WIMA Hawkes Bay Linen Run 1996. The Linen Run was started in Wellington in 1991. The idea for the charity run was to collect donations of cash, linen and other household goodies for the Womens Refuge. Here we have a group shot taken at the end of the 1996 Hawkes Bay run showing the donated goodies plus representatives of all the motorcycle clubs of the area who took part and the refuge ladies.