Northland's Easter weekend began with a convoy of Mini cars "hooning" off from Kaitaia all the way to Invercargill collecting funds for the KidsCan charity.
The bi-annual Pork Pie Charity Run attracted 57 Mini cars from throughout the country, including three teams from the United Kingdom and two from Australia, for the fundraising drive to help fight child poverty.
![Allan Bull gets his Mini ready for the Pork Pie charity run in Kaitaia.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T3TFVC2GR65DTI6MCBCJW6CY4I.jpg?auth=67341c37141069a30064b307ea7c6ede335ddf13c8830b2f4b0e37ba13890cb0&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
This year's fundraiser started 10 months ago and Kahu Burns from KidsCan said by Thursday evening, the charity had raised $161,000 against a target of more than $150,000.
British couple Paul and Michele Smith came to New Zealand specifically to participate in the event in a Mini kindly lent to them by a friend in Waipa.