2017 Freemasons University Scholarships Largest privately funded scholarships in New Zealand with 1134 Scholarships in the last 39 years totalling over five milion dollars in grants to graduates and post graduates at New Zealands eight Universities. National presentations held in Legislative Council Chamber and Grand Hall of Parliament on 15th May 2017; which included Annual Freemasons University Scholarships the Inaugural Lawson-Smith Freemasons Education Scholarships. The event was hosted by Jacinda […]

Grand Master’s Television Interview Our Grand Master Mark Winger was recently interviewed on the television programme ‘The Beat Goes On’. You can watch it here

A Freemason’s charity knows no bounds! A small sample, both big and small, of what Freemasons New Zealand Lodges and Districts with the support of our Freemasons Charity and The Freemasons Charity in its own right did in 2016 alone.    freemasonsnz.org/charity

ANZAC Day – Lest we forget New Zealand and Australia commemorate ANZAC Day on 25th April to those who fell in wars past, those who returned and those who still serve as a remembrance and lest we forget. Many Freemasons perished in these wars.

Freemasons gave ‘ 2017 New Zealander of the Year’ his start! A number of years ago Freemasons New Zealand sponsored the New Generation Awards with The Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Five Awards of $25,000 each to help up and coming artists in New Zealand to concentrate on their art without financial worries. In the inaugural awards back in 2008 was Taika Waititi one of the awardees, the Film Director, […]

New Zealand Royal Arch Masons meet in Christchurch.  www.royalarch.org.nz The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New Zealand is holding its 125th Grand Convocation in Christchurch over the weekend of 3rd-4th March 2017. Mark Winger Grand Master, Graham Wrigley Deputy Grand Master, Peter Benstead President of the Board and Rob Angelo Southern Division Grand Master will be representing Grand Lodge of New Zealand – Freemasons New Zealand.

The Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee. The Grand Lodge of New Zealand (Freemasons New Zealand) congratulates Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second – Queen of New Zealand, on the occasion of her Sapphire Jubilee.

Freemasons install external Community Defibrillator Freemasons using the Johnsonville Freemasons Centre in Wellington donated funds along with a generous subsidy from The Freemasons Charity for an external Community Defibrillator to be placed on the outside of their building. The area around the Freemasons Centre has numerous sports grounds, schools and other community groups and organisations who can readily access the Defibrillator in an emergency. Lodges get generous assistance from The […]