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Over 600 groups doing good in neighbourhoods across New Zealand have now been selected to be part of Z Energy’s ‘Good in the Hood’ programme. 

Through this programme, Z Energy will contribute over $1 million to neighbourhood groups and projects that matter the most to its customers.

Every Z service station in New Zealand will be supporting four neigbourhood groups each. These groups will receive a share of $4,000 per service station based on the voting of Z customers during March. A further $1,000 per service station has been also set aside for Z’s local retailers to support other neighbourhood projects throughout the year.

Each of the successful groups will also be in line for an extra $500 if they’re one of the ten groups nationwide who receive the most votes in Z’s online Token Hunt, also running throughout March.

Z Energy CEO, Mike Bennetts, said the company’s neighbourhood investment approach was as decentralised as possible. 

“We want our 210 Z service stations to be at the heart of their neighbourhoods so we’re going for a truly local approach which will ultimately be determined by our customers,” said Mike.

Over 4000 applications for the programme were received in November. The criteria that the groups needed to fulfill to apply for ‘Good in the Hood’ included:

• being active in the local neighbourhood around a specific Z station
• being focused around helping people who need it and
• being for a specific project or to fulfill a specific need.

“We feel that it’s only fair to support the people who support us, and we think that Good in the Hood will make a real difference in neighbourhoods across New Zealand,” says Mike.

A list of all the neighbourhood groups selected nationwide can be found below:

 
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