today just 24 hours after returning home and heading straight back to work.
Vaughan is a butcher, and Erin, a registered nurse at Wairoa Hospital.
They joined 49 other teams in this year’s Pork Pie Charity Run, driving 2400km during the road trip, recreating the iconic route from the Kiwi film Goodbye Pork Pie.
The couple raised $40,912 for KidsCan, contributing to a national total of $460,240 as of this story.
The money will help provide essential food, clothing, and health products to children across New Zealand, including support for the 110 schools and early childhood centres that KidsCan partners with in Hawke’s Bay.
NZ Herald
