Kilometres for Kids
Kilometres for Kids is an exciting virtual challenge happening this March to support Starship's life-saving services, including New Zealand's only flying Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, the Starship Air Ambulance. Participants can run, walk, or cycle to help raise funds that support providing critical care to every child across Aotearoa whenever they need it.
How it works
Join the challenge
It’s free to sign up, and it’s super simple too. Set up your own page in just a couple of minutes.
Spread the word
Start fundraising and let everyone know you’re walking, running or riding to save kids’ ives!
Save lives
Help keep the Starship Air Ambulance flying 24/7, bringing care to kids across Aotearoa.
Choose your challenge for Kiwi kids!
Walk
Cycle
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50
KM
That's a bit over one-and-a-half kilometres per day
85
KM
Nearly 2.75km each day on average. You can do it!
120
KM
Almost 4km a day for the ultimate challenge
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Got something else in mind?
Sign up and choose your own distance.
Rewards
Every kilometre (and every dollar) you raise helps keep Starship’s National Air Ambulance flying — and to celebrate your incredible efforts, there are some special rewards waiting for you along the way!
When you reach fundraising milestones on your individual page, you’ll earn exclusive Kilometres for Kids gear to wear with pride:
Hit $300
to earn your Kilometres for Kids t-shirt and join the Flight Crew.
Raise $500
and you’ll receive a Kilometres for Kids cap
Reach $750
to score a Kilometres for Kids medal and claim your place as a Co-Pilot.
Raise $1,000
or more to join the VIP Captain’s Club and earn a long-sleeved training top. Plus, the top three fundraisers will enjoy an exclusive lunch with a member of the Starship Air Ambulance flight team.
Keep walking, keep fundraising, and see how high you can climb through the ranks!
Sick children like Inaaya need your help
When five-year-old Inaaya suddenly became critically ill in Palmerston North, her condition deteriorated so quickly that the Starship Air Ambulance was urgently called. By the time the team arrived, her organs were failing, and she was fighting for her life.
She was airlifted to Starship, where doctors diagnosed necrotising pneumonia. Inaaya spent weeks in intensive care on life support, but the Starship team never gave up. Their expertise and compassion saw her through the toughest fight of her young life.
