Jemima’s Award Winner 2024
It means a lot to us to have been awarded the Jemima’s Award for 2024.
The Jemima’s Award is named after the remarkable New Zealand teen Jemima Gazley who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. Instead of conceding, she fought to raise an incredible $696,420 through her givealittle page in order to raise awareness and funds to support research into DIPG (Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma). We encourage you to learn more about Jemima and the Jemima’s Wish project, along with donating to this worthy cause.
For our part, the award was handed to us for our continued involvement and sponsorship with Rānui House. Rānui House, a part of the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust, aims to provide a home away from home for patients and their family when they are undergoing lifesaving medical treatment for cancer, accidents, and life-threatening illnesses. We are continuously proud to be involved with Rānui House.
This recognition is an immense honour to receive and shows the continued effort that every team member at Miles Continental Volkswagen brings to our company and community.
We’re immensely humbled to be custodians of the Jemima’s Award, and will take great care of it over the following 12 months before returning it to Volkswagen for next year’s awards.
Thank you to Volkswagen and the Gazley family.
Nico Swanepoel accepts the Jemima’s Award from Chanelle McDonald, General Manager of Volkswagen Passenger Vehicles
“A massive congratulations on winning Jemima’s Award and being a runner up for the Commercial Vehicles Marketing award. The work we saw from you and your team last year was fantastic … Keep doing what you’re doing, look forward to smashing some goals with you this year.”
– Helena Schultz, Volkswagen New Zealand Marketing Manager
Pictured from left to right: New Vehicle Sales Manager Andrew Hale, Marketing Manager Mark Lincoln, General Manager Nico Swanepoel, Business Manager Andy Li, Parts Manager James Tabak, Service Manager Anthony Johanson, and Operations Manager Jennifer Logan.
To really get a feeling of the awards for yourself, continue to watch the short video of the day just below.
A huge thank you to the team at Volkswagen New Zealand for their excellent support over the last year, giving us the tools – and the vehicles – we need to better represent the Volkswagen brand in our region.
Being the caretakers of the Volkswagen brand in Christchurch is not something we take likely, and we can’t wait to take the brand even further in the years ahead.
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