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In this issue From the Editor 2
FREEMASONS SCHOLARSHIPS
Hot Off the Press 3
The 2019 College of Scholars 21
Grand Master’s Visits 3
Roll Call of Scholars 23
YOUR FreemasonsSAVE NewONZealand and receive Benefit FUEL Programme 4 other
The privilege of reply: Nopera Dennis-McCarthy 27
News clips 6
The Lawson-Smith legacy continues 28
great benefits too!
Kiwi8Fuelcards offer genuine fuel savings, Speak up as well as great Benefit Card discounts
Recent Grand Master visits 10 at selected suppliers throughout
the country.
Freemasonry – where does it all come from? 29
The Grand Installation 2019 11
resources tention FREEMASONS IN ACTION our es and Drama and Donation in Ashburton 12
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Railway Craftsmen and Defibrillators 12
Kiwi fuelcards have More• Defibrillators 13no limit - most other fuelcards limit the
quantity to 50 litres - making it a great choice for trucks and
passengerfor vehicles too with13 guaranteed savings off every litre of A defibrillator Waitomo • • • • •
fuel. Piepurchases Charity too! Run Kiwi fuelcards discount applies Pork to deisel No strings attached no contracts and no need to collect points or 2019 14 grocery receipts. Cards are available to friends and family Forces also! Provided they sign United Lodge up with the Freemasons New Zealand form. No 245 ANZAC service A percentage of each purchase made goes to Freemasons New 2019 15 Zealand to assist lodges and districts further. Signing up is super easy, with help if you need it.
Te Aroha BMX track project shows how community projects can benefit a Lodge 30 Smaller grants can make a big difference 31 All good things must come to an end 32 Heartland Bank Freemasons Scholars 2019 32
ANZAC Ceremony and Freemasons 15
Motivated to serve others 34
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A multitude of achievements sets a high bar The 2019 ANZMRC tour is taking shape … 16
Freemasons Foundation Report 36
Youth create United Forces 17 The Ara Lodge No. 1 Support of No. 30 (Hobsonville) Squadron Air Training Corps 17 Freemasons continue to assist the Christchurch YWCA Women’s Refuge 18 Potter Masonic Trust puts the fun into school sports 18
Bridging the gap: The opportunity for trade skills scholarships 38 Masonic Villages Trust 40 Royal Arch 44 Masonic mates together 46
The Mackenzie Lodge celebrates 125 years 19
Welcome to our newest Freemasons 47
Top award to Freemason 20
The Last Word! 48
2018 Hercus Medal: Advances in prostate and kidney cancer
Service Awards 49
FRONT COVER Main photo – passionate volunteer, Georgia Cook demonstrates healthy food to WBro Adrian Douglas, NZ Pacific Lodge at the 2019 Freemasons University Scholarships. Smaller photo – Guest Speaker, Liam Malone, at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
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An exciting Strategic Direction for 2019–2023 has been embraced by all of us which also continues with ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’. Now comes the challenge to put thoughts and words into action. You have received your very own members booklet in the March 2019 issue of the New Zealand Freemason magazine to enable you to put down you own ideas on where you would like to see Freemasonry in New Zealand go and what you would like to do to see it get there. Several seminars have been held around the country facilitated by your Divisional Grand Masters and your Lodge should have received the Lodge Booklet either at these Seminars or from your District Grand Master. The Lodge Booklet is where all the ideas of your members are gathered and from the collective member effort come up with your own Lodge Strategic Direction tailored specifically for your Lodge. Many Lodges are either calling for a special meeting to work on this or doing the work as part of the main business in their regular Lodge meeting. A new benefit for members is featured in the magazine being a Fuel Card with discounts on fuel prices which will benefit both members, families and friends and Lodge and Districts, to whom extra resources will be made available, when the scheme fulfils its potential. This adds to the benefits already enjoyed by those Freemasons, families, businesses and Freemasons New Zealand, who are part of the Freemasons Deposit Scheme. Other member benefits are also being investigated and these will be announced as they come to fruition. I want to again record my personal thanks to Morris Robertson QSM for his support to the New Zealand Freemason magazine with article contributions during my nearly 5 years as Editor of the magazine. He is finally taking a well-deserved rest from writers’ cramp and we wish him and Margaret well in the future. This issue of the magazine features the Freemasons Scholar ships be they University, Lawson-Smith or Heartland and some of the success stories, articles on Lodges and their activities, our newest members and those honoured by long service, regular features and of course our advertisers whom we hope you will support. Read, enjoy and delight in what is good about Freemasonry in New Zealand. VWBro Duane Williams MBE, JP, KLJ, GSec
Hot Off the Press Working towards our 2019 Grand Installation RWBro Graham Wrigley Deputy Grand Master has been recommended by the Board of General Purposes as the Grand Master designate for 2019–2022 and Lodges are currently voting on this. Our Grand Master MWBro Mark Winger has appointed RWBro Jim Watt Divisional Grand Master – Central as Deputy Grand Master Elect for 2019-2022. Also, our Grand Master has appointed RWBro Rob Angelo Divisional Grand Master – Southern as President of the
Board of General Purposes Elect for 2019–2022. Additionally, our Grand Master has appointed the following as new Divisional Grand Masters: VWBro Mike Hattie PDistGM – Divisional Grand Master – Northern for 2019–2022 VWBro Russell Pratt Dist GM – Divisional Grand Master – Central for 2019–2022 VWBro Patrick Cooney Dist GM – Divisional Grand Master – Southern for 2019–2022
Voting is also underway for District Grand Masters 2019–2022, throughout New Zealand, with Lodges voting for the candidate of their choice from their District. Other promotions and appointments will follow. All are subject to be being installed or invested at the Grand Installation in November 2019. We congratulate all those who have so far received preferment.
Graham Wrigley.
Jim Watt.
Rob Angelo.
Mike Hattie.
Russell Pratt.
Pat Cooney.
GRAND MASTER’S VISITS 16 Jun Kapiti Coastguard boast launch of ‘Freemasons Rescue’, Paraparaumu Beach (previously postponed) 22 Jun Installation at The Fortitude Lodge No 64, Bluff
5–7 Jul Grand Installation – United Grand Lodge of Queensland, Brisbane 29 Aug – 1 Sep Installation at Lodge Calliope No 252, Apia, Samoa
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10 Sep 50 Year Badge VWBro John Dennison PDistGM, The United Lodge of Otago No 448
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Supporting Our family So you can support yours
Freemasons New Zealand benefit programme O ver the last several years a small group of Freemasons from the Central Division has been reviewing opportunities whereby some value adding (to both individual Freemasons and the Craft as a whole) schemes could be introduced to our membership, including non-member adult family members. The stage has now been reached whereby a fuel card discount scheme has been identified as meeting the above criteria, with approval to proceed with its introduction being given by the Board of General Purposes.
The Kiwi fuelcards are available not only to Freemasons themselves, but also to adult members of their families. The procedure for obtaining a card is relatively simple, as laid out in the attached brochure. The discount on each transaction will be split between the card holder and Grand Lodge. By way of example, the Mobil card will gain an 11 cent total discount per litre, split to give 9 cents to the cardholder and 2 cents to Grand Lodge. There are three fuel companies working with Kiwi fuelcards, each with a different level of discount. These are listed in the brochure, along with the total discounts and splits.
• Assisting districts and lodges with funding for facebook campaigns • Assisting with printed resources for recruitment and retention • Assisting with getting our message into universities and tertiary institutions And there will be other areas whereby these additional funds will enable Freemasonry in New Zealand to prosper. The activities of the Central Division group has identified other avenues that could provide worthwhile benefits to the Craft and its membership. These avenues are presently being explored in more depth and, hopefully, will lead to further announcements in the not too distant future.
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SAVE ON YOUR FUEL and receive other great benefits too! Kiwi Fuelcards offer genuine fuel savings, as well as great Benefit Card discounts at selected suppliers throughout the country.
reasons to sign up • Kiwi fuelcards have no limit - most other fuelcards limit the quantity to 50 litres - making it a great choice for trucks and passenger vehicles too with guaranteed savings off every litre of fuel. • Kiwi fuelcards discount applies to diesel purchases too! • No strings attached no contracts and no need to collect points or grocery receipts. • Cards are available to friends and family also! Provided they sign up with the Freemasons New Zealand form. • A percentage of each purchase made goes to Freemasons New Zealand to assist lodges and districts further. • Signing up is super easy, with help if you need it.
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News clips Where In The World?
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Our Grand Master Mark Winger reached new heights when on Easter Monday this photo was taken at the summit of Mount Stanserhorn, near Lucerne, in the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps. WBro Morrin Cooper PGD was on a tour in Europe with a group of foreign tourists and took his NZ Freemason along for the ride. The group enjoyed an extremely knowledgeable, humourous and delightful Travel Director, Carl Eggeling from Austria who interestingly is a personal friend of the Austrian Grand Master. Carl has undertaken to pass greetings and salutations from New Zealand to their Grand Master, as well as a copy of the NZ Freemason magazine. It certainly pays to Speak Up!
Potter Masonic Trust
Send in your interesting photos with has students climbing the New Zealand Freemason maga zine somewhere in NZ or the world to the wall! communciations@freemasonsnz.org Earlier this year in May, the Potter Masonic Trust which was created to help children young and old granted Tangaroa College substantial funds toward the construction of a Climbing Wall. The project was recently completed during the school holidays. Students, teachers and the College are now climbing to great heights thanks to the Freemasons. Kirk Jennings Sports Coordinator, Tangaroa College Manukau City Auckland
Le Quesnoy and the Freemasons NZ Memorial Museum Trust – Le Quesnoy in France is a project supported by Freemasons and Lodges in New Zealand. The project is for a Museum, etc as part of a permanent WWI New Zealand memorial presence in France. It closes on 30th June 2019 and so far, $31,540 has been donated by Freemasons and Lodges. If you and your Lodge still want to make a donation, please credit the following account 03 1509 0097188 026 with your Lodge name and number in the reference.
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Queen’s Birthday Honours
RWBro Jim Watt Divisional Grand Master – Central in South America Sign translates as Faro San Isidro which is the southern-most point on mainland South America on the Strait of Magellan. In the background is a pod of killer whales and just before that we had had humpback whales surfacing.
Freemasons New Zealand congratulates Bro Peter John Woodward, QSM on being honoured with a Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to the Coastguard in the Queen’s Birthday Honour List. Pete is a member Lodge TaweraO-Kapiti Lodge No 253 and has been coincidentally
involved in the project for a new boat for the Kapiti Coastguard – where Lodges from the Kapiti-Wellington District and The Freemasons Charity donated $100,000 towards the fitout. Our Grand Master MWBro Mark Winger will at the boat launch on Sunday 16th June 2019.
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than ever before. With our voices added, the non-speaking parts of Speak Up are stronger than ever before. The social media campaign, which has undoubtedly raised the profile of Freemasonry in the community, is yielding a significant number of potential candidates. The message is being heard. The numbers joining us are growing. The increase is small, but an increase is an increase! Not seen for many years! And there’s no doubt that Speak Up is the spark. We’ve found a way to move forward but there’s a long way to go yet. Speak Up is the bedrock and leading edge of the new Grand Lodge strategic plan developed for Lodges and whose time span is set for five years to 2023. That’s longer than the term of our next Grand Master! So it’s time to double-down on the Speak Up concept. The more of it we do the easier it will get! We need to grow the impact with more of the same. Keep up speaking up!
A SPECIAL NOTE ON THE USE OF ‘SPEAK UP FOR FREEMASONRY’ IN PUBLIC The Speak Up campaign is resulting in a large amount of public relations activity by Lodges. So please remember that our slogan ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’ is designed as an internal message to our members from our leaders. Freemason to Freemason it works as intended – a friendly urge for fellow Freemasons to act.
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However its use in public could be construed as a message for the public to speak up for us . So when you are communicating with Lodge members it works as it is. But where this message is open to the public it should be changed making it a message from Freemasonry to the public –
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MacKenzie Lodge 125th – Stewards at Fairlie, South Canterbury.
Most Worshipful Brother Mark Winger Grand Master warmly invites Freemasons and their partners to the Installation of Right Worshipful Brother Graham Wrigley Deputy Grand Master as Grand Master at...
The Grand Installation The Grand Lodge of New Zealand
Wellington, New ZealanD 15-17 November 2019
Programme Friday 15 November Business Session Ladies Function Welcome Cocktails Saturday 16 November Grand Installation Grand Banquet and Ball Sunday 17 November Church Service Farewell Brunch
Registration online at freemasonsnz.org/grandinstallation
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Freemasons in action Drama and Donation in Ashburton Four Lodges in Ashburton donated $9068 towards 15 talented students from the Big Little Theatre Company in Ashburton to go to the Globe Theatre in London to help improve their drama skills. Funds were raised through a concert and a donation from the Midland Masonic Charitable Trust. Handing over the cheque is Ken Borland, Past Deputy District Grand Master EC, behind him is Roger Paterson RH, Chairman Midland Masonic Charitable Trust and the other Merv Green of the Thistle Lodge 113 with the students.
Railway Craftsmen and Defibrillators As you may know or not know, a steam excursion train called the Marlborough Flyer has been running down here between Picton and Blenheim, it caters for cruise ships that call into Picton, but it also runs on some Sundays to allow the public to travel on it. It has proved a great success, carrying at times over 300 passengers, both on cruise ship days, and on the Sundays when it carries members of the public. On the 13th of April the Railway Craftsmen of New Zealand, combined with the Waitohi Lodge of Picton and the The Freemasons Charity presented to the Marlborough Flyer two Defibrillators one to go on the train and one to go in the Blenheim Station. One was received by Jack Dolman on behalf of Steam Inc
and the other by Jo Capill on behalf of Pounamu Tourism Group and the Wine Station Blenheim. They were very well received, with both groups very appreciative of the donation, and both said with the age group that they transport from the cruise ships, they are probably lucky that they have not needed them yet and at the same time hope they will never have to use them. Both Steam Inc and Pounamu Travel made a commitment to train their staff in there use of the defibrillators. And of cause the one in the station will be there all year round so there for it will be there for the use of the public. W.C. Robertson Secretary/Treasurer of the Railway Craftmens Association
VWBro Phil Wagener, WBro Rowdy Robertson and if you look hard there is WBro Allan Beck the District Welfare Officer in the background.
LEFT  From left: WBro Scott Pickering WM of Waitohi. WBro Rowdy Robertson Secretary/Treasurer of the R.C.A. Jo Capill of The Wine Station and Jack Dolman from Steam Inc. Far right Paul Jackson M/D of Pounamu Tourism Group. RIGHT  Two Happy men, one for giving the other for receiving.
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More Defibrillators The Whitianga Lodge of the Freemasons donated the first of two portable defibrillators to the Whitianga Police. John Hoyte, Master of Lodge Whitianga, handed the defibrillator to Nick Preston, the Whitianga Police’s newest member. The defibrillators will be carried in two of the patrol vehicles of the Whitianga Police. Nick has more than eight years’ experience in the Police. He transferred to Whitianga from the Counties Manukau Police District approximately two months ago. He understands the importance of defibrillators in Police vehicles as he was previously involved in an incident in South Auckland where a portable Police defibrillator saved the life of someone who suffered sudden cardiac arrest. “Benevolence and charity are an important part of Freemasonry,” says John. “It shows that we value people and their rights and that we tolerate diversity and encourage learning and advancement. “Locally, in Mercury Bay, we attempt to support as many causes as we possibly can. We’re happy for some of our support to be publicly known, like our donation of the defibrillators to the Whitianga Police, but other times we, and the people and causes we support, think it’s better to keep our support private. “We obviously also support our fellow Freemasons, their wives, families and our widows when they are in need. “Nationally, Freemasons New Zealand run the largest privately-funded university scholarship programme in the country and provide financial assistance for medical research into paediatrics, brain diseases, geriatric medicine and ophthalmology. “In addition, charitable Masonic trusts have been formed all around New
“It’s part of a nationwide effort that has been ongoing for some time to be more transparent. As a result, Freemasons New Zealand is seeing an increase in numbers. Men, and their families, are seeing the value of belonging to a brotherhood of good men working in harmony and where good moral and ethical values are taught in a disciplined way. “The reality is that the only part of Freemasonry that’s confidential to members is the means of recognition between John Hoyte, Master of the Whitianga Lodge themselves. There are historical origins of the Freemasons, handing a portable for this confidentiality. It’s retained to defibrillator to Constable Nick Preston of the this day as a symbolic statement of reliWhitianga Police on Tuesday last week. ability, integrity and trust. With thanks to The Mercury Bay Zealand for specific purposes, including Informer the provision of housing for the elderly. This is the type of story we should be get “Our most prominent fundraising ting out to the public as often as possible activity in Whitianga is our sausage and great to see a Lodge working closely sizzles every Saturday over summer at with its local community with charitable the Whitianga Art, Craft and Farmers work, open day and regular interaction on Market.” local Market Day. The Lodge rooms of the Whitianga Freemasons will be opened to the public, families included, on Monday evening 29 April. Complimentary refreshments will be served. “We’re opening our Lodge rooms to dispel some of the mystique surrounding Freemasonry,” says John.
A defibrillator for Waitomo Members of the Waitomo Lodge No 469 donated a defibrillator to the Waitomo Club recently. We had a lovely evening down at the Waitomo Club in Te Kuiti. Club President Albi Hepi and members gratefully received the equipment and we were honoured to have been able to fund raise and gift it to them.
Hopefully they won’t need to use it but if the occasion arises the Waitomo Club staff have been on a training course training them in its proper use. Lodges with the assistance of The Freemasons Charity have donated nearly 150 throughout New Zealand. www.freemasonsnz.org
Damin Moys Master with Club President Albi Hepi with Defibrillator and Plaque.
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Serving a local need Freemasons in action
Lodge Te Puni organises a variety show to fund bladder scanners Pork Pie Charity Run 2019
On March members Lodge Te Puni two scanners Its Wednesday surprising what 5th lengths some Free to raiseoffunds for a charity. Thispresented year was team andbladder you also had to undertake to masons will go to help out their comthe 6th Pork Pie Charity Run. After 6 raise a minimum of $1000 for the named to the CEO of the Hutt Valley District Health Board. This was the result of a fundraising munities – in this case the length of New days, 7 nights and over 2500 km’s over charity, which this year was effort by the combined Lodges ofsome theofHutt Valley. Zealand. New Zealand’s best and worst A total of just over $298,000.00 has At a recent meeting of the Heretaunga Lodge No. 73, the Lodge presented a cheque for $1000.00 to John Glew, Past District Grand Director of Ceremonies. John and his wife Karyn were participating in the Pork Pie Charity Run from Kaitaia to Invercargill which was raising funds for KidsCan Charity. A total of 60 Mini’s gathered in Kaitaia to carry on with 2 people’s vision
roads 60 Mini’s arrived in Invercargill. To enter there is a registration process akin to the buying of mission tickets. Registration opened at 12pm on the 16th April 2018. In just 7 minutes all 60 places were filled. Entry cost $2700 per
been raised for disadvantaged children throughout New Zealand. This is done by providing them with essentials to enable them to learn. This includes items like food, socks, shoes, raincoats as well as essential hygiene requirements. W. Bro TRpersonal McKenzie, Master of Lodge The Heretaunga Lodge No 73 contribuTe Puni, with W. Bro Ray Keenan presenting Graham Dyer, tion was earmarked forHutt the Valley KidsCan in DHB CEO with one programme of the two portable schools Nitbuster and other bladder scanners, looking on is items. 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 PORK nurses of ITINERARY FOR Mapu Unit and the Community Health Services had started selling cakes and Thursday 18th April 2019 undertaking other2pm fundraising Arrival Kaitaia onwards efforts to purchase a bladder scanner. Friday 19th April The members then brought the Units’ Depart Kaitaia–Warkworth plight to the Lodges and a number of Auckland stop for lunch at MININZ Brethren also indicated that they had via Pokeno to Hamilton been hospitalised recently and had to Arrive Taupo wait for the only scanner to become available for20th theirApril treatment. Saturday Lodge Taupo Te Puni decided to hold a Depart Horopito viatoNational Parkto complete Variety Show raise funds theWanganui purchase of at least one bladder Arrive WBro Wellington. scanner. 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, from2019 PIE CHARITY RUN juggling, dancing (ballroom, rock-n-roll, Sunday 21st April traditional Polish), musical actsPicton and Ferry-crossing, Depart even piping in via of Kaikoura. a Haggis with Arrivethe Christchurch the traditional address. Audience Monday 22nd April participation was encouraged and, Depart Christchurch during intermission, food and drink was via Arthur’s Pass/Lewis/ Greymouth/ available for purchase. Hokitika /Harihari Along with some very sought after Arrive Franz Josef prizes for raffles, the support for the show was23rd outstanding. The money raised Tuesday April Depart Franz was, Josef with the help of The on the night Via glaciers, Haast Passable to Alexandra Freemasons Charity, to purchase Arrive Alexandra two bladder scanners valued at over $13,000.00 each.
Wednesday 24th April Depart As Alexandra always it was a tight knit team, via Octagon Dunedin (for mass display encompassing members of the Lodges offrom 60 Mini’s) the Hutt Valley, wives and partners, Arrive Invercargill and the nurses from the DHB that made this occasion theand success was. Thanks Black Tie Dinner prize it giving. are due for the support of local businesses, Then a longand scenic route homealong to individuals the performers Havelock North. What an adventure! 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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United Forces Lodge No 245 ANZAC service 2019 On 9 April 2019, United Forces Lodge hosted the annual ANZAC service in Canterbury for Freemasons, invited guests, family and friends. The Lodge has hosted this event since 1939 and every year there is a theme that is extremely well received by those present. The actual ceremony for the evening was devised in 1939 and apart from some positive adjustments, the ceremony is practiced
largely unchanged with a traditional wreath laying ceremony, Guest speaker, various odes, ANZAC prayer and military sword drill similar to what most people see at the cenotaph in the local town. The theme this year was the liberation of the French village of Le Quesnoy from the German garrison on the 4th November 1918 (one week before Armistice Day). The critical point in that liberation was that the attack was made by a New Zealand unit led by Lt Leslie Averill. Mr Colin Averill (youngest son of Lt Averill) was the guest speaker for the evening. Enjoying the sincerity of the occasion were brethren from NZ Constitution, Scottish Constitution and the English Constitution as well as Cadets from NZ Cadet Forces, invited guests, a SNCO from the NZ
Army Band and many other non-masonic guests who revelled in the complexity of the story behind the liberation and how the event was so successful. Whilst soldiers from both the German and the New Zealand forces were lost, not one French civilian was injured or killed during the liberation attack, such was the planning behind the liberation effort. Refectory was a fully catered meal with refreshments that was enjoyed by 97 diners. During refectory, a small video presentation was also made about the reason behind the creation of the Le Quesnoy museum which will be dedicated to the memories of the NZ troops who liberated the town in 1918 and how the fund raising will be started in New Zealand to assist with the creation of the museum. Additionally, the Lodge is donating $1000 towards this project.
ANZAC Ceremony and Freemasons Whilst not ‘flying the flag’, it was a case of ‘showing the apron’. Noel Whiley Master of The Gate Pa Lodge No 407 laid a wreath at Tauranga’s civic memorial service at the Memorial Park. The service was attended by a crowd of several hundred. As reported in the local paper there was a flypast of ‘two jets’ … fake news. It was actually two classical biplanes which made the ceremony all the more moving. Prior to the conclusion and the march past the nation anthems of Australia and New Zealand were sung to the accompaniment of the local pipe band. www.freemasonsnz.org
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Freemasons in action The 2019 ANZMRC tour is taking shape … The ANZMRC, or Australian and New have a home and family in Papamoa, Zealand Masonic Research Council is Bay of Plenty, though they have been the organisation which links most of the domiciled in Surrey, England for the research lodges and chapters throughout last few years. In his career Mike began the far East, Australia and New Zealand. a teaching career at Hawera High School Bro Kerry Nicholls, as President, and Bro and then Christ’s College, Christchurch. Colin Heyward, both in New Zealand, He worked for IBM NZ, Alexander have combined with their colleagues Stenhouse and Marsh McLennan as in Australia, Bros Brendan Kyne, Neil well as running his own business from Morse and Kent Henderson to organise offices on the Terrace, Wellington for a the biennial tour of the group by a vis- number of years. He is also no stranger iting lecturer. In the intervening year to Australia and his daughter now a conference is held – last year in Melbourne (2018) and next year in Dunedin (2020). The tour has welcomed a number of top-level Masonic speakers and writers over the years, primarily from the United Kingdom and Europe. This year the guest visiting lecturer will be WBro Dr Mike Kearsley. Mike is PAGDC in England and PDistGDC in New Zealand. He is a Prestonian lecturer (2014), a Kellerman lecturer (2017), past Grand Orator for Middlesex, former editor of The Square Magazine, a full member of the Quatuor Coronati lodge 2076, a WBro Dr Mike Kearsley, PDistGDC. Norman Spencer prize winner and much more. He has present- lives in Melbourne after surviving the ed to Masonic audiences throughout Christchurch earthquake. the world, and the UK, and is a member Mike’s tour will likely run throughout or honorary member of lodges under August, September and October 2019 four constitutions. He is no stranger to and at this point will include Hong New Zealand as he started his Masonry Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, most of with the Hawera Lodge 34, was an Australia and almost all of New Zealand. associate of Masters and Past Masters It will involve perhaps 30 different presin Christchurch, was a member of the entations and many thousands of miles. Lodge Avon orchestra and is currently Each centre is offered one, or more, of a member of the Mt Maunganui Lodge 12 different presentations which are also and an associate of two New Zealand available as separate chapters in a tour research lodges. He and his wife, Anne, book which is sold to defray tour costs.
Mike normally presents his lectures on behalf of his chosen charity, DEBRA, the charity for people whose skin doesn’t work. They have benefited with donations in excess of $15,000 a year for the last 6 years – so he has been busy! It is hoped that many presentations will be opened to wives and friends. The presentations will be interesting to everyone - covering Masonic scandals such as the Roberto Calvi affair and the Morgan Affair, to some of the interesting characters in Freemasonry – Casanova, Cagliostro, John Soane, Aleister Crowley, historical events such as the Union of 1813 and the Masonic involvement in foundation stones, a paper suggesting that King Solomon’s temple never existed – and if it did, it wasn’t where it was supposed to be, and also a paper for the Royal Arch companions which tries to lift some of the confusion experienced with the modern ritual – all with the help of the Wizard of Oz (a different Oz). All the presentations are full PowerPoint, and Mike has a reputation for being both humorous, informative and very entertaining. His motto is ‘I don’t mind if you disagree, but I will be upset if you are bored’. Mike has another love – music – and is currently principal tuba with the British Airways band. He admits that his friends are not surprised that there is even more hot air to be had from him! If there is a presentation near you, you don’t want to miss it… Kerry Nicholls, President, Australia and New Zealand Masonic Research Council
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Youth create United Forces United Forces Lodge No 245 in Christchurch has been assisting youth both groups – Cadet Forces and Junior Surf Lifesaving for a few years. They made donations $2000 and $1000 with the assistance of The Freemasons Charity. This support takes many forms with Trophies awarded to both groups namely the United Forces Cadet Leadership Trophy and Freemasons Surf Life Saving Rookie Competition Trophy. Also funding for First Aid Courses in conjunction with support from the Red Cross and Training Competitions in Surf Life Saving. Changing so many young lives and probably saving many lives in the process.
ABOVE RIGHT Cadets Forces. RIGHT Junior Surf Life Savers.
The Ara Lodge No. 1 Support of No. 30 (Hobsonville) Squadron Air Training Corps The Ara Lodge No.1, with assistance The Air Training Corps is an organ- ages 13 to 18, opportunities to learn and from the Almoner’s Association, have isation that gives boys and girls from participate in flying skills, bush crafts, supported the No. 30 (Hobsonville) drill and ceremonial parades. Squadron of the Air Training Corps. The The squadron also takes part lodge raised money to purchase a new in community events, fosters base radio charger, which the cadets will leadership in young people be using on 2-day camps on Rangitoto and takes part in international Island and other outdoor experiences. events. The lodge also assisted the squadron One point of difference for in purchasing an updated projector for this squadron is that in 1987 their classroom, which has enabled the Mr. Murray Ball, the author leaders to improve the delivery of their of the cartoon “Footrot Flats”, lessons for the cadets, and a new storage officially authorised the use of cupboard was purchased so that the “Dog” as the Squadron Mascot. squadron could ensure that the general Dog took on the honorary rank appearance of their unit remained at a of Flight Sergeant and is high standard. still very much part of the Squadron today.
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Freemasons in action
LEFT Jimmy Anderson PM & Anthony Fussell PGW testing a cart. MIDDLE Two racing carts. RIGHT Karen Baas YWCA with Malcolm & Margaret Johnson Cart Creators.
Freemasons continue to assist the Christchurch YWCA Women’s Refuge The Pegasus Daylight Lodge No 450 (Daylight Gold the Lodge for the Old & Bold) has come to the party and further assisted The Christchurch YWCA Women’s Refuge! Malcolm Johnson and his wife Margaret recalled their childhood days racing home-made carts and after Malcolm had prototyped a couple for his grandchildren successfully (see photo) decided to create 2 more for the refuge by recycling golf trundlers and
an office chair. These were presented to Karen Baas of the YWCA at Pegasus Daylights May Regular Meeting where 40 brethren including wives were present. Karen told us of the joy these simple fun contraptions would bring and how many of the children residents never had a birthday party or knew what Christmas presents were. Due to health and safety regulations, parents will be involved when the carts are in use which will
involve them and create more fun in an environment none chose to end up in. Another great community involvement whilst Speaking Up for Freemasonry. Previously, Freemasons had assisted with a working bee, supplying Christmas presents for children and vouchers for the single parents and a Father Christmas at the Christchurch YWCA Women’s Refuge.
Potter Masonic Trust puts the fun into school sports On a Sunday in March, primary school students from the eastern suburbs of Auckland gathered for a fun sports day. The event, called Top Schools, has been run by the Rotary Club of Auckland East for over twenty years. Designed for students from years 3 to 6, the 2019 event was, as usual, a great success with 32 teams participating from 9 local primary schools. The day
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is structured around seven fun games, ranging from a slippery slide to a gumboot throw. For many of the children it is the very first time they have competed in a sporting event. At the end of the day all participants gain a certificate of attainment and the children in the top three teams for each division are given a medal.
About to step off – The Grand Parade.
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It is a great day out and a real teamwork opportunity for the children participating. The day usually begins with a grand parade led by Life Education’s Harold the Giraffe. But this year there was a different leader. The Potter Masonic Trust generously helped to fund the event and Trustee, David Mace, lead both Harold and the children onto the field.
The Mackenzie Lodge celebrates 125 years S
aturday May 25th saw a major gathering of Freemasons from all four Constitutions in Fairlie as Lodge Mackenzie No 93 celebrated the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Lodge. The Lodge was chartered under the sponsorship of The Caledonian Lodge No 16 in Timaru and was consecrated on July 9 1894, when eight candidates were initiated. Meetings were originally held at the Fairlie school house until 1895 when they were moved to the Fairlie Hall and in November 1898 the Lodge opened its own building at 29 Gall Street,
Lodge enjoys modern new premises, which were consecrated in August 2013. Celebrations to mark the quasquicentennial (125th anni ver sary) included a Meet-n-Greet held in the Lodge refectory on Friday evening, May 24, and a formal Regular meeting of the Lodge the next day, attended by ABOVE The Mackenzie Lodge No 93’s 60-year bar recipient, WBro Des Scarlett, with his daughter, Mrs Jennifer Simpson, and the Grand Master. Des was initiated into The Mackenzie Lodge in June 1959 (by the father of the writer), and served as Master in 1968–69. LEFT Visiting Constitutions join with their New Zealand counterparts at the quasquicentennial of The Mackenzie Lodge No 93: from left Bro Jim Ironside, RW District GM, Scottish Constitution, South Island, New Zealand; VWBro Mel Darling, Asst Provincial Grand Master, Irish Constitution, South Island, New Zealand; RWBro Richard Taylor, District Grand Master, English Constitution, South Island, New Zealand; RWBro Rob Angelo, Divisional Grand Master, Southern; the Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger; RWBro Graham Wrigley Deputy Grand Master; VWBro Peter Smith, District Grand Master, Midland District No 28.
south of the current rooms, situated now at 44 Gall Street. By that time the Lodge had 41 members. Ten years after its consecration, membership had reached 87. Today its membership stands at 57, 13 above the average for the last 25 years, and the
representatives of all four Constitutions in New Zealand, at which a FC from the Methven Lodge No 51 – Bro Will Redwood – was passed to the Second Degree. Following the Degree working, the Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger,
presented a 60-year bar to WBro Des Scarlett of The Mackenzie Lodge. The meeting was followed by a Grand Banquet in the Mackenzie Community Centre, attended by more than 100 Freemasons and their partners. Tom Clarke Members of The Mackenzie Lodge No 93 along with the Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master and the Divisional Grand Master.
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TOP AWARD TO FREEMASON
2018 Hercus Medal: Advances in prostate and kidney cancer P
rofessor Brett Delahunt ONZM FRSNZ has been awarded the Hercus Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand for his researches on kidney and prostate cancer. Professor Brett Delahunt is an internationally recognised pathologist from the University of Otago, Wellington. His scientific work and insight have been central to the development of an internationally accepted classification system of important prognostic markers for prostate and renal cancers. Professor Delahunt has used basic cell science, pathology techniques and genetic approaches to facilitate a better understanding of genito-urinary neoplasia. His scientific publications and leadership in this area has made a contribution to greatly improved prediction of patient outcomes. His work has focussed primarily upon neoplasia of the kidney and he has been responsible for the identification of novel types of malignancy. The grading system for renal neoplasia that he formulated and validated is now the gold standard, being endorsed by the World Health Organization. Outcome prediction of these tumours is assessed worldwide using this grading system with 50,000 cases diagnosed annually in the US alone. In the field of transitional pathology, he was co-chair of an international group that made recommendations for reporting criteria, specimen handling, staging, microscopic assessment and molecular studies of prostate cancer. More recently
HERCUS MEDAL For excellence in molecular and cellular sciences, biomedical science or clinical science and public health. Citation
To Brett Delahunt for his internationally recognised contributions as a pathologist, especially in relation to kidney and prostate cancer. Source: Royal Society of New Zealand 20
he was Chair of an international consensus conference that formalized contemporary recommendations regarding the diagnosis, pathology reporting, classification and prognostic assessment of kidney cancer. In the field of prostate cancer Professor Delahunt is also recognised as an international leader. He is one of the lead authors on the recent publication that developed and validated a novel grading system for prostate cancer. He has been a strong advocate for prostate cancer testing and The Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand, the leading advocate for men’s health in this country, appointed him National Patron in 2015 in recognition of his major contributions in this area. Brett has been prolific in his outputs, with a total of 424 publications, including 342 in peer reviewed journals. Beyond his professional expertise as a leading researcher, Professor Delahunt has given sterling service to the academic community . He has contributed extensively to the medical profession and healthcare by serving on numerous government committees and executive positions in numerous international societies including President of the International Society of Urological Pathologists and the Australasian Division of the International Academy of Pathology, having just completed his term as International Vice President. The IAP is the educational body for pathologists with 25,000 members and he is the only New Zealander to have served in any of these offices. He has chaired the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Cancer Society of New Zealand since 2001 and since from 1997 to 2017 was Chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the Wellington Medical Research Society. He also served an unprecedented six two-year terms as President of the New Zealand Society of Pathologists. Among many other roles he is the long-standing Editor-in-Chief of the leading international journal Pathology and is the international member on the College of American Patholo gist’s Urogenital Reporting Panel. www.freemasonsnz.org
In awarding this medal, the selection committee said: “Professor Delahunt is an outstanding New Zealander who has used his scientific and specialist medical training to discover the most important prognostic features of genito-urinary cancers. His scientific studies and his scientific leadership have changed the way that these malignancies are understood, graded, managed and treated worldwide, with major benefit for patients.” Brett has received numerous awards and accolades during his professional career. These include the highest honours bestowed by both the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Gold Medal as Distinguished Fellow), the International Academy of Pathology, Australasian Division (Distinguished Pathologist Award), the New Zealand Society of Pathologists (Distinguished Service Medal) and the International Society of Urological Pathology (Koss Medal). He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to pathology in 2004. In 2015 he received the National Meritorious Award of the Cancer Society of New Zealand for outstanding contributions to the society and to cancer research. He was made a Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand in 2012. He has also received numerous teaching awards, including the Dean’s Medal of the Wellington School of Medicine. In acknowledging the award Professor Delahunt expressed his thanks to his many international collaborators for their support. He added, “I am delighted that our various contributions to advance both urological pathology and men’s health have been recognised by the Royal Society Te Apārangi” VWBro Brett Delahunt ONZM, FRSNZ, PGLec is a member of The St Andrews Lodge No 32 and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council Thirty Third Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for New Zealand. He was previously a member of the old Editorial Board of the New Zealand Freemason magazine.
The 2019 College of Scholars Thirty of the 32 Scholars, family members, distinguished guests and Freemasons gathered in the Legislative Chamber of Parliament on 8 May for the presentation, now in its 41st year, of the 2019 Freemasons University Scholarships. The recipients, including two who were overseas, comprised 19 women and 11 men who, between them received scholarships valued at $200,000. In addition, the ceremony included the third year of the Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Trust Veterinary Scholarships, presented to four Massey University students.
Greg O’Connor MP Following his welcome and introduction by MC Kevin Nelson, he introduced the Parliamentary Host, Greg O’Connor MP for Ohariu, who began with some history of the Legislative Chamber and its relationship to the history of Freemasonry in New Zealand. He then went on to commend the charitable work undertaken by Freemasons including the support given to ensure that our best and brightest had
every opportunity to pursue their goals in life. Greg O’Connor concluded by conveying a message of congratulations to the scholarship recipients from the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern who, in 2001, was a Freemasons University Scholar. Jacinda attributed her scholarship to the motivation needed to continue studying and expand her career opportunities.
The Grand Master After greeting the scholars and their guests, thanking the Parliamentary Host Greg O’Connor MP and welcoming guest speaker, Liam Malone, the Grand Master, MWBro Mark Winger said. “For many of you this may be your first real contact with freemasonry apart, perhaps, from the embellished versions found in Dan Brown novels and tales of secret handshakes etc. Hence, a short history may help.” Mark Winger went on to put things in perspective with a short history of Freemasonry, beginning with the building sites of the great cathedrals of the Twelfth Century. He then explained the practices associated with the progression from Entered Apprentice to Master
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into the liberal arts and science. “Through education we become more compassionate people and the world becomes a safer and more civilised environment for us, our children and our families. Our University Scholarship programme is based upon recognising scholastic achievement as well as rewarding the recipients for their involvement in their local communities.” He went on to outline many of the charitable and research activities which had benefitted from Freemasonry’s support, from national projects to those quiet volunteers who work in our towns and cities helping those in need and also noted the various charitable trusts set up over the years by Freemasons 21
keen on making a contribution to the future of mankind. These included the Lawson-Smith Education Trust whose 2019 recipients were participating in the ceremony. Observing that this good work, undertaken by Freemasons for many years, had gone generally unnoticed, largely because of the perception of a secret society rather than a fraternity which respected the ceremonies of its medieval origins, Mark Winger explained. “As Grand Master, three years ago I launched a programme encouraging our members to Speak Up For Freemasonry. I have encouraged our masonic family, members and their partners, to be more open, to talk to the public about freemasonry, to communicate the values we promote and to communicate the charitable work we do.” In conclusion, the Grand Master said. “To the parents, families and whanau of the scholars – what a delight it is to have you share this special day, in these
Dania Gibbs, James Eder, Megan Nelis and Francene Thomas flanked by the Grand Master, Mark Winger and the Deputy Grand Master, Graham Wrigley.
historic surroundings, recognising the wonderful achievements of your children and siblings. To the Scholars of 2019, I extend my personal congratulations and best wishes for your 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. I urge you, the talented leaders of tomorrow, to have pride in your country and carry on the conversation of peace and inclusion both here and wherever else in the world your studies may take you.”
life which, despite loving and caring parents, he felt a sense of shame in not being a normal kid who never owned a pair of shorts. In his later teenage years he went off the rails with alcohol, drugs and reckless driving. When his mother died of cancer, anxiety overtook him but, with the aid of meditation to rewind his mind, he refocussed his and turned to athletics. He approached Paralympics
New Zealand with a goal to compete in the 2016 Games, three years hence. Liam’s objective was blade running and break Usain Bolt’s sprint record. With a degree of public assistance he was able to acquire a pair of $50,000 blades and set about training. Along the way he was in contact with Oscar Pistorius, who gave him valuable advice and whose record he eventually surpassed. Liam concluded his blade running after the games, saying that he had achieved his objective and there was now a new career awaiting, having gained a degree in marketing along the way. Also, he would have had to invest in a new and expensive pair of blades. Liam’s final words. “Celebrate the journey, not the outcome”.
Liam Malone MNZM The Guest speaker, Liam Malone, is a former para-athlete who had his legs amputated at 18 months after being born without fibular bones. Despite difficult early years, he turned himself around and went on to win two gold medals and a silver medal in Blade Running at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. His record breaking wins saw him carry the New Zealand flag at the closing ceremony. Retiring from athletics in 2018, but still competing in iron man competitions, Liam now works with Artificial Intelligence start-up, Soul Machines. This high-tech company reimagines how we connect with machines. Its vision is to humanise AI to better humanity. Liam delivered an eloquent address, interspersed with humour, about his
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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 academic and community achievements follow.
POST GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS Hamideh Gholizadeh
Hamideh is studying towards a PhD at the Auckland University of Technology. Her doctoral project is to develop a new type of nasal pack that helps to reduce the side effects from drugs and eliminates blood loss. Her hope is to make treatment more effective, patients more satisfied, and nasal packs less costly. Starting a sewing business at age 15 in her home country of Iran, her business gradually expanded to become a workshop that employed eight women who designed and made gowns for special occasions. Hamideh’s migration to New Zealand opened a door to her future when she became involved with Conservation Volunteers, doing planting, water sampling and water quality testing. She has also been involved with Whānau Mārama Parenting, which provides parenting courses for parents and whānau of tamariki aged up to the early teens. Vanessa Cameron-Lewis
Vanessa is studying towards a PhD at the University of Auckland. Her doctoral research investigates how sexuality education in New Zealand could better meet the needs of young people and government. Later she hopes to develop a new sexuality programme for use in New Zealand. Vanessa has seen that mentally unwell women are very vulnerable to abuse. She believes these women need a safe space to rebuild their lives and that stable long-term housing is one answer. In 2018 she set up the Womensfield Housing Trust as a first step to providing safe housing for Christchurch women under the Mental Health Act. Mitchell Grout
Mitchell is studying towards a Master of Cyber Security at the University of Waikato. Already with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science,
Cyber security scholar, Mitchell Grout shares his finding with ex-GCSB operative, Tony Fryer.
Jack Woodbury talks music with Freemason Simon Black.
his research is about the cryptanalysis of a particular family of hash functions to help protect sensitive information. Programming since the age of 13, Mitchell’s passion for cyber security has led him to this year, where he is doing practical research with guidance from the both the Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato and members of the Gallagher Group. A top-achieving scholar Mitchell has been awarded the Alan Turing Prize, the Hilbert Prize in Mathematics, and the Dean’s Award for three consecutive years.
already presented her research to the Parliamentary Primary Production Select Committee.
Rose Collis
Rose is studying towards a PhD with the Food Assurance Team at AgResearch and enrolled in the School of Veterinary Science at Massey University. Her doctoral project aims to investigate the prevalence and distribution of antimicrobial resistance factors in dairy farm environments in New Zealand. A key outcome of her research is to identify farm practices that may reduce the burden of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on human and animal health. With a passion for science that started at school, Rose now volunteers for an interactive science programme at primary schools in Palmerston North, introducing students to microbiology. The programme aims to give children a taste of the hidden and exciting world of microbes and how important they are in our day-to-day lives. She has www.freemasonsnz.org
Jack Woodbury
Jack is studying towards a Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) in Music at Victoria University. As part of his studies, Jack recently interned on a full-length film project. He hopes to pursue a career in post-production audio and composition in Wellington’s film industry. A commitment to grassroots volunteering also drives Jack’s time, having shared his skills and knowledge with communities in New Zealand, India and USA. In early 2017 Jack undertook a student exchange at Pennsylvania State University, focusing on his BCom. While there he also wrote a weekly column and reviews for a magazine and hosted a radio show called ‘The Eclectic . Later that year, he spent three months volunteering in Goa and Jaipur, teaching mathematics and English to children in slum communities. Alan Grant
Alan is studying towards a Master in Counselling at the University of Canterbury focussing on the clients preferred outcome instead of the issues that saw them seek therapy. His aim is to offer services in the wider Mackenzie Basin region. He is also interested in using online platforms so that anyone living in remote areas can access counselling services without losing a half day’s work. 23
Counselling has been a mid-life career change for Alan after more than 15 years as a high school teacher. He later hopes to re-enter the education environment through offering counselling services to schools in the region. He has had a longterm involvement in the Meridian Twizel Hard Labour multisport weekend. Libby Pitcher-Twiss
Libby is studying towards a Master of Management in Agribusiness at Lincoln University. She believes New Zealand export businesses must innovate and differentiate themselves from similar businesses to stay competitive. With a
Russell Pratt discusses strategy with Libby Pitcher-Twiss.
passion for “telling the story” of a brand, Libby would like to take her skills overseas and successfully showcase the New Zealand brand. Libby is a Board Member of Community Care Lincoln, a charity that partners with the community to offer support services such as Meals on Wheels. She is responsible for the Community Care Lincoln 2022 Strategic Plan, runs monthly strategic sessions, and sets tasks that contribute to meeting the board’s goals. In 2017 and 2018 Brin Ryder explains his microscope to she received the Lincoln University Greg O’Connor MP. Student Association’s Gold Award for inequality, especially loss of life and Community Engagement. A recipient of productivity to infectious diseases is critthe Prime Minister’s scholarship also saw ically important to improving and susLibby travel to Brazil in 2018. taining life on Earth. In 2018 Brin gained first place for his oral presentation at the Brin Ryder Otago Medical School Research Society’s Brin is studying towards a PhD in PhD Speaker Awards. He also received microbiology and immunology at the best presentation at the Otago Spotlight University of Otago. His doctoral reon Infectious Diseases meeting. He is a search aims to understand the basic biolvolunteer with the Otago SPCA, helping ogy of the early stages of tuberculosis into care for animals without a home in fection. His research will inform vaccine Dunedin, including abandoned animals. development to help prevent this deadly disease. Brin believes that eliminating
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS Auckland University of Technology
University of Auckland
Nadine Tupp
Alex is studying towards a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Auckland. Alex aims to improve the health of people at home and overseas. Interested in ophthalmology, he is inspired by the work of Fred Hollows and Sir Ray Avery. Last year he was involved in two research projects. The first study investigated risk factors Neil Lindsay and outcomes after repeat corneal Neil is studying towards a BSc. He betransplants for Auckland-based patients. lieves that urban environments can affect The second study compared horizontal corneal diameter measurements using corneal topography devices. This year he will spend time at a French hospital. Later he hopes to work for Doctors without Borders.
Nadine is studying towards a Bachelor of Advanced Science Hons. She is studying protected areas in relation to armed conflict, refugees, internally displaced people and the green militarisation in Central Africa. After doing a doctorate, she intends to work with local communities and managers of protected areas in Central Africa to improve the outcomes of national parks. Social equity is one of Nadine’s passions. She has been involved in mental health advocacy, through university working groups, writing articles and running presentations to boards and councils about student mental health. She was also able to get the AUT Student Association certified with a Rainbow Tick to make the Campus a more inclusive place to celebrate diversity.
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to helping them work toward a better future. On campus, Samantha volunteers as a tutor, most recently at the Faculty of Law. Tutoring sees Samantha providing academic and moral support to younger law students. In particular, she tutors fortnightly for the Faculty’s Māori Academic Programme, a role in which she provides academic, moral and cultural support to Part II Māori students.
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Neil Lindsay studies Auckland urban sprawl with architect Barry Millage
a person’s sense of isolation. He hopes to help guide policy about mental health and urban planning. Neil has done training with Anxiety New Zealand to help people with anxiety disorders and is currently a helpline volunteer. He has also been a research volunteer for the Early Learning Lab at the School of Psychology. In that role he helped on studies relating to cooperation Quin Leong explains her family heritage to in early childhood. A natural entertainer, Freemason Mark Dresser. Neil plays the trombone, tuba, and bass Dance Nationals. She has taught classes guitar. at the Drury Lane Dance Studio and been involved in the university’s Unity Dance University of Waikato Collective. She has also performed at Xavia Fraser charitable events, including raising money Xavia is studying towards a Bachelor of for Waikato’s Rainbow Place at Hospice. Teaching (Primary) and aspires to be a leader in education. She hopes to teach Francene Thomas children how to persevere through From Kaitaia, Francene is studying adversity and teach tomorrow’s leaders towards a Bachelor of Social Sciences how to interact, learn and excel. It is (Honours), majoring in psychology. She within, for and because of her communi- hopes to do postgraduate studies in cogty that Xavia stands on a firm foundation nitive psychology. of tangata whenuatanga: the knowledge As a research assistant in the uniof who she is, where she is from, and versity’s Applied Cognitive Psychology who she belongs to. As kaiāwhina in the Laboratory, Francene has worked with faculty’s Māori Mentoring Unit, Xavia the Transport Research Group on signifalso spends much of her time devoted icant projects funded by the NZTA and towards providing academic, pastoral the AA Research Foundation. She has and procedural support to other Māori also been a resource worker at Oranga studying teaching. Tamariki. Francene has completed more than 250 volunteer community service hours in the Northland and Waikato regions, including mentoring at-risk youth for the Blue Light holiday programme. Francene has also won trophies in Thai Boxing.
Xavia Fraser shares Dr Seuss with Dianne Monson.
Quin Leong
Quin is studying towards a conjoint Bachelor of Business Analysis (Financial) and LLB. She has accepted a graduate role at PwC, and is aiming to gain her Chartered Accountancy qualifications. Dancing has been Quin’s other passion since childhood. She has achieved success at national competitions, in hip hop and jazz at the NZ Association of Modern
Hannah Hawley
Hannah is undertaking a BSc, majoring in biochemistry and genetics. She hopes to work as an academic in both fields. Hannah also holds 21 national records in archery, has been selected five times to represent New Zealand. In 2018 she captained the Trans-Tasman Youth Team and was co-chairperson of the organising committee for the 2018 Archery NZ National Championships. She wrote the official health and safety documents and liaised with local businesses to secure sponsorship. Monique Neal
Monique is undertaking a Bachelor of Business Studies at the Albany Campus. She hopes to both help people achieve business success and improve their lives. This year, Monique is one of 10 Auckland students hand-picked for Google’s first Programmatic Marketing Academy. Monique also currently interns for a psychometrics consultancy business. For over five years, she was an integral team member at a branch of The Mad Butcher, a business well known for supporting local communities. Using clear communication skills in her studies and beyond, Monique is well-placed for a career in marketing or human resource management.
Victoria University of Wellington Leah Bell
Leah is studying towards a BA in English literature and in history. Her future is focused on ensuring that Kiwis comMassey University memorate significant events and that New Zealand history is increasingly Dania Gibbs Dania is undertaking a BSc, majoring acknowledged and taught in schools. in psychology and minoring in mental Leah has already co-led a petition that health. She hopes to become a clinical resulted in Parliament announcing a psychologist. She would also like to become a police officer to help victims, prevent offenders re-offending, and improve mental health services. Concerned about the standard of mental healthcare in New Zealand, Daina believes many crimes happen because mental health services are absent. She would like to help victims and reduce the chances of offenders re-offending. From 2010 to 2016 she represented New Zealand as an inline speed skater. Freemason Nick Best shares history with Leah Bell.
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national commemoration day for the New Zealand Wars. A talented speaker, the campaign required Leah to lead various groups. As one referee noted, “To hear Leah talk about the learning journey she and her fellow students from Ōtorohanga College went on from the day they attended the 150th commemoration of the Rangiaowhia invasion through to the day that Parliament announced a national commemoration day for the New Zealand Wars is more than inspirational.” Nopera Dennis-McCarthy
Nopera is, studying towards a BA and LLB Hons, focussing on Political Science and International Relations. He hopes to work in a legal firm or in the public sector. Nopera is motivated by the desire to gain the tools needed to help his iwi and hapu navigate the legal system. As the Scholar chosen to represent the recipients, Nopera’s story is covered elsewhere in this article. Ned Treacher
Ned is, studying towards his BSc Hons degree with Physics as the focus. He aims to become a researcher in materials science and would like to work in an academic institution or in a research and development role in the private sector. Committed to community involvement,. Until the end of 2018, Ned volunteered for Disability Services on campus. In that role, he spent two years taking notes and a year managing and training a team of note-takers. Outside university, Ned is a senior member of a local Aikido martial arts club.
University of Canterbury James Eder
James is studying towards a BA Hons, majoring in philosophy. His research is focused on the ethics and politics of suicide. As an event manager in the executive team of the Student Volunteer Army, in February he led the planning for the ‘Big Give’. An estimated 720 volunteers planted 500 trees and did weeding and mulching in the Styx River catchment. In 2017 James studied English and Philosophy while on exchange at Purdue University in Indiana.
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Megan is studying towards a Bachelor of Health Science, majoring in public health. She sees her future in creating and promoting strategies that support organisations focused on mental health. A voice of hope to people with mental health issues, Megan runs a mental health recovery blog that aims to make people more aware of the importance of mental wellbeing and fitness. Through this, Megan shares her personal experiences, provides support and offers guidance to anyone who knows someone struggling with mental health issues. Also, by working as a hospital aide in Christchurch Public Hospital, Megan has gained further insight into the health and wellbeing of patients on wards.
Georgia Cook
Georgia is studying towards a BSc, majoring in human nutrition. She hopes to work clinically in hospitals or private practice, and perhaps in the horticulture industry. For an in depth story on Georgia please refer to the Motivated to serve others story in this issue. Jared Monk
Jared is studying towards a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. Keenly interested in the public health aspect of dentistry, he hopes to get involved with rural communities, particularly on the West Coast where he grew up. Since 2016 Jared has volunteered as a sports paramedic at the Otago Sports Injury Clinic, which provides acute triage and injury manageGeorge Stillwell ment for sportspeople in the region. He George is studying towards a PhD in has helped at the New Zealand Masters Bioengineering. His research project Games, regional track meets, and nationaims to help people with tetraplegia who al football and basketball competitions. have suffered spinal injuries that have left them with complete paralysis of the legs and torso and partial paralysis of the arms. George aims to become a Chartered Professional Engineer and create products that will improve the daily lives of people with poor motor control. Having a younger brother with Williams Syndrome, a genetic condition characterised by medical problems such as cardiovascular disease, developmental delays and learning disa- Doran Munro hears about nanotechnology bilities, George has volunteered as a car- from Jared Monk. egiver at camps run by the NZ Williams Syndrome Association. Hetal Shukia Lincoln University A research project in the field of paediatric dentistry leads Hetal towards Megan Fitzgerald Megan, who is studying towards a an honours degree. With an interest in Masters of Commerce (Agriculture), is public dentistry, she intends to devote motivated by the challenge of how the much of her career to providing dental world is going to feed itself. Her research care to people most in need. Travelling will assess the potential for establishing to Samoa this year as part of her clinical a value chain in Malawi Africa, which placement, Hetal is working closely with will explore how Intubwi smallholders the Samoan community. In 2017 she in Malawi produce and supply fresh won the Lumino Denistry third year vegetables to local tourist lodges. In the prize as the student with the best overall future, Megan hopes to use integrated academic and clinical performance. approaches to solve complex issues in the Passionate about her Indian heritage relationship between agriculture, people, and cultural diversity, Hetal is involved and the environment. Megan has also with the Indian Students’ Association. volunteered as a trained first responder The Korean martial art of taekwondo is Hetal’s other passion. In 2010 she repwith St Johns ambulance. resented New Zealand and also won the university’s Performance Scholarship. www.freemasonsnz.org
The privilege of reply
Nopera Dennis-McCarthy Each year, at the Freemasons University Scholarships, one recipient is selected to respond on behalf of the fellow scholars. This year the honour has gone to undergraduate scholar, Nopera Dennis-McCarthy, currently studying at Victoria University of Wellington. The following is an abbreviated text of his response.
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feel immensely humbled to stand here before you all today and deliver this speech. In particular, I feel very blessed to be in the company of such outstanding members of the communities throughout Aotearoa. I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of my fellow scholarship winners and it is heart-warming to hear of your passion for your communities, for your academic subjects, and for achieving and fighting for your goals. Similarly, I have also been fortunate to meet with some of the Freemasons here today. I want to acknowledge and sincerely thank you, both for providing these wonderful opportunities in the form of scholarships for us, and for your unswerving commitment to ensuring charitable support to a varied range of organisations and people across Aotearoa. “Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari he toa takitini” This has been translated in a number of ways, but is often interpreted as meaning: “Success is not the work of one, but the work of many” or in another way: “my success comes from the
gifts, talents and strengths of my whanau my iwi, and my tūpuna.” To me this whakatauki espouses three things which my fellow scholars have reflected in their mahi which is being celebrated today: community, diversity and humility.
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inside these communities who dare us to dream brighter and aim higher. To me this whakatauki also reflects the diversity we have in the room today. As a nation, our diversity is our strength. The fact that us, our family and our ancestors have all travelled different journeys to be here today is something worth recognising. It means that there is an increasingly varied and more diverse range of world views, of beliefs and of experiences which we have in our lives and which we can call on to both solve problems and promote tolerance. This whakatauki represents the notion of humility. We can all recognise that our success not only comes from our own hard mahi, but from those who came before us today. I’d like to thank the Freemasons once again for your generous support, and wish my fellow scholars all the very best in their future endeavours. Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui. No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena ra tatou katoa.” Text Morris Robertson Photos Neil Mackenzie 27
The Lawson-Smith legacy continues Freemason, Maxwell Lawson-Smith, made provision in his will to endow, in his name, an Education Trust, which provides $10,000 scholarships to students in their fourth or final year of a Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree at Massey University. It also provides $5,000 scholarships to students in their third and final year of a Bachelor of Veterinary Technology. Students must have consistently high grades and actively volunteer and support their community. In this third year of the scholarships, the Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Trust has awarded four scholarships. Anna Schroeder is drawn to the racing industry
Anna Schroeder, from, Palmerston North is in her fourth year of study towards a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at Massey University. Growing up around horses and competing in equestrian events, Anna has since developed a passion for animal health and welfare in the equine industry. Having completed a BSc majoring in biochemistry, Anna is well on her way to becoming an equine or production veterinarian. Anna continues to work part time at the racing stables at the Awapuni racetrack. There, she also experiences the realities of running racing stables. She is a member of the Equine and Cloven Hoof Clubs at Massey. Equally passionate about engaging with people, Anna has spent time as a Kiwi Host, living with and mentoring international students. She values all her community roles as they provide the opportunity to work with people to promote the welfare of animals.
aspects of the profession. She is on the Executive Committee of the Student Veterinary Business Society where, as Director of External Relations, she liaises with industry professionals who support veterinary students by hosting workshops and attending conferences. Tarryn Walker has a passion for horses
Tarryn Walker from Puhoi, who is completing her Bachelor of Veterinary Science says that her dream of becoming a veterinarian stems from her passion for horses and competing in eventing. A past Massey University Ambassador for the Manawatu campus, Tarryn helped the recruitment team with events, especially those focused on Veterinary Science. The role of ambassador is offered to few students each year. In 2017 and 2018 Tarryn was the only student representing Veterinary Science. To further her knowledge of production animals, Tarryn joined the Cloven Hoof Appreciation Club and was co-president
in 2018. Her role included helping to get production veterinarians and veterinary industry speakers to visit the university to talk with students. Bayley Coster aims to work with exotic animals
Bayley Coster from Tauranga is studying for a Bachelor of Veterinary Technology. After graduating, she plans to work in a mixed practice environment. She would also welcome the opportunity to craft a career working with native animals or exotic animals overseas. An interest in sport started back at school where Bayley was in the 1st XI football team and captain of the Equestrian team. That journey led to her playing for the Massey University’s Women’s Football team in 2017 and 2018. Two highlights from her final year at high school were being awarded Māori Dux for achievement and being involved in the Young Enterprise Scheme. Text Morris Robertson Photo Neil Mackenzie
Miranda Tong has a focus on diagnostic imaging
Miranda Tong from Auckland is completing her Bachelor of Veterinary Science. Miranda views community involvement as mutualistic because it allows an exchange of time and skill for the privilege of learning and making a difference. After graduating, Miranda intends to complete an internship and residency so she can specialise in either diagnostic imaging or surgery, with her particular interest in diagnostic imaging is due to its problem-solving nature. Miranda was secretary of the Massey Veterinary Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Club, where she recruited speakers for the club’s talks. She is keen to get students involved in the business 28
Lawson-Smith veterinary scholars, from left Bayley Coster, Anna Schroeder, Miranda Tong and Tarryn Walker with an unnamed and inert dog.
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Freemasonry – where does it all come from? I
need to get three things off my chest. The first is the reticence that some Brethren have in talking about the spirit of Freemasonry, Freemasons who have a fear of even thinking about spirituality. This could be that they confuse it with religion and fear that thinking about spirituality will conflict with their religious beliefs. This won’t happen because the two concepts are very different. So, what do we mean by spirituality? Material things exist in the physical worlds, such as our homes, our jobs, our car, our money. Spiritual things are not physical. Here are a few of the things I think of as spiritual: love, knowledge, truth and there are more but these will do for this short article. None of these are material things although you can see them in action. We talk of love as being in our hearts, but you can’t cut open someone’s heart and see love, but you can watch it in action. We think of knowledge as being inside our brains, but you can’t dissect a brain and see knowledge? And what of truth? We can see when someone is telling the truth and when they are not but as it is not physical in itself we cannot see truth, only its application. So, can we say that love, especially brotherly love is a spiritual quality? Can we say that a Freemason leading a truthful, loving, honest life leads to spirituality in Freemasonry? Can we get Freemasons discussing the spirit of freemasonry? The second thing to get off my chest is the general lack of knowledge amongst Freemasons of important events and people who shaped our fraternity. Events like the Regius Manuscript, the Schaw Statutes and characters such as Dr John Desaguliers, William Preston, Elias Ashmole and Sir Christopher Wren, some of the famous names in Freemasonry. What were the two documents and what did these men do for modern Freemasonry? The Regius Manuscript (sometimes written as Regius MS and sometimes
known as The Regius Poem because it was written in rhyming verse) is the oldest masonic document in existence written sometime between 1390 and 1445. In fifteen verses it sets out rules for a mason to be a good man and true, believing in the Supreme Being, attending Lodge regularly, taking on apprentices, practicing grammar, dialect, rhetoric,
music, astronomy, arithmetic, geometry. Where have we seen these seven topics before? The Regius MS lays down the foundation rules for the Craft. It is called Regius because it was found in the King’s library of the British Museum, probably presented as a coronation gift and filed away never to see the light of day, until discovered by James Halliwell sometime in 1830s during cataloguing. It is probable that this MS is connected to the Schaw Statutes. William Schaw was a Scot who worked directly for King James VI of Scotland (1567–1625) as his Master of Works overseeing and organising all the stonemasons in Scotland and managing their work. In 1590s Schaw drew up the first set of rules and regulations to ensure quality workmanship throughout all the
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independent stonemasons’ lodges in Scotland and had a hard job enforcing them (seems like no-one wanted change even in those days) but eventually the second draft in 1599 proved acceptable, was adopted by most working lodges and became known as The Schaw Statutes. These lay down the working practices for stonemasons and like the Regius MS embed a moral code of conduct as well. The Regius MS and the Schaw Statutes set the scene for formalising what were to become known as The Guilds, the headquarters and administrative centres of the crafts, trades and professions. These Guilds became powerful bodies electing Lord Mayors and aldermen – good institutions to belong to even if you didn’t belong to that particular Craft, trade or profession. Schaw could see the worth of King James becoming a Freemason and the King was initiated into The Lodge of Scone in 1601. Many of the royal courtiers followed suit. This was probably the beginning of our modern lodges admitting non-stonemasons. Scottish Lodges have always had a mix of operative and speculating members since then. Dr John Desaguliers (most of us can’t even pronounce his name) was an ardent Freemason, one of the founders of the Grand Lodge of London formed in 1717 and the third Grand Master. His family fled their native France to England during religious persecution. Desaguliers was educated at Oxford University, became an engineer of great repute and eventually settled in London. Click here for more: www.masonicdictionary.com/ desaguliers.html Thirdly, The Royal Society in 1660 has connections with our fraternity of Freemasons. Some of the founders and many of the early members were Freemasons interested in science (called Natural Philosophy in those days). We will investigate this further at another time. VWBro George Allan PGLec
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Hands on for speak up Te Aroha BMX track project shows how community projects can benefit a Lodge Nearly three years on since its launch, the SPEAK UP campaign is to be carried over into the new triennium. There are many ways to speak up with active participation in a local community being one of them. The following is such an example, one which could be replicated in many communities throughout New Zealand.
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MX is a cycle sport in which riders race on purpose-built off-road tracks. It became an Olympic sport in 2008. The Te Aroha BMX Club started out in 2013, the first two years were spent drawing up plans, becoming an incorporated society and sourcing dirt to build a track. The project was then put on hold due to the lack of funds and volunteers. However, in mid 2016 the club was reignited by a passionate BMX couple, Alana and Mark Jenkins. With their drive, the Club was able to gain support from local businesses, which have undertaken work and services at a minimal rate to cover expenses, while donating the labour. The Matamata Piako District Council supported the project by providing land and donating money to get the bulk earthworks undertaken. Noting that the BMX Club members had managed to complete the bones of the project and associated equipment established the Brethren of Lodge Te Aroha
Action on the track.
No. 52 expressed a desire to step in to help in its completion. This help included physical input from the younger masons resulting in direct contact with the local community, a good opportunity to SPEAK UP. With many of the BMX Club members being families involving parents in the 30–40 age group, this participation is expected to encourage younger men into the Lodge and it is indeed bearing fruit. The shortfall of money required to
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complete the project, over and above club fund raising and the voluntary services was $11,800, Te Aroha Lodge was able to contribute $3,800, which was topped up by a further $8,000 from The Freemasons Charity. The contribution of the Te Aroha Freemasons is to be prominently displayed on the site The track was completed in December 2018 and it became affiliated with BMX New Zealand at the start of 2019. At the Oceania Championships in Te Awamutu on January 19, there were five members representing Te Aroha for the first time. With affiliation, the club members will be able to race anywhere in New Zealand for Te Aroha and host events itself. The Te Aroha Club has riders from as young as two to 13-years-old, with some obtaining New Zealand rankings.
Smaller grants can make a big difference The Freemasons Charity is able to use its funds, accumulated due to the generosity of Freemasons, coupled with prudent investments, to support a wide range of people and projects. While some projects are large, particularly those associated with medical research, it is often the small community grants which make a big difference as evidenced in the following project.
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aungakaramea School’s community is the rural village of the same name, 23 km southwest of Whangarei. The village is the centre of an agricultural and horticultural farming community. The village has comprehensive sporting facilities, a social hall, retirement village, saleyards, three churches, a play centre, service station, shop, postal delivery centre and a number of active voluntary organisations. Maungakaramea School is a co-educational, full primary state school, which has been functioning in the community since 1875. It is a U2 school with a staff of 3 teachers, one principal, one teacher aide, a caretaker and one administration officer. The school’s decile rating is 5. The school is situated on a flat, welldrained, 1.42-hectare block of volcanic land. The grassed area is used for winter and summer sports activities as well as physical education and free play. There is also a new turf multi-sport court area, a swimming pool, a concrete cricket wicket and two barked playgrounds. Lawn areas are attractively arranged with established trees, shrubs and planted gardens. A feature is the old puriri tree that generations of Maungakaramea School pupils have played on. During 2015 the school developed a new outdoor learning area as part of the modern learning environment. This area is used for learning outside the classroom, playtime activities and by the wider community as a recreational area. With the school library stuck in the pre-digital
The library computer in use.
age, Lodge Whangarei No. 102 came to the rescue with a contribution of $300, raised by a soup luncheon and supported by a grant of $2,160 from The Freemasons Charity, to enable the provision of a computer. Children are now able to access the library at any time undertake research from a vast array of resources. In a letter of thanks to The Freemasons Charity, Board of Trustees Chairperson, Luana Misa, said. “This donation has made it possible for our students to borrow books anytime and made the school library accessible to students who can search for resources via a web browser, look up a book, order a book, access print and other digital materials. This facility allows students to be excited about finding and using materials that enhance their studies. We really appreciate your interest in our school. On behalf of our students, staff and community we thank you for taking the time to invest in us.”
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All good things must come to an end This issue of the magazine is last in which I will be making a regular contribution. In early 2010 I was asked if I would assist the then Editor by writing some copy for the magazine. Shortly after this I was invited to join the Publications Committee and, more or less by accident, I became the Editor, initially for one edition, which turned into four years. When I became fully absorbed, by default, in the editorship, I set about to modernise its appearance, give it structure and direct it away from an inwards focus towards promoting what we do to benefit the community at large. It could also be described as a prequel to Speak up for Freemasonry. Since relinquishing the role of Editor, I have continued to research write and develop stories related to The Freemasons Charity. There is a wealth of material out there just waiting to be crafted into stories. When I first became involved with the magazine it was the primary source of news for Freemasons. However, with the growth in Social Media, news items are stale before they can be published in hard copy. The time may be right for a rationalisation and coordination of our various communications. Finally, I would like to thank all those who have contributed material and the other support I have had. I give special thanks to the Designer, Matthew Bartlett, who has so willingly adopted and enhanced my layout ideas over the past decade. Time to sit back and relax. Or not as the case may be! WBro Morris Robertson QSM PG StdB PM Westminster Lodge No.308
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Heartland Bank Freemasons Scholars 2019 With a retrospective to 2018 The 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 2019, 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. They must also demonstrate good citizenship and be involved in some form of community activity.
Northern Division: Nu’umoe Duffy A former pupil and Head Girl of Cambridge High School, Nu’umoe is currently studying for the first year of a BSc at Auckland University, majoring in biomedical Science. Following this she hopes to gain entry to a Medical School to eventually become a doctor. At Cambridge High, Nu’umoe excelled in science, mathematics and music, especially classical guitar, with NCEA excellence endorsements. She played volleyball and netball competitively, was Captain of the Senior A volleyball team and coached the junior team. In addition, she was a Peer Support leader and lead actor in several school productions. high school she was a member of Leos, Nu’umoe has achieved a great record leading to selection for the 2017/18 Lions for community involvement. While at International Young Leaders Camp. In
her final year, Nu’umoe joined Plastic Bag Free Cambridge, hosting multiple sewing bees, which repurposed second hand fabric to make boomerang bags. Other community activities included kitchen assistant preparing and cooking meals for 40 rest home residents as well as performing music for them. In terms of a future career, Nu’umoe has aspirations to become a General Practitioner where she can give back to the community she was raised in. In her own words. “I believe in the saying that it takes a village to raise a child and without all the opportunities I have been given here in Aotearoa, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.”
Central Division: Holly Chamberlain A former student of Sacred Heart College, Napier, Holly’s future career ambition was sparked when she suffered a sports injury from cheerleading which resulted in her having to quit the sport in order to recover, Chiropractic care helped her to get back to a pain free life. Through seeing a chiropractor several times a month, Holly determined that it could be her future career. She was successful, during her final two years at college, to obtain a job as an assistant at a Chiropractic clinic, which also involved community days providing free chiropractic care, including to sheep shearers during their competitions. 32
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the Lodge Waikaremoana Brethren with car parking at the Wairoa A&P show. Holly’s proposed course of study is to achieve a Diploma of Applied Science in PreChiropractic at Auckland University of Technology and then seek entry into the NZ College of Chiropractic, eventually returning to Napier to practice.
Southern Division: Mitchell Quested Mitchell’s field of study takes us back 500 years to the origins of modern Freemasonry. He is enrolled for a Certificate in Construction Stonemasonry, with the ambition for a career as an Operative Mason. His study is being undertaken at the Cromwell Campus of Otago Polytechnic. A former Head Student and Proxime Accessit in 2018 at East Otago High School, located in Palmerston, Mitchell received a number of awards during his school career. These included awards for Geography, Materials Technology and Leadership. Last year he was selected by the Otago Daily Times for outstanding achievement to be a member of Class Act 2018. His certificate was presented by the Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister.
In the wider field of activity, Mitchell was a member High School Orchestra, Selected Speaker for the Palmerston ANZAC memorial service and assisted with assembling the Palmerston A&P Show, both in 2018. On the cultural side, he has been learning the violin and plans to continue with his lessons. What of the future for stonemasons in New Zealand? To quote Michael Dacombe, Lecturer at New Zealand’s only full-time stonemasonry course, based at the Cromwell campus. “There are so many job opportunities in stonemasonry, whether it be working for yourself or someone else. With the building boom in NZ, there is a real skills shortage for qualified stonemasons, and to top it off it’s a great career to travel with.”
News from a previous recipient Last year’s Central Division recipient, Anneke Mayhead, has reported back to The Freemasons Charity, one year on from receiving her Heartland Bank Scholarship. Anneke’s story has similarities with this year’s recipients. Like Holly Chamberlain, she attended High School in Napier and has family connections in Wairoa. Like Nu’umoe Duffy, she is on her way to becoming a doctor. Anneke writes “I wish to express my gratitude for the Heartland Bank Freemasons Scholarship I received in 2018 to assist with my university studies. I have now finished my first year at the University of Otago. 2018 has been very busy, but also a lot of fun and I was keen to return to Dunedin at the beginning of February. Last year I studied First Year Health Science, where I took the seven core papers of Human Body Systems (1&2), Chemistry, Physics, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Epidemiology, as well as undertaking an optional 8th paper on Maori Society in my second semester. I found all of these papers really interesting and especially enjoyed the labs in cell biology and biochemistry. At the start of this year I received some exciting news - that I had been accepted into Medical School. I began the MBChB
degree in the middle of February, and have another five years of study at the Otago campus, as well as in the hospital from 4th year onwards, before I graduate. The main difference I have found between high school and university is the workload. I found the concepts I learnt about in the past year weren’t particularly hard to grasp although a lot of the content was new, the topics developed on from areas covered by NCEA, which made it easier to understand. The thing I found difficult to adjust to was that there is a lot of content covered, things I would spend two weeks learning about at high school were covered in one lecture at university and not mentioned again until revision lectures at the end of the semester, so I had to make an effort to keep up as I went along as it was so easy to fall behind. In Dunedin, I stayed at the residential college Arana. This is the second biggest college at Otago with about 400
Anneke, flanked by her parents, at the 2018 presentation in Palmerston North.
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residents. I was fortunate to be placed in one of the newer buildings, and equally as fortunate to get along well with the other members of my floor. In my spare time I enjoy tramping and completed the Rakiura Track in Stewart Island in October. I also played hockey for the Taieri Hockey Club and enjoyed playing in the weekly games. Through Arana, I have also had the chance to get involved in some volunteering opportunities where we helped with the poppies for ANZAC Day and travelled to Orokonui Eco Sanctuary to help with track maintenance and plantings. Whilst I was home I continued helping at the Wairoa Yacht Club and with the Whio Recovery Programme. I am extremely grateful for the financial support I have received from the Central Division of Freemasonry and the Heartland Bank through the award of the scholarship.” Yours sincerely, Anneke Mayhead. A common theme amongst the Heartland Bank recipients, when they report back, is that the scholarships enable them to limit the amount of part time work they need to stay afloat, thus allowing better concentration on their studies. Morris Robertson 33
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A multitude of achievements sets a high bar Freemasons University Scholar, Georgia Cook, from the Coromandel town of Thames and not yet 21, has already accumulated a multitude of skills and awards, most in the interests of service to others. Georgia’s CV is an outstanding example of what the community service aspect of the Freemasons Scholarships is all about.
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Thames. “I was fortunate enough to grow up in a relatively rural community on the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. From an early age, I was encouraged to get involved in lots of different opportunities the community had to offer. More often than not, parents or grandparents voluntarily run the afterschool activities
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how much my community had given me, and how important it was that I find ways to give back.” Georgia was a member of the Thames High School Council for three years, deputy head in her final year, a school tutor and ball committee member. While there she completed all three levels of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and was awarded the Leavers Cup for significant contribution to the school and community. She believes that her involvement in the community reflects the Freemason’s qualities of integrity and goodwill. She been well-involved in her hometown community of Thames for many years in various roles, including netball umpiring and gymnastics coaching, fire brigade, community projects and events. From 2010–16 she was recreational gymnastics coach at Thames Gymsports. This required two hours of coaching each week, plus session planning for 60 students aged 4–13. During this time she completed her coaching qualifications
LEFT Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade members, Georgia second from left. BELOW Brigade Honours night 2005. From left, Coromandel MP Scott Simpson, Georgia, Jim Maxwell (then Deputy Chief Fire Officer) and Michelle Hayes.
in the team coaching programme called Xtend and worked her way up to Assistant Head Coach. In this role she helped run five Gymsports events which involved most primary schools on the Coromandel Peninsula. Between 201215, Georgia spent 6-10 hours each week during the summer netball season, umpiring for junior and senior social, competitive club and representative netball. In 2015, Georgia applied for youth funding from the Thames Coromandel District Council and led a project constructing a bridge on the Karaka Creek Track. The purpose of the bridge was to improve the accessibility of the walking track and was designed to take the weight of a 1.5 tonne digger for future track maintenance. Also in 2015, at age 17, Georgia joined the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade as a recruit firefighter. She credits being
a firefighter as helping her challenge herself and grow as a person. The Brigade is not only called out to fire-related incidents; it also responds to motor vehicle accidents, medical events, and disasters, such as flooding. Georgia remains active in the brigade on semester breaks and over summer, including with the Pauanui Volunteer Fire Brigade which is small and often short of crew. After graduating, she intends to continue her training and move up the ranks. In 2016 she was also awarded the trophy for the most conscientious firefighter of the year, by the Thames Brigade. As Georgia says. “During my time in the Brigade I have been exposed to situations I wouldn’t have otherwise experienced and it has given me a greater perspective on life.”
In December 2015 Georgia travelled to Vietnam for three weeks. She spent the first week in a little rural town called Na Cho, population 200. Her group spent a week living with the locals and worked each day on building a dam. The people living there are farmers and the purpose of the project was to improve their ability to successfully grow crops by controlling irrigation. Commenting on the presentation ceremony Georgia says. “I thoroughly enjoyed gaining insight to the freemasons ‘way’ during the Grand Master’s speech. With a great grandfather and grandfather who were freemasons, perhaps it is not a coincidence that I have been encouraged from a young age to uphold these qualities such as integrity, goodwill and charity. Learning more about Freemasonry and meeting many members at the presentation made receiving this scholarship so much more special, as it was so gratifying to know that an organisation whose collective morals and qualities I rate so highly, considered me a worthy applicant. I felt so privileged to be among such a high calibre of recipients and to be able to attend the award presentation at Parliament.” Where to from here? Georgia will shortly celebrate her 21st birthday. With what she has accomplished so far it is almost impossible to imagine what she could achieve in the future. Morris Robertson
Georgia with Nam Cho children.
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Our Freemasons brain disease scholars are top achievers There is no doubt that Freemasons have made a significant contribution to the health of New Zealanders. Over the years the Craft has helped to improve the lives of children and adults of all ages. In these times the Foundation is continuing that role through our support of medical research.
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t requires substantial funding for a few scientists to spend a great deal of time to explore the hidden mysteries of our bodies and minds. Occasionally there are spectacular discoveries but usually progress is marked by many small steps towards the ever-elusive break-through. Such is the case with our long-time association with the University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research. A report from one of those researchers demonstrates that our funding is allowing amazingly talented young people to make real progress.
Recognition. Cover photo from Malvindar’s work
Dr Malvindar Singh-Bains is a Freemasons Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with precious tissue samples from the Human Brain Bank at the Centre for Brain Research. Malvindar’s research has aimed to uncover new potential drug targets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Using equipment, also donated by the Freemasons, Malvindar has found new indicators of Alzheimer’s disease in a region of the brain that was previously thought to be unaffected. 36
‘Your generous funding has allowed me to conduct world class research for the benefit of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other brain diseases and I’m proud to say that I have made some new discoveries that advance our knowledge. I have become a more independent investigator, mentoring and supervising First Class Biomedical Science Masters and Honours graduates, fostering our growing research community here in New Zealand. They are now PhD students leading the field in human brain Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s research’.
‘The quiet benevolence of the Freemasons in modern New Zealand is hugely impressive, ranging from support of opera, orchestras and literature, to facilitating discoveries and education in science and the environment”. University of Auckland Public Orator, Professor Paul Rishworth
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During the Freemasons Fellowship Malvindar has been recognised both nationally and internationally. One of the top five clinical neurology journals in the world, ‘Annals of Neurology’, accepted her research and used an image from this research on their cover. She has presented Huntington’s disease data at the Hereditary Disease Foundation Conference in Cambridge, USA and visited the Massachusetts General Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MIND) in Boston, where, through her human brain tissue research, Malvindar is now a contributor to a new research programme. In New Zealand her commitment to promoting brain health and awareness of neurodegenerative diseases has resulted in recognition in a number of ways; as a top-three finalist in both 2015 and 2016 for the University of Auckland Young New Zealander of the year award; as the Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame Young Achiever presented by the Indian High Commissioner in 2016: in 2018 named as one of the top five women in the Health and Science category for ‘NEXT’ magazine Woman of the Year: and in 2019, she won the Kiwibank Hero Award Medal, as well as being a nominee for New Zealander of the Year. ‘I am grateful to the Freemasons for the research and personal opportunities this fellowship has provided. Whether it’s a humanitarian visit to the Philippines to set up a Brain Bank, or utilising 2 minutes of fame at an awards night to talk about good brain food, or educating the young and old about positive brain health awareness, I never miss an opportunity to do justice to the Freemasons and your motto to help others. Thank you’.
Freemasons opera artists a feast of talent The flow of raw young opera singers that pass through the ranks of New Zealand Opera’s Freemasons Artists programme is a river of potential stars. All of the participants grow with the experience of spending time with our national opera company, receiving specialist training and on-stage opportunities made possible through our support.
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We are delighted with some recent successes. Tenor Filipe Manu, and former Freemasons Artist, has been chosen by the Royal Opera House in London to join the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, one of only five singers selected from 501 applicants from 61 countries across the globe. Tenor Manase Latu, a current Freemasons Artist with New Zealand Opera, won the Dame Malvina Major Aria Competition in Napier in April. And now you have an opportunity to enjoy some of these upcoming stars in an intimate setting with a first class meal. Join us in September for the 2019 Freemasons Foundation Opera Dinners. For bookings contact the respective Club directly.
London-bound Filipe Manu with Katherine McIndoe
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Bridging the gap The opportunity for trade skills scholarships While this issue of New Zealand Freemason reports extensively on the 2019 Freemasons University Scholarships, now in the 41st year, there could also be an opportunity to extend the concept into the trades area, particularly where skills shortages have a major effect on the building industry. The scholarships, which are a current partnership between Manawatu Kilwinning Lodge No. 47, Master Builders and UCOL may provide the answer.
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he March issue of New Zealand Free New Zealand Diploma in Architectural Thomas Monaghan, a Junior Project mason reported on the third year Technology at UCOL. Manager at Shane Stone Builders in Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship Whanganui, said he was keen to get a for qualified tradespeople in the conbroader overview of the industry, because struction industry wishing to upskill. Project Managers need to know all aspects Scholarships for the year, worth $6,000 leading to the successful completion of each, were awarded to Construction a building project. Cameron McIntosh, workers Thomas Monaghan and already a Construction Manager for Cameron McIntosh, who were looking Landmark Homes Manawatu is using to add quantity surveying, essential to the scholarship to complete the Quantity project cost control, to their skillsets. Surveying strand of the New Zealand The Manawatu Scholarship recipients Diploma in Construction with the objechave the option of studying the New tive of covering a range of construction Zealand Diploma in Business, the New industry skills. Zealand Diploma in Construction, or the Tom Monaghan swaps tools for a desk job.
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While UCOL in Palmerston North has been the key partner in these awards there is a growing need and potential for extending the programme to a much wider base.
in project management to bridge the gap between the building professions, such as architects and engineers, and the trade trained technicians.
Fundamental issues
The sponsors of the Willson Lewis scholarships are on the right track but the question is, how to take the next step. The path to the answer threads through the Polytechnics. The Government’s intention to merge vocational training into one entity, while it has its downsides, if it comes to pass it may provide the answer in the form of one organisation with
There are historical perceptions that trade qualifications are inferior to university degrees. In a story in the Dominion Post of February 5, there is reference to the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation lobbying to raise the ranking of trades in the national qualifications system now under review. Chief Executive, Warwick Quinn, is quoted as saying. “ Vocational training and qualifications were regarded as inferior to academic training and that was reflected in the trades positions on the NZQA Framework.” Therein lies the crunch. While the building industry has become much more complex the development of skills need to manage the change have lagged behind.. In a recent issue of the Building Research Association magazine, BUILD, writer, Trevor Pringle, sets out to define Project Management. He notes that The Project Management Institute characterises it as “the art of directing and coordinating human resources throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, cost, time, quality and participating objectives. Trevor Pringle goes on to ask if current practice is really the best way and, in relation to a current hot topic, if bespoke housing is really the best way. Trevor’s analysis of the skills required set for future construction managers is best conveyed in the accompanying chart. In November 2018, MBIE issued a report entitled Smarter Compliance Pathways. The objectives of the report included raising the base level of understanding the Building Code, reducing friction points between Building Consent Authorities and the industry, and enhancing the understanding of emerging building technologies. This, coupled with recent building company collapses, highlights the need for a quantum leap
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be welcomed into the care of sponsoring Lodges and they could be encouraged to parallel their operative progress with the steps in today’s speculative Freemasonry. This is a thought that could be well received by our Brethren. In summary, this could be an opportunity to Speak Up to and give support to the many trades and professional skills in the building industry, by introducing them to their common ancestry and links with Freemasonry. Morris Robertson
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whom the potential for extending the concept could be discussed What can we do as Freemasons to advance the cause, and, indeed, why should we? There are several reasons. Such scholarships could help to broaden the base away from the growing elitist perception of our traditional awardees. The Lawson-Smith Veterinary Scholarships, introduced in 2017, have paved the way for expanding the scope of the programme. This concept links back to the origins of Freemasonry, which was about the care and training of craftsmen. It could be a new beginning for the support of operative Master Masons or, as would be more appropriate for New Zealand construction systems, operative Master Builders or other building industry operatives. If such a scholarship was to be continued there could also be the opportunity for the male recipients to www.freemasonsnz.org
In the main article Trevor Pringle asks if bespoke housing is really the best way. In its traditional form it is labour intensive, weather dependant, a generator of waste and expensive in terms of compliance. The inability of Kiwibuild to gain the traction desired by the Government can be partly attributed to these factors Our Medieval Masons created their buildings in all weathers by cutting and fitting stones one at a time and discarding the waste. Our contemporary house builders create their buildings in all weathers by cutting and fitting sticks of timber one at a time and discarding the off cuts. What has changed in 500 years?
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THE MASONIC VILLAGES Trust gears up for the needs of future generations
A strong social conscience and its underlying charitable ethos are key drivers behind The Masonic Villages Trust’s plans to expand its investment in retirement and rental accommodation. Chief Executive, Warick Dunn, says there is a growing need in New Zealand for both retirement living accommodation and – equally importantly - affordable and fit-for-purpose rental accommodation.
The arrival of television and jet travel shrank our world in the 1960s. We were exposed to other places, ideas and influences. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and other bands brought the latest British music to eager young Kiwi ears.
He says the former is as a result of our ageing population, but the latter reflects changing societal and financial demographics – and needs.
The Vietnam War also impacted our national psyche. One publication in 1965 observed that opposition to the war was causing New Zealanders to behave ‘in ways quite uncharacteristic of the species as recognised by their ancestors’.
“The simple reality these days is that many people don’t have the capital to actually buy property and live in their own homes. “There will be a growing number of New Zealanders who can’t afford their own home and that issue may create financial hardship for them as they approach retirement. “Because of who we are, and the charitable concepts and values on which we were founded, we feel it’s important to provide appropriate choices of accommodation for them. “That means continuing to invest in rental accommodation, as well as owner-occupier spaces, that will meet the needs of future Kiwi generations of non-home owners. “We’re doing this because we see the need in our communities and, in keeping with our Masonic values, we want to help.” The Masonic Villages concept developed nearly 60 years ago, based on a trust deed that espoused two core missions, one of which is the provision of housing ‘for older people’. This concept was also promoted and encouraged by the government of the day. Some readers may remember Paul Kantner, cofounder of the pioneer American psychedelic rock group, Jefferson Airplane, who once famously (and obviously inaccurately) quipped that if you could ‘remember anything about the sixties, then you weren’t really there’. Readers may also remember that, for New Zealanders, a strong economy based on high wool prices and secure markets meant that, in the ‘60s, we enjoyed one of the highest standards of living in the world. Unfortunately, we were shaken from our complacency when the export price for wool fell dramatically in December 1967. Unemployment and inflation rose sharply in a warning of darker times ahead.
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Members from Wairarapa Lodges spending Saturday morning in assisting the development of the Wairarapa Masonic Village - 1985.
But for the Masons of the time there were other more pressing issues. Always compassionate and community-focussed they were also somewhat prescient, foreseeing a need to provide supported living accommodation for future generations of New Zealanders, particularly, but not limited to, the widows of Freemasons. It was against this backdrop that the concept of a Masonic Villages Trust took shape, and the first ‘Masonic Villages’ as they were known, were constructed. Masonic Lodges and Districts contributed willing hands and some expertise to the villages’ construction, based on the tradition of ‘looking after people’. Soon Trusts were developing rental units in Whangarei, Hastings, Napier, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, and elsewhere. All were of a similar design and all of a similar standard, and driven by the same sense of mission within their respective communities. If you occupied one, you’d probably be living in a one bedroom unit with a small kitchen, dining room and bathroom, all
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The Masonic Villages Trust is a leading charitable aged care provider founded in 1960 by the Freemasons for the benefit of all. 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 older people from all walks of life.
connected by narrow corridors. As would everybody else. The McDonald’s living arrangement of its day! Warick says it wasn’t unusual in those days to see villages being constructed with the help of voluntary Freemason labour – weekend working bees. Today’s much more regulated and complex construction sector – think Health and Safety legislation and a convoluted consenting process - has certainly put paid to that concept. As has the ageing nature of our volunteers! But the underlying mission of providing support to the needy and the elderly, that underpinned the early construction work of the villages, remains unchanged. What has moved on, however, are people’s expectations of what retirement living and rental accommodation should actually entail in the 21st century. What was deemed appropriate for the 1960s is a far cry from what’s expected today, both by occupants who want modern, free-flowing, open plan designs that can accommodate wheelchair and walking frame access, and by legislators and regulators who have introduced a variety of legislative measures that simply didn’t exist 60 years ago. It’s a bit like comparing the sophistication of a 1960s Morris Minor to that of a 2019 BMW.
“Each village is unique to its community and is designed so it can be updated as people’s needs change over the decades.” The Masonic Villages Trust now operates 686 dwellings and that will jump to over 800 once the merger with Northland District Masonic trust goes ahead and current developments are completed. Occupancy is based on two formulae – an Occupancy Rights Agreement (ORA), which requires a capital payment, and a rental agreement. Rentals comprise around 15 percent of the Trust’s accommodation stock and it’s this latter form of occupancy that Warick sees becoming more important as affordable housing becomes more out of reach for more and more Kiwis. “We are seeing the start of a generation of renters, of people without sufficient capital to buy outright, and we want to ensure those people still have access to good quality, affordable rental accommodation as they age.” And that’s one of the reasons the Trust keeps its unit rents at below median market rates. “At heart we are a charitable organisation and we’re here to provide support to those who need it,” Warick says. “We started life wanting to contribute to our communities and we are still very firmly of the view that that should drive what we do.” Masonic villages differ from their commercial counterparts in other ways as well – and not just by being less expensive. They are usually smaller and more intimate than commercial villages. Also, the residents all tend to know each other, which makes for a more vibrant and supportive community. Residents hardly ever have to pay to fix things that need repairing around their accommodation, and the service they receive from village staff is geared very much to reflect the Trust’s charitable ethos. Any surpluses the Trust makes are reinvested in the villages. There’s no outgoings to profit-hungry shareholders, just a great deal of care and consideration for village residents.
Also at the Wairarapa Masonic Village.
These days, a modern retirement village is geared to be a ‘great community’ first and foremost, says Warick. And the Masonic Villages Trust’s villages are built to meet the needs of their local community. “We don’t build different villages to the same design template. We look at the local community, consider its ‘identity and profile’ and build a village that reflects that.
So, when the number of New Zealanders aged 75 and over is expected to double by 2043 – increasing from 306,730 today to an estimated 783,600 – this investment by the Trust couldn’t be more crucial. In line with its strong moral code, it enables the Trust to continue to provide much-needed accommodation for future generations of Kiwi retirees.
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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2019 Grand Installation and Convocation This was staged in Hamilton and saw MEComp Graham Redman GZ installed as First Grand Principal.
GZ’s message Companions, “Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity.” These words, first written by the Psalmist some three thousand years ago are as powerful today as they were then. I wish to talk about two different aspects of this vision of good and pleasant unity – a macro view and a micro view. We have here today, delegations from the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, the Grand Lodge of Ireland, our cousin companions from across the ditch, a representative from the Grand Chapter of California, and representatives of all the other orders that meet here in New Zealand – all united under one banner and displaying all the richness and colour of our wider Masonic family. How marvellous it is to have you all with us on this special occasion. Each has a separate story to tell, but all are united in standing on the same Masonic foundations of brotherly love,
relief and truth as exemplified in the teachings of Craft Masonry. That foundation of Craft masonry is essential to all of us; without a strong craft there cannot be strong Royal Arch. We are all Freemasons and we need to work closely with the Craft, to ensure progress for us all. MW Grand Master, we are pleased to have developed with you a much closer relationship between the Craft and Royal Arch Masonry than we have had for some time. As an Order, we have watched with interest the progress and success of your Speak Up campaign; as Brethren, we have been active
participants. You have shared with us the result of your exit interviews with resigned Masons that shows a high percentage of resignations resulting from a loss of interest in Freemasonry. We note that well over half of those would still recommend Freemasonry to family and friends. They
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just needed further personal progression and learning. The stories in Royal Arch Masonry complete those in the Craft and afford an essential progression for brethren who seek further masonic stimulation and a daily advancement n Masonic knowledge. On our part, we are united with you in progressing the interests of Craft Masonry as well as our own. Indeed, as Brothers, we consider your interests as inseparable to our own. On a micro view, our unity as companions continues to be based on the foundational values stated earlier. These may be viewed in a variety of ways, but perhaps most simply, as caring for each other, being charitable to the needy and dealing honestly. As Freemasons we all endeavour to live by these principles. Many years ago, as a young Mason visiting in Greece I attended a Masonic
Graham and Mark at Installation banquet. The Grand Master MWBro Mark Winger, Deputy Grand Master RWBro Graham Wrigley and President of the Board RWBro Peter Benstead accompanied by a delegation from The Grand Lodge of New Zealand were in attendance. Mark had previously spoken at the All Orders Meeting involving our Australia counterparts as well.
function in Athens. Sitting in refectory I conversed with a Greek brother in a mixture of broken languages – he was, alas, one of the very few Greeks we met who was not absolutely fluent in English! Nevertheless, he got his point across, which was: we come from different cultures, in fact our cultures are so different we could easily offend each other without even being aware of it. But it doesn’t matter, because underneath it all we are Freemasons, and all share the same basic principles. After spending a little time wondering what on earth I may have done to offend the Brother, I realised I had learned a valuable lesson in what unites us all as Brethren across the world. We care for our companions and deal with them honestly.
And, in doing so, we should also accept as self-evident that our companions are behaving towards us on the same principles and react accordingly. Companions, how good and pleasant a thing it would be for Companions to dwell together in such unity and concord. The trust, the peace, the brotherhood. In displaying this unity to the world, we would have to succeed as an Order, we would have to attract into our ranks, and those of the Craft, men of the calibre we need, and we would constantly enjoy the fruits of truly Masonic friendships. Let’s just do it! MEComp Graham Redman GZ, First Grand Principal The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Zealand
First Grand Principals first overseas outing: GZ goes to Adelaide for Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of South Australia & Northern Territory Grand Installation with his New Zealand delegation and partners.
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ro Will Redwood EA, became a Fellowcraft Freemason, in the presence of his mate and masonic brother Steve Houston MM (with Steve even managing a charge as part of the ceremony) both from Methven Lodge, in the company of our Grand Master Mark Winger, at The Mackenzie Lodge No 93 125th Celebrations in Fairlie, South Canterbury recently. An enjoyable night ceremonially and socially by all accounts. Drawing our mates, family, friends into the enjoyment of Freemasonry is the very essence of the ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’ programme.
RIGHT Ray Gudex Master of the Methven Lodge No 51 with Will Redwood FC and Bryan McNab Master of The Mackenzie Lodge 93. FAR RIGHT Will and Steve enjoying the 125th Anniversary Dinner of The Mackenzie Lodge No 93 in the local community hall.
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Welcome to our newest Freemasons February – April 2019
Tariq Alkamil Matthew Gledhill Sebastian Nilsson Jonathan Farquharson Christopher Georgiades Abhin Kumar Kevin Marshall Craig Bellve Jeremy Yorke Peter Fletcher John Ingram William Redwood Kelvin Divina Mark Feliciano Anton Woollams Leopoldo Hontalba Michael Blake Glenn Wadey Keiran Nelson Nigel A’Court Nicolas Graham Michael Gard Timothy Coleman Allan Ashworth Kale Pompey Arvindran Subramanian Derek Flint David McLeod Makarauri Dave Harrison Charleson Francisco Mariano Riosa John Stewart Bailey Wilson Ogechi Okoro Brodie Piesse Raf Julian
The Ara Lodge No. 1 James Paton Lodge Clinton No. 183 Scinde Lodge No. 5 Dean Johnstone The Avon Shirley Lodge No. 185 Scinde Lodge No. 5 Samuel Buckingham The Avon Shirley Lodge No. 185 Scinde Lodge No. 5 Paul Ciron Lodge Erewhon No. 200 The Saint Andrews Lodge No. 32 Darren Resnick Lodge Titirangi Mt Albert No. 204 Hercules Lodge No. 36 Daniel Stewart Lodge Titirangi Mt Albert No. 204 Hinemoa-Kairangi Lodge No. 122 George Kerr Lodge Manurewa No. 222 The Lincoln Lodge No. 33 Glen Acuna Lodge Switzers No. 223 The Concord Lodge No. 39 Ray Asuncion Lodge Doric Brighton No. 236 The Victory-Wakatu Lodge No. 40 Chester Baltasar Lodge Doric Brighton No. 236 The Phoenix Lodge No. 43 Paul Skidmore Lodge Doric Brighton No. 236 The Methven Lodge No. 51 Jared Davidson United Forces Lodge No. 245 The Rawhiti Lodge No. 66 Gregory Taylor Lodge Calliope No. 252 The Rawhiti Lodge No. 66 Francis Ah Ben Lodge Calliope No. 252 Lodge Otangaki No. 70 Oloff Visser Lodge Arawhaiti No. 267 The Heretaunga Lodge No. 73 Jay Datiles Unity Lodge No. 271 The St Andrew Kilwinning Lodge No. 79 Christian Celis Unity Lodge No. 271 The St Andrew Kilwinning Lodge No. 79 Solomon Bakker-Reynolds Lodge Haeata No. 272 The Alpha Lodge No. 81 Terence Burdett Lodge Katikati No. 295 The Mount Ida Lodge No. 97 John Evans Lodge Katikati No. 295 The Mount Ida Lodge No. 97 Edward Mikaere Lodge Te Papa No. 316 Lodge Dunstan No. 103 David Syder The Lodge of Peace No. 322 Lodge Dunstan No. 103 Doshen Macanang Harmony Lodge No. 325 Lodge Winton No. 108 Andrew Christie The United Lodge No. 340 The Waipa Lodge No. 119 Daniel Popescue Browns Bay Lodge No. 346 The Waipa Lodge No. 119 Zaid Essa Browns Bay Lodge No. 346 The Waipa Lodge No. 119 Duncan McGregor Lodge Orewa No. 370 The Tauranga Lodge No. 125 David Wilson Lodge Orewa No. 370 The Tauranga Lodge No. 125 Alec Goldman The Wayfarers Lodge No. 389 The Tauranga Lodge No. 125 Bodie Johnson Lodge Tironui No. 400 Lodge Rotorua No. 153 Craig Jordan Lodge Kerikeri No. 402 Lodge Tawhiri No. 166 Zsolt Hartmann The Gate Pa Lodge No. 407 Lodge Tawhiri No. 166 Brent Quarrie The United Lodge of Otago No. 448 Freemasons New Zealand Lodge Tawhiri No. 166 Brent Hopley Stokes Valley Lodge No. 460 ‘Speak Up for Freemasonry’ - Awareness Project Nau Mai Lodge No. 177 Matthew Williams Lodge Kauri No. 474 Lodge Clinton No. 183 Commencing November 2016
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The Last Word! Freemasons New Zealand Crossword
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ACROSS 4 There is a point within a.......from which a Freemason can not err? 7 Famous Greek with a masonic connection? 8 Situation of the Treasurer and Secretary? 10 The Indented or tessellated border represents what? 12 How many years has the current NZ Freemason magazine been around? 13 The form of a Lodge is a ........? 14 Who came before King Solomon (two words)? 15 Situation of Lodges and places of divine worship (three words)? 16 Wisdom, strength and .......are about his throne? 17 King of Tyre’s name? 18 What stood at the entrance of King Solomon’s temple (three words)? 19 Grand Master Elect 2019-2022 (surname)?
DOWN 1 Laws of Grand Lodge are found in the Book of......? 2 Timber for the building of King Solomon’s Temple came from? 3 Who associated with the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt? 5 What reaches from the VSL to the heavens (two words)? 6 Three principal moral virtues (three words)? 9 Stone of true die or square? 11 What number of Freemasons makes a Lodge perfect? 20 Column usually found at Masters place?
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ASHLAR The labours of the day have ended, For better or for worse the task is done. Heart, nerve and sinew have surrendered, Tugged ever westwards with the setting sun. Fresh strength and sharpened steel began the day. The quarried slab to chisel to true die, Each knob and imperfection chipped away Till polished stone is pleasing to the eye. Attention wilted with the mid-day heat. Sweaty hands could scarce maintain their grip. ’Tis good enough’ – the craftsman’s worst conceit – And ill-judged strokes allowed a careless slip. The work continued into afternoon, As weary arms and blunted tools made haste That stone may yet be adequately hewn, Lest daily effort be consigned to waste. Receive the finished piece with godly grace. With all its flaws, it is what I have wrought. In Thy grand structure, may’t find a place, Perhaps in some back wall of small import. WBroPeter Durney RH, The Mangere Lodge No 330
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SERVICE AWARDS February – April 2019
70 YEARS BAR Bro Holmes David Warren MM Bro Lawrence Arthur Gatfield MM
Waihenga St Johns Lodge No. 37 The Alpha Lodge No. 81
60 YEARS BAR WBro Colin Harry Russell PG Swd B Bro Leslie John McKenzie MM WBro Kenneth William Morris PM WBro Donald Ian MacNamara PM WBro Reginald Bruce Hoffman PM WBro Bruce Alexander McDuff PM Bro Lawrence Dryden Turner MM WBro Raymond Ernest Potter PG Swd B WBro William Alexander Wilson PM Bro John Raymond Beggs MM WBro John Frederick Pettit PM WBro Graham Carl Christiansen PM WBro Kenneth Henry Bruce PM
The Concord Lodge No. 39 The Advance Mawhera Lodge No. 61 Lodge Tawhiri No. 166 Lodge Waitakerei No. 170 Lodge Waihopai No. 189 Lodge Timaru No. 196 Empire Fergusson Lodge No. 225 Lodge Arawhaiti No. 267 Lodge Arawhaiti No. 267 The Milford Trinity Lodge No. 372 Lodge Otahuhu No. 387 Lodge United Taranaki No. 456 Lodge United Taranaki No. 456
50 YEARS BADGES
Bro Keith Derek Jenvey MM WBro Albert Leonard Osborne PM WBro Israel Ray Beder PG Swd B WBro David John Chamberlain PM WBro Paul Crispianus Percy Robert PM WBro Bruce Alexander Neil McNaughton PM WBro Murray Fraser Mason PM Bro David Wallace Caughey MM WBro Raymond James Cowan PM WBro David John Reddaway PM Bro John Peter Revell MM WBro Russell Phillip Jeffery P Asst GDC WBro Ian Graham MacArthur PM* WBro Graeme Stephen Henderson PM WBro Carl Cholmondeley Magnus PGS WBro Henry Edward Jordens PGBB WBro Edward Francis Hill PM RH Bro Anthony Curteis MM WBro Charles Henry Brenssell PM Bro Owen Arthur Mitchell MM Bro Douglas Clark Evans MM * Presented to family at WBro Barry Brazendale PM his funeral by laying it on the casket. WBro John Stephen Bassett PM
New Zealand Pacific No. 2 Waihenga St Johns Lodge No. 37 The Ponsonby Lodge No. 54 The Advance Mawhera Lodge No. 61 Lodge Otangaki No. 70 Lodge St John No. 94 St Augustine Lodge No. 99 The Wallace Lodge No. 129 Lodge Rotorua No. 153 Onehunga Maungawhao Lodge No. 168 Lodge Whakatane No. 198 Lodge Whakatane No. 198 Lodge Omarunui No. 216 - Deceased The Lodge of Remembrance No. 318 The United Lodge No. 340 Ngatiawa-Russell Lodge No. 345 Lodge Frimley No. 359 Lodge Otahuhu No. 387 Lodge Takahe No. 397 Lodge Hatea No. 431 The United Lodge of Otago No. 448 United Horowhenua Lodge No. 464 Lodge Waitomo No. 469
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