Haute couture auction for Liggins Institute

The Liggins Institute Trust Charity Auction
Webbs
March 8, 6.30pm

Want to buy your favourite person an exclusive holiday, a complete facial makeover, or a pre-loved Prada coat? All these and more are on offer at next week’s Liggins Institute Trust charity auction, which features designer clothing, shoes, accessories, furniture, fine wine and luxury escapes.

Webb’s will be holding the auction supporting the  Liggins Institute, which is one of the world’s leading centres for research on fetal and child health, nutrition, development, epigenetics and evolutionary medicine, raising and managing funds to support their activities.

A five nights' stay at Fiji’s Vomo Island Resort is on offer, valued at $10,000 while closer to home auction goers can bid for two nights at either the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs or The farm at Cape Kidnappers which are also on offer, both valued at $3100. There are packages for year-long facials ($2100), Botulinum treatment ($2100) and a bespoke makeover combining fillers and botulinum treatment ($2000).

There are several lots of furniture including a Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hill House Chair valued at $1800-2400 and a Mies van der Rohe side table valued at $1400-1900.

Several lots of wine are on offer including a half bottle of a 2002 Chateau d’Yquem sauterne ($200-300), which would normally sell for close to $400.

There are also selections of bags – Louis Vuitton, Oroton and Prada; shoes – Lanvin, Gucci and Louis Vuitton; coats – Prada, Dolce & Gabbana; and dresses – Trelise Cooper, Diane von Furstenberg.

One of the more intriguing lots is from Simon Hall of Tasti Foods, who has donated a Release a Kiwi Chick Back Into the Wild package. He has a conservation estate in inland Hawke's Bay where he has been doing a lot of species recovery and reforestation work. He has put together a package with a helicopter trip from Auckland and an overnight stay on the estate to learn about the work they are doing.

This fundraising initiative is vital in supporting the trust to research into childhood obesity, which has now become the biggest health issue facing New Zealand. At the Liggins Institute, scientists are researching the clinical and epigenetic factors involved in combating obesity.Professor Wayne Cutfield is heading a research project  investigating a possible gut microbiome treatment for teenagers who suffer from obesity.

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