Voting for Z Energy's Good in the Hood 2022 initiative is now open – shop at Z to vote for your favourite local charity or community group.

Good in the Hood supports over 700 charity and community groups across New Zealand, with each of Z's almost 200 service stations choosing four local groups to support.

Z Retailers Dave & Lynette Gillies who operate Z sites across the Bay of Plenty has chosen to support groups such as Under the Stars, Breast Cancer Support Services BOP Good Neighbour, Kawerau and Districts Aging in Place and Whakatane Blue Light across their 10 sites.

Customers who shop at Z are given the choice to vote for their favourite local charity or community group, to help them receive a share of $4,000 being given away at each site.

'We are excited to see Good in the Hood back to its original format, and we are again able to share $4,000 per site with local groups doing great things in our community,” says Lynette and Dave.

Z's retail gm Andy Baird says he is proud to see the initiative back for 2022, supporting the local communities which Z operates on a range of social and environmental issues.

'Z is for New Zealand, so it just makes sense to support the things that matter in our local communities. Since Good in the Hood launched in 2013, we're proud to have been able to donate almost $8 million to local groups who are doing great things right across New Zealand.”

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Voting is opened on September 26 and continue to October 24.

Customers who shop with us during this period are given an orange token to pop in one of the four boxes to support their favourite local group.

The money is shared between each store's selected charity groups based on the number of votes each receives.

On top of the $4000, every Z service station has an additional $1000 to be used by local retailers throughout the year to support other neighbourhood events.

'Now more than ever we need to support the groups working hard to support and better our communities. Good in the Hood is a much-loved initiative by Z, our retailers and our customers. We look forward seeing the voting boxes fill up with the iconic orange tokens over the next few weeks.” says Andy.