Please Donate to keep us afloat
Please help in keeping the unique and amazing Hikitia floating crane fully functioning and in good condition as a centre piece of Wellington historic waterfront. Hikitia needs to be maintained as a useful piece of Wellington's working infrastructure that's able to assist in any post emergency civil defense recovery.
We need your help in this post Covid19 world!
Donate to:
Maritime Heritage Trust of Wellington - a Registered Charitable Trust.
Payments to BNZ Account 060507 0014401.00
Maritime Heritage Trust of Wellington is a Registered Charitable Trust - Charities Commission Number CC 35948 IRD Number 85 230 190
You may wish to donate to this overall objective, or you might prefer to target a specific area just to know that you are covering the cost of a specific area or item. Any money you donate will be used and very much appreciated.
Insurance
Insurance is approximately $10000 per annum.
Annual Boiler Survey
In June each year our two boilers undergo their annual survey. 2021 surveyor costs were $2029 + materials costs including gaskets, etc.
Consumables
Steel – we consume about $2000 p.a.of steel plate, angle and flat that goes into general maintenance.
Gas for steel repairs is currently about $1500
Electricity for lighting and tools is about $900
Cleaning of mainly overalls is about $450