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Koia mātou ka Continued on page 3 >> ISBN 2230-5823 on mas / In this issue summer 2019 On the cover professional life 02 News briefs 08 MAS updates / Scholarship winners and finalists 12 Celebration / Modern holidays 16 Member profile / The doctor duo tackling the challenges of GP life 04 22 MAS in our community / Spotlight Bariz Shah and on oceans and the climate crisis Saba Afrasyabi: 24 Student news / Students on two Afghan-Kiwis celebrating inspired to help others. 12 money 10 Gifts / Sustainable giving greater good 04 Cover story / Hope in the face good living of adversity 18 Climate change / The retired 11 Holiday checklist eco-warrior speaking the truth 27 Travel / Eating in San Francisco on the climate crisis 30 Motoring / Classic Kiwi cruising 20 MAS updates / MAS Foundation: 32 Food & drink / Celebration made Private money for public good simple 21 Member story / A visit from 36 Entertainment / Your summer Alanna Mitchell reading list 26 Member story / Helping the helpers 30 on mas the magazine for mas members 1 P professional life / news briefs News briefs Summer events happening near you 06 02 01 04 05 03 02 What's on 01 / LIGHT IT UP 02 / FAMILY FESTIVITIES 03 / BEST BUSKERS 04 / CELEBRATION IN 14 DECEMBER – 17–19 JANUARY / RAGLAN 23 JANUARY – THE VINES 1 FEBRUARY / AND TIMARU 16 FEBRUARY / 8 FEBRUARY / NEW PLYMOUTH Multi-genre event Soundsplash CHRISTCHURCH MARLBOROUGH New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park will Festival has run in Raglan for the Enjoy performances from some of Eat, drink and be entertained at the shine brightly after dark with an past 15 years and in 2020 will the world’s best buskers at Bread & annual Marlborough Wine & Food explosion of light and colour for the offer a second event in Timaru Circus – World Buskers Festival 2020. Festival. Now in its 36th year, this is annual TSB Festival of Lights. The across the same weekend. The The festival offers a series of ticketed New Zealand’s longest-running wine event, which runs for seven weeks, all-inclusive, family-friendly event shows alongside jugglers, musicians, festival and offers wine lovers a day sees the gardens transformed is a celebration of music, culture tricksters, puppeteers, mime artists spent sampling the region’s very best into a wonderland of interactive, and art. It’s also sustainable: both and dancers who’ll be performing on wines and local cuisine while enjoying mesmerising and entertaining light events are committed to being zero the streets of Christchurch. The Bread performances from Kiwi musicians. installations. Visitors to the family- waste. The line-up includes Peking & Circus programme is headlined in Visitors can take part in masterclasses friendly event are encouraged to Duk, Stan Walker and Mitch James. the Spiegeltent by Blanc de Blanc, with winemakers or watch cooking pack a picnic and spend an evening soundsplash.co.nz which brings together the finest demonstrations from celebrity chefs. exploring the lights. There’ll also be ‘champagne cabaret’ and acrobatic The event is held at Brancott Estate, plenty of food on offer as well as live talent from around the world. one of the country’s oldest vineyards. entertainment nightly. breadandcircus.co.nz wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz festivaloflights.nz 2 summer 2019 Association and why we’ve From MAS embarked on an advertising campaign aimed at attracting more Members, particularly As the year winds down a new generation of younger and we turn our thoughts to professionals. summer in the last issue of OnMAS for 2019, I wanted to Our cover story focuses on reflect on what a big year it an inspirational young couple has been here at MAS. from Christchurch who are creating microbusinesses Last year, our Members voted in Afghanistan to honour to establish a philanthropic those killed in the March foundation, and a lot of mosque attacks. Both former work has been done to get refugees, Bariz Shah and Saba the MAS Foundation up and Afrasyabi have spent 2019 running. As we go to press, finding ways to strengthen the external trustees are being links between the Muslim appointed, and the first few community and the wider months of 2020 will be all Christchurch community. about setting the strategic Bariz was a recipient of a MAS direction. You can read Here for Good Scholarship more about the Foundation for his work as President of on page 20 where we talk the University of Canterbury to philanthropic consultant Muslim Students Association, 05 / ARTY-FACTS 06 / HEALTHCARE Michelle Wanwimolruk, who and we’re honoured to be able 21 FEBRUARY – 15 MARCH HONOURS is leading the project. to support his work. / WELLINGTON 29 FEBRUARY / The New Zealand Festival of the AUCKLAND This year has also seen an As always, we welcome your Arts kicks off in the creative capital New Zealand’s inaugural Primary increased focus on expanding feedback and ideas for future in late February. This year, three Healthcare Awards celebrate the our Membership to a wider issues. Email us at guest curators will put their own hard work of the country’s primary professional community. [email protected] unique spin on the programme care practitioners who are on We’ve always welcomed – choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, the frontlines of improving the referrals from Members’ On behalf of MAS, I hope you comedian and musician Bret health and wellbeing of all New friends, families and have a wonderful summer McKenzie and multimedia artist Zealanders.