Everyone who went along thoroughly enjoyed the first coffee morning after the long lockdown that began back on the 12th of August. In response to suggestions to meet up again the following week, it was decided that doing so would Read more
Outdoor meetings of up to 25 people are now allowed and therefore we can go ahead with the proposed Coffee Morning & Picnic at Falls Park in Alderman Drive, Henderson. We have chosen Friday 12 November 2021 because it is Read more
The New Lynn Friendship Hall is a great place for holding monthly meetings. The seats are upholstered and not the plastic stackable type found in council halls; there are tables where you can put things on and rest your elbows; Read more
One of our members, Dr Rex Billington, spent eight years as a scientist based in the Geneva Head Office of the World Health Organisation. With monthly meetings being cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, two club speaker talks given by Read more
The last time we went to the Sugar Grill Café at The Point in Te Atatu was in January 2020. Back then New Lynn Men’s Probus and West Auckland Men’s Rebus were separate organizations. Of the eleven people who went Read more
On August 17, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country would move to alert level 4 at 11:59 pm that night. That decision resulted in the coffee morning at the Sugar Grill café on the Te Atatu peninsula, and the Read more
Our guest speaker in July was geologist and author Bruce Haywood. He spoke on the Auckland volcanic field which is centered on Mt Eden and One Tree Hill and has a radius of 20 km. It extends from Rangitoto and Read more
Waitakere Gardens retirement village in Sel Peacocke Drive is built on the site of the original Corban homestead. It has a comfortable cafe and restaurant which is open for both residents and visitors. On Friday 30 July we are going Read more
When the guest speaker booked for the June monthly meeting could not speak because of illness, Noel Rose contacted Lisa Truttman from the Avondale-Waterview Historical Society. Lisa stepped in as a last-minute substitute and delivered a riveting address on the Read more
In this edition of the newsletter we find out that the Cook Islands are the second home of President Bill Mutch, learn some useful things about computers from May’s guest speaker Grant Stevens, and get to view photos from the Read more