Probus Club of Whitby |
The Newsletters (Click on any blue text below for more info)
Date | Guest Speaker | Newsletter | Photos | Comments |
Nov 2023 | Guest Speaker - James Whittaker from ACC. Injury Prevention program | Club Speaker - Debbie Howard, organ donation. New Member; Jenny Powell | ||
Oct 2023 | Guest Speaker - Nigel Clark from the Porirua City Council - the Porirua Harbour | New Members: Jenny and Ron Lucas, and Jenny Norton and Murray Lee | ||
Sept 2023 | Guest Speaker - Simon Woolf and his photpographs | Club Speaker - Keith Lawrence New Members: Diana Young and Pam Costello | ||
Aug 2023 | Guest Speaker - Kay Webster from Age Concern | Club Speaker - Euan Thomson, Cape Reinga to Bluff Cycle Tour (part 2) | ||
July 2023 | Guest Speaker - Graeme Blick, The Science of Geodesy | Club Speaker - Euan Thomson, Cape Reinga to Bluff Cycle Tour. New Members: Deborah and Barry Enslin | ||
June 2023 | Guest Speaker - Raewyn Bleakley, the CEO of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council | Club Speaker - Alasdair Finnie (reducing stress) | ||
May 2023 | Guest Speaker - Kate Whitaker, a Senior Advisor at the Classifications Office. | Jim Dearsley. New Members: Debbie Howard and Chris Trischler | ||
April 2023 | Guest Speaker - Dale Ambler, the CEO of Buy NZ Made | Club Speaker - Graeme Blick. New Members: Despina Arathimos, Lorraine and Colin Whyte, Marilyn Hooper | ||
Mar 2023 | AGM. Guest Speaker - Our mayor, Anita Baker | |||
Feb 2023 | Guest Speaker - Mike Styles - Dyslexia | New Members: Euan Thomson, Alison Cox, Alasdair Finnie. Club Speaker -John Antliff:model steam engine | ||
Jan 2023 | Christmas Meeting was at the PInes | |||
Nov 2022 | Guest Speakers - David Warburton & Massimo Soprano - Transforming the Interislander | New Member: Jocelyn Jackson. Club Speaker - Bob Walker | ||
Oct 2022 | Guest Speaker - Ian Powell - the State of the Health System | New Member: Lynette McCahon | ||
Sept 2022 | Guest Speaker - Tim Fowler - Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) | Club Speaker - Anne-Marie Wilkinson. New Members: Jack and Jenny Lloyd | ||
Aug 2022 | Guest Speaker - Dr Sam Dean - Climate Science and Policy in New Zealand | Club Speaker - Miles McIlraith. New Members: Dervan Kelly and Eleanor McAllister | ||
July 2022 | Guest Speaker - Greg Harford - Retail NZ | Club Speaker - Roger Mortlock. New members: Susan and Trevor Lane, and Annette Adams | ||
June 2022 | Guest Speaker - Caitlin Cherry from Consumer NZ | Club Speaker -Gary Bennison: New members: Anne-Marie Wilkinson and Yvonne Thompson | ||
May 2022 | Guest Speaker - Erica Penney from the Banking Ombudsman’s Office | Club Speaker - Wendy Betteridge (Covid Travel). New members: Graeme Blick, and Viv and Doug Morton | ||
April 2022 | Guest Speaker - Anna Fifield, "Kim Jong-un of North Korea" | Club Speaker - Sue Walker. New members Caryll Farrer and Kevin Temperton | ||
Mar 2022 | AGM | |||
Feb 2022 | Guest Speaker - Nick Leggett, Chief Executive of Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting NZ | Club Speaker - Eddie Conroy | ||
Jan 2022 | Christmas Meeting was at the PInes | |||
Nov 2021 | No meeting because of Covid 19 | |||
Oct 2021 | No meeting because of Covid 19 | |||
Sept 2021 | No meeting because of Covid 19 | |||
Aug 2021 | Guest Speaker – Peter Boschier, the Ombudsman | Club Speaker - Rhondda Sweetman | ||
July 2021 | Guest Speaker – Sally Attfield, GM Accommodation, Hospitality NZ | Club Speaker - Beryl Bright. | ||
June 2021 | Guest Speaker - Dr Rosie Gibson from the Sleep/Wake Research centre | Club Speaker - Don Quirk - The Wreck of the Penguin. New members: Graham and Priscilla Gibbs | ||
May 2021 | Guest Speaker - Nick Jolly from Beef and Lamb New Zealand | New members: Keith and Betty Lawrence, Sherrol Brown | ||
Apr 2021 | AGM. Guest Speaker - Ian James, National President CAB | |||
Mar 2021 | No meeting - Covid level 2 | |||
Feb 2021 | Guest Speaker - Murray Edridge, Wellington City Mission | Club Speaker - Barbara Reilly. New member: Dale Martin | ||
Jan 2021 | No meeting | |||
Nov 2020 | Guest Speaker - Peter Farrell - The Life That Settles | Club Speaker: Miles McIlraith. New members: Linda and Ken Harrison | ||
Oct 2020 | Guest Speaker – Baily Tannerp - The work of the Fred Hollows Foundation |
Club Speaker:
Sue Mortlock - Military Wives.
New members: Peter Roozendaal, Belinda and Richard Whitehead, Sue Way, Barbara and Mack Thompson |
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Sept 2020 | No meeting as we are all staying home again for Covid-19! | No Club Speaker. | ||
Aug 2020 | Dr Helen Poulson - The Pros and Cons of Cannabis | Club speaker Patricia Poynter. New members: Gary Bennison and Miles Mcllraith | ||
July 2020 | Club member John Antliff - "Engineering in Miniature" | Club speaker Glenis Brown. New members: Eddie Conroy, Rhondda and Les Sweetman | ||
June 2020 | No meeting as we are still all staying home during Covid-19! | No Club Speaker. | ||
May 2020 | No meeting as we are still all staying home during Covid-19! | No Club Speaker. | ||
Apr 2020 | No meeting as we are all staying home during Covid-19! | No Club Speaker. Some extra funnies for Lock-down | ||
Mar 2020 | Dr John McKoy - Mana Island | Photos | AGM | |
Feb 2020 | Roger Blakely - ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Transport in the Wellington Region.’ | Photos | Club Speaker - Jill Merrick, Roses | |
Jan 2020 | No meeting | Photos | ||
Dec 2019 | Christmas Lunch Meeting only | Photos | ||
Nov 2019 | Bronwyn Groot - Exploitation Of Seniors | Photos |
Club Speaker - Glenys Greaves |
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Oct 2019 | Joy Allcock - The Shine Literacy Project | Photos | Club Speaker - Don Quirk. Menu for December Christmas Lunch (revised) | |
Sept 2019 | Sarah Ropata & Reuben Mills - Transmission Gully Motorway Progress | Photos | Club Speaker - Norma Withers. Menu for December Christmas Lunch | |
Aug 2019 | Vuyiswa Tulelo, South African High Commissioner to New Zealand | Photos | Club Speaker - David Dunnett. | |
July2019 | Graham Kelly - Democracy in America has been severely undermined | Photos | Club Speaker - Alison McGregor. New Members: Judy and Michael Parker | |
June 2019 | Jo Alderdice - Little Sprouts | Photos | Club Speaker - Peter Lillico (April TransAlpine Train Trip). New Members: Sue Adams and Bill Denise | |
May 2019 | Sir Brian Elwood - Public Health Issues | Photos | Club Speaker - Angus Langbein (My Swimming Experiences). New Members: Roger and Sue Mortlock | |
Apr 2019 |
Club member Lewis Jillings - Iran |
Photos | Club Speaker - Allan Nichols (click here to read Allan's presentation). SI TranzAlpine trip photos here | |
Mar 2019 |
Father Maurice Carmody - The life of Suzanne Aubert |
Photos | AGM | |
Feb 2019 |
Karen Norman - Child Rescue |
Photos | Club speaker - Graham Poynter (Married to a Mariner) | |
Jan 2019 | No meeting | |||
Dec 2018 | Christmas Lunch Meeting only | Photos | ||
Nov 2018 | Barbara Reilly on her recent trip to Gambia and Senegal | Photos | Club Speaker
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Bill Wallace
(NZ Rugby Union in the 1990s) New members: Glenis Brown, Angela and Nick Willsher |
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Oct 2018 | Dave Armstrong - playwright, screenwriter | Photos | Club Speaker - Brian Turner (Genealogy) New member: Jean Foley | |
Sept 2018 | Billy Graham and Latu Talu - Cannon’s Creek Boxing Academy | Photos |
Club Speaker -
Pauline Robb
gave the history of one of her ancestors, Frances Price New member: Alison McGregor |
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Aug 2018 | Gaylene Preston - New Zealand Filmmaker | Photos | Club Speaker - Jim Dearsley "How Leacroft Nurseries began" | |
July 2018 | Debbie Mair - Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species | Photos | Club Speaker - Gaye McGill (her cat Sebastian) | |
June 2018 | Mike Tana, Mayor of Porirua | Photos | Club Speaker - Barbara Reilly New Members: Patricia and Graham Poynter | |
May 2018 | Chris Finlayson, Member of Parliament and Shadow Attorney General | Photos | Club Speaker - Dianne Roberts New Members: Jenny Patterson, Bill Wallace and Delle Wallace | |
Apr 2018 | N/A | Photos | Impromptu talks from Gaye McGill, Barbara Reilly, Lew Jillings, John Antliff, and songs from Don Quirk | |
Mar 2018 | Matu Booth, Manager at Ngā Manu Nature Reserve | Photos | AGM. New members: Christine Blick, Jenny & Ross Garner | |
Feb 2018 | Lisa Webber - Holiday in India | Photos | Forgotten World Trip Report More photos | |
Dec-Jan 18 | Christmas Lunch Meeting | Photos | ||
Nov 2017 |
Brigadier (Retired)
Roger Mortlock - “The Gallipoli Story - Behind the Legend”
(click here to view presentation) |
Photos | Club Speaker – Jacqui Campbell | |
Oct 2017 | John Goddard - “Organised Crime and Gangs” | Photos | Club speaker - Don Quirk "Ship’s Boy aboard the MV Nikau" | |
Sep 2017 | Ian Johnstone “That Joker on the Telly” | Photos | Wendy Betteridge - member's profile. | |
Aug 2017 | Dr Deborah Stevens - Bioethics Education | Photos | Anthea Levy described Life in Manapouri in the 60s | |
July 2017 | Wendy Betteridge - The De-Merits of Driving | Photos | Derek McDonald presented us with a summary of his career in aviation | |
June 2017 | His Excellency Mr Mario Alzugaray Rodriguez, Ambassador of Cuba | Photos | Derek Oldershaw - member's profile. New members: Jan Fleming, Shannon Pakura | |
May 2017 | Mary Fisher MNZM, New Zealand para swimmer | Photos | Peter Cox - member's profile (Outward Bound). New members: Lorraine Cummings, Bill Gilbert | |
Apr 2017 | Craig Nicholson - History of Transmission Gully | Photos | Lew Jillings - member's profile. New members: Jacqui Campbell, Dianne Roberts, Wendy Betteridge. | |
Mar 2017 | Johnny Douglas - "The Changing Face of 50 Plus Years of Radio in New Zealand" | Photos | AGM | |
Feb 2017 | Maureen Zaya - Senior Adviser, Refugee and Migrant Enablement Support | Photos | Peter Rushworth - member's profile | |
Dec-Jan 17 | Christmas Lunch meeting | Photos | ||
Nov 2016 | Denise Carnihan - Pilgrimage to Africa | Photos |
Our Club's 5th Birthday celebration. Allan Nicholls spoke to us of the origins of our club |
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Oct 2016 | Dr Lew Jillings - “Globalisation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" | Photos | Brian Greaves - member's profile. | |
Sep 2016 | John McBeth - Sports' Commentator | Photos | Barry Hay-Chapman - member's profile. | |
Aug 2016 | Dale Williams - working with youth in Porirua | Photos | Carolyn Amos - member's profile. New members; Peter and Shona Rushworth | |
Jul 2016 | Sir Anand Satyanand - The Relevance of the Commonwealth to New Zealand | Photos | Chris Garrett - member's profile. | |
Jun 2016 | Dame Beverley Wakem - the role of Chief Ombudsman | Photos | Lindsay McIsaac - member's profile. New members; Kathy Wall, Barry and Ann Hay-Chapman | |
May 2016 | Linda Hansen - An Unexpected hero | Photos | Diana Kelly - member's profile. New member; Brian Greaves | |
Apr 2016 | David Dell - NZ Songs and their composers | Roy Bowman - member's profile. New member: Jenny Williamson | ||
Mar 2016 | Professor Swee Tan - A New Way of Looking at Cancer | AGM | ||
Feb 2016 | Ken Douglas - "Challenges Facing the Future - Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities" | Photos | Bruce Menzies - member's profile. | |
Dec-Jan 16 | Christmas Lunch meeting | Photos | ||
Nov 2015 | Craig Utting and Liz Sneyd - The Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust | Photos | Clive Solomon - member's profile | |
Oct 2015 |
Sir Bruce Ferguson - Return of the Unknown
Warrier (click here to view presentation) |
Photos | Dale Williamson - member's profile. New member; Sheryl Levy | |
Sep 2015 | Dr Lew Jillings - "Globalisation – Inequality, Social, Religious, Cultural, and Population Implications " | Photos | John Bathurst - member's profile. New members; Lew Jillings and John Sigsworth | |
Aug 2015 | Pat Martin "Two years in Timor-Leste" | Photos | Gwyn Akeroyd - member's profile. New members; Derek and Lou Oldershaw. | |
July 2015 |
Dale Williamson - NZ Coast Watchers in WWII (View Slideshow here) |
Photos | Peter Lillico - member's profile | |
Jun 2015 | Jason Pine - Newstalk ZB Sports Broadcaster | Photos | Angus Langbein - Gallipoli. New member: Barbara Stephens | |
May 2015 | Deborah Battell - Banking Ombudsman | Photos | Jim Dearsly - member's profile | |
Apr 2015 |
Nick Leggett- Vision for Porirua 2015-2025 (click here to view Nick's presentation) |
Photos | Anne Miller - member's profile | |
Mar 2015 | Kim Workman "Rethinking Crime and Punishment" | Photos | New members; Dale Williamson, Dorothy Crook, Cyril and Pauline Butler, and Jim Dearsly | |
Feb 2015 | Michelle Robinson, Partners Porirua "Developing Youth for the Working World" | Photos | Shona Bowman - member's profile | |
Nov 2014 | Dr Robbie Cheyne - Chiropractic, the Key to Good Health | Photos | Jill Merrick - member's profile. New members - Aileen Craig, Margaret Alexander, and Jenny and Brian Turner | |
Oct 2014 | Beverley Cathcart, "Mrs Parliament Protocol" | Photos | Carole Penty - member's profile | |
Sep 2014 | Terence O'Brien, International Affairs | Photos | Mike Allen - member's profile | |
Aug 2014 | Frank Torley - Country Calendar | Photos | Julia Spinks - member's profile | |
Jul 2014 | Duane Kale, paralympian | Photos | John Antliff - member's profile | |
Jun 2014 | Hon Winnie Laban - Her life | Photos |
Anthea Levy - member profile. New member - Shona Bowman |
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May 2014 | Judge John Walker & then Carol Lillico from St John - Defibrillators | Photos | New member: Aureen Coshan | |
Apr 2014 | Alan Dodson, local historian | Photos | Don Quirk - member's profile. New members: Joe Perera, Warren Thom, Carole Penty | |
Mar 2014 | Bill Bevan - The background of The Treaty of Waitangi | Photos | Colin Edwards - member's profile. New members: Sandra Lockwood & John Bathurst. | |
Feb 2014 | Stephanie Drew - How to record your life history | Photos | Fae Johnson -
member's profile. New members: Jill and Bob Merrick, Rae Denize, and Dinia and Mike Allen. |
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Dec 2013 | Christmas Lunch meeting | Photos | ||
Nov 2013 | Sue Chetwin, Chief Executive, Consumer New Zealand | Gaye McGill - member's profile. New member - Anne Bennison | ||
Oct 2013 | Graham Kelly - My Life with Music | Beryl McGovern - member's profile. | ||
Sept 2013 | John Granville, Commander RNZN (Rtd) - Things Nautical | Graham Millar - member's profile. | ||
Aug 2013 | Wilbur Dovey - International Whaling Commission | George Bright - member's profile. New member - Diana Kelly | ||
July 2013 | Dr David Lowe - Climate Change | Photos | Bev Marsden - member's profile. New members - Alan and Jean Bulleyment | |
June 2013 | Christine Stanley - Chair of the Pauatahanui Inlet Community Trust | Photos | Angus Langbein - member's profile. New member - Sue Jenkins | |
May 2013 | NZ Police Superintendent John Price | New members - Beryl and George Bright. | ||
Apr 2013 | Kris Kirk-Burnnand, National President of the Life Education Trust | Dave Kerse - member's profile.. New members - Don & Margaret Quirk, Julia Spinks, Glenys Greaves, Bruce & Jeanette Menzies, Peter Chisholm, Anthea Levy. | ||
Mar 2013 | Taku Parai - Ngati Toa | Val England - member's profile | ||
Feb 2013 | Margaret Faulkner | Bill Moller - member's profile | ||
Dec 2012 | ||||
Nov 2012 | Mohammad Ali Amiri, a refugee from the Tampa | Ian Webster & Bevan Tong - member's profiles. New Member - Margaret Baird. | ||
Oct 2012 | Emma Whiteside - Industrial Designer | Val Hellberg & Sue Gore - member's profiles. New members - Graham & Anne Miller. | ||
Sep 2012 | David Pimblott - North South GIS Group | Jean Davidson, Basil Dome & Margaret Brown - member's profiles | ||
Aug 2012 | Robin Gunston - Real Release for Captives. | Pauline Robb, Jill McDonald & Derek McDonald - member's profiles. New members - Chris Garrett, Marion Allard | ||
July 2012 | Trevor Farmer - Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office | Charlie Stobert & Alan Barkus - member's profiles. New Member - John Antliff. | ||
June 2012 | Don Campbell, CEO for Whitireia Polytechnic | June Campbell-Tong & Julie McLagan - member's profiles. | ||
May 2012 | Elizabeth Coluzzi - Mana Recovery | Sue Couch, Annette Craig & Bruce Carson - member's profiles | ||
Apr 2012 | Nick Leggett - Mayor of Porirua | Peter Cox, Diana Paris & Graham Craig - member's profiles | ||
Mar 2012 | Holly Thompson, Porirua Chamber of Commerce - "Small Footprint – Big Impact" | |||
Feb 2012 | Glenys Knight - ESR | |||
Jan 2012 | ||||
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