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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 pdf Club Speaker - Debbie Howard, organ donation.  New Member; Jenny Powell
Oct 2023 Guest Speaker - Nigel Clark from the Porirua City Council - the Porirua Harbour pdf New Members: Jenny and Ron Lucas, and Jenny Norton and Murray Lee
Sept 2023 Guest Speaker - Simon Woolf and his photpographs pdf Club Speaker - Keith Lawrence   New Members: Diana Young and Pam Costello
Aug 2023 Guest Speaker - Kay Webster from Age Concern pdf Club Speaker - Euan Thomson, Cape Reinga to Bluff Cycle Tour (part 2)
July 2023 Guest Speaker - Graeme Blick, The Science of Geodesy pdf 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 pdf Club Speaker - Alasdair Finnie (reducing stress)
May 2023 Guest Speaker - Kate Whitaker, a Senior Advisor at the Classifications Office. pdf Jim Dearsley.  New Members: Debbie Howard and Chris Trischler
April 2023 Guest Speaker - Dale Ambler, the CEO of Buy NZ Made pdf Club Speaker - Graeme Blick.  New Members: Despina Arathimos, Lorraine and Colin Whyte, Marilyn Hooper
Mar 2023 AGM.   Guest Speaker - Our mayor, Anita Baker pdf
Feb 2023 Guest Speaker - Mike Styles - Dyslexia pdf New Members: Euan Thomson, Alison Cox, Alasdair Finnie. Club Speaker -John Antliff:model steam engine
Jan 2023 Christmas Meeting was at the PInes pdf
Nov 2022 Guest Speakers - David Warburton & Massimo Soprano - Transforming the Interislander pdf New Member: Jocelyn Jackson.    Club Speaker - Bob Walker
Oct 2022 Guest Speaker -  Ian Powell - the State of the Health System pdf New Member: Lynette McCahon
Sept 2022 Guest Speaker -  Tim Fowler - Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) pdf 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 pdf Club Speaker - Miles McIlraith.   New Members: Dervan Kelly and Eleanor McAllister
July 2022 Guest Speaker - Greg Harford - Retail NZ pdf Club Speaker - Roger Mortlock.  New members: Susan and Trevor Lane, and Annette Adams
June 2022 Guest Speaker - Caitlin Cherry from Consumer NZ pdf Club Speaker -Gary Bennison:  New members: Anne-Marie Wilkinson and Yvonne Thompson
May 2022 Guest Speaker - Erica Penney from the Banking Ombudsman’s Office pdf 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" pdf Club Speaker - Sue Walker. New members Caryll Farrer and Kevin Temperton
Mar 2022 AGM pdf
Feb 2022 Guest Speaker - Nick Leggett, Chief Executive of Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting NZ pdf Club Speaker - Eddie Conroy
Jan 2022 Christmas Meeting was at the PInes pdf
Nov 2021 No meeting because of Covid 19 pdf
Oct 2021 No meeting because of Covid 19 pdf
Sept 2021 No meeting because of Covid 19 pdf
Aug 2021 Guest Speaker – Peter Boschier, the Ombudsman pdf Club Speaker - Rhondda Sweetman
July 2021 Guest Speaker – Sally Attfield, GM Accommodation, Hospitality NZ pdf Club Speaker - Beryl Bright. 
June 2021 Guest Speaker - Dr Rosie Gibson from the Sleep/Wake Research centre pdf 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 pdf New members: Keith and Betty Lawrence, Sherrol Brown
Apr 2021 AGM.  Guest Speaker - Ian James, National President CAB pdf
Mar 2021 No meeting - Covid level 2 pdf
Feb 2021 Guest Speaker - Murray Edridge, Wellington City Mission pdf Club Speaker - Barbara Reilly.  New member: Dale Martin
Jan 2021 No meeting pdf
Nov 2020 Guest Speaker - Peter Farrell - The Life That Settles pdf Club Speaker: Miles McIlraith.   New members: Linda and Ken Harrison
Oct 2020 Guest Speaker – Baily Tannerp - The work of the Fred Hollows Foundation pdf Club Speaker: Sue Mortlock - Military Wives
New members: Peter Roozendaal, Belinda and Richard Whitehead, Sue Way, Barbara and Mack Thompson
Sept 2020 No meeting as we are all staying home again for Covid-19! pdf No Club Speaker.
Aug 2020 Dr Helen Poulson - The Pros and Cons of Cannabis pdf Club speaker Patricia Poynter.  New members: Gary Bennison and Miles Mcllraith
July 2020 Club member John Antliff - "Engineering in Miniature" pdf 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! pdf No Club Speaker.
May 2020 No meeting as we are still all staying home during Covid-19! pdf No Club Speaker.
Apr 2020 No meeting as we are all staying home during Covid-19! pdf No Club Speaker.  Some extra funnies for Lock-down
Mar 2020 Dr John McKoy - Mana Island pdf Photos AGM
Feb 2020 Roger Blakely - ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Transport in the Wellington Region.’ pdf Photos Club Speaker - Jill Merrick, Roses
Jan 2020 No meeting pdf Photos
Dec 2019 Christmas Lunch Meeting only Photos
Nov 2019 Bronwyn Groot - Exploitation Of Seniors pdf Photos

Club Speaker - Glenys Greaves

Oct 2019 Joy Allcock - The Shine Literacy Project pdf Photos Club Speaker - Don Quirk.    Menu for December Christmas Lunch (revised)
Sept 2019 Sarah Ropata & Reuben Mills - Transmission Gully Motorway Progress pdf Photos Club Speaker - Norma Withers.  Menu for December Christmas Lunch
Aug 2019 Vuyiswa Tulelo, South African High Commissioner to New Zealand pdf  Photos Club Speaker - David Dunnett.
July2019 Graham Kelly - Democracy in America has been severely undermined pdf Photos Club Speaker - Alison McGregor.  New Members: Judy and Michael Parker
June 2019 Jo Alderdice - Little Sprouts pdf Photos Club Speaker - Peter Lillico (April TransAlpine Train Trip).  New Members: Sue Adams and Bill Denise
May 2019 Sir Brian Elwood - Public Health Issues pdf Photos Club Speaker - Angus Langbein (My Swimming Experiences).  New Members: Roger and Sue Mortlock
Apr 2019

Club member Lewis Jillings - Iran

pdf

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

pdf Photos AGM
Feb 2019

Karen Norman - Child Rescue

pdf Photos Club speaker - Graham Poynter (Married to a Mariner)
Jan 2019 No meeting pdf
Dec 2018 Christmas Lunch Meeting only Photos
Nov 2018 Barbara Reilly on her recent trip to Gambia and Senegal pdf Photos Club Speaker - Bill Wallace (NZ Rugby Union in the 1990s) 
New members:
Glenis Brown, Angela and Nick Willsher
Oct 2018 Dave Armstrong - playwright, screenwriter pdf Photos Club Speaker - Brian Turner (Genealogy)  New member: Jean Foley
Sept 2018 Billy Graham and Latu Talu  - Cannon’s Creek Boxing Academy pdf Photos Club Speaker - Pauline Robb gave the history of one of her ancestors, Frances Price
New member: Alison McGregor
Aug 2018 Gaylene Preston - New Zealand Filmmaker pdf Photos Club Speaker - Jim Dearsley "How Leacroft Nurseries began"
July 2018 Debbie Mair - Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species pdf Photos Club Speaker - Gaye McGill (her cat Sebastian)
June 2018 Mike Tana, Mayor of Porirua pdf Photos Club Speaker - Barbara Reilly   New Members: Patricia and Graham Poynter
May 2018 Chris Finlayson, Member of Parliament and Shadow Attorney General pdf Photos Club Speaker - Dianne Roberts  New Members: Jenny Patterson, Bill Wallace and Delle Wallace
Apr 2018 N/A pdf 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 pdf Photos AGM.  New members: Christine Blick, Jenny & Ross Garner
Feb 2018 Lisa Webber -  Holiday in India pdf Photos Forgotten World Trip Report      More photos
Dec-Jan 18 Christmas Lunch Meeting pdf Photos
Nov 2017 Brigadier (Retired) Roger Mortlock - “The Gallipoli Story - Behind the Legend”
(click here to view presentation)
pdf Photos Club Speaker – Jacqui Campbell
Oct 2017 John Goddard - “Organised Crime and Gangs” pdf Photos Club speaker - Don Quirk "Ship’s Boy aboard the MV Nikau"
Sep 2017 Ian Johnstone “That Joker on the Telly” pdf Photos Wendy Betteridge - member's profile.
Aug 2017 Dr Deborah Stevens - Bioethics Education pdf Photos Anthea Levy described Life in Manapouri in the 60s
July 2017 Wendy Betteridge - The De-Merits of Driving pdf Photos Derek McDonald presented us with a summary of his career in aviation
June 2017 His Excellency Mr Mario Alzugaray Rodriguez, Ambassador of Cuba pdf Photos Derek Oldershaw - member's profile.  New members: Jan Fleming, Shannon Pakura
May 2017 Mary Fisher MNZM, New Zealand para swimmer pdf Photos Peter Cox - member's profile (Outward Bound).  New members: Lorraine Cummings, Bill Gilbert
Apr 2017 Craig Nicholson - History of Transmission Gully pdf 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" pdf Photos AGM
Feb 2017 Maureen Zaya - Senior Adviser, Refugee and Migrant Enablement Support pdf Photos Peter Rushworth - member's profile
Dec-Jan 17 Christmas Lunch meeting pdf Photos
Nov 2016 Denise Carnihan - Pilgrimage to Africa pdf Photos

Our Club's 5th Birthday celebration.  Allan Nicholls spoke to us of the origins of our club

Oct 2016 Dr Lew Jillings -  “Globalisation: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" pdf Photos Brian Greaves - member's profile.
Sep 2016 John McBeth - Sports' Commentator pdf Photos Barry Hay-Chapman - member's profile.
Aug 2016 Dale Williams - working with youth in Porirua pdf 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 pdf Photos Chris Garrett - member's profile.
Jun 2016 Dame Beverley Wakem  - the role of Chief Ombudsman pdf Photos Lindsay McIsaac - member's profile.  New members; Kathy Wall, Barry and Ann Hay-Chapman
May 2016 Linda Hansen - An Unexpected hero pdf Photos Diana Kelly - member's profile.  New member; Brian Greaves
Apr 2016 David Dell - NZ Songs and their composers

pdf

Photos

Roy Bowman - member's profile.  New member: Jenny Williamson
Mar 2016 Professor Swee Tan - A New Way of Looking at Cancer

pdf

Photos

AGM
Feb 2016 Ken Douglas - "Challenges Facing the Future - Citizens’ Rights and Responsibilities" pdf Photos Bruce Menzies - member's profile. 
Dec-Jan 16 Christmas Lunch meeting pdf Photos
Nov 2015 Craig Utting and Liz Sneyd - The Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust pdf Photos Clive Solomon - member's profile
Oct 2015 Sir Bruce Ferguson - Return of the Unknown Warrier
(click here to view presentation)
pdf Photos Dale Williamson - member's profile.  New member; Sheryl Levy
Sep 2015 Dr Lew Jillings - "Globalisation – Inequality, Social, Religious, Cultural, and Population Implications " pdf Photos John Bathurst - member's profile. New members; Lew Jillings and John Sigsworth
Aug 2015 Pat Martin "Two years in Timor-Leste" pdf Photos Gwyn Akeroyd - member's profile. New members; Derek and Lou Oldershaw.
July 2015 Dale Williamson - NZ Coast Watchers in WWII 
(View Slideshow here)
pdf Photos Peter Lillico - member's profile
Jun 2015 Jason Pine - Newstalk ZB Sports Broadcaster pdf Photos Angus Langbein - Gallipoli. New member: Barbara Stephens
May 2015 Deborah Battell - Banking Ombudsman pdf Photos Jim Dearsly - member's profile
Apr 2015 Nick Leggett- Vision for Porirua 2015-2025
(click here to view Nick's presentation)
pdf Photos Anne Miller - member's profile
Mar 2015 Kim Workman  "Rethinking Crime and Punishment" pdf 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" pdf Photos Shona Bowman - member's profile
Nov 2014 Dr Robbie Cheyne - Chiropractic, the Key to Good Health pdf Photos Jill Merrick - member's profile.  New members - Aileen Craig, Margaret Alexander, and Jenny and Brian Turner
Oct 2014 Beverley Cathcart, "Mrs Parliament Protocol" pdf Photos Carole Penty - member's profile
Sep 2014 Terence O'Brien,  International Affairs pdf Photos Mike Allen - member's profile
Aug 2014 Frank Torley - Country Calendar pdf Photos Julia Spinks - member's profile
Jul 2014 Duane Kale, paralympian pdf Photos John Antliff - member's profile
Jun 2014 Hon Winnie Laban - Her life pdf Photos

Anthea Levy - member profile.  New member - Shona Bowman

May 2014 Judge John Walker & then Carol Lillico from St John - Defibrillators pdf Photos New member: Aureen Coshan
Apr 2014 Alan Dodson, local historian pdf 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 pdf Photos Colin Edwards - member's profile.  New members: Sandra Lockwood & John Bathurst.
Feb 2014 Stephanie Drew  -  How to record your life history pdf Photos Fae Johnson - member's profile. 
New members: Jill and Bob Merrick, Rae Denize, and Dinia and Mike Allen.
Dec 2013 Christmas Lunch meeting pdf Photos
Nov 2013 Sue Chetwin, Chief Executive, Consumer New Zealand pdf Gaye McGill  - member's profile.  New member - Anne Bennison
Oct 2013 Graham Kelly - My Life with Music pdf Beryl McGovern - member's profile.
Sept 2013 John Granville, Commander RNZN (Rtd) - Things Nautical pdf Graham Millar - member's profile.
Aug 2013 Wilbur Dovey - International Whaling Commission pdf George Bright - member's profile.   New member - Diana Kelly
July 2013 Dr David Lowe - Climate Change pdf Photos Bev Marsden - member's profile.   New members - Alan and Jean Bulleyment
June 2013 Christine Stanley - Chair of the Pauatahanui Inlet Community Trust pdf Photos Angus Langbein - member's profile.  New member - Sue Jenkins
May 2013 NZ Police Superintendent John Price pdf   New members - Beryl and George Bright.
Apr 2013 Kris Kirk-Burnnand, National President of the Life Education Trust pdf   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 pdf   Val England - member's profile
Feb 2013 Margaret Faulkner pdf   Bill Moller - member's profile 
Dec 2012 pdf
Nov 2012 Mohammad Ali Amiri, a refugee from the Tampa pdf Ian Webster & Bevan Tong - member's profiles.  New Member - Margaret Baird.
Oct 2012 Emma Whiteside - Industrial Designer pdf Val Hellberg & Sue Gore - member's profiles.  New members - Graham & Anne Miller.
Sep 2012 David Pimblott - North South GIS Group pdf Jean Davidson, Basil Dome & Margaret Brown - member's profiles
Aug 2012 Robin Gunston - Real Release for Captives. pdf Pauline Robb, Jill McDonald & Derek McDonald - member's profiles.  New members - Chris Garrett, Marion Allard
July 2012 Trevor Farmer - Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office pdf Charlie Stobert & Alan Barkus - member's profiles.  New Member - John Antliff.
June 2012 Don Campbell, CEO for Whitireia Polytechnic pdf June Campbell-Tong & Julie McLagan - member's profiles.
May 2012 Elizabeth Coluzzi - Mana Recovery pdf Sue Couch, Annette Craig & Bruce Carson - member's profiles
Apr 2012 Nick Leggett - Mayor of Porirua pdf Peter Cox, Diana Paris & Graham Craig - member's profiles
Mar 2012 Holly Thompson, Porirua Chamber of Commerce -  "Small Footprint – Big Impact" pdf
Feb 2012 Glenys Knight - ESR pdf
Jan 2012 pdf
21 Nov 2011 pdf
2 Nov 2011 pdf

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