Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

09/04/2026

Save the data folks, lets party and support our community tower Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade

15/03/2026

Hi folks! The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team are continuing to fund-raise for the 2026 Sky Tower Challenge to support Blood Cancer NZ.
They are holding a live music fundraiser at the Porirua Club on Friday the 24th April from 7:30pm.
It'd be great to see you there to help support this worthy cause!

10/03/2026

Kia ora wonderful people.

We want to introduce you to another one of our Skytower team members for 2026; Henry! He has written the following introduction for himself -

Kia ora team!
I’m Henry Lang, firefighter and Tawa Volunteer. This year I’m taking on the Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge for the 3rd time to support Blood Cancer NZ.
Every day, 8 Kiwis are diagnosed with blood cancer — and over the past few years, I’ve lost both an uncle and an auntie to cancer‑related illness. So this climb is personal. I’m doing it for them, and for every whānau fighting this battle right now.
Training has been full‑on: circuit training, hose drills, BA climbs up Mt Kaukau, runs with the dog, and hills + bike rides with my son. Every session reminds me why this matters.
If you can, please support me. Your donation genuinely helps Kiwis who need it most.

https://firefighterschallenge.org.nz/h-lang

We hope you have a lovely rest of your week,
- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade

08/03/2026

Kia ora wonderful people.

We just wanted to pass on a update from today's fundraising adventures.

The team managed to raise $289 in cash and an additional $195 through online donations, totalling to $484 raised today! Thank you so much to everyone who donated today, we really appreciate it. 👨‍🚒 All proceeds will be going directly to Blood Cancer NZ.

Have a wonderful week and we'll see you at the next fundraising event. 🚒👨‍🚒🔥
- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade

07/03/2026

Kia ora wonderful people.

We just wanted to come on here quickly and share some dates we will be fundraising out at Wellington Airport this month for Blood Cancer NZ. The first fundraising day kicks off this morning (photos to come later)! ✈️

Then we will also be fundraising out at the airport on the 18th, 19th and 26th of March. 🔥👨‍🚒

If you are at the airport on any of those days feel free to come say hello to us and ask us any questions you may have about firefighting or the Skytower Challenge. We have lots of super cool stickers as well!

We hope you have a lovely Sunday.
- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team 🚒

Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade

03/01/2026

Kia ora wonderful people!

We hope you have had a lovely festive season and a happy New Year so far.

As it's a new year some exciting changes have been made to our Skytower team that we wanted to inform you about. This year our team consists of four super keen climbers who will be racing up the Skytower on the 23rd of May, helping to raise funds for Blood Cancer NZ.

The first super keen climber we would like to introduce you all to is Operational Support Firefighter, Kieran.

Kieran has been a part of the Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade for three years now and this year will be his second time climbing the Skytower. Go Kieran!

When asked what his motivation for participating in the Firefighter Skytower Challenge is he replied; "I love to help people and make sure everyone has a fighting chance to get the help they need, and I want to offer my help in any way I can."

When Kieran's not out on the fireground or raising funds for Blood Cancer NZ you can find him hard at work as one of the crew on Metlink's train service or spending time with his friends watching a good movie or playing video games. 🧑‍🚒

If you would like to help Kieran reach his fundraising goals this year feel free to check out his fundraising page via the following link: https://firefighterschallenge.org.nz/kieran-jennings

Thank you very much for reading this post, we'll be rolling out more exciting news about our Skytower team over the next month so keep an eye out for more updates from us. 🚒

Have a lovely rest of your weekend 🔥
- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

02/08/2025

Hello wonderful people!

We have some exciting news! The amazing Julia McHale of Heavenly Fitness is going to be racing up the Skytower today, along with her son Fraser, in an effort to raise funds for those living with Leukaemia and Blood Cancer in New Zealand.

We are super proud of Julia and wish her the best of luck today! Go Julia and Fraser! 🏃‍♀️

There is still time to donate to this amazing cause using this link (their team is Heavenly Fitness and Nutrition): https://www.stepupchallenge.org.nz/heavenly-fitness-nutrition

Remember, every little bit that gets donated could make a huge difference in someone else's life.

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend,

- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team 🔥👨‍🚒

I'm racing up the Sky Tower to raise vital funds and awareness for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand. Every day 8 children and adults in New Zealand are diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. LBC is the national charity dedicated to supporting patients and their famil...

27/06/2025

Hello wonderful people.

Unfortunately we have some sad news to share. As some of you may be aware, a young boy was recently diagnosed with leukaemia within our community.

We are sharing his give-a-little page below. If you can help in anyway, big or small it would be greatly appreciated.

givealittle.co.nz/cause/darcys-fight-against-leukaemia

Our thoughts are will the family during this difficult time.

- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade

An effort to support Darcy and his family as he battles Leukaemia.

21/06/2025

Hello again wonderful people,

We just wanted to pop by and introduce you to someone incredibly special to us, our lovely PT Julia McHale owner of Heavenly Fitness. We wanted to introduce her to you as this year in August she's going to be doing something amazing! Climbing the Skytower along with her son Fraser in Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand 's " Step Up Challenge". We are so incredibly proud of her and would love it if you could support her by donating to her team "Heavenly Fitnesses and Nutrition" on the "Step Up Challenge" page.

https://www.stepupchallenge.org.nz/heavenly-fitness-nutrition
https://www.stepupchallenge.org.nz/julia-mc-hale
https://www.stepupchallenge.org.nz/fraser-mc-hale

Remember every little bit you donate could help make a BIG difference in someone else's life!

We'll keep you posted on Julia and Frasers nobel fundraising quest. And we may even squeeze in some stair training with them 👀.

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend,
The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team 🔥🚒👨‍🚒

I'm racing up the Sky Tower to raise vital funds and awareness for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand. Every day 8 children and adults in New Zealand are diagnosed with a blood cancer like leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. LBC is the national charity dedicated to supporting patients and their famil...

24/05/2025

Wooohooo! We made it. Thank you to everyone for your support, it was needed! Good luck to the rest of the brigades competing today - you've done an amazing job so far so just keep doing what you've been doing. 🔥 And we'll see you all again next year 🚒👨‍🚒

To our wonderful community: Do you want your shot at climbing the Skytower in full firefighting kit next year while raising vital funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand? Then head to Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade and start the application process to become a volunteer firefighter today! (You just need to live within a 5 minutes radius from the station, located at 16 Lundhurst Rd, Tawa, Wellington)

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend
- The Tawa Firefighter Skytower Team

23/05/2025

Dun dun dun! Here we goooo!