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Issue 2 (Vol. 46), June 2018
Forty Years of Freemasons Scholars
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In this issue Grand Master’s visits 3
Forty years on: The 2018 College of Scholars 20
Grand Master 4
Roll call of scholars 22
From the Editor 2 Hot Off the Press 3
Speaking Up and building on our success
The privilege of reply: Julia Plank 26
President of the Board 4 Building a future
The second year of the Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Trust Scholarships 27
Executive Director 5
Forging careers 28
Help is at hand
A passionate volunteer 30
News clips 6
Cooling a hot problem 32
Have Your Say 8
A tribtute to MWBro Dan Holmes, Past Grand Master 10
Heartland Bank Freemasons Scholars 2018 33
Speak Up for Freemasonry 12
THE FREEMASONS CHARITY
Tell them your story
Where have all the projects gone? 34 Funding now available for publicity
FREEMASONS IN ACTION
University appreciation! 35
Timaru Freemasons Centre Re-dedication and a smoking hot donation! 14
Mythbusters 36
Lodge Katikati No 295 hosts NZ Male Choir 15
An initiates charity connection 37
Masonic Winter food top up! 15
The Freemasons Foundation 38
Dunedin Masonic Charity Bowls 16 The Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari 2018 16 Freemason support to Tauranga Boys’ College Robotics Club 17
A ‘seniority’ of grand masters 40 The Masonic Villages Trust 42 Royal Arch 44
Ride of Respect 2018 18
Some of our newest Freemasons 46
Band of Brothers 18 The Vacant or Empty Chair Ceremony 19
New initiates 47
Freemasons a lifesaver for Kapiti Coastguard 19
The Last Word! 48 Service awards 49
Lodge Dunstan has a new mosaic pavement 19
COVER Five Psychology Scholars rising up the steps to a baby-friendly Parliament. From bottom: Leith Pugmire with her 3-month old baby, Apriel Jolliffe Simpson, Gina Broom, Rebecca Graves and Kim Doncaster. Neil Mackenzie
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From the Editor
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National Office Unit 2, 22 Tacy Street Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022 PO Box 6439, Marion Square Wellington 6141 New Zealand Ph: +64 4 385 6622 Fax +64 4 385 5749 Email: membership@freemasonsnz.org communications@freemasonsnz.org www.freemasonsnz.org The New Zealand Freemason is the official journal of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of New Zealand. Unless otherwise indicated, the opinions expressed and the advertising content are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy of Grand Lodge. Articles appearing in this journal may be reproduced without permission provided acknowledgement of the source is made and a copy of the publication is forwarded to the Grand Secretary (secretary@freemasonsnz.org). Queries or comments regarding subscription or distribution should be addressed to membership@freemasonsnz.org or the Executive Director, PO Box 6439, Marion Square, Wellington 6141. Queries and comments regarding content and advertising should be addressed to the Editor. Contributions to the magazine, preferably in electronic form (e.g. MS Word documents) are greatly appreciated and should be of interest to a wide audience. Photographs should be high quality, preferably in jpg or tif format. Contributions may be edited in order to fit space available and to achieve overall balance. Letters to the Editor should not exceed 300 words. A guidance sheet for preparation of publishable material is available on request from the Editor. Contributions should be forwarded to communications@freemasonsnz.org Freemasons NZ contributions to Duane Williams, Editor communications@freemasonsnz.org Royal Arch contributions to Geoff Davies, merlin81@xtra.co.nz Magazines are distributed in March, June, September and December. The deadlines for contributions are the first day of February, May, August and November Layout by Bartlett Projects, Wellington Printed by Fisher Print Ltd, Palmerston North Copyright © 2018 Freemasons NZ
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I hope you are all warm and well but keeping an eye out for those who might need our assistance over the winter period. There are two very different sides of the coin, in relation to the elderly, Elder Abuse Verses Elder Care. One side of the coin is sadly Elder Abuse: This is serious and we all need to be on the look-out for abuse and make sure we report it. One of Freemasonry’s guiding principles is caring for others and especially the elderly. An interesting and informative video from Office for Seniors New Zealand can be found at http://bit.ly/seniorsvid or on the Freemasons New Zealand website and social media http://bit.ly/seniorsvidfnz Another side of the coin is Elder Care: Did you know? that Freemasons look after the 3500 widows of former members and their families, Freemasons provide regulars gifts to widows (this year our ‘random act of kindness’ is a petite electric torch key ring) and assistance to older members, widows and their families, when required, from The Freemasons Charity and from our Lodges. Did you also know? that we have Charitable Masonic Elder Care Trusts that look after many hundreds of New Zealanders (most of whom have no masonic connection) in 33 Villages, with nearly 1200 villas, units and care beds within care facilities and with further expansion planned. As Freemasons we should always be looking for something to say … Here are some things masonic that ‘Speak Up’ for Freemasonry in New Zealand. Scholarships – Both national and local Neurology – Medical Research into degenerative brain diseases at Auckland University Paediatrics – Infant and childhood diseases with Medical Fellowships at Otago University Elder Care – Extensive Masonic Villages with a charitable ethos Widows and Older Brethren – Care, interest and loving kindness extended by Lodges and The Freemasons Charity Lodge and District Projects – what you are doing at a local level to connect and help your community as Freemasons. I hope that this issue contains lots to inform, educate and delight you as readers in the area of education, what we are doing in our communities as Freemasons, what our major Charities and Elder Care Trusts are doing and a magazine full of interesting articles. VWBro Duane Williams MBE, JP, KLJ, GSec
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Duane hard at work for Freemasons New Zealand during his five-week holiday in Goa, India.
Hot Off the Press New Central and Northern Division Appointees on the Board of General Purposes WBro Geoff Davies PGD and VWBro Mike Hattie PDistGM have been appointed to the Board of General Purposes and their first Board Meeting was on 13 June 2018 in Wellington at the new National Office. Geoff brings to the Board a strategic perspective as well expertise in the areas of communications, public affairs, relationship and media management. Mike brings a keen business acumen and an analytical and detail-oriented approach to the Board. We wish them well in their important task of providing governance for Freemasonry in New Zealand.
Freemasons New Zealand new national office ‘Speaking up for Freemasonry’ Is your Lodge Building ‘Speaking Up for Freemasonry’? National Office is now well and truly out in the community and ‘Speaking Up for Freemasonry’ with its fantastic suburban location, with ground
floor frontage and bold imagery near Wellington Airport. Show us a photo of your Lodge ‘Speaking Up for Freemasonry’ and while you are at it ‘Speak Up’ yourself with a member of the public today. Freemasons New Zealand National Office
New… Physical address: Unit 2, 22 Tacy St, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022 Remaining the same… Postal address: PO Box 6439, Marion Square, Wellington 6141 Telephone: 04 385 6622 Fax: 04 385 5749
A ‘random act of kindness’ Our widows are again receiving a ‘random act of kindness’ from The Freemasons Charity, via Lodge Almoners, which will be sent shortly for distribution immediately to all Lodge widows. This year the gift is, a petite solar electric torch keyring, perfect for a purse or handbag (and a great winter item). The
gift will go out to our 3500 Lodge widows throughout New Zealand. Lodges usually arrange for separate Christmas gifts for their widows and this special gift makes for a great way to have a mid-year catch up with their widows. The Freemason Charity continues to assist Lodges with its tradition of caring.
GRAND MASTER’S VISITS 8 May Freemasons University Scholarships, Grand Hall, Parliament 26 May United Forces Lodge No 245, Musical Third Degree, Christchurch 9 Jun Re-dedication of Freemasons Centre, after being damaged by fire, Timaru
12 Jun The Pakuranga Lodge No 416, Two 60 Bars to VWBro Alan Bevins PGLec and WBro Jim Laurenson RH and one 50 Year Badge to WBro Morrin Cooper PGD and promotions, Auckland
3 Jul Lodge Papakura No 56, 50 Year Service Badge MWBro Ian Ross PGM, WBro James Ross, South Auckland 3–5 Aug United Grand Lodge of NSW & ACT, Grand Installation, Sydney
17 Jun Otago Masonic Charitable Trust Annual Presentations, Freemasons Centre, Dunedin
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Speaking Up and building on our success
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s I write this column, I am mindful that I am mid-way through my term as Grand Master. A chance to reflect on progress to date, and to prepare for what lies ahead. 18 months ago the Speak Up For Freemasonry campaign was launched, which started a debate in Lodges about what we could say, who we might say it to, and how we might handle any interest that was generated. Nervous times when we started to Speak Out and so the “Plain English Guide” and “Simple Answers” booklets were prepared and distributed to help fill a void. Brethren around New Zealand embraced the idea – we started Speaking Up about our Lodges and Freemasonry – and candidates were appearing in increasing numbers. A social media angle on Speak Up was trialled and proved successful and so now that too is being employed more widely. I sense there has been a fundamental change in our thinking such that we are now more willing to talk to friends and colleagues about our pride in Freemasonry and the enjoyment we derive from participating in our Lodges. It is still early days, but I can see in the statistics a clear reduction in the previous rate at which membership had been falling, and in some areas there are positive signs of net growth. Once clear trends have been confirmed, we will provide the statistics but for the time being I am confident our Speak Up campaign is
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delivering, and each one of us, by talking about our Lodges, is raising profile and attracting men of calibre to our ranks. While I am keen to ensure that, each day, we continue to Speak Up about our Lodges, I am also planning for Freemasonry in the middle to longer term. Our current strategic plan will expire later this year, so we need to start planning for and thinking about the next stage of the journey. I have engaged the Board in discussions about a vision as to how Freemasonry in New Zealand might look in 20 years time, which led to preparing for a five year plan building on the success of the Speak Up campaign. The fruits of Speaking Up are starting to appear so we need to bed that concept into our strategy, and to build on the base that has been created. I have asked the Divisional Grand Masters to gather input from their brethren so we have wide consultation before any 5 year plan is compiled. This will ensure the final product has broad input and contains a direction building on the current success of the Speaking Up concept, allowing for desirable enhancements and improvements, but without any sudden or abrupt change. I expect the consultation in Divisions to be undertaken with urgency as the new five year strategy needs to be signed off by 31 December this year. Momentum continues to build, results are starting to be seen across the country, so let us all continue to be proud and loud about our Lodges…and every day in every way Speak Up For Freemasonry.
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ith the second half of 2018 underway it is a good time to look at where we are and where we can get to. Looking at the information we have its safe to say we can see positive trends emerging, indicating a growing stability in Freemasonry here in New Zealand. There is an array of efforts to attribute this towards, perhaps most notable is ‘Speak Up’ for Freemasonry. It’s not easy working to change fundamental perspectives on our culture, but evidently our efforts are starting to yield positive results. With this in mind it is important to note that whilst we are certainly building momentum towards a stronger presence in our communities, we have a way to go. This is why I think it appropriate to acknowledge the efforts we have made so far, and ensure the momentum keeps building. Speaking of change, effort, and momentum, a warm welcome is due to our two new board members, Mike Hattie and Geoff Davies. Mike brings a strong business acumen and depth of analytical skills, and Geoff has a wealth of experience in the domain of communications, public relations, and developing strategic
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Help is at hand perspective. Given our current focus as an organisation I cannot think of a better duo to be welcomed to the board. I look forward to working further with Mike and Geoff in the coming months. Speaking of which, we have recently had a weekend long strategic planning session at National Office. The goal of this weekend was to get a footing when it comes to setting viable short to long term strategic goals. An important part of success in this process is making sure we have an informed perspective. Critical to this is giving a chance for all to have their say when it comes to Freemasons New Zealand as an organisation. You may or may not have come across surveys from National Office on an array of topics, regardless you will likely be asked to give your perspective soon. The recent strategic weekend also involved a great deal of analysis, from a financial, membership, and charitable perspective. Whilst this is not the place to go into details about the numbers, I am confident Freemasonry will end 2018 in a better place that it entered. Reflecting on this year so far, I am happy with what has taken place and look forward to what’s to come.
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etween this magazine and the last there has been a significant change at National Office. I am referring to the recent shift in premises, from a sixth-story office space to a ground level open floor building. What guided this decision was the drive to be more engaged with the community, now National Office has a face and an easily accessible location instead of being in a generic office building. The process around the shift had many elements, deciding where staff would sit, what would be stored out in the back and what would be on display? What about the need for new furniture? How much space do we really need? Or perhaps most importantly, how do we move everything? All these questions and variables were not without apprehension and the answers came slow and steady. It has been, and still is, a journey. Whilst the bulk of the shift is complete there will still be some time before we are settled in at our new location. Reflecting on this I get a sense moving is not unlike what it might be like for Lodges wanting to proactively change, Lodges wanting to Speak Up and engage with their local communities. Where does a Lodge begin? What are the key steps it needs to take to build momentum? What about the specific roles and responsibilities members need to take? What does a successful outcome look like? Like moving, the process of Speaking Up can bring uncertainty and apprehension, remember it is a journey. With all journeys it is important to have some idea of a destination, something to guide each step of the way. Perhaps the most straightforward destination is new
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members in your Lodge, and with these members a new vigour and interest in all it is Freemasonry holds and offers. It is no secret we are looking at new ways of reaching out to potential members, the best example of this is social media. In other words, we are asking Lodges to leverage new technologies to communicate with their communities, to find new members, to grow. In the scope of Freemasonry such an approach has never been done before. Word of mouth has carried our Fraternity for hundreds of years, and here we are using algorithms to interact and engage in ways not possible 10 years ago, let alone 100. Just as important as new technologies is a strong unity in Lodge when it comes to Speaking Up. We might be able to open the door to the local community, but if there is not a strong impression that can be left from Lodge members then perhaps the door was best left closed. Each and every member plays a role in Speaking Up and a Lodge is the sum of all. With this in mind, working for effective growth in any Lodge presents an opportunity to strengthen its internal member and external community connections At National Office we understand this is no easy transition to make. This is why our focus is to help you every step of your way through this journey. We have staff dedicated to helping you understand how these new technologies work, and making sure any Lodges enthusiasm for Speaking Up is met with equal enthusiasm for success in Freemasonry. We are here to help and if you feel your Lodge is ready for a Journey please email feedback@freemasonsnsnz.org and we can start this process.
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Forty-Eight Freemasons and their partners and families accompanied our Grand Master MWBro Mark Winger to the Grand Installation for the United Grand Lodge of Victoria (Freemasons Victoria) in Melbourne over the long weekend of 6–9 April 2018 for the Installation of MWBro Keith Murray as their new Grand Master. The weekend involved a Grand Installation and a Royal Arch Grand Proclamation. This was followed a couFOR ple of weeks later, on 20–23 FREEMASONRY April 2018 with the Grand Installation of the Grand Lodge of South Australia and the Northern Territory (Freemasons SA & NT) in Adelaide with a smaller deleBlackaccompanying the Grand gation of 3seven
2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours Freemasons New Zealand congratulates the following brethren on their Queen’s Birthday Honours, from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand. WBro James Henderson Drummond QSM, RH of Wellington was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal, for services to swimming. Jim is a member of New Zealand Pacific Lodge No 2 FOR and has his 70 Year Service Bar and FREEMASONRY is a Roll of Honour Freemason. Bro Hatete Joe Manukau QSM of Katikati, was awarded the Queen’s Service Medal, for services to Fire and 2Emergency New Zealand and Greyscale the community. Joe is a member of Lodge Katikati No 295 and has his 25 Year Service Award.
Master for the Installation of MWBro Dr Neil Jensen. Two more Grand Instal lations are coming up in Australia to which our Grand Master MWBro Winger invites all Freemasons and their partners to accompany him, with the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (Freemasons NSW & ACT) in Sydney on 3–5 August 2018 and the Grand Lodge of Western Australia (Freemasons WA) in Perth on 25–28 October 2018. Details for both these Grand Instal lations have been sent to Lodges but you can request details Invitation, Registration and Accommodation from communications@freemasonsnz.org
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A moving farewell – the Memorial Service for Sheila Hicking A Memorial Service for Sheila Hicking, the former Administrator of The Freemasons Charity, was held last Friday at the Cosmopolitan Club in Upper Hutt with Freemasons from throughout New Zealand in attendance. A lovely lady who did so much for masonic benevolence in New Zealand and beloved by all Freemasons who knew her. The Freemasons Charity donated $1000 to TeFREEMASONRY Omanga Hospice in Sheila's name. Her Freemasons Eulogy can be found 8 Light blue on our website: www.freemasonsnz.org FOR
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A meeting of 15 Freemasons from around the world aboard the Sapphire Princess sailing between Phuket and Colombo on Easter Sunday. We had 6 from around Australia, 4 from different parts of the United Kingdom plus one brother from an English lodge working in Germany, two from the United States of America, one from Canada and myself with the magazine. Later we got together with our wives on a Gala evening for dinner all dressed in our best. A very friendly group. Robin Hickman PM
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This medieval town situated at the top of an 82m hill overlooking an upper valley of the Saane River in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland has given its name to the world famous Gruyere Cheeses. The town dates from a Roman settlement in the 2nd and 3rd centuries with the castle that dominates the town being built around the 1130s by the first Count Gruyere. He apparently took his name from a large bird, the crane (in French grue), one of which he had caught with his bare hands. The crane features on the heraldic Coat of Arms for his dynasty and for the town. Colin Heyward
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2019 GRAND INSTALLATION Our September issue of the magazine will contain the Registration Form and we will also have an online portal open for Electronic registration as well. This will have all the costs along with accommodation and insurance options. This is nearly 14 months ahead of the Grand installation which is 15–17 November 2019. Members will have the opportunity to plan for time payments over that period
so that the cost of attending is spread between now and then. A fantastic programme is planned on our Grand Installation weekend for Freemasons and their Partners including; A ‘Welcome’ Function, Ladies Function, Business Session*, Grand Installation*, Grand Banquet, Church Service and ‘Farewell’ Lunch. Except for the Business Session and Grand Installation which are free* – all other events are pay per function for attendance.
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We have a couple of pleasant surprises which will be announced in the September issue of the New Zealand Freemason magazine. Remember, any Freemason and their partner (including Master Masons, Fellow Crafts and Entered Apprentices) or wherever you are on your masonic journey, can attend this triennial gathering of Freemasons from throughout New Zealand which includes visitors from other parts of the world.
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HAVE YOUR SAY A Token Symbol The symbols that are associated with Freemasonry are known across the globe, by many; as they have been used by Hollywood to sell films and countless authors to sell their books, but how often are these same symbols used by us individually to promote freemasonry here in New Zealand. How many members wear a masonic symbol on a regular basis? A couple of people may wear a masonic ring, there may even be the odd embroidered jumper out there, but are we utilising symbolism to its full potential? Just imagine if every freemason used a
masonic emblem of some description to advertise more often? It could be as simple as a masonic pin on your collar. There are numerous versions of pins and badges out there on the market (most of them seem to originate from the USA) they come in all shapes and sizes and from various materials. The history of pins dates back almost as long as the craft itself. During the second world war, freemasons within occupied Europe would wear the forget-me-not pin (allegedly Hilter’s favourite Flower) to secretly show that they were members of the craft, this in a time were membership of Freemasonry meant certain imprisonment and possibly even death. The broken pillar pin is traditionally given to the widows of the lodge so that they may be recognised as such. Pins cost as little as $5, this has to be the simplest and most cost effective way to heighten the profile of Freemasonry here within New Zealand. When people recognise that you are wearing a masonic
A thank you
Women Speak Up too
Greetings to The Freemasons Charity,
This year Freemasons University Scholarships were awarded to fifteen women and twelve men, although the previous year’s award favoured a male majority. Lawson-Smith Veterinary Scholarships were awarded to four women and one man. Occasionally, grumbles emerge about the awards to women on the grounds that, as they cannot become Freemasons, these funds are not well applied. Looking at it from another perspective, with the increasing profile due to the Speak Up campaign and the casting off of the historical shackles of secrecy, many women have come to appreciate Freemasonry’s contribution to the community and will speak up for it and encourage participation by their partners and sons. Likewise, with the knowledge
I am writing to thank you and express my appreciation for the generous Freemasons University Scholarship. I am still very humbled and grateful to have been selected as a recipient of your scholarship. Both the regional and national presentation ceremonies were very special and I would like to thank all those involved. It provided a great opportunity to learn more about the amazing work of other recipients. I was also able to learn more about the values of an organisation which is not only supporting my pursuit of education, but also that of many other New Zealanders. I thank you once again for your support and hope to be able to give back to the community and support others as you have for me. Many thanks. A Freemasons University Scholarship 2018 recipient 8
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symbol their reactions can be mixed, but this is a perfect opportunity to educate the misinformed and to provoke a conversation with the curious. There may well be times that you are approached by someone, who you have known for some time and yet they had no idea that you were both members of the craft. So many times I hear that “oh that’s a freemason pin isn’t it, my father (or my grandfather) was a member of that” in this situation you might ask a simple question like ‘have you not thought of becoming a member yourself ’? You will be surprised by the number of people who notice that you are proudly wearing a masonic emblem and we should be proud. It may be small display, but it can make a big difference, in promoting the Craft. So, I invite you make wearing a masonic pin part of your normal public routine and be proud to speak up. Sam Rowntree
and understanding we are giving them, our female scholarship recipients will become advocates for their male family members to enquire about the wider activities of Freemasonry. Charity and education form the cornerstones of Freemasonry. Support for education goes far beyond that of the study ancient history. It is also the means whereby Freemasonry, through its Scholarship Alumni, can openly and proudly exert its influence far and wide. Who could have imagined that the award of a scholarship to a young Jacinda Ardern in 2001 would have had such far-reaching consequences for our country? Morris Robertson
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A tribute to MWBro Dan Holmes, Past Grand Master Freemasons New Zealand acknowledges the passing on 4th April 2018 of Daniel Mearns Holmes (Dan), QSO. He was in his 87th year. MWBro Holmes had a most distinguished Masonic career. He was initiatied in Ikaroa Lodge in the Taranaki District in 1954 and passed and raised in 1955. He enjoyed a number of Grand Lodge ranks in the 70’s and 80’s culminating in his appointment to Grand Master in 1994. He was awarded a 60 Year bar to his 50 Year jewel in 2014. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time. Rest now Brother, your work here is done.
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orn in 1932 and educated at Pihama Primary School, then Opunake High School where, recognised as a leader, he was chosen as Head Prefect, Dan excelled in sports and represented the Taranaki Colts and Taranaki B team in rugby. He was the third generation of his family to farm 411 acres in Watino Road, Pihama, breaking it into productive dairy farm land. Dan Holmes’ long list of achievements rnged over many fields. These included politics – he was a drummer in the Auroa Pipe Band, and later drum major. Dan’s colourful history included eleven years in the Armed Forces in the Territorials where he attained the rank of Temporary Captain. He has been
a member of the RSA since 1965. Created a Justice of the Peace in 1971, he was also a marriage celebrant for many years. Dan has served on numerous committees. He was Chairperson of the Opunake Cottage Resthome Trust. Other organisations with which he has been involved inclued St John’s Ambulance and the Cancer Society. He was also a Civil Defence County Warden. Dan was also an elected member of the Taranaki Hospital Board, later the Taranaki Area Health Board, occupying the position of Chairperson from 1983–91; from 1991–93 he was the Government-appointed Commissioner of the THB. Dan is currently Chairperson of the CoastalCare Health Trust, a
position he has held since its inception in 2006. The new Opunake Health Centre under construction is to open in March next year. In Freemasonry Dan achieved the highest pinnacle becoming Grand Master (for New Zealand) from 1994–96. Dan was awarded the Queen’s Service Order (QSO) in 1988 and in 1990 the NZ Commemorative Medal (NZCM) for services to New Zealand, the public and the community. Until his death Dan was chairman and partner-owner of the Pacific International Hotel Management School at Bell Block. Dan Holmes 60 years as a member of Opunake’s Ikaroa Masonic Lodge, was marked at a special function held at Sandfords Events Centre on Sunday November 23, 2014, 60 years to the day since Dan joined the organisation. He was presented with his award by his son – also called Dan – after he delivered a moving tribute to his father. As he attached the special pin to his father’s lapel and those present rose in a standing ovation followed by a rousing rendition of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”, a visibily moved Dan senior seemed lost for words. “I don’t know what to say,” he said. Around 90 people from all over the North Island, including the Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge John Litton, attended the occasion. Other dignitaries present Dan and Lois Holmes, from The Freemason in 1994.
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rethren this is not a eulogy as such, but simply my experiences of a man who was respected by all whom he came in contact. He was always easy of address and had a wonderful ability of putting people at ease. He joined Lodge lkaroa in 1954 to sit with his father. He became the Worshipful Master in 1965. I first encountered Dan as a young 2nd Lieut. in our last summer camp of our Compulsory Military Training days at Hellwan, Waiouru in the summer of 1959. In his earlier years he learned the side drum to play in the Aurora Pipe Band and combined his military interests to become a drill judge at the various contests. There was no doubt he was born to be a leader. As with many lodges, he filled the various offices when the gaps occurred, which included Master during the early ’90s. This installation was both memorable and quite amusing in that Dan had asked me to understudy lkaroa’s aged
organist Bro George Watt. Now George had long received the bar to his 50th year jewel and Dan pointed out that some of George’s actions had been rather peculiar lately. Dan cautioned me that if George turned up he may well treat me a little differently. You may understand how the chickens feel, when the fox arrives. Just tell him that you chose to assist until he arrived and find another seat. Bro Watt arrived rather late and events transpired just as Dan had suggested. When Dan became the Provincial Grand Master in 1972, he embraced the good fraternal relations with the three sister constitutions that most of the past Prov. GM had. I can recall that when the Grand Lodge of New Zealand was admitted into Lodge Hinemoa S.C. to the tune “Oh Danny Boy” he would instinctively remain stoic for as long as possible and finally glance at the organist with a beaming smile. MWBro Holmes had served on the Taranaki Hospital Board for a number of years and became Chairman in the early 1980s and it was under his watch that the first of the Polytechnic Nurses graduated. He took a great interest in those graduates as he knew many of them and their families. Public sentiment was strongly opposed to such a radical change with dire predictions of failure. But Dan was always in full support of the system. His installation at the Wellington Communications was supported by members of all four constitutions from Taranaki. He was a very popular figure and we felt he belonged to us all. When the Grand Lodge Communications were held in Taranaki in 1997 his presence as
GM was especially poignant for me as it was the final evening that I received my Roll of Honour. I felt absolutely overwhelmed by the presentation and more particularly that Dan was one of the first to congratulate Margaret and I, thanking us both for our efforts over the years in Freemasonry. Joking and teasing was always part of Dan’s greeting and because our farm was chosen as the first oil exploration well site in 1978 by the Government’s Petrocorp, he would often greet me as Bunker Hunt the famous oil baron from USA. I retained that name up to 2000 when we left to come south, but in 2015 I visited Dan with WBro Bob Jagger of Lodge Whangamomona and right from the moment he first greeted us he said, “Bunker: I thought you were way down in the South Island, but then again, I supposed you are still living on all those royalties. Freemasonry has certainly become part of my character and much of that is captured by meeting and working with people as MWBro Daniel Mearns Holmes. It certainly has been my pleasure. Brethren, I was indeed fortunate, to have learnt a saying from an elderly Scottish Presbyterian in my home district which could be well applied to MWBro Dan Holmes who was also another good Presbyterian. “That service to your fellow man is the rent we must pay to live on God’s earth” Prepared by WBro Malcolm J Johnson, Pegasus Daylight Lodge No 450 and delivered on the observance of mourning for the passing of MWBro DM Holmes PGM
included the mayor of South Taranaki Ross Dunlop, and former Member of Parliament Shane Ardern. Prior to presenting the award there were several speeches. Past president of the World Federation of the New Zealand Justice Association Athony Israel QSM, JP beginning the speeches, spoke a little
about Freemasonry. “We do good in the community but we don’t talk about it,” he said. Quoting former US president Harry Truman he said, “There is no limit to the good men can do if somone doesn’t get credit for it.” He then went on to list envy, lust and sarcasm as among the undersirable traits in people and added
“the measure of the man as a Freemason is what he is prepared to give up to fulfil principles.” He described Dan Holmes as “a shining example of a freemason who has led the way” and who has “served the community far beyond the call of duty.” WBro David Lusk, Ikaroa Lodge No 115
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Speak Up
Is the tide turning? We all know Speak Up is a long-term project. There needs to be a lot of speaking up before we see the ultimate reward. But there are signs appearing that suggest your efforts at telling the world about Freemasonry are already producing a positive effect … Have a look at these national figures:
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That’s a 24% increase in six months! So what could be causing this positive change? One reason could be our increasing use of digital media to tell the Freemasonry story and how to get involved? There’s no doubt that many
people today form their opinions in this way and speaking up on digital seems to be paying off! A 300% increase in social media activity around Freemasonry at the time
of our University Scholarships presentations is solid evidence of the influence digital can have. People do take note. We think it’s worth doing more.
Social media coverage April to May 2018.
More promising signs National figures may not always be the best way to look at things – it is always good to look at figures on a local level and hear the stories behind them. Consider the following from the Auckland and Hutt Wairarapa Districts: Auckland District January–May 2017: 7 Initiations, full year estimate: 31 and January–May 2018: 23 Initiations, In Pipeline: another 30 Initiations, Full year estimate: 53. That is a 228% increase over the same period last year and a 2018 full year estimate up 71% on 2017. Well done Auckland.
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Hutt Wairarapa In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, initiations have increased from 16 to 20 on the previous 12 months. That’s 25% up. And that’s after a drop of 45% from two years earlier! And here’s another possible indicator from Hutt Wairarapa: Total membership in the past 12 months has virtually levelled out. Compared to the downwards movements over the last 5 years the change last year was just 0.68%. We guess there has been a fair amount of speaking up going on in this District too! Keep it up Hutt Wairarapa.
We need YOU and every Kiwi Freemason to make Freemasonry great again!
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Some said it couldn’t be done. But they It especially allows community groups didn’t take Barry Rushton‘s drive and 4ofSpeech all types the opportunity to put their bubble enthusiasm into account. The PDist organisations on television and offers the GM North Shore has made it happen. A facilities to produce the programmes. national half-hour television programme With limited resources Barry and his Master colour variations bearing ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’ team have worked very hard and used as its title is being broadcast on SKY all their talents to find the funds to even Channel 083 FACE TV. In a pilot series of begin to construct the programme. And five weekly episodes the first programme found it among themselves. Production went to air on Thursday June 14. costs are many. Our own ‘stars’ on the Barry and a small group of similarly screen avoid the cost of ‘talent’ and are determined Freemasons started on their working hard to capture the public imagquest over two years ago to publicise ination! Grand Lodge Office is testing the Freemasonry through television and despite many hurdles their plan has come into being with the Speaking Up project FOR being the perfect title. FREEMASONRY The programmes purpose is to publicise Freemasonry telling the story by using both our famous faces from history and the accomplished everyday men among our members in today’s world to 7 Gold demonstrate its appeal. And FACE TV is the obvious Channel for the purpose.
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reaction from Freemasons throughout the country with an online 5 Horizontal open survey and results indicate at this early stage that it has been received well by members. Full marks for initiative and well done to Barry and his workers who have brought Speak Up for Freemasonry to television. Start watching. SKY Channel 083 every Thursday at 8pm. If you miss out you can watch On Demand at facetv.co.nz.
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Freemasons in action Timaru Freemasons Centre Re-dedication and a smoking hot donation!
Serving a local need
Our Grand Master Mark Winger lead the District South Island Masonic Trust and The Midland Masonic Choir provided Re-dedication Ceremony of the Timaru The Freemasons Charity (with its usual some musical items and Freemasons, Freemasons Centre after it had previous- subsidy) provided 150 Smoke Alarms partners and friends came from around ly damaged by fire. (photoelectric with 10-year batteries) the South Island including the Sister Lodge Te Puni organises a variety show to fund bladder scanners It was appropriate that Midland to Fire and Emergency New Zealand in Constitutions and the Royal Arch. Masonic Charitable Trust, Sophia Street Timaru for use in homes in need. Car Park Trust, English5th Constitution On Wednesday March members of Lodge Te Puni presented two bladder scanners
to the CEO of the Hutt Valley District Health Board. This was the result of a fundraising effort by the combined Lodges of the Hutt Valley.
W. Bro TR McKenzie, Master of Lodge Te Puni, with W. Bro Ray Keenan presenting Graham Dyer, Hutt Valley DHB CEO with one of the two portable bladder scanners, looking on is Pete Chandler Hutt Valley DHB COO. BELOW A bladder scanner.
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couple of Lodge members’ immediate family, who work for the DHB, had indicated that staff were fund raising for equipment that was in short supply for their Patients. The nurses of Mapu Unit and the Community Health Services had started selling cakes and undertaking other fundraising efforts to purchase a bladder scanner. The members then brought the Units’ plight to the Lodges and a number of Brethren also indicated that they had been hospitalised recently and had to wait for the only scanner to become available for their treatment. Lodge Te Puni decided to hold a Variety Show to raise funds to complete the purchase of at least one bladder scanner. WBro Ray Keenan approached many talented artists both within the
Craft and outside, including his very own successful singing son and his Group, ‘The Auzzie Boys.’ A plethora of acts was assembled, from juggling, dancing (ballroom, rock-n-roll, traditional Polish), musical acts and even the piping in of a Haggis with the traditional address. Audience participation was encouraged and, during intermission, food and drink was available for purchase. Along with some very sought after prizes for raffles, the support for the show was outstanding. The money raised on the night was, with the help of The Freemasons Charity, able to purchase two bladder scanners valued at over $13,000.00 each.
As always it was a tight knit team, encompassing members of the Lodges from the Hutt Valley, wives and partners, and the nurses from the DHB that made this occasion the success it was. Thanks are due for the support of local businesses, individuals and the performers along with The Freemasons Charity for help in providing such necessary equipment for the health and wellbeing of the wider community. WBro Mac McKenzie
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Act quickly to spread the word, send press release and captioned high resolution photo, focussing on a newsworthy aspect to local media, district and divisional newsletter and NZ Freemason.
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Lodge Katikati No 295 hosts NZ Male Choir To show support for the move to “Speak Up” the members of Lodge Katikati No 295 in the Bay of Plenty District decided to invite the NZ Male Choir to visit the town and perform. An organising committee was set up and with the invitation being accepted by the Choir, preparation began in earnest. For a small country Lodge this was a big undertaking but the aims were to provide everyone involved with contact with Freemasonry through the local Lodge. A musical programme was compiled that would be readily received by a mature aged audience and be affordable, The Local town choir, (Mural Town Singers) a violinist and a 14yr old soloist provided support acts for the Male Choir. Local businesses were fully supportive in selling tickets, displaying posters and providing staging components, the local Lions club assisted with carpet, the RSA provided the sound system. Lodge members
undertook ticket selling and prepared the Hall in time for the afternoon rehearsals and dismantling the following day. A non-stop 2-hour programme provided the audience with a truly memorable evening and the feedback from the community has been extremely positive.
The Lodge has received plaudits from the officers of the Male Choir, and the Lodge is proud to have brought such talent to its town. As a result of the concert, the campaign has meant the all the town and outer district have an appreciation of our Lodge, the Male Choir left with a strong sense of achievement having performed to a capacity crowd, the audience witnessed our charitable side in passing profits to the Choir, written inserts in the programme gave an insight into Freemasonry, Lodge ladies were involved with floral tributes and support artists gained deserved exposure. Lodge Katikati members are proud to have achieved every aim planned and will ensure its name is to the fore in Katikati. If any Lodge wishes to host the NZ Male Choir, we are ready to help you with any information you may require. It’s a great way to “Speak Up”
Masonic Winter food top up Lodge Erewhon No 200 Masonic members have recently conducted a winter food top up for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Master of the Lodge Jeffrey Sostinto said winter was a good time for the
Lodge to have a top up as the food bank has heavy demands by families during the cold months. Funds were raised to purchase goods from the membership and Thistle Lodge. Food gift cards were also given.
He said a number of the membership come from the Philippines where poverty and hunger is commonplace. There are no comparable organisations to our foodbank so his relatives back home manage on meagre rations and aid sent home to them from New Zealand. Jeffrey said the Lodge has some community projects in mind for his term as Master including, giving blood to the Blood Bank, having a reading project for School Children and a Rubbish Clean up Drive.
FROM LEFT Raymond, Noel Lowe, Salvation Army manager, Judith Lilley, Salvation Army volunteer, Catherine Harris, Alwyn Loquias, Master of Lodge Erewhon Jeffrey Sostinto and baby Chloe, Brian Reodique, Roland Bustamante and Teudulo Mendez. Noel Lowe
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Freemasons in action Dunedin Masonic Charity Bowls This year 2018 we had a lawn bowling tournament, nothing new in that. We had 14 teams, which equal 56 men and women participating, nothing new in that. The day and greens were first class, nothing new in that. Sixteen businesses around the city donated gifts which were raffled for funds, nothing new in that. In fact there was nothing new at all, only put them altogether and we had fun galore. We gave $1,000 to The Otago Community Hospice. St Patrick’s Lodge No 468 IC came to the party with $500
which was thankfully received and faithfully applied. Then at the presentation of the prizes, one member of the winning team gave his cash prize to the Hospice, which blew everyone away. Hospice in
Dunedin received $1,500 for the day which blew them away. Yes we spoke up for Freemasonry in word and deed, nothing new in that. We were content.
Rob, Jim, Ben, Ian and Sam.
The Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari 2018 A Freemason Team made up from four different districts (including two divisional Grand Masters) took part in this year’s Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari. The event involves riding 250 km’s from Christchurch to Hokitika on 50cc Scooters to raise funds for the New Zealand Cancer Society. It was billed as “It’s not for the faint hearted” it certainly lived up to its reputation and it wasn’t just hard on the riders, as these tiny machines where pushed well beyond anything they were designed for, made evident by the steady rate of mechanical attrition throughout the day. It began with two records for the Mike Pero Motorsport Park, firstly the largest number of motor vehicles ever recorded racing at the same time (270) and second the slowest race in the circuit’s history. Out on the open road our four man team made its way across the Canterbury plains and soon enough found the Sheffield Pie Shop and the first chance to refuel both man and machine. There was even enough time for a little TLC for one of the bikes. 16
From here battling a head wind found it was difficult to maintain any kind of speed at all and that was before we even reached Porters Pass. Testing the gears and using all the power we could find we made our way steadily upwards at little more than walking pace. The relief of making the summit evident on more than one or two of the competitors faces. A short break on the shores of Lake Lyndon, then on through the pass. It’s not until you attempt the ride through the Alps on a 50cc bike that you realise just how often the gradient changes. At least we got a chance to see the beauty that road through mountains has on offer. Lunch in Arthurs Pass village was very welcome. Unfortunately the thought it being all downhill to the finish was short lived, as we first had to climb our way to the head of the pass. Descending the over the viaduct would be a test of nerve on 30 years old bikes, on skinny tyres and poor brakes. With the rain setting in the road down to Kumara would offer a few more challenges before the end of the day. www.freemasonsnz.org
A final short break before the last 20 km’s along the coast, reaching Hokitika a little over 9 hrs from the start. I am pleased to report that all five team members and their machines arrived safely at the finish, albeit slightly damp and feeling a little worse for wear. The Six previous events raise just over $789,000 and with the addition of this year’s event, an amazing $320,000 that brings the figure up to a grand total of $1,109,000. With the money still coming in they expect that figure to surpass $1,120,000. There is still time for you as an individual or your lodge to make that figure even higher. So if you haven’t already done so please donate what you can into the events account, every little helps: Widows Sons Charity Account BNZ 02-0876-0001948-03 All money raised goes to the Cancer Society for scientific research and cancer patient support. For more photos visit the Safari Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ scootersafari/
Freemason support to Tauranga Boys’ College Robotics Club A message for the NZ Freemason magazine to shout out our boys’ success and show what our sponsors are making possible. 2017 saw the successful launch of Robotics at Tauranga Boys’ College thanks to generous funding from Kiwibots, Tauranga’s Masonic Lodges, e-Strategies, Brother and Tauranga Boys’ College (TBC). Our first team of four boys created a robot, affectionately known as Moonbeam, to take part in this year’s VEX EDR competition. The name of the game this year is “In the zone”, and the robot needed to be able to pick up cones and put them on mobile base stations,
then score the base stations in various zones around the playing field. The VEX season runs from April to April, culminating in a world championship event in Kentucky, USA. Our club started partway into the VEX season, which meant that although we were short on time, we were able to learn from the early season robots that other teams had revealed. Our team of four had specific roles: a builder (William Bruning), programmer (Joshua Badshah), and two drivers (Cesar Vargas-Tuerlings and Braden Smith). In reality all of the boys learned building skills and while Joshua pioneered the coding, the rest of the team were competent understudies.
Representatives of the Masonic Lodges in Tauranga after their $1,100 donation, topped up to $1,500 by Nelson Tkatch (eSuccess Strategies), to the Tauranga Boys’ College Robotics Club. From left: Joshuah Badshah (year 12), William Bruning (year 10), Cesar Vargas-Tuerlings (year 9), Nelson Tkatch (Junior Warden), William Kennedy (Treasurer & Webmaster), Braden Smith (year 9), John Denne (Lodge Master), Rodney Graham (Senior Steward), Ron Pibworth (Past Master), Darren Bruning (Robotics Team Leader), John Lever (Secretary), Annmarie Lawler (English and Design Teacher, Tauranga Boys’ College).
We setup a Facebook page at facebook. com/tbcrc and Braden Smith worked on a website to summarise the work of the Robotics Team and this can be viewed at https://bs17078.wixsite.com/robotics. There are some very established teams in the NZ competition and we set ourselves modest goals for our first year. An early-season reconnaissance trip to watch a scrimmage in Auckland had the team buzzing with ideas, and we were stoked to take out 3rd place in a local BOP scrimmage in September. In December, the biggest robotics competition ever held in the Southern Hemisphere took place in Rotorua. 300+ teams from 10 countries competed in the Asia Pacific Robotics Championships. Team Moonbeam excelled in our first outing with placing 20th overall and an additional 19th placing in the special ‘Driver Skills’ category. To add to this, they were honoured with a trophy for the ‘Judges Award’ which was given to the most outstanding team for Sportsmanship, Attitude and Team Spirit. Huge thanks go to our teacher Annmarie Lawler, support teacher David Jackson, and parents Darren Bruning and Kathie Mackie-Smith for the awesome support for the Robotics Team which wouldn’t have happened without their efforts. We’d also like to acknowledge the support of Paul & Toni de Rijk at the House of Science Robotics Club, for allowing us to join in their “build sessions” on Saturday mornings and who have generously shared their robotics expertise with our team. Darren Bruning
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Freemasons in action Ride of Respect 2018 The Ride of Respect is the Anzac ceremony for the motorcycling community, where motorcyclists can pay tribute to our tri-service personnel. It is also an opportunity to raise funds to support Military Charities. The ride was first organised back in 2010 in the UK, by two grandmothers who grandsons had been injured on active service. On that first ride over 22,000 motorcycles took part. Since 2014 many other countries around the globe have hosted the event. It is the privilege of the Widows Sons to host the Ride of Respect here in Christchurch. As dawn broke on the morning of 22 April riders started to descend, slowly filling the carpark at The Papanui RSA. By 10 o’clock there would be a total of 365 riders. After the quick talk outlining the event and a short safety briefing the group headed out. Cutting through the Christchurch traffic they soon found their way to The Rangiora RSA. A short stop to regroup,
before forming up on mass, for the ride through the town centre then onto Oxford and its Workingmen’s club via the Loburn back road. The food this year was supplied by Oxford school (who raised over $1000) and thanks to all of our sponsors over 70 prices were given to the lucky ones. Our last stop would be The Templeton RSA where a lone Piper played and the group stood in silence listening to the last post play and hearing the Soldier Ode. WBro BJ Clarke National President of the RSA was present and it gave me great
pleasure to be able to hand over $4480 raised on the day. The United Forces Lodge working in conjunction the district charities officer were able to use the masonic charity system (effectively doubling the funds to $8960) in aid of a local forces benevolence project. A further $1000 went to a major national RSA project. The locations this year were marshalled by members of the Freemasons who did a fantastic job, ensuring that entrances remained clear and that everyone was welcomed. Great thanks must also go to the bike shops and businesses that supported the event, not to mention all who took part in the ride. Thank you all for your great support and the atmosphere you brought to the day. It was great to see the respect shown for the event both on and off the roads. For more photos and details go to the Ride of Respect New Zealand Facebook page. “Lest we forget”
the site of the mason apron was a mixture intrigue and curiosity. (There is still a little mystery left within freemasonry, even in this world of total interweb knowledge). It was a great chance to engage in conversation regarding the merits of the craft. This year it was decided to despatch an invite for all brethren residing in or near Rangiora to join in the parade. The result was that brethren from four different lodges, two districts and two constitutions assembled under a single
generic freemason flag in true in rank and file. This unit of smartly dressed and very distinguished members marched with almost military precision as the music of the local pipe band filled the air. It was great to see that so many had made the effort to be a part of the parade. As the last post sounded and the masonic flag was ceremonially lowered, it showed that we had lost family in those terrible times and that the sacrifice made by our brothers would not be forgotten. After due respect the flag was slowly raised and held high as the procession moved back through the crowded streets back to the RSA. Our presence within the parade was noticed by a great many people and the bearing of our members during the day gives true testimony as to the strength of character found within the craft.
Band of Brothers The Anzac day parade in the town of Rangiora was a little larger than normal this year to commemorate the one hundred year anniversary of the end of the Great War. It was the second year that members of the Ashley Lodge (wearing there aprons with pride) had the opportunity to lay a wreath on the cenotaph during the Anzac ceremony. The wreath party headed the procession (just behind the band) with the two masonic representative’s positioned front and centre. The reaction from many at
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The Vacant or Empty Chair Ceremony This ceremony dates back to 1875, a decade after the close of the American Civil War when it was used in Masonic Lodges to pay tribute to those who did not return from war. Since then it has been used by many Lodges on a Remembrance Day to pay homage to those Brother Masons who fell during all wars and conflicts over the last couple of centuries. This New Zealand ceremony is based on Australian masonic adaption of that from the USA, and is ideally suited to our ANZAC month of remembrance. This is a moving ceremony which simply offers tribute to the Lodge members and others in the community who go to war for their country and do not return – leaving
a vacant chair. It is our wish to have the wider community share this with us, as it is very applicable to us all. It is used by many Lodges around the country on or about ANZAC Day. The vacant chair is ceremonially paraded around the Lodge similar to a masonic degree. It has an apron and collar and sprigs of acacia on. It is draped in black and sometimes has a NZ flag on it. Our recent ‘Vacant Chair’ evening was held at Lodge Methven No 51 along with members of the public and with Maj Bro Ian Lattimore (an ex Methven person) who represented Her Majesty the Queen and gave the address for the evening. WBro George Currie PM
Freemasons a lifesaver for Kapiti Coastguard
Lodge Dunstan has a new mosaic pavement
Freemasons in the greater Wellington Region donated $100,000 to the Kapiti Coastguard with the help of Lodges, The Freemasons Charity (who provided a one for one subsidy) and other Masonic Trusts. A presentation function held at Paraparaumu Boat Club was attended by many Freemasons. The new Kapiti Coastguard vessel will be called ‘Freemason’ and the funds are going towards the fit-out of all the equipment required for the new boat. Our Grand Master Mark Winger will be at the launch of the new boat in a few months’ time.
Over Queen’s Birthday weekend, the mosaic pavement of Lodge Dunstan No 103 in Clyde became somewhat more colourful than usual, with 80,000 pieces of jigsaw having been laid down, covering the tiles. The purpose of this display was to raise money for our District Grand Master’s project appeal to provide St John Ambulance with funding for the supply of First Responder Kits. A total of almost $500 was raised though visits from the public. The twenty 4000 piece jigsaws were done over a period of twenty years by our current master, Rory Butler, who couldn’t bear to break them up after each was completed. Rory Butler
The $100,000 cheque (top), and Jim Watt Divisional Grand Master presenting it to Rob Berry President Kapiti Coastguard. Draft of new Kapiti Coastguard vessel.
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Forty years on
The 2018 College of Scholars One hundred and seventy Scholars, family members, distinguished guests and Freemasons gathered in the Legislative Chamber of Parliament on 8 May for the presentation of the 2018 Freemasons University Scholarships. The recipients comprised 15 women and 12 men who, between them received scholarships valued at $194,000. In addition, the ceremony included the second year of the Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Trust Veterinary Scholarships, presented to Massey University students. Whatever your start in life you could always be that person who invented something everybody wants, and becomes universal overnight. Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet
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he Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger, welcomed those present by thanking the host, Greg O’Connor the MP for Ohariu noting that, “just twelve short months ago, we welcomed one of our alumni, the Member of Parliament for Mt. Albert, now Prime Minister, as our Host.” He also welcomed Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet, whom he described as “an iconic New Zealand fashion designer whose talents have over many years placed our country on the international stage.
The Grand Master When returning to the podium, Mark Winger referred to the history of Freemasonry saying. “Freemasons have enjoyed the world stage in recent months, celebrating 300 years since the first Grand Lodge was formed in London. We trace our history back to 1717, to the people who were also promoters of the Royal Society in England and who had a background rooted in education and with a commitment to the well-being of their fellow man.” “Today Freemasonry pursues those same ideals, as we consider the fabric of modern society is woven from those principles. Our University Scholarship programme, the largest privately funded such scheme in the country having
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supported in excess of 1100 scholars over 40 years, is based upon recognising scholastic achievement as well as rewarding the recipients for their involvement in their local communities.” Addressing the parents, families and whanau of the scholars Mark said. “What a delight it is to have you share this special day, in these historic surroundings, recognising the wonderful achievements of your children and siblings. I do not think we, as a nation, take enough time to celebrate the good news and the positive things that occur around us so presentations such as today are an important milestone to properly mark.” Speaking to the college of Freemasons Scholars of 2018, Mark Winger extended his personal congratulations and best wishes
for their future careers. “I ask that you do not forget the debt you owe to your native country nor to the community in which you developed. To those scholars who have chosen to study in New Zealand and make this country their homes, I welcome you too and recognise that you enrich our society” He concluded by saying. “The presentation today of the 2018 Freemasons University Scholarships is itself an example of the very positive impact Freemasonry can make and I trust that each one of us will talk to our friends, families, whanau and colleagues about the highlights of today, being hosted in these historic Legislative Council Chambers, celebrating talented successful leaders of tomorrow, and above all taking pride in this magnificent country of New Zealander.”
Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet Guest speaker, Dame Denise L’EstrangeCorbet, is a leading New Zealand fashion designer who co-founded WORLD with Francis Hooper, back in 1989, with a start-up sum of $400. Today, WORLD is a progressive and philanthropic fashion brand. Earlier this year Denise was
appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her service to fashion and the community. She has worked closely with the Mental Health Foundation since 1998. The Starship Foundation and the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Foundation are amongst a host of organisations she assists. Dame Denise spoke of her early life having been shipped off to live with her grandmother in South London at the age of five. She had a rather poor upbringing, being regularly reminded that she would amount to nothing. However, she harboured hidden ambition, initially to be a famous pop star but later to enter the world of fashion. Armed with only some limited examples of her O Level art, she applied to enter the London College of Fashion. Having found herself competing with a large number of applicants complete with extensive portfolios, Denise was very surprised to be accepted on the basis that “she showed promise.” Denise returned to New Zealand in 1987, entering into the retail fashion trade where she met Francis Hooper. Over subsequent years they entered the Benson and Hedges Awards, without success until, in 1999 with an entry concocted overnight at a cost of $10 for
materials, they were declared the winner and received the prize of $5,000. After that, the business took off and grew to the international enterprise it is today. Dame Denise’s message to the scholars was. “Always be you and never want to be someone else. We are what we are and that is what we have to work with. Whatever your start in life you could always be that person who invented something everybody wants, and becomes universal overnight. Success is what you can achieve for yourself.”
The Hon Paula Bennett Following the response on behalf of the Scholars by Julia Plank, reported elsewhere, there was a final address by the Hon Paula Bennett, Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Paula began by thanking Julia for her outstanding contribution to society. In also thanking Freemasons NZ for the 40-years of scholarships she encouraged those present to get behind the extremely talented recipients and encourage them to do even more for society and the environment. She concluded by saying that. “New Zealand has more than its share of talent – they make a huge difference to the community.”
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ROLL CALL OF SCHOLARS The programme offers two levels of scholarships, Post Graduate worth $10,000 and University worth $6,000. Snippets from the recipients’ community achievements follow.
POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS Johnathon Baker Auckland
Hayley Aikman Victoria
Johnathon, who is completing a PhD in Marketing, has a passion for the arts, which is the core of his studies investigating markets as complex ecosystems, and the impact of factors, beyond just products, on the disruption and creation of markets. He hopes to contribute to making arts companies more effective, and the performing arts more visible and appealing to New Zealanders. He has already presented his research at overseas conferences. Using research to explore problems and develop practical solutions motivates Jonathan.
Hayley is completing her Masters in Anthropology. Through her research, she hopes to make New Zealanders more aware of the experiences of mothers outside heterosexual nuclear families. It will involve connecting to, and working with, marginalised populations, and making their voices heard. Hayley’s perspectives on leadership stem from her experiences volunteering for multiple charities, and working as Customer Engagement Manager at a socially driven education company. When referring to her time there, Hayley states, “We often interpret leadership as assertiveness and action. This experience taught me that simply listening is just as important.”
Matthew Funaki Auckland University of Technology
Matthew, who is studying towards a Master of Science, is inspired to action by the threats posed by climate change, Matt is most interested in the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and habitat loss. A volunteer guide on Tiritiri Matangi Island, Matt leads small groups on a two-hour tour. He educates them about the wildlife sanctuary’s history and ecology, focusing on the island’s birdlife and plants. Matt believes that conservation advocacy and education are critical to ensuring people successfully overcome the challenges of climate change. Abigail Pinkerton Waikato
With an exceptional gift and passion for music, Abby is studying towards a Master of Music, majoring in composition. She is well on her way to becoming a renowned composer. She has performed and taught piano to young children through to adults. Last year she was a percussionist with the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra and
Abigail with Deputy Grand Master, Graham Wrigley, holding the Pu- torino from Te Kohinga nga- Taonga Pu-oro collection of traditional Ma- ori instruments at the University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music.
for Hamilton Operatic Society’s presentation of Mary Poppins. Last October she was one of nine young composers from around the country chosen for NZTrio’s concert of new compositions. Abby hopes to become a university lecturer researching music who also brings the joy of music to a wide audience. Leith Pugmire Massey
A qualified, registered clinical psychologist, and an accredited positive parenting programme provider, Leigh is studying towards a PhD at Massey University. Her research, titled Parenting from the Start, follows more than 50 women from pregnancy until their babies are 12 to 15 months old. This research has the potential to improve mental health outcomes for children and caregivers in New Zealand and overseas. Leith wants to provide every expectant parent with the support and resources they need right from the start, so that they know how to facilitate their baby’s long-term wellbeing and resilience.
Jemma Penelope Lincoln
Jemma is studying towards a PhD with her thesis focused on on New Zealand’s role in advancing sustainability internationally. She believes that providing people with dignity and peace of mind is a community and civic duty. Jemma has spent much time with a grass-roots charity in Northern India. Her full story will appear in a later issue of New Zealand Freemason.
Hayley explains her research project to Freemasons Executive Director, Gareth Turner.
Some of what Freemasons Scholarships alumni are up to Managing a team designing electrical systems for medical devices used in hospitals around the world at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. (Brendan Vercoelen, Victoria University of Wellington, 2010 University Scholar)
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Melissa Derby Canterbury
Zoe Williams Otago
Melissa is studying towards her PhD with her thesis titled ‘Restoring Māori literacy narratives to create contemporary stories of success’ It explores the unique experiences of emerging bilingual Māori children. Melissa hopes to research and teach in the broad area of indigenous self-determination, with a particular focus on education, ethnic studies, and human rights. Regular volunteer contributions to her tribal community demonstrate her determination and motivation. She helped to contribute a tribal submission on the 2011 grounding of the MV Rena off the coast of Tauranga.
Zoe is studying towards a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology. She says that. “The emergence and spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major threat to global public health in the 21st century. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB, kills 1.5 million people a year globally. Of the 10 million new TB cases each year, 5 percent are multidrug-resistant. It is hoped that new antibiotics and antimicrobials will reduce the incidence of TB.” Zoe is a member of a research team analysing how TB47, a next-generation inhibitor, works. Her goal is to work for a global
Melissa demonstrates her korowai cloak to Dame Denise L’Estrange-Corbet.
organisation where she can instigate real change in the health and wellbeing of people’s lives at the community level.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS Auckland University Of Technology Megan Burfoot
Megan is studying towards her Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. The range of roles she is considering for a future career includes building services engineer, project manager, architectural engineer, illumination engineer. She may even start up a large-scale ecological project locally and then globally. Among her volunteer activities, Megan has helped DOC to plant trees at Kaipara Harbour and to eradicate moth plant on Waiheke Island. With a strong analytical mind, top grades, and excellent leadership and communication skills, Megan has appeared in a documentary ‘Women in Technology. She is also a dance teacher and choreographer.
University of Auckland Henry Wallace
Henry is studying towards a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He is aiming to become an ophthalmologist and do his PhD in that field. He has already undertaken an elective to train at ocular surgery centres in Germany. Henry’s goal is to leverage new technologies, such as improved artificial intelligence, computing and bionics to improve vision. During his studies, Henry lived and volunteered in
Northland for a year. This offered him the opportunity to improve health education in a region with significant inequitable health outcomes. Julia Plank
Julia is studying towards a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, at the University of Auckland, specialising in psychology with a focus on neuroscience. Julia hopes to continue her studies to further understand, and help prevent the onset of, the debilitating disease. For a full story of Julia’s community achievements see The Passionate Volunteer elsewhere in this issue. Shontelle Grimberg
Shontelle completing a conjoint BA and LLB with Honours as well as a Diploma in Language. After completing her legal studies, Shontelle hopes to be admitted to the Bar, join a law firm, and practise in the area of policy or international relations or serve in the NZ Diplomatic Corps. Of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua descent, Shontelle has helped other Māori and Pacific students at university reach their full potential. She is a perfect example, having received the Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and interned at the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
University of Waikato Apriel Jolliffe Simpson
Apriel is studying towards a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours. at the University of Waikato. Family harm or a related aspect of criminal psychology will underpin Apriel’s career as a qualified clinical psychologist working with offenders in a community setting. Over summer she interned at the Waikato District Headquarters of the New Zealand Police. Volunteer work as Kaiāwhina mentoring Māori students strengthened Apriel’s desire to improve people’s lives. Apriel is quickly developing the depth and range of skills needed for a future helping people with psychological needs to rehabilitate and reintegrate into society. Nicholas Broome
While studying towards a Master of Management Studies, majoring in Finance, Nick believes strongly that efficient business can, and should be, used as a powerful force for good in society. One focus is how to make mergers and acquisitions deals fair and inclusive of social outcomes while creating greater efficiencies for a business, and ensuring it stays competitive and makes a profit. Nick has helped students understand difficult topics and concepts. His dream
Currently New Zealand’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, working on human rights and international humanitarian law. (Jarrod Clyne, University of Otago, 2003 University Scholar)
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LEFT Bro Gareth Moore, Lodge Waiheke No.367 and son, Elliott. CENTRE Benjamin with Architect VWBro Warwick Bell. RIGHT Trying out for politics while seated at the Deputy Prime Minister’s desk.
job is to become a researcher and expert on game theory and takeover theory. Tekiteora Rolleston-Gabel
Studying towards a conjoint BSc and BA, Tekiteora’s strong passion is for science, the environment, te ao Māori and using her skills to positively contribute to the community. She aspires to a career in scientific research, with a particular focus on its correlation to the environment and mātauranga Māori. Last summer Tekiteora interned with NIWA. The project focused on marine ecology, specifically identifying issues relating to coastal environments. She has recently co-authored a paper for a published wetlands resource.
Massey University Felicia Aull
Felicia is undertaking a Master of Environmental Management after completing a Bachelor of Business Studies. She is investigating how to reduce the environmental impact of a product, throughout its lifecycle. She is also concerned about regional development, and how urban areas are expanding to the detriment of the natural environment. What sets Felicia apart is her incredible work ethic, excellent communication skills and passion to serve the Pasifika community. She is a mentor with Manatoa, a leadership programme run by Pasifika@Massey.
Gareth Moore
Victoria University of Wellington
While completing his postgraduate diploma in secondary teaching, Gareth hopes to integrate the performing arts with the new digital techonologies curriculum and use performance as a vehicle to promote confidence and self-expression among young people. Giving back to the community and supporting musical talent is his motivator. He has taught guitar, percussion, song-writing and vocals in schools, and helped to coordinate concerts and educational evenings. He was the director of School of Rock New Zealand, and is deputy chair of Whittaker’s Music Museum. Last year he established the Waiheke Youth Music Trust to help create performance opportunities for youth on islands to generate their confidence and skills.
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Harry Deare
Harry is studying towards a BSc in Nanoscience and Biochemistry. He then hopes to undertake a Masters and PhD in biochemistry, focusing on the application of nanoscience towards cancer research. His long-term goal is to become a cancer researcher, contributing to the development of a particular cancer vaccine. He is a committed and dedicated scholar with a practical approach, who has maintained A+ grades throughout his undergraduate degree. Harry has also used his communication and strategic planning skills to great success while playing hockey and running goalkeeper clinics.
Passionate about design, while studying towards a Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Ben is on his dream pathway to becoming a professional architect. Last year Ben was highly commended in the New Zealand Institute of Architecture’s Student Design Awards. He had previously received the Freemasons Royal Arch Jubilee Memorial Scholarship for his high academic grades and wide variety of volunteer community work. Ben founded Longwood Outdoor Society of Tomorrow, which helps people forge solid friendships through shared adventure. It also helps to grow in the outdoors and in their own communities. Bradley Olsen
Bradley is completing a conjoint BCom and BA. While studying, he is also working as an economist at Infometrics Ltd, an economic consultancy. He is committed to using his skills and experience to work with others to create better outcomes for people at home and overseas. Not just an economist, community-based roles await. He remains focused on ensuring people without a voice find a seat at the decision-making table. As one referee states, “Brad is steeped in the ethos of service. He is possessed of the kind of emotional intelligence that allows him to lead by taking responsibility, while at the same time empowering others.”
Some of what Freemasons Scholarships alumni are up to Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Auckland, lead the ‘Surgical Engineering Lab’ and Consultant in General & Colorectal Surgery at Auckland Hospital. (Greg O’Grady, University of Auckland 2002 University Scholar)
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Samuel Harris
Sam is in final year of a BCom, majoring in commercial law and accounting. He hopes to become a chartered accountant and work in financial assurance or management. As Sam climbs the business ladder, he will stay rooted in his community. He is on the executive of Ignite Consultants. Sam was involved in one of its consultancy services to notfor-profit organisations, Pomegranate Kitchen which employs refugees. He hs helped them to integrate and adapt to life in New Zealand. In a recent role as a mortgage broker assistant with a mortgage brokerage firm, Sam has helped first home buyers get on the property ladder.
University of Canterbury Gina Broom
Having just completed her Bachelor of Pscyhology with Honours, Gina is now planning to complete her Masters at Auckland.She hopes to become a clinical psychologist focusing on sexuality and relationship therapies and feels she could make a significant and valuable contribution as few New Zealand pscyhologists specialise in this field. Currently she volunteers with Sexual Assault Support Services Canterbury, supporting clients at their forensic examinations after sexual assault. While completing her Honours degree, Gina had a job providing childcare for an boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
shelter, and as a youth worker with young offenders. Currently she is a carer for a young woman with special needs. As she says, “I have learned not to judge. Life can be incredibly hard, but through these situations we can become stronger, learn resilience and find new ways to help each other.” Rebecca Graves
While studying towards a Bachelor of Psychology, Rebecca aspsires to become a teacher. She hopes to give children a strong academic base and to help them become confident, assertive young people who value themselves and others. Currently she interacts with children taking part in after-school and holiday programmes, as well as with their families. As a lifeguard Rebecca helps the public to stay safe in the pools, responds to their enquiries, and resolves their problems. This includes helping visitors whose first language is not English, learning their cultural needs to develop communication pathways.
Bridget Watson
Bridget, who is in her final year of study towards a Bachelor of Physiotherapy hopes to use her passion, knowlege, skills, and clinical reasoning to provide community solutions as a registered physiotherapist. She feels fortunate to be forging a skillset that will help her improve a person’s quality of life. Work as a sports medic for a rugby team in Dunedin while studying significantly increased her understanding of the needs of people suffering musculoskeletal-related problems. Eventually, Bridget wants to open a musculoskeletal clinic that incorporates yoga, an emerging facilitator to rehabilitation. Malcolm Jones
Kim Doncaster
Kim is studying towards an MSc, specialising in psychology. She hopes to work with mothers and children suffering with depression and anxiety, attachment issues, addiction and trauma. Formerly in the pharmaceutical industry, Kim changed her career because she wanted to focus on people in need. She has already worked as a a volunteer Lifeline counsellor, a residential support worker with mothers who needed emergency
lights, water filters, treated mosquito nets and other products with a social net benefit. Recently, Ben volunteered in the Seychelles on a marine conservation research expedition run by Global Vision International. With a planned career involving strategic and diplomatic policy making, Ben is hoping to help build local capacity to respond to and resolve crises on the ground.
Benedict demonstrates his solar lights to the Grand Master.
University of Otago Benedict Fleming
While studying towards a Bachelor of Applied Science, Ben volunteers with Pollinate Energy. This social business upskills members of a community so they can run their own microbusinesses distributing products such as solar
Malcolm is studying towards a BSc, majoring in mathematics. Interested in neuroscience, he plans a career in computational neuroscience, a field in which mathematical tools and theories are used to investigate brain function. As a house tutor at Carrington College, Malcolm has improved his skills in communication, time management, pastoral care, critical incident response, and leadership. As Malcolm says, “Humans are necessarily social beings. We work best in communities rather than in isolation, and many individuals within our community can benefit from the involvement of others”. That sentiment seems fitting given Malcolm’s passion for how our minds work and connect with how we behave and act.
I am working in the Netherlands researching the risks and impacts of marine invasive species in the Arctic and Europe, and lecturing at a university and mother to twin 5 year old boys. (Anneke van den Brink, University of Canterbury 2005 University Scholar)
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The privilege of reply: Julia Plank Each year at the Freemasons University Scholarships one recipient is selected to respond on behalf of the fellow recipients. This year the honour has gone to undergraduate scholar, Julia Plank, currently studying at the University of Auckland. The story of Julia’s innovative community service is told elsewhere in this magazine. “On behalf of the 2018 Freemasons scholarship recipients, I am privileged to stand here this afternoon to give thanks to Freemasons New Zealand for their extraordinary generosity. While it is difficult to articulate fully the depth of our appreciation, nevertheless on this occasion, I share with my fellow recipients our heartfelt gratitude for the recognition of our efforts, both academic and in the community. As we have already heard, this year marks forty years since the first of the Freemasons Scholarships were conferred and over that period more than $5 million has been awarded. The astonishing kindness of the Freemasons has supported many promising leaders to further their education in pursuit of helping the wider community, including that of our current Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern.
As I look around the room, I am in awe of the achievements of those who surround me. I am inspired by the work of our guest speaker who has role-modelled hard work and outstanding community service throughout her career, by my fellow scholars, and those many hundreds of scholars who have preceded us. For the recipients here today, a Freemason scholarship means much more than a sum of money to support our studies. It is affirmation of not only the value of education but of the importance of community service. In a world too often driven by achieving personal bests, rankings, and status, the Freemasons remind us of what is truly important. To care for others, support those who need a helping hand, and to foster generosity and kindness in the community, are just a few of the invaluable lessons that, over
a long and distinguished history, epitomize Freemasonry. I am sure I speak for each one of us in feeling humbled by the honour that has been bestowed by a charity with such exceptional moral tenets. Thank you, Freemasons, for continuing to uphold the values of knowledge, selflessness, and generosity. We will, in turn, do our best to espouse these noble principles through our careers and service. In the words of Marian Wright Edelman: ‘education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”. Text Morris Robertson With thanks to Joanne Ruscoe Photos Neil Mackenzie and Morris Robertson
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The legacy continues
The second year of the Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Trust Scholarships Maxwell Lawson-Smith has a special place in the history of The Freemasons Charity as the first member to join The Acacia Society. In his will he made provision to endow the Lawson-Smith Education Trust Veterinary Scholarship. This is the second year the scholarships have been presented.
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he Lawson-Smith Scholarships are to support academically able students, who are active in their community, and are intending enrolling in the 4th or 5th year of the Bachelor of Veterinary Studies at Massey University in the following year; or intending enrolling in the 3rd year of the Bachelor of Veterinary Technology. Each year three Scholarships of up to $10,000 may be awarded to Bachelor of Veterinary Studies students and two scholarships of up to $5,000 may be awarded to Bachelor of Veterinary Technology students. The Selection Committee, appointed by Freemasons in the Manawatu, is charged to have regard not only to the academic ability of the candidates and to referee’s reports, but also to their character and shall look for evidence of involvement in the cultural and/or sporting life of the community or campus. Amberlee-Faint Rafferty
While studying for a Bachelor of Veterinary Technology, Amberlee is a volunteer ambulance driver for the SPCA in Palmerston North, her duties involve responding to emergencies when animals need help. She has also volunteered at the SPCA hospital in Wellington. As part of her studies, Amberlee spends time working in Massey University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, mostly undertaking emergency and critical care of patients during after-hours. Her future is focused on ensuring that veterinary practice is more efficient and that animal care is to the highest standard at all times. Colleen Lynch
With Pathology as a big passion, Colleen is studying for a Bachelor of Veterinary Science. She is very interested in the applications pathology has for emerging
diseases, many of which originate in animals and then change to affect humans. Hence the crossover between human and veterinary medicine is her focus. In 2017, Colleen spent two weeks volunteering as part of the Safari4UVet programme in South Africa. The programme provides basic veterinary care to disadvantaged communities. She mainly gave anti-parasitic treatments to Scholarship recipients surround their working tools. With Jenny Weston, Dean of Veterinary Science and the Grand Master, pets, roaming animals in from left, Sarah Lace, Colleen Lynch Amberlee Faint Rafferty, the community, and farm Marcus Yule and Marina Mendes-Dean animals. Colleen hopes to one day work in academia and teach of the Veterinary Students Association pathology to veterinary students. and co-president of the Massey Student Wildlife and Conservation Club. Marina Marcus Yule enjoys all aspects of medicine and hopes The opportunity to live rurally and pro- to pursue a career in small animal intervide an important service to the farming nal medicine while staying involved with community prompted Marcus to study neurological cases. for a Bachelor of Veterinary and pursue a career in rural practice. During holidays, Sarah Lace he has worked on a lamb finishing block, Sarah is in her final year of a Bachelor of a dairy farm, a coastal station, and a deer Veterinary Science. Her desire to pursue farm. Referees from those rural busi- veterinary science as a career stems from nesses speak of Marcus having innate her early childhood in Brunei. Living common sense, being a good listener and near the jungle, she encountered many quick learner, and showing an excellent wild species daily. After visiting an orunderstanding of machinery. Marcus angutan sanctuary, becoming a wildlife adapts quickly to situations and tasks. veterinarian seemed the best way to help protect them and similar species. Marina Mendes Dean After graduating, Sarah wishes to work With a passion for neurology Marina, in a broad veterinary setting, taking on who is studying for a Bachelor of a mixed practice role. Her eventual goal Veterinary Science, hopes to start with is to return to Southeast Asia and spend an internship and then a three-year time in the rainforests of Sumatra fulfillresidency in neurology. First up is a ing her childhood dream of saving the visit to the Neurology Department of orangutans. Text Morris Robertson the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket Photo Neil Mackenzie England. While at university, Marina has held many roles, including Secretary www.freemasonsnz.org
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Forging careers Contacts made by Warwick Bell with past Freemasons Scholars have brought to light many exceptional career developments. A number of these are highlighted by the Alumni quotes running through the Scholarship stories in this issue. In addition, the following five have been picked out and, with a bit of further research, their quotes have been enhanced.
Naomi Johnstone University of Otago 2009 University Scholar
Working for the Norwegian Refugee Council, Dr Naomi Johnstone leads one of the world’s largest humanitarian legal assistance programmes for refugees and internally displaced people, in war-torn Afghanistan. She says. “It’s tough, but I love it!” The programme she heads is known as ICLA (Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance). It provides strategic direction and technical line management for 6 national project managers and advisors, 2 international advisors and overall technical management of 140 staff across 10 offices. In Afghanistan, the programme focuses on housing, land and property rights and legal identity, including civil documentation (LCD). Naomi’s role includes overseeing the implementation of 10 multi-area donor projects, with a combined annual budget of approximately USD 7million and advancing technical expertise, capacity building and strategic innovative programming in the key focus areas. Naomi’s tenure has included beginning a pilot project with the potential to significantly increase access to national
identity cards for displaced persons and developing a global Norwegian Refugee Council model project focusing on psychological first aid. Naomi continues to develop and implement new ICLA projects and establish a presence in new areas. Since she began the Council has commenced 2 NRC-led consortia, and started 6 other new projects and opened three new offices for in Badghis, Nimroz and Kunar.
Penny Laurenson University of Otago 2005 Postgraduate Scholar
Head of Planning at Lightsource BP, a global solar energy market leader; delivering large scale renewable energy schemes whilst mitigating impacts on the local environment and building relationships with local communities. In her role, Penny is responsible for planning strategy for new development proposals, due diligence of acquisition targets, and assessing planning compliance for operational assets. She
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has overseen the successful grants of planning permission for over 825 MWp of solar farms and managed resourcing to ensure each of the operational solar farms the company manages has been visited and assessed for compliance with planning permissions. Since joining Lightsource as one of the first six employees, Penny has overseen the approval of 140 planning applications for utility scale solar farms, as well as numerous rooftop approvals. Her team’s focus is on the development of new projects, due diligence of acquisition targets and planning, monitoring and compliance with the operational portfolio. As Penny says. “At our core, we have always excelled as a utility-scale solar project developer, with incredibly strong in-house planning and development capabilities. Unlike our competitors, we are the owner as well as the planner, developer, operator, and manager. We firmly believe that the delivery of solar alongside smart energy solutions will play a major role in the future of global energy.”
Simon Talbot University of Auckland 1999 University Scholar
Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge.
Peter Nelson University of Otago, 2005 University Scholar, University of Otago,
Dr Peter Nelson is now Clinical Lead, General Practice, in a large group practice in Palmerston North. Peter was initiated into Petone Daylight Lodge in December 1998 and subsequently passed and raised in The United Lodge of Wanganui. Having joined the Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge in 2012, he has recently been installed into the Chair of King Solomon.
Simon is Associate Professor of Surgery in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is Surgical Leader, Hand Transplantation, specialising in general plastic surgery, hand surgery, and microsurgery. In addition, Simon is an attending physician in the burn unit and the surgical lead in the hand transplant program. His research involves neurologic regeneration and rehabilitation in the upper extremity which, in turn, breaks down into three main areas: basic science, immune and genetic modulation of composite tissue transplantation, including hand transplants, and sympathetic disorders and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction; translational research in biomedical engineering; and upper-extremity nerve decompression disorders and repair, including carpal tunnel syndrome. Collaborating with the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied
Science, he is helping make important contributions to the fields of hand surgery, reconstruction, transplantation, and rehabilitation.
Nikki Mandow Auckland University of Technology 2013 Postgraduate Scholar
After graduating with a BA in Modern Languages at the University of Bristol, Nikki emigrated to New Zealand in 1990. In 2012, she began a Master of Philosophy at AUT, and subsequently lectured in Journalism at that institution. She now works as a senior journalist focusing on business and social issues at Newsroom, Auckland. She was Cofounder of Good Content, communication professionals who have held senior roles in media and public relations. Nikki edited award-winning business magazines Idealog and Unlimited. Nikki has a record of community service, both internationally and locally. She continues working with the Burmese refugee community on a voluntary basis. Morris Robertson
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A passionate volunteer A 2018 Freemasons University Scholar who identifies and responds to needs Aucklander Julia Plank could be described as both an academic and a prolific volunteer. But, she is not a typical volunteer who supports established causes. Rather, she identifies gaps in the community and develops the organisations to fill them. Julia epitomises the philosophy behind the scholarships programme.
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ducated at Kohia Terrace School, followed by Auckland Normal Intermediate, and then Epsom Girls’ Grammar School, Julia comments on her early introductions to wider service. “Community service has always been important to me. I was a road patrol volunteer in primary school, and continued service activities through intermediate and college. I was lucky to have several very encouraging teachers at Epsom, who supported me to found and edit the junior newspaper, lead the Animal Rights Group, and the German Cultural Group.” Following high school, Julia began studying a BA/BSc majoring in psychology, biology and German at the University of Auckland in 2014. In Semester One 2015, she received an Auckland Abroad Travel Scholarship and studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In Semester Two 2015, she returned to
the University of Auckland and subsequently completed a Summer Research Scholarship in the Early Learning Lab, looking at the development of cooperation in infants. On the Julia and Dovey at Elizabeth Knox Ball September 2017. down side Julia comments. “I found returning, reverse homesickness.” Honours focusing on neuroscience. Taking a semester off from univer- Julia was recently named to the Dean’s sity in 2016, Julia became the full-time Honours List of 2017 for academic excelVolunteer Coordinator at Elizabeth lence. Knox Home and Hospital. From June Julia confesses to health and helpuntil September she was back in Santa ing others as two areas in which she Barbara for Summer School. During her has always been passionate. “Through time there she realised that her passion high school I completed the various was in neuroscience and psychology. awards conferred by the Royal Life Thus, on her return to Auckland, she Saving Society of New Zealand, where changed her degree to a BA majoring in I developed my abilities in first aid psychology and minoring in German. and furthered my leadership skills as a With her BA completed in June 2017, Lifesaving Instructor. I was also awarded she is currently working towards a BA the ASB Community Bursary Award in my final year of high school for my commitment to community service through the school environmental, animal rights, and human rights groups and for my volunteer work outside of school for the local fair trade store and Elizabeth Knox Home and Hospital.” “My role as a volunteer companion at Elizabeth was instrumental in building my passion for caring for the elderly as well as my interest in neurodegenerative diseases. I developed close relationships with several residents experiencing the effects of dementia and I was troubled by the devastating nature of the disease SASS mid-semester trip 2017 at Lady Knox Geyser.
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coupled with the little knowledge we have of its origins or potential remedies.” Since becoming a volunteer companion at Elizabeth Knox and working in the home as a Volunteer Coordinator Julia realised that there were no other rest homes in Auckland with volunteers which motivated her to start her own charity, Elder Care Volunteers (eldercarevolunteers.wixsite.com/ home). Its aim to improve the social wellbeing of residents through increasing the numbers of volunteer companions in elder care facilities in Central Auckland. To date she has trained and placed over 20 volunteers in two care homes. She continues to visit residents frequently at Elizabeth Knox and Cornwall Park Hospital. “I get immense satisfaction knowing that my interactions with these residents have brightened their day. Cornwall Park Hospital is a home for people with advanced psychogeriatric dementia and witnessing the frustration and fear on the faces of the residents as their illness worsens continues to remind
me of the importance in furthering our understanding of the nature of this disease” says Julia. In addition to her voluntary work in care homes, Julia was also the founder and inaugural President of the University
of Auckland Study Abroad Students’ Society (SASS) following completion of her own exchanges at the University of California. SASS grew to a membership of over 600 and was awarded runner-up Best New Club at the University of Auckland Club Awards in 2017. Despite the foregoing commitments, Julia also works on a casual basis as a Research Assistant in the Department of Surgery at the University of Auckland and, since 2011, as an Animal Care Attendant at Greenlane Veterinary Clinic. Speaking about her future plans, Julia says. “I would love to further my learning in dementia, cognitive aging and the link between social isolation and cognitive decline. I looked at entering medical school hoping to learn more about the neurology underlying degenerative diseases, but was unsuccessful in my application. Now I look forward to undertaking a PhD programme in psychology at the University of California, Riverside. My aim is to focus on research looking at the relationship between cognitive function and social connectedness.” Morris Robertson
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Cooling a hot problem Awatere Early Learning Centre, located in the Marlborough town of Seddon, serves 47 enrolled families from the town and the surrounding countryside. The area is well known for its high summer temperatures.
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Lodge Eckford No. 334 acted promptly Special thanks are due to Mike Hole by agreeing to contribute an equal of Lodge Awatere who lives in Ward and amount from their Lodge charitable has suffered considerable damage to his funds. This was subsequently increased own home on two occasions and also to by a 1:1 grant from The Freemasons his Engineering business in Seddon and Charity which allowed the purchase of a to District Charity Officer, Allan Beck, heat pump worth in excess of $1,600 who assisted throughout despite the FOR The heat pump, in cooling mode, busy time of year. FREEMASONRY has proved to be more than capable of It was quite an achievement for the dealing with 30 degree days and can be Lodges involved to have the entire used as a heating source in the winter. It project completed in such a short time. is so designed that it can be shifted to a Although the Christmas and New Year purpose built Early Learning Centre in holidays could have delayed things the 1 Full colour co-operation of the successful tenderer due course. At a morning tea function in early for the equipment and others meant that February, the Centre hosted the Master the Awatere Early Learning Centre was Alternative and members of Lodgeslogo Awatere and able to start the New Year in real comfort Eckford when they presented it and look forward to cooler sumwith a cheque and personally mers and warmer winters. A experienced the benefit job well done. provided by the unit.
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he Heartland Bank funded Freemasons Scholarships are provided annually under the auspices of Freemasons New Zealand and are administered by The Freemasons Charity. These scholarships are to assist children and grandchildren of Freemasons, who are able students and are active in their communities. As in previous years, three Scholarships of $6,000 have been awarded in 2018, one per Division of Freemasons New Zealand. The criteria for selection is that applicants should have a good academic record and be attending, or just completed study at a secondary school or college: years 11 to 14. They must also demonstrate good citizenship and be involved in some form of community activity. If successful the funds are to be utilised in furthering individual education.
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Southern Division: Maia Holmes
A former student of Waimea College in Richmond, Nelson, achieving NCEA Level 3 with Merit. She was involved in stage production and choir and was twice a Rock Quest entrant. Playing both guitar and piano, Maia was in the school band and won the Fenmore Music Performance Cup for the best solo performance. Her sporting involvement, while at College, included netball, football, tramping, snowcraft , plus white-water and ocean kayaking Maia has been involved in both Cubs and Sea Scouts. She also holds an Emergency Medic certificate and is a Project Jonah Marine Mammal medic. Earlier this year Maia was accepted for a place on The Spirit of New Zealand Traineeship programme She has also participated in many fundraising efforts such as the
Christchurch Earthquake relief fund. She has also helped organise an annual fishing competition for the last five years and was a crew member bringing in species for the Mapua Aquarium. When the aquarium was destroyed by fire Maia was a speaker at the memorial service. Maia has wanted to be a doctor since she was 12–years on. Despite saving towards University, she is now faced with a heavy financial commitment and a student workload which limits the opportunity to work part time. Central Division: Anneke Mayhead
A former School Prefect and Head of Hostel, Anneke attended Napier Girls’ High School, achieving NCEA Level 3 with Excellence Endorsed. Her Academic Honours badge recognised more than 40 Excellence credits at Level 3 (Year 12). As a piano player, Anneke gained Grade 8 and Grade 5 Theory both with Distinction. In 2017 she was a finalist in the Hawkes Bay Young Musician of the Year. On the sporting side Anneke has been involved in Hockey yachting, table tennis, tennis coaching and orienteering swimming. She received Honours in the Life Saving Distinction award Among her many achievements Anneke was selected to attend the Sir Peter Blake Trust Youth Enviro Leaders Forum (YELF) in 2017, has gained a Gold Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Award and was selected for the Outward Bound School Leaders Course in 2016. In her local community Anneke assisted Wairoa Yacht Club with its Learn to Sail programme over several years. She was a member of Hawkes Bay Regional Council Youth Enviro Council, which organised beach clean-ups and tree plantings, among other things She has volunteered for the Whio Recovery programme, assisting in
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maintaining a pest trap line along the Hoporuhine river. Anneke is now studying Health Sciences at the University of Otago with aspirations to be admitted to MB ChB six-year course. Long-term she hope to specialise in rural medicine. Northern Division: Jessica Marvin
Jessica attended St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland, achieving NCEA Level 3 with Excellence, prompted by gaining a Scholars Commendation for Excellence in Level 1 and 2. Extramural achievements included Cultural Honours for participation in Speech and Drama and Dance, Head of Stage Challenge and gaining a Gold Duke of Edinburgh award. Through an Education Perfect World Series, Jessica further developed her knowledge of the Spanish language, which has studied for five years. Jessica has had an extensive involvement with sport, including playing and coaching football, netball and touch rugby. She was also a member of a dragon boating team. A major interest of Jessica’s is as a surf live saver, with the Whangamata Surf Life Saving Club. patrolling and instructing younger lifeguards. She was Instructor of the Year in 2017. In the community Jessica has volunteered for Canteen, Ronald McDonald House and tree planting on Motihue Island. She has also been a Volunteer Dance Teacher for Level 2 Hip Hop classes. Jessica is now studying for a BCom at the University of Otago, majoring in Accounting and Information Science. She has been awarded entry to the Price Waterhouse Coopers accelerant programme, which gives her priority to apply for a summer intern role. Morris Robertson 33
Where have all the projects gone? Funding now available for publicity In the 2016/17 financial year, only 80% of the funds available were called upon for Lodge projects, a trend which has since continued. Yet, it is in this area that the greatest opportunity lies to establish a local profile and Speak Up for Freemasonry as a generous participant in the community.
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strong impression gained from project applications is that they are reactive, that is, arising from requests received at random via a contact, rather than proactive, which means identifying with local needs and, where possible, partnering with community groups where assistance can be provided to the benefit of both parties and provides the opportunity to create interest in enquiring about Freemasonry. Communities of interest and their identifiable needs vary across the spectrum of city, suburban and rural Lodges. Thus, it is not feasible for the Charity, as a national entity, to promote local community projects on the assumption that one size fits all. In order to provide assistance to those in need, and to cater for a myriad of charitable activities throughout the country, The Freemasons Charity has developed some simple and speedy procedures to be satisfied that funds are applied to the proper purposes. These ensure that relevant information is obtained without becoming intrusive or unduly complex and enable informed decisions to be made in a quick and fair
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manner. These procedures have ensured that well planned projects can now be implemented without undue delays and lead to highly successful outcomes. In the case of Lodge projects the application process starts with the Lodge discussing with, and submitting, its application to the District Charity Officer. In the case of a project involving several Lodges, one Lodge should be designated as the applicant, but also noting the other participating Lodges. It must be emphasized that the Lodge Almoner has a specific role and should not have a part to play in the project process. This is a role for a separately appointed Lodge Charity Officer or any Brother designated by the Master for that purpose. Coupled with this is the importance of a professional approach to planning, involvement and promoting the outcome. It is better to give too much information, than too little. Provide lots of background detail, including additional explanations, brochures, etc. If well done the results can be swift. Your Lodge may have a cause or a project which could be worthy of national consideration and access to the Charity’s
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funding. Take it to your Divisional Grand Almoner in the first instance and the National Charity Committee can, where appropriate, consult and act on your recommendation. Likewise, if your Lodge has a bright idea about specific community projects which could be promoted to Lodges on a wider basis, where there might be a spin off in membership enquiry, the Charity would love to hear about it. As project funding is not reaching its target, new initiatives can be introduced without impacting major long-term initiatives. The Freemasons Charity had developed a set of simple guidelines for maximising publicity opportunities, both external and internal. Copies of these guidelines have been distributed over several years and are regularly updated. There are many advantages which can accrue to a Lodge by following these guidelines when planning a project. Local projects are more readily publicised by community newspapers, the local content and the human interest will get the editor’s attention. External publicity should always promote the “Freemasons New Zealand” brand. It is equally important to ensure that The Freemasons Charity gains internal publicity for the Lodge projects. Good digital photos, storylines, anecdotes about your project should all be forwarded to the Divisional website and to the Charity. We should be proudly displaying to our own brethren the good works being done around the country in the name of Freemasonry. The Freemasons Charity has a number of initiatives in respect to this and we need to recognise the rapid evolution
University appreciation This issue of New Zealand Freemason contains brief pen portraits of this year’s scholars from the seven universities spread across the country. What do the universities, themselves, think of the programme.? The Vice Chancellors of each of them were canvassed for their opinion. The following are their responses. It bodes well for another forty years. These Freemasons scholarships help AUT produce great graduates who enter the workforce able to challenge routine thinking and provide innovative solutions to industry and society and we are grateful for this support. Derek McCormack, Vice-Chancellor, AUT A university education has the power to inspire, transform and grow individuals, and through them, society. The generous scholarships provided by Freemasons New Zealand benefit our communities as well as the recipients. We are very grateful for that support. Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland For decades, the Freemasons’ generous scholarships have been of inestimable worth to University of Waikato students, each scholarship’s impact long outlasting its monetary value. Professor Neil Quigley, Vice-Chancellor, University of Waikato Massey University’s distance education programme enables us to connect with students all over the world but it is the tangible financial support from organisations like The Freemasons Charity that truly connects many of our students with the transformational benefits of higher learning. Professor Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, Massey University
of communications. Over the last decade a lot of work has gone into simplification of the process, yet some Lodges do not seek the additional support available to increase the value of their projects. Changes are being made to the Application for Lodge Project forms to boost the requirements for planned publicity as part of the approval process.
The outstanding scholarship support provided by Freemasons New Zealand over four decades has enabled many young people to realise their potential and make a positive difference to their communities. Congratulations! Professor Grant Guilford, Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University of Wellington Lincoln University always welcomes scholarships as a means of supporting the future generation of leaders. Freemasons New Zealand has been a constant supporter for 40 years and is contributing to the development of a strong and vibrant New Zealand. Professor James A McWha, Vice-Chancellor, Lincoln University The University of Canterbury applauds the Freemasons Scholarship programme’s success, which shares UC’s vision of “tangata tū, tangata ora, People prepared to make a difference”, through community involvement, leadership, and academic achievement. Dr Rod Carr, Vice-Chancellor, University of Canterbury Tēnā koutou katoa – On behalf of the entire University of Otago, I offer our warmest congratulations as you celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Freemasons University and Postgraduate Scholarship Programme. Professor Harlene Hayne, Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago
However, it also includes a provision for funds to be allocated for this purpose. Our past has provided us with a brand we can promote, and must proudly and convincingly promote now and into the future. The best promotion is – be confident in the Freemasonry brand, be confident in your knowledge of The Freemasons www.freemasonsnz.org/charity
Charity – use word of mouth, coupled with actions, to SPEAK UP FOR THE FREEMASONS CHARITY. The exposure we seek to grow Freemasonry will surely follow. Morris Robertson
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An initiate’s charity connection In early 2017 New Zealand Pacific Lodge No.2 took up the cause of supporting Camp Purple, which is the bringing together of children saddled with the invisible diseases of Crohn’s and Colitis (IBD). The 2018 camp, which include the visit by the Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger, has been reported in the March issue of New Zealand Freemason. Other Lodges have since joined in support for the Camp. As a consequence of the continuing connections the founder of Camp Purple, Gastroenterologist Dr Richard Stein, expressed an interest in joining Freemasonry. After a number of discussions Richard chose to join Hutt Valley Lodge No.176. He was initiated on 8th May. Richard is a New Yorker, who moved to NZ in 2007. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Illinois and did his GI training at
Emory University in Atlanta. In the January. The 2019 camp will be held in United States, he was in private practice, Christchurch next January but also on the faculty of the University Richard became a Kiwi in 2012. He of Washington School of Medicine. has a wife and three daughters, two of He currently is a GI consultant at Hutt whom also live in New Zealand. A litValley and Wairarapa DHBs and has a tle-known fact is that Richard is a weight strong interest in Inflammatory Bowel lifting champion. Disease. He also holds a voluntary clinic in Kaitaia on a regular basis. In the United States, he was a trustee and past President of the NW Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. He helped organise one of the first camps for children with IBD in the States and his dream was to be involved in creating a camp here in New Zealand, something which has been successfully achieved, with Bro Richard Stein flanked by his proposers, the Master, the most recent being held at RWBro Steve Salmon and WBro Morris Robertson. Camp Adair near Auckland in
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REPORT The Freemasons Foundation continues to take a strong interest in medical research, particularly that connected with the brain. A relatively new development we have supported is Dementia Prevention Research.
New clinics will research treatments for dementia One of the greatest health challenges of the increasing
ageing population of New Zealand is the tsunami of people who will suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in the coming decades. These tragic conditions literally destroy the memory and the mind and remove quality of life. Today there are 50,000 New Zealanders (1.1% of the population) living with dementia this number is projected to increase to 75,000 (1.5%) by 2026 and 150,000 (2.0% of the population >65 years of age) by 2050. Dementia is a scientifically complex and challenging disease – we don’t know the cause, we have no cure and no effective single treatment for the disease If we could delay the onset of dementia by 5 years, we could reduce the incidence of dementia by 50%. People would live longer with a greater quality of life and die of a non-brain disease. With this objective in mind a national network of New Zealand’s top brain scientists and neurologists from the Universities of Otago, Canterbury, Auckland and AUT and the associated District Health Boards was formed in 2015 to create a national science Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) – ‘Brain Research New Zealand – Rangahau Roro Aotearoa’. A central focus of BRNZ is the establishment of a national network of Dementia Prevention Research Clinics (DPRC) in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.
… research offers the hope that … care, treatment and drugs may delay the onset and progression of the disease.
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The purpose of the clinics is to trial … different novel treatments that could slow the onset and progression of dementia. It will also seek to identify biomarkers of dementia to identify those at the very earliest stage of the disease, even before memory problems occur, allowing treatments to be delivered when they will be most efficacious. The DPRC network recruits participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease and will follow the participants for at least 10 years, trialing new treatment strategies and interventions. Recruitment targets are 150 participants per year in Auckland, 50 per year in Christchurch and 25 per year in Dunedin.
A book that won the Illustrated Non-fiction Award at the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, the opening event at this year’s Auckland Readers and Writers Festival in May, has been given to all school libraries in New Zealand by Freemasons Foundation. Written by Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins the book is an evocative picture of a young Māori travelling to England. Published by Bridget Williams Books it is part of the continuing programme between the publisher and the Foundation to put more New Zealand history in student hands. Once again the Foundation was a major supporter of the 3-day schools section of the Festival where more than 6,800 students, from as far afield as Christchurch, filled the Aotea Centre for inspiring sessions with writers from Britain, US, Australia and New Zealand.
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A 10-year study of individuals with MCI and early Alzheimer’s disease to identify predictors of progression and factors that influence progression.
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Establishment of a participant pool to take part in studies testing interventions and treatments to delay progression of MCI to dementia, and to slow progression of early dementia.
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Update of progress at Dementia Prevention Research Clinics AUCKLAND The Auckland Clinic has been in operation for 17 months.
Participants in the clinic will undergo extensive clinical, neuropsychological, MRI scanning and blood sampling to determine their clinical status and to establish baseline measures to monitor progression.
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Cognitive testing, MRI scanning and blood collection complete in 76 participants with 15 part way through
A new initiative in the DPRC in 2018 is the establishment of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to examine the deposition of amyloid in the brain. The Freemasons Foundation has provided assistance with this imaging work.
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Annual reviews of patients recruited last year have begun with 22 reviews completed and 9 in process.
Funding of the DPRC clinic came from a number of entities including the Alzheimer’s New Zealand Charitable Trust, the Angus Trust, the Aotearoa Foundation, Brain Research New Zealand, and The NZ Dementia Prevention Research Trust.
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The Dunedin Clinic commenced operation in February 2017. •
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Annual review of 1 patient recruited in Auckland last year
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This article is kindly supplied by The Dementia Prevention Research Clinic Management team: Associate Professor Lynette Tippett, Professor Ian Kirk, Associate Professor Debbie Young, Professor John Dalrymple Alford, Professor Tim Anderson, Dr Tracy Melzer, Dr Joanna Williams, Dr Nick Cutfield
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A ‘seniority’ of Grand Masters at 300th anniversary celebrations Our Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger, was one of the 137 Grand Masters from throughout the world who attended this event in London, with HRH the Duke of Kent, Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England.
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THE MASONIC VILLAGES Rangitikei aged care secured under the Masonic umbrella Edale Aged Care Centre, Marton, is now part of The Masonic Villages Trust. It is the first village without a Masonic heritage to join the Trust. Trust chief executive Warick Dunn says the Trust is open to approaches from other charitable aged care providers who might wish to merge or work closely with the Trust.
He says his board had been working for more than a year to find a way forward. It had become clear that major changes were needed if Edale was to continue providing aged care services in Marton.
“These are difficult times for small aged care facilities. Our Trust, as well as the incoming trust, benefit from increased scale. Overheads, expertise and capital resources are shared, and there are economies from making some purchases in bulk,” he says.
“Now we are part of a resilient charitable business, The Masonic Villages Trust. This means Edale will not only continue to serve the residents of Rangitikei but that there will also be the financial resources to upgrade and expand its facilities to meet future demand,” he says.
“Merging with the Trust does not mean a loss of local identity or culture. Each of our villages has a distinctive character that reflects the interests and needs of its residents. Also, all day-to-day operational and care decisions continue to be made locally.
With the addition of Edale’s 30 rest home beds, 16 rental flats and nine 2-bedroom retirement villas, The Masonic Villages Trust now offers a total of 257 care beds and 459 retirement villas and apartments in the southern North Island.
“In the case of Edale, the two trusts have very similar philosophies, so the existing Edale culture will continue for as long as this has the support of residents, staff and the local community.”
Dunn says the Trust is a relatively small player in the overall aged care sector, but he says it performs an important social role.
The name of the village itself will eventually change from the Edale Aged Care Centre to the Edale Masonic Village, as signs and the like come up for replacement. Marton Edale Trust Board chair Dudley Brown says the merger was an excellent solution to the challenges faced by his trust. Edale, the only aged care provider in the Rangitikei, had been relying on donations from the local community to stay afloat.
“We provide homes and care to around 1000 older people with a wide range of interests, lifestyles and budgets. Our villages tend to be smaller than those operated by the large commercial providers and some of them are located in suburbs and provincial towns like Marton where it is uneconomic for commercial providers to operate. “This enables residents to retire near to where they have lived their lives, close to friends and family. There is a big social benefit in this, both for the individual residents as well as their local community.”
“We provide homes and care to around 1000 older people with a wide range of interests, lifestyles and budgets.”
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The Masonic Villages Trust is a charity set up in 1960 by Freemasons in the southern North Island to provide care and services for older people. The Trust and its two charitable operating companies, Masonic Care Ltd and Masonic Villages Ltd, have an enviable reputation for providing great care, great homes and great communities to people from all walks of life.
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“Their wonderful lives have shaped them, their stories are always interesting, their smiles contagious.”
“I joke with my residents that they are my honorary relatives!” says Fiona McKay
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Great service, evidence-based quality care and staff excellence are the hallmarks of Masonic rest homes and hospitals says Fiona McKay, the new manager at Woburn Masonic Care in Lower Hutt.
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The Masonic Villages Trust operates on the charitable and benevolent principles that lie at the core of Freemasonry. For those who can afford a comfortable retirement we offer modern villas, boutique apartments and care suites that enjoy strong demand from potential residents in towns across the southern North Island. However, unlike the commercial operators, the Trust also provides care and (in some of its villages) rental accommodation to older people of limited means. We also have villages located in suburbs and provincial towns where it is uneconomic for commercial providers to operate. The Trust can only afford to provide these services to older New Zealanders because of generous donations and bequests from individual Freemasons, Lodges and members of the wider community. If you would like to donate to the Trust, make a bequest in your Will, or contribute your time and skills to the Trust, please contact our chief executive Warick Dunn, phone 04 569 8512, email warick.dunn@masonicvillages.co.nz
“This is why I’m so happy to have joined the Masonic family,” she says. “I’ve been interested in the Freemason philosophy and the values of The Masonic Villages Trust for quite some time. They are inspiring and something to live and work by. We at Woburn strive to meet them every day.” Fiona’s experience as a relieving clinical manager in the aged care sector underpins her belief in the importance of providing evidencebased quality care. Her experience as a health manager with the Department of Corrections taught her the importance of budgets, leadership and staff support. “My philosophy as care home manager is based on how I would like to see my parents looked after if they entered an aged care facility. I joke with my residents that they are my honorary relatives! I feel that if we provide the service that I would expect, then we must be on the right track.” Fiona says that her best reward is sharing a cup of tea and a story with the residents. “Their wonderful lives have shaped them, their stories are always interesting, their smiles contagious. They make my job worthwhile.” Fiona replaces long-time Woburn Masonic Care manager Christine Townsend who retired in February.
The Masonic Villages Trust Head office: Level 6, 15 Daly Street l Lower Hutt 5010 New Zealand l Tel +64 4 569 8512 l www.masonicvillages.co.nz warick.dunn@masonicvillages.co.nz
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anterbury town of Waimate is the home town of both the Canterbury district recipients of the 2018 Jubilee Memorial Scholarships. Alice Cunningham is in her second and final year at the Ara Institute of Canterbury where she is studying a New
Zealand Diploma in Business. After graduation Alice intends to study for a National Certificate in Financial Services (Financial Advice). Her interests include going to the gym, listening to music, and weekend walks.
Alice also received the Fletcher/ Wilson Award. Isaac Williams started learning the guitar at when he was six. He went on to attend Waimate High School, achieving Excellence in all three years of NCEA and, in his last year at school, was Proxime Accessit to the Dux. Isaac is studying a Bachelor of Music at the Ara Institute of Canterbury Jazz School. He was awarded two Midland Masonic Choir Music Scholarships to assist him with his studies. He is a very talented musician and intends to pursue a career in the industry. Paul Johnston GSupt, Canterbury
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Canterbury Alice Jane Cunningham Isaac James Williams
Auckland Benjamin Winton Reid Olivia Barbara Street Stephen Kerr-Phillips
The special awards went to:
Hauraki Reid Hastie Ruapehu/Taranaki Kate Ashley Donnelly
$1350 $1200 $1200
GC Palliser Award Benjamin Winton Reid
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JW Jowers Award Kate Ashley Donnelly
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EW Atkinson Award Olivia Barbara Street
Hawke’s Bay Beth Murfitt
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Wellington Benjamin Peter Carpenter James Gordon Robertson
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Fletcher/Wilson Award Alice Jane Cunningham $1000 Stephen Kerr-Phillips is the inaugural DB McLaggan Awardee.
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A new award by the Masonic Exchange Ltd, to be known as the Masonic Exchange Ltd Sponsorship Award, of $1500, was made to Caleb John Greaves of Hauraki and Grand Chapter recorded its appreciation of this gesture by acclamation. This year there were 25 applications, which was a 25% increase on last year. However, the funding available for scholarships was $2000 less than in 2017. As VEComp Alan Dean, the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, indicated at Convocation, the lower level of funds available naturally restricted their ability to make grants to many deserving students.
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n iconic Freemason turned 100 on September 3 last year. Southland’s Wally Price began his Masonic career when he was initiated into The Fortitude Lodge No 64 in Bluff in October 1959. During his long career in the Craft he has served as Master of The Fortitude Lodge, as its Chaplain for many years and is a member of two Research Lodges, Taranaki No 323 and Southland No 415. Along the way, he has also been an active Royal Arch Freemason: he joined St Andrew Chapter No 90 in Invercargill in 1962, serving as First Principal in 1973, Grand Standard Bearer in 1984-85, and Grand Scribe Nehemiah in 1999–2000. He is also a Past Thrice Illustrious master of Southern Cross Cryptic Council No 3. Wally became interested in Freemasonry at an early age. As a school
boy in Auckland he attended annual Oddfellows picnics and noticed that the same team was boiling the water and chopping the firewood each year and that they were a happy, cheerful group of men who were all Freemasons. This made quite an impression on a lad still at school. Years later, working for the Southland Harbour Board as a carpenter he
discovered that many of his fellow workers were Freemasons, and so began his long and exemplary association with the Craft, the Royal Arch and other Masonic Orders active in the area. His 100th birthday was celebrated by members of his Lodge and other local Freemasons with a lunch at the Ascot Hotel in Invercargill soon after the day itself.
Wally Price celebrates his 100th birthday with Masonic mates.
First Grand Principal in Timaru for re-dedication of Timaru Freemasons Centre
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Some of our newest Freemasons
Twinning double in Kaikohe Identical Twins Dion and Selwyn Gregory became Freemasons last night with another couple of identical twins Bryan and Bruce Wiig assisting with the ceremony in the presence of our Grand Master Mark Winger at The Kaikohe Onaeawai Lodge No 101 in the far north of New Zealand. Dion is in the black shirt and tie.
The house made of ‘Walls’
New Freemasons galore At the Westminster Lodge No.308 meeting of 17 May 2018, there were six Entered Apprentices present, including the Initiate, Bro Trevor Mourdant, seen to the left of the Master, WBro Richard Illingworth. The District Grand Master, VWBro Russell Pratt [left] was in attendance as were a number of visiting masters, who had brought their Entered Apprentices. Is ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’ one of the reasons for this resurgence? What else as Lodges do we need to do? Lets not forget the other two ‘Rs’ – retain and return.
Several generation of Freemasons altogether in Rotorua and keeping in all in the family at Lodge Arawa. Also in attendance after traveling some great distance from Lodge Wellsford was Jason’s future brother in law William McCracken (also a Lewis) accompanied by his Father and Grandfather (another three generation Masonic Family).
FROM LEFT Uncle/ Brother Ron Whiting, Father/ Brother Doug Wall (acting JD), newly initiated Brother Jason Kreger-Wall, Grandfather/ Brother George Wall (PM Arawa 406, Tyler) and Uncle/ Brother Eddie Wall (acting SD).
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Domagoj Talapko Scinde Lodge No. 5
Ramon Rodriguez Scinde Lodge No. 5
Gregory Bluck Lodge Tawera No. 188
Phillip Lamb Lodge Timaru No. 196
Evidencio Sicat Jr The Concord Lodge No. 39
Glen Culver Lodge Omarunui No. 216
Manuel Gonzales The Concord Lodge No. 39
Moray Bevan Empire Fergusson Lodge No. 225
Edgener Collado The Concord Lodge No. 39
Tarquyn Read Lodge Doric Brighton No. 236
Noel Ronquillo The Concord Lodge No. 39
Ryan Dill Lodge Arawhaiti No. 267
Shane Smith The Wairau Lodge No. 42
Pasquale Monuchino Lodge Arawhaiti No. 267
David Lloyd Manukau-Westmere Lodge No. 24
Corey Dorset The Avon Shirley Lodge No. 185
Ranjit Menon The Belmont Albion Lodge No. 45
Filomeno Romero Jr Unity Lodge No. 271
Aiden Platt The Ponsonby Lodge No. 54
Peter Brownless The Ponsonby Lodge No. 54
Adam Evans Lodge Wanaka No. 277
Keegan Swanepoel The Ponsonby Lodge No. 54
Warren Roodt The Ponsonby Lodge No. 54
Josef Kelway The Franklin Lodge No. 58
Joshua Navarro Lodge Te Papa No. 316
Mark Escobia The Mokoreta Lodge No. 63
Marcus de Thierry Lodge Te Papa No. 316
Cameron Wilkins Lodge Tuakau No. 278 Olkan Guler The Herbert Teagle-Taia Lodge No. 300 Andrew Thomas Westminster Lodge No. 308
Kevin Panganiban The Ngapara Lodge No. 68
Ryan Good Lodge Te Papa No. 316
Stacey Graham Lodge Otangaki No. 70
Cory Mabey Lodge Te Papa No. 316
Chester Nercuit Harmony Lodge No. 325
Steven Gray The Alpha Lodge No. 81
Adriano Patricio Jr Harmony Lodge No. 325
David Laverick Lodge Whangarei No. 102
Fraser Brooks The United Lodge No. 340
Adrian Turner Lodge Whangarei No. 102
Jonathan McWatt The United Lodge No. 340
Patrick Rowlinson The Havelock Lodge No. 104
Hamish Watkins Browns Bay Lodge No. 346
Hemi Harris Lodge Frimley No. 359
Craig Wright The Heretaunga Lodge No. 73
Eugene Corrales Lodge Winton No. 108
Samuel Carroll The Waipa Lodge No. 119
Kurt Shirley The Waipa Lodge No. 119
Serge Fabre The Tauranga Lodge No. 125
Bret Barnett Lodge Frimley No. 359 William Douglas Lodge Rangitane No. 369 Simon Cotter Lodge Mt Maunganui No. 376
Kristoffer Neudeck The Coronation Lodge No. 127
Kennith Gaylor Te Awahou Lodge No. 133
John Gaunavinaka Lodge Te Atatu No. 414
Kenneth MacKenzie Lodge Aquarius No. 466
Shane Ali Rongotea Lodge No. 146
Jason Kreger-Wall Lodge Arawa No. 406
Nathan Harney Lodge Rotorua No. 153
David McNab Lodge Tawhiri No. 166
Raven Alp Lodge Kauri No. 474
Harrison Reim Lodge Kauri No. 474
Chuan Sweaney-Jan Hutt Valley Lodge No. 176
Andrew Buot Lodge North Harbour No. 182
Reynaldo Sapon Lodge North Harbour No. 182
Ivan Dan̄ar Lodge Arowhenua No. 473
Aaron Peters Lodge Waikato No. 475 Freemasons New Zealand
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The Last Word! Freemasons New Zealand Crossword
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Across 4 Organist’s Jewel? 6 Those with a 60 or 70 Year Service Award get a ‘what’? 7 Last Governor General who was a Grand Master (surname)? 8 What does BoC stand for? 11 Surname of new Grand Secretary? 14 What social media medium is Freemasons New Zealand embracing? 16 The name of this magazine is (three words)? 17 Pleiades or the Seven Sisters star cluster is known as what is the Southern Hemisphere (NZ)?
Freemasonry is founded on the immutable laws of Truth and Justice and its grand object is to promote the happiness of the human race.
18 Where is the sun always ‘at’ with respect to Freemasonry? 19 What city is known as the ‘Edinburgh of the South’?
Down 1 Former administrator of The Freemasons Charity (2 words)? 2 What charitable trust came from the old Roskill Masonic Village? 3 Who approved the new Grand Lodge of New Zealand Crest in 1986 (three words)? 5 In what Wellington suburb is the new national office located?
Not a Freemason? Interested? Freemasons are ordinary men in the com munity, 21 years and over, of all religions and backgrounds, who share a concern for human values, moral standards and the rights of individuals. Ask one to be one … or enquire at Freemasons New Zealand: www.freemasonsnz.org, communications@freemasonsnz.org, 04 385 6622 or write to PO Box 6439, Marion Square, Wellington 6141.
9 Which NZ Prime Minister was a Freemasons University Scholar (two words)? 10 What is the acronym for Teddies for Loving Care? 12 Lodge with Freemasons New Zealand highest number? 13 Next Australian Grand Installation 3–5 August is in which city? 15 Tyler’s Jewel? 20 What is the name of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s baby daughter?
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SERVICE AWARDS February – April 2018 70 YEAR BADGE
Bro Clifford Henry Couch MM WBro James Wyllie PM WBro John David Becker PM
Scinde Lodge No. 5 The Hiram Lodge No. 46 The Advance Mawhera Lodge No. 61
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VWBro Graeme Clive Smith PGC WBro Ivan Alexander Berryman PM WBro Louis Ford PM VWBro John Bramwell Hollick PGDC Bro Hugh Smith Brown MM
The Canterbury Kilwinning Lodge No. 23 Hikurangi Lodge No. 140 Onehunga Maungawhao Lodge No. 168 Hutt Valley Lodge No. 176 Lodge Waihopai No. 189
50 YEAR BADGE
Bro Frederick Joseph B Bowyer MM WBro Leonard Coleclough PM WBro Maurice John Pulman PM WBro Hohepa Mei Tatere PG Tyr WBro Peter Andrew Nuttall PM WBro William Eric Hogg PM RH Bro Noel Leonard Jones MM Bro Robert James Pearson MM WBro David Hope Gwilliams PGBB VWBro Thomas Berry Lowe PG Lec Bro Nelson John North MM WBro Malcolm Harvey Wilson PM WBro Robert Francis Hutchins PM VW Bro Alan Bevins PG Lec WBro John Bidwell-Watson PM WBro Brian Richard Rohloff PM VWBro Paul Crawford Sutcliffe P Dist GM
Lodge Rangitikei No. 38 The Hiram Lodge No. 46 The Advance Mawhera Lodge No. 61 The Rawhiti Lodge No. 66 Motueka Bays Lodge No. 117 The Wallace Lodge No. 129 Nau Mai Lodge No. 177 Lodge Titirangi Mt Albert No. 204 Unity Lodge No. 271 Lodge Haeata No. 272 Lodge Eckford No. 334 The Wayfarers Lodge No. 389 Lodge Apanui No. 395 The Pakuranga Lodge No 416 Lodge Waikanae No. 433 United Horowhenua Lodge No. 464 Lodge Waikato No. 475
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