From the Editor

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Smooth transition and fit for purpose Freemasonry in New Zealand Another triennial Grand Installation has come and gone. It was well received and well supported with its Meet and Greet, Partners Event, Communication, Grand Installation and Grand Banquet activities. Up to 450 Freemasons from New Zealand and Overseas with their partners attending the various events.

The old team departed (well done in an historic three years), and a new team was installed and invested but continuing with the same strategy of ‘One Vision, One Goal, One Team’ and ‘Making a difference in New Zealand’ with Engaged Brethren, Growing Membership and Thriving Lodges.

We thank those who have worked hard in the last three years and those who will be carrying the torch in the next three years.

Their and our challenge is to make our current organisation fit for purposes in the years ahead by thinking outside the square and taking the tough decisions.

Hard decisions on property, structure, membership, and finances are matched by a determined effort to turn the tide on numbers with the Awareness and Acquisition Programme and to be smarter and nimbler in everything we do.

The Annual Report is contained in this magazine and provides a very comprehensive view of the current status of the organisation.

After 50 years in its current format, the New Zealand Freemason magazine is up for the challenge of a digital format only brought about by rising costs. A little under a fifth of your annual capitation fee, currently $102.75, went to the production and distribution of the magazine in its present form. So, from March 2023, we will be going digital with only a small run of hard copies for those who opt in.

Over those 50 years, there have been two hundred quarterly issues of the New Zealand Freemason magazine, and it has served as an important window into and a flagship for Freemasonry in New Zealand. I have been involved since December 2014 with some thirty-three quarterly issues.

After three challenging years for New Zealand, please ensure you have a great summer break and come back refreshed, revitalised, and ‘rearing to go’ in our 2023 masonic year.

VWBro Duane Williams MBE, KCLJ, JP, GSec

Duane continues the festive tradition of decorating the National Office Christmas Tree by staff and visitors as they enter the building.