Charity Flights

Worldflight NZ is offering a unique chance to be the first officer aboard a Boeing 737 flight simulator. You will get to spend an hour taking off, flying and landing the plane all the while sitting next to your favourite celebrity. All the fund are being raised for the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Celebrities on Auction

John Key	Beth Allen	Pippa Wetzell	Dai Henwood	Renee Wright	Ido Drent
Toni Street	Mike Puru	Andrew Mulligan	Jeremy Corbett	Paul Ego	Rodney Hide
Bryce Casey	Roger Farrelly	Miriama Kamo	Clinton Randell	Neil Waka	Jono Pryor

You can view all the worldflight auctions here, so get behind you celebrity by bidding and help support the Auckland Rescue Helicopter.

Here is a  list of the top wooden, soft & educational toys on sella. You won’t have to keep the receipt for post Xmas exchanges or walk around shopping malls for hours to find these popular toys, just check them out and buy them.

Quality Wooden Toys
-Hand crafted wooden garage
-Wooden house shape sorter
-Large tilting wooden maze labyrinth
-Deluxe wooden frame activity box

Cute Soft Toys
-School bus with finger puppets
-Winnie The Pooh activity suction
-Mortimer the moose
-Happy elephant stroller pal

Educational Toys
-Girls reading maths learning laptop
-NeoCube buckyballs 216 magnet
-Kidz Labs – volcano making science kit
-Two-way bug viewer

Over 100 fantastic auctions all starting from $1 reserve with new auctions listed regularly.

-Luxury holidays at Gold Coast, Hawaii and other locations that includes flights and accommodation.
-International air deals, unlimited business premier and premium economy air travel for 2 months
-Celebrity experiences like painting planes with Richard Kahui, morning tea with the Prime Minister John Key and many more.
-Signed memorabilia from racing legend Greg Murphy and All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen.

All funds raised from the 2009 Kids at Christmas Charity Auction go towards 3 deserving causes; Leukaemia & Blood Foundation, Kids Restore New Zealand & Make A Wish New Zealand.

Get bidding for a life changing experience for you and kiwi kids.

Starting in December Air New Zealand Charity Auction’s will be running on sella to raise funds to help kiwi kids.

The auctions will be running from the 4th of December till the 14th, and over 500,000 New Zealander’s will be made aware of these auctions through direct email’s and media promotions.

As a store on sella why not take advantage of this extra traffic to the site and ensure all your products are on the site over this period. We expect this week will be one of the busiest of the year so its a great time to expose new users to your business and products.

Summer weather is perfect to head to the beach and have a bbq. All you need is a portable bbq, juicy meat and some fresh veges. We have been to a few beaches and have narrowed down some of our favourite beaches to go to and enjoy having a bbq.

Top 5 BBQ beaches in NZ

Hot Water Beach, Coromandel
Mission Bay, Auckland
Piha Beach, Auckland
Mount Maunganui Beach, Tauranga
Wainui Beach, Gisborne

Tell us the beaches you’ll be heading to, this summer, in the comment box below.

Coromandel Beach

All November on sella we’re running great $1 reserve summer vacation packages to Hawke’s Bay. Check back every couple of days for new auctions with great activity and accommodation packages throughout Napier, Hastings and Havelock North.

Hawkes Bay is one of New Zealand’s top summer holiday destinations. Whether you’re after mouth-watering fresh summer fruit and family activities or a romantic getaway filled with architecture and wineries, Hawkes Bay has something great for you.

Watch Venture Hawkes Bay’s TVC below and remember to check out the auctions daily.

Congratulations to Sarah Crosby whose YES company, CS Productions, won the prestigious Northland YES Company of the Year Award.

CS Productions’ first DVD was called Captain Purple’s Adventures in the Kitchen and shows children how to make four different healthy food recipes. Sarah has plans to produce another three videos; Captain Purple’s Adventures – Up Off the Couch (focusing on physical education), Captain Purple’s Adventures – Arty Farty (art lessons) and Captain Purple’s Adventures – Mini Einstein (science).

Sarah and Captain Purple will now travel to Wellington for the National YES Awards in November, where CS Productions will compete against other Regional Winners for the national title.

The Young Enterprise Awards are the culmination of the year-long experiential business education programme, where year 11 through 13 students form start-up companies, become directors and follow their own business plans to develop products/services which they market and sell.

Sarah is giving $2 from every sale to CanTeen and you can buy Captain Purple’s Adventures in the Kitchen right here on sella.

The Scary Washing Machine continues to haunt Mike Whittaker:

For those of you who followed the ‘Scary Washing Machine‘ online auction earlier in the year, you may know that as well as making over $7500 for the 5 children’s charities, a small portion of the ongoing income after the auctions finished and separate to the auctions went towards paying for our honeymoon which we could not afford after we got married.

This was the honeymoon, in beautiful Samoa and we got to see the power of the REAL Scary Washing Machine up close and I can tell you now it’s much more scary than interplanetary portals and dinosaurs!

Believe it or not this was the honeymoon that some post-auction Scary Washing Machine proceeds helped to pay for! I might have sold that evil machine but he’s still trying to get me!!

My wife and I both survived by the seat of our pants but many other people were not as fortunate and many of them lost their lives and loved ones to the sea.
The Taufua family from Lalumanu have over 20 extended family members either dead or unaccounted for and we want to help them out by raising money to help them get back on their feet and get through this horrible tragedy.

They have virtually nothing left, the whole of the Lalumanu beach community is destroyed and turned to rubble and I was there while the family members retrieved their loved one’s bodies from the piles of rubble that were once their homes.

Read the incredible full story at www.scarywashingmachine.com and bid on all that’s left from Mike’s honeymoon, a camera case rescued from the rubble of the tsunami aftermath.

As well as helping auction a souvenir from the REAL Scary Washing Machine, sella is also supporting the Oxfam Samoa Tsunami Appeal and the NZ Red Cross Samoa Tsunami Relief Fund on Givealittle.

Almost everyone either lives in Auckland, knows someone in Auckland or has visited at least once and with Tourism Auckland we’ve got some great $1 reserve deals on Auckland activities. The auctions celebrate the 9th of September 2009 (09/09/09), a cool date in itself and even more exciting exactly two years until New Zealand play Tonga at Eden Park in the first match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Here are 9 from over 30 Auckland auctions:

Explore NZ’s Pride of Auckland Coffee Cruise
Join on our famous Coffee cruise and experience Auckland, the ‘City of Sails’ for what it is known for! The Pride of Auckland operates an impressive fleet of large, purpose-built yachts on the sheltered waters of Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour and is World famous for its Sailing and Dining cruises.

Heritage Auckland – Chef for a Night
An exclusive and memorable evening of 3-course private dining in a stylish 2-bedroom Directors Suite at Heritage Auckland hotel, complete with your own personal chef and waiters. After your dining experience, you’ll stay the night to savour the unique Heritage luxury and comfort.

2 hour Trail Blazer Quad Bike Safari
Negotiating between 25 and 35 km’s of forest tracks, sand dunes, hills and valleys. You’ll experience an adventure which takes you onto the majestic Muriwai Beach for a blast before heading back into the forest tracks.

SkyWalk
SkyWalk is a guided adventure around the outside ring of the SkyTower. No handrails – only a harness and overhead safety system is between you and amazing views of Auckland’s many landmarks 192m below.

Bush and Beach – Coast and Rainforest Walk
Walk in the regenerating rainforest where our experienced guides will explain about the local flora and fauna with giant tree ferns growing alongside picturesque streams. Unwind by a spectacular cascading waterfall or swim beneath it.

Kelly Tarlton’s Stingray Splash
For a truly unforgettable experience, immerse yourself in the tank and hand feed our short-tailed stingrays. No diving or snorkelling expeirence is required – just a sense of adventure. Duration 1.5 hours. Valid for 2 people, valued at $95per person.

Spookers
2 x R16 two attraction pass to Spookers Haunted Attraction Scream Park. Which blood curdling attractions will you try? The Freaky Forest of Fear, The trippy 3D Vortex or the Haunted House from Hell?

Auckland Multipass
Auckland MULTIPASS card offers visitors entry into Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World, entry into Rainbows End Theme Park, a journey to the main observation deck of the Sky Tower and a harbour cruise with Fullers Cruises.

Great Barrier Island with SeaLink
Cruise to stunning Great Barrier on the Island Navigator. Stay for two nights in a beachfront unit at Sunset Waterfront Lodge, just down the road from the main village of Tryphena. Relax and spend your weekend exploring the natural beauty of the island.