September 2023 Newsletter
Charles Nicholls wife Helen made two nice cakes which Charles brought along to the August Meeting. One was a birthday cake for Bill Mutch and the other a birthday cake for Neil Castle. We had a number of women at Read more…
Hamilton Gardens Bus Trip
Ian Smith’s next outing for members of Waitakere Combined Rebus and West Auckland Men’s Rebus is to Hamilton Gardens. The date for this trip is Wednesday 4th October and the cost is $20 per person. The bus will leave from Read more…
August 2023 Newsletter
In this issue, we have a special feature on Murray Parker’s trip to Antarctica in 1973. Murray travelled down to Scott Base on the USCGC Glacier and returned on an LC-130 Hercules. He shared amazing photos and stories of his Read more…
July 2023 Newsletter
At our June 2023 monthly meeting, we were honoured to have Prof David Gerrard as our guest speaker. Prof Gerrard is not only a distinguished medical doctor and academic, but also a former Olympic and Commonwealth Games swimmer who has Read more…
Cancelled: Devonport Museum
Ian Smith has organized another Gold Card trip, this one to the Devonport Museum. It is on Wednesday 26 July 2023 and is being held with Waitakere Combined Rebus. There is a suggestion in the Waitakere Combined Rebus Newsletter, to Read more…
Mid-Winter Lunch 2023
This year’s mid-winter lunch is at Swanson RSA. The date is Wednesday 28 June. Waitakere Combined Rebus have told their members to get there at 11.30 am. Once again this is an event for members of both Rebus Clubs. The Read more…
June 2023 Newsletter
In his President’s Report for the June newsletter, Bill Mutch said that Richard Blakeborough from Independent Living Charitable Trust, who was the guest speaker at the May meeting, had an amazing number of products, knew his subject well, and even Read more…
May 2023 Newsletter
It is unusual for a coffee morning to be the standout article in the newsletter, but in this issue, the coffee morning at Selwyn Village takes centre stage. What was special about this coffee morning was that Kathy Fitchett and Read more…
Coffee morning at Selwyn Village Café
When Selwyn Village sales consultant Kathy Fitchett asked if she could come and talk to us, it was suggested that a better idea would be for us to go to Selwyn Village for a coffee morning. We have had a Read more…
April 2023 Newsletter
Neil Castle despite being in his nineties, delivered another exuberant talk at the March 2023 meeting of the club, this one about his gold fossicking sojourns to the South Island. He brought along his homemade sluice box, his shovel modified Read more…