A homegrown campaign has raised money for Starship Hospital in honour of a brutally beaten Flaxmere boy.
The Flaxmere peace project has raised $1383 over the past few months for Starship Hospital through the sale of peace lilies.
It was organised in February by Flaxmere locals Colleen Lowe, Lesley Riley, Brent Harris from We Sow You Grow, Chris Hart from Flaxmere New World, and Lynsey and Haira Abbott from One Voice Community Services.
They wanted to give back to Starship Hospital where a 4-year-old boy from Flaxmere who was badly beaten in January was being cared for.
In April, the last public update on the case that outraged Hawke's Bay and the nation, said the boy was conscious and able to talk.