World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore became a household name when he raised millions for the UK's National Health Service - but he could have some New Zealand competition.
Residents of Wellington's Summerset Aotea retirement village are raising money for the Cancer Society by walking laps of the rest home. It mirrors Moore's fundraising efforts where he walked laps of his garden at his Bedfordshire home.
Thirty-five residents clocked up 50 kilometres between them during their take on this year's Cancer Society's Relay for Life, raising around $1500.
Participants took turns walking 1km laps of the block. Resident Dorothy Wilkin completed her's in just eight minutes.
"It's lovely to have something that makes you feel useful," she says.
Another resident, Colleen Foulkes, was ready to complete many more laps.
"I'll go and do three or four more before I've finished," she says.
For some, the determination to participate and complete laps was fueled by their own brushes with cancer.
"I have had a mastectomy. The cancer society is so supportive," Wilkin says.
Another resident lost her mum, sister and young son to cancer, so participating is "really important" to her.
Cancer Society community relationship fundraiser Erin Todd is stoked with the retirement village event's success.
"At Summerset today I think we have raised around $1500, which is pretty amazing," she says.
Although their effort is reminiscent of Captain Moore's, who raised nearly £32.8 million ($66.1 million), they were too humble to accept this status.
"[It] makes me feel rather guilty, because I haven't done anything like that," Wilkin says.
Resident John Carde says Captain Moore would give them a "run for their money".
