2nd April 2026
The Hugo Trust has assisted the Twizel Heritage Group with a donation of $50,000 to renovate a D9G bulldozer for display at Twizel and add to a growing collection of machinery and equipment to create the largest outdoor display in New Zealand.
3rd September 2025
More than a century has passed since plans were conceived to construct a tunnel to divert the Shotover River for gold mining. Now, sixty years after the completed tunnel was abandoned as unfit for purpose, the historic tunnel at Big Beach, will finally be used, thanks to a generous donation of $735,000 from the Hugo Charitable Trust.