“Perhaps the most odd one was funding $2,000 yearly to the Waikato Museum. “While that’s not a lot now that was a lot back then and the last project you would expect a motorcycle club to fund.” Weeks said the unusual partnership blossomed when he became club president in the 1970s.
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The club’s contribution helped purchase artworks like New Zealand artist Robin White’s painting of Sam Hunt. He was the organiser of The Founders Theatre Circuit Charity Road Races or Grand Prix series that saw racers ride around the same circuit used by the V8s many years later.