THE DIARY August 2020

THE RACE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE CLUB OPEN HOURS Thursday 13 August 7.30 am Monday to Friday 7 am - last entry at 9 pm Will vaccines and treatments in the Saturday Lunch 11.30 am - 4 pm pipeline be the COVID-19 silver bullet the Saturday Dinner 6 pm - last booking 8.45 pm world hopes for, and will Saturday Drinks & Tapas - 11:30 am - late be able to find ways to safely open our borders? Vaccines have been heralded SOCIAL CALENDAR as the long-term solution, however the August first vaccines may only protect half of Tue 4 Winter Lecture Series: those who receive it, and for only 12 Grace Stratton months. Profs. Vernon Ward and member, Wed 5 Young Members’ Fireside Chat: David Williams, respectively leading Viv Beck experts in virology and diagnostics of the Cognac, Brandy, Armagnac Tasting Universities of Otago and , will Bridge for Blokes host a discussion to consider these challenges, upcoming treatments, Thu 6 Auckland Officers’ Club Night and how immunity screening might help re-enable freedom of movement. Fri 7 Annual Game Dinner $35pp includes hot breakfast and presentation. Tue 11 Winter Lecture Series: Sam Johnson NC THEATRE: PERFORMANCE Wed 12 Bridge for Blokes Thursday 17 September, 5.45 pm Thu 13 Member Breakfast: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine You’re invited to a unique and immersive The Future of Media: production of Handel’s Semele by Will it even survive? New Zealand Opera. Experience the Sun 16 Rugby: Blues versus Crusaders brilliance of Handel’s uplifting music Tue 18 Winter Lecture Series: in the breathtaking beauty of the Holy Distinguished Prof Paul Spoonley Trinity Cathedral. Semele is an exciting Wed 19 Bridge for Blokes mix of opera and oratorio. Drawn from Thu 20 Young Members’ Drinks Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the sensual Fri 21 Dinner with Our First Responders story explores a love triangle between Mon 24 Winter Lecture Series: Jupiter, King of the Gods, his wife, the Martin Haworth goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal Tue 25 Snooker & Supper Club princess Semele. Wed 26 Club Opera Dinner $169pp includes ticket to Semele with transport to the event & two- Professional Women’s Luncheon: course dinner at the Club. Return transport available on request. Dr Elizabeth Peterson STUDENT VOLUNTEER ARMY: SAM JOHNSON Thu 27 End of Month Happy Hour Fri 28 Young Ones Lunch Group Tuesday 11 August, 6 pm Sat 29 North versus South Rugby Game Many will remember the incredible September group of students who banded together Tue 1 The History of Rum following the 2010 Winter Lecture: earthquakes to shovel liquefaction. The Don Coup of QE11 National Trust 11,000 strong group took on the name, Wed 2 Bridge for Blokes Student Volunteer Army: a movement Thu 3 Ports of Auckland Discussion about creating communities that people Fri 4 Children’s Movie Night want to live in - places where volunteers Wed 9 Bridge for Blokes thrive and people are generous to each Thu 10 Young Members’ Drinks other. Founder and Chief Executive Sam Fri 11 Battle of Britain Johnson will join us to share the Student Wed 16 Bridge for Blokes Volunteer Army journey and their current Thu 17 NC Theatre: Semele Opera work in building a new generation of caring citizens. Wed 23 Bridge for Blokes $18.50pp includes lecture and a glass of wine. Winter Lecture: Peter Macky CELEBRATING 150 YEARS

PRESIDENT’S LETTER August 2020 James Kellow, for making the process easier, with his kind Another busy month in Club, donation of local game for the evening. I am thrilled to report the success of ten sold-out events. It has also come to our attention with access to these records, Your continued support has that we can confirm another fifth-generation Club family. We resulted in another good would like to make special mention to the Horton Family, with month of trading. We thank the direct lineage of members starting with Alfred G. Horton c. member Judith Collins MP for 1891, and continuing through Sir Henry Horton 1901, Ronald honouring her commitment D. Horton 1937, and current members Michael Horton 1962 to our Club dinners in light and Matthew Horton 1995. We are proud to celebrate the of her recent promotion. It achievement and thank the Horton’s for their loyalty to the Club. was wonderful to have fellow We hope with the digitisation project, we will be able to map members, Dr Don Brash and more long-standing club family histories. Dame Jenny Shipley DNZM PC interview Judith over two entertaining evenings. Associate As promised, I would like to give an insight into our newest Professor Stephen Hoadley addressed his largest Northern Club Committee Members, Kurt Breetvelt, Sarah Keene and Nick crowd to date, at an in-person lecture for over 120 members on Francis. the geopolitical implications of the upcoming US election. As a Former NZ Army Officer (reserve) and Treasurer to the Auckland Officers’ Club, Kurt Breetvelt will play an essential role With special mention, member of ten years, Donald MacLean has in maintaining clear communication between the Northern Club been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday List, awarded with the and Officers’ Club. Kurt also works as a Private Investigator and New Zealand Order of Merit of Auckland for services to education. property investor. As Principal of Dilworth School from 1997 until 2018, Donald Member for ten years and Partner at Russel McVeagh, Sarah led the development of a robust and supportive culture at the Keene, has joined the Committee bringing with her a wealth of school, with their work in helping students from disadvantaged skill and experience on complex legal issues. We also welcome backgrounds. Congratulations on this well-deserved accolade. her input on our long-term strategic goal to continue to increase female membership. The team has been working to digitise our club archives, Stepping back onto the Committee after a short hiatus is Nick rediscovering various items of importance. This work is a key Francis. Nick has been a member of the Club for over 20-years. focus of the Club to ensure the preservation of our history. He is bringing extensive experience to the role with his career The staff look forward to creating accessible club records and as a financial controller and Director of MGI. assisting members with various personal history projects. Looking forward to seeing you in the Club. In our preparation for the Annual Game Dinner, it was delightful to discover correspondence from the 1930s where we requested the special import of six dozen pheasants and six dozen partridges from the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, to “add John McElhinney to the pleasure of guests.” This year we can thank new member, President

STAFF MILESTONE: ANITA KESHA 25 YEARS OF SERVICE Reservations Manager Anita started at The Northern Club in August 1995 as Club Receptionist. This CREDIT CARD FEES month she celebrates 25 years of service. We would like to formally recognise and thank Anita for her Members are advised that a fee contributions to the Club. of 2.5% will be applied to all The most significant change in her tenure has credit card payments. been the amalgamation of the Officers’ Club, The This is a fixed fee for all members Auckland Club, and The Northern Club. With only using this service and does not three General Managers over the past twenty-four apply to direct debit or eftpos years and many long-standing colleagues, Anita transactions. attributes her time at the Club to the beautiful people Please contact Mr Shah with she has met, who have become so dear. any queries. WINTER LECTURE SERIES

DEMOGRAPHIC DISRUPTION ACCESSIBILITY Tuesday 18 August, 6 pm MATTERS Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley is as close to a household name in New Tuesday 4 August, 6 pm Zealand as a sociologist can get. As a preeminent commentator on population One in four New Zealanders are trends, he now provides us with a ‘wake-up’ call as a response to our rapidly limited by a physical, sensory, growing and changing population and the demographic disruption that it is learning, mental, or other already causing. impairment. In 2016 the Return His new book, The New New Zealand: Facing Demographic Disruption, details on Disability Report published how our existing population patterns have been disrupted. More boomers, that 51% of those above 65 had fewer children, an ever bigger Auckland and declining regions are the new an access need. With our rapidly normal. As a result, we will need new economic, social models and policies, aging population, our demand new ways of living. There are major implications for businesses, communities, for accessible physical products, households and government. services, and workspaces is more In this address, Distinguished Professor Spoonley will explain the dangers of pressing than ever. not planning for all of this as we head towards a population of six million. Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy $18.50pp includes lecture and a glass of wine. at a year old, Grace has been navigating life in a wheelchair for 19, but her disability isn’t the story, what she’s done with it is. As an entrepreneur and trailblazer Grace created the accessibility focused online shopping platform All is for All in 2017. A first of its kind, the site is a game changer making fashion more convenient for those with a disability. It features detailed descriptions about zips, buttons, fabric, and QEII NATIONAL TRUST THE NEW ZEALAND lengths that can impede some Tuesday 1 September, 6 pm WARS: WAIKATO 1863 wearers. NZ is considered a global biodiversity Monday 24 August, 6 pm Grace is interested in building hotspot, with high levels of endemism. After his engaging Winter Lecture last environments where disabled However only around a quarter of month, Martin Haworth will give a second people do not need to be spoken what was originally native forest presentation. He will continue to tell the for by able-bodied people, but remains, and at least 63 species of fascinating story of New Zealand’s early rather have a meaningful role in indigenous plants and animals are colonial history. The year is 1863 and the development of solutions. suffering loss of habitat. With almost Governor Grey has assembled a large She will be in Club to talk to 70% of NZs land in private ownership, Imperial Army and New Zealand’s first her human-centered approach, QEII National Trust are working with Navy to invade the Waikato, the land of discuss the ever-growing industry, private landowners to protect and Kingitanga. Why did this invasion take and her work as an advocate for enhance open spaces of ecological place and what were the repercussions accessibility globally. and cultural significance. for this young colony? $18.50pp includes lecture and a $18.50pp includes lecture and $18.50pp includes lecture and a glass of wine. a glass of wine. glass of wine. CELEBRATING 150 YEARS

LIFE LONG LEARNING

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S LUNCHEON: PETER MACKY’S RESTORATION OF DR ELIZABETH PETERSON THE KAISERBAHNOF Wednesday 26 August, 1 - 2 pm Wednesday 23 September, 6 pm

How do our self-beliefs and expectations affect our wellbeing. Northern Club Member Peter Macky completed a ten- Mistakes, errors, stuff ups, failures, they happen daily. We are year renovation of a derelict train station in a little drawn to a good failure story, whether it be a failing business, town south of Berlin in August last year. Immediately health care systems, political systems, planet or the failure captivated by the building, Peter researched its history, to control a virus or our borders, we are fascinated, but only discovering that the Kaiserbahnhof was the first of when the failure is not our own. When it comes to our own its kind, built in 1865 for the Hohenzollerns (German failures (particularly if they are good ones), we typically turn Royalty). As Kaiserbahnhofs went, it was relatively inwards or hide. How do we encourage trying, risk-taking and modest - a five-room stopping-off point en route to one growing? of the Kaiser’s hunting lodges. Dr Elizabeth Peterson is an Associate Professor in the School With the encouragement of the German government, of Psychology at the University of Auckland and is interested Peter purchased the property and set about restoring in how we can create environments in which it is safe to fail the train station where he discovered 20 years’ worth and make mistakes, safe to have a different opinion, and safe of dust and rubbish. The station had been unoccupied to learn and grow. Join her for a power-hour lunch to discuss since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Dive into a fascinating how we create such spaces. discussion with Peter on his research, from the cause of the bullet holes in the building’s façade to the often $45pp includes one-course lunch with wine. fraught restoration.

$18.50pp includes lecture and a glass of wine.

THE FUTURE OF MEDIA: WILL IT EVEN SURVIVE? Thursday 13 August, 6 pm MEMBERS’ LUNCH: PORTS OF AUCKLAND DISCUSSION The publisher of our biggest news website and most newspapers has been sold for a dollar. Most of our magazines Thursday 3 September, 12.45 pm have been closed down. More media closures are likely. While The Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy demand for journalism is booming, the business models that Working Group were commissioned by the Ministry once sustained it are badly broken. It might seem unthinkable, of Transport to prepare a report on infrastructural but are we facing a future without mainstream journalism? recommendations for the North Island supply chain. Former CEO of Bauer Australia and New Zealand, Paul Hear Chairman of the working group, Wayne Brown Dykzeul, will join former editor of the New Zealand Herald, Dr summarise the strategy put forward by the group and Gavin Ellis, in a frank discussion of their industry, moderated discuss potential future development of ports in the by Herald senior writer Simon Wilson. Upper North Island. $37.50pp includes panel discussion, cocktail, and canapés. $45pp includes one-course lunch with wine. FOOD & DRINK DINNER WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS Friday 21 August, 6.45 pm Members are invited to a dinner to recognise and celebrate our everyday heroes. Able Musician Rebecca Nelson, of the Royal NZ Navy founded the charity, Te Kiwi Māia, to provide support and respite for first responders and New Zealand Defence Force personnel, who have physical or psychological injuries as a result of their service to our communities. Rebecca will interview responders from a range of emergency service organisations in New Zealand on their stories from the front line, followed by a musical performance. We are proud to be supporting this important cause. $97.50pp includes two-course dinner with wine. $10 from each ticket will be donated to Te Kiwi Māia.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 80TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER Friday 11 September, 7 pm Guests will be piped into the Wintergarden by Club Piper, Andrew Wilkie for a Formal Mess Dinner to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Acknowledging the approximately 130 NZ Aircrew who took part in this battle from mid-July until the end of October 1940. The evening will honour Past Auckland Officers’ Club President, Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, MC, DFC, DCL, who as Air Officer Commanding 11 Group was responsible for the air defence of South East England. The Dining President for the evening will be COL Grant Ellis. The Guest of Honour will be Air Vice-Marshall Andrew Clark, Chief of Air Force. $99pp includes three-course dinner with wines, and port for the Loyal Toast. Dress Code: Mess Kit or Black Tie with miniatures.

AN EVENING OF CHILDREN’S THE HISTORY OF RUM COGNAC, BRANDY & MOVIE NIGHT Tuesday 1 September, 6 pm ARMAGNAC Friday 4 September, 6 - 9 pm Explore the history of rum in five Wednesday 5 August, 6 pm Fancy a night out but can’t find a bottles. From what was once a hellish It is often said that “all Cognac babysitter? No problem, bring the drink, rough and redolent liquor, is Brandy, but not all Brandy is children to the Club too. With fun rum has emerged from that crude Cognac...” so what about Armagnac? activities, food, and a movie playing chrysalis and transformed into amber- Join us as we explore the history, upstairs, you’ll be free to dine downstairs hued nectar that now resonates with, production methods and compare the while the little ones are looked after. good times, good fun and great taste. differences and similarities of these A fully qualified nanny will supervise The lively Nigel Kelly will host truly magnificent spirits. Matched with children between 5 - 10 years old for up the evening, with the NC kitchen great tasting plates this promises to to three hours from 6 - 9 pm. complementing the tastings with be a splendid evening. delicious plates. $40 per child, includes three hours of $85pp includes tastings and supervision by a fully qualified nanny, $85pp includes tastings and matched plates. children’s meal and drink. matched plates. END OF MONTH YOUNG MEMBERS’ BYO MONDAY NIGHTS CLUB HAPPY HOUR DRINKS Every Monday in August Thursday 27 August, 5.30 - 7 pm Thursday 20 August, 5 - 7 pm Members are welcome to dine with On the final Thursday of every month, Head on down to Bankside after work for a bottle from home in the month of we host a Club Happy Hour in the Ivy a drink and good company. Remember August for no additional cost. Enjoy Bar. This is a great chance to relax that anyone below the age of 45 is a warm winter meal on any Monday after a busy day with fellow members. young in our books. Friends who are night in either the Members’ Dining This is a complimentary event. non-members are very welcome, as are Room, or Bankside Bistro to take Discounted glasses of wine and partners. This months’ drink special is up the offer. Champagne, excluding bottles. a Tom Collins. BYO for dinner only, no corkage Discounted beers and a monthly Complimentary event, with a $15 fee. Limited to 2 bottles per $15 cocktail special. cocktail special and canapés. table. AROUND THE CLUB IN JULY

Planning Your Bubble Getaway Hoadley Lecture Tristan Pang Lecture

Peter Gordon launching his latest venture, Homeland with two impeccable degustation dinners for members.

Tartan Dinner with the Auckland Officers’ Club. The Auckland Beer Mile

Two sell-out dinners with Leader of the National Party, Judith Collins MP.

Mr Charles Lawson NOMINEES FOR MEMBERSHIP Mr David Campbell Mr James Snell Mr Chris Stafford-Bush Mr Scott Johnson Mr Tim Smith Mr Stu Galloway Mr Brendon Gibson Mr Grant Dunn Mr Chris Parry Mr Ben van der Sande Ms Melanie Webber Dr Alison Knowles Mr Andrew Steele Mrs Jane Haines Ms Anna Coppage Mr Mark Ryan Mr Roger Dickie Dr Jeffrey Garrett Mr Alan Henderson Mr Tim Little Mr Sam Cooper

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