The public was asked to chip in for remedial work on an historic oil painting of the iconic White Terraces. It's held in the Alexander Turnbull Library collection, and the crowd-sourcing appeal has been so successful that more campaigns are likely to follow.
Charles Blomfield made many paintings of what people called "The 8th Wonder of the World" - the tourist attraction that was destroyed by the Tarawera eruption in 1886.
Demand for his Terraces works continued long after they had disappeared - this one was actually painted in 1891.
The original campaign on the Boosted platform sought around $5,000 to clean, fill and retouch the large oil painting. That target was quickly reached - in fact it stretched to $12,000, allowing for important additional work.
The Turnbull Endowment Trust is behind the campaign. Lynn Freeman talks to the Trust's Paula MacLachlan, and also to the Alexander Turnbull Library's Chief Librarian Chris Szekely.
