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125th Anniversary

July 5, 2015

125th Anniversary Freemasons New Zealand has celebrated its 125th Anniversary recently in Christchurch over the weekend of 13-15th June 2015 with a series of activities at the Transitional Cathedral, Linwood Cemetery and the Shirley Freemasons Centre. These activities included the Freemasons University Scholarship 2015 Presentations, 125th Black Tie Dinner, re-dedication of the newly refurbished grave of our first Grand Master, a Celebratory Lunch, Thanksgiving Service at the Shirley Freemasons Centre […]

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Plain English Guide to Freemasonry (in New Zealand)

July 5, 2015

Plain English Guide to Freemasonry (in New Zealand) Many current Freemasons find it difficult to speak about Freemasonry other than in ‘masonic speak’ so Freemasons New Zealand has designed a booklet to provide the ladies and partner, potential candidates and the general public with a plain english explanation of Freemasonry in New Zealand today. This booklet recognises the need for the general public to have a clear understanding of Freemasonry […]

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Freemasons Park

July 5, 2015

The Potter Masonic Trust and Freemasons Lodges from Auckland have recently opened a ‘sensory park’ at the Homai School in Manuwera, South Auckland for the Blind and and Visually Impaired.  The park was constructed at a cost of half a million dollars and provides a safe environment for children who are visually impaired to have fun in the outdoors

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DAISY Players for visually impaired

June 26, 2015

Lodges from through New Zealand have made it possible for the Blind Foundation to receive 125 DAISY Players valued at $65,000. The Blind Foundation like Freemasons New Zealand is having its 125th Anniversary this year so it was cause for a double celebration.

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Freemasons University Scholarships 2015

June 26, 2015

Freemasons University Scholarships Annual presentation, in its 37th year, held in Christchurch at the Transitional Cathedral on Saturday 13th June 2015 as part of the 125th Anniversary Celebrations of Freemasons New Zealand. 28 Students, 8 New Zealand Universities, 120 family, friends and freemasons and $192,000 in Graduate and Post Graduate scholarships funded by The Freemasons Charity.

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AU and Brain Centre

June 26, 2015

Freemasons support innovative brain research 09 April 2015 Innovative research into Alzheimers, Huntingtons and Parkinsons disease at the University of Auckland will benefit from more than half a million dollars of funding from the Freemasons Roskill Foundation. The Foundation has announced an award of $560,000 over the next four years to fund two Freemasons Doctoral Scholarships and a Freemasons Postdoctoral Fellowship to advance the innovative research on these diseases at […]

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Writer’s Festival

June 26, 2015

Anthony Horowitz at Writers Festival’s Schools’ Programme Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 10:58 am Press Release: Auckland Writers Festival UK Literary Sensation, Anthony Horowitz Headlines Festival’s Schools’ Programme Globally-celebrated British author of Alex Rider fame, Anthony Horowitz, award-winning US young adult novelist Laurie Halse Anderson, best-selling Australian writer and national treasure Morris Gleitzman, internationally-acclaimed NZ singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrook (aka TINY RUINS), multi-award winning NZ young adult author Bernard Beckett and leading […]

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The Freemasons Park

May 26, 2015

The Freemasons Park The Potter Masonic Trust and Lodges from South Auckland have funded The Freemasons Park at Homai College for the Blind and Visually Impaired to the tune of over half a million dollars. It is an interactive garden that caters for the needs of the blind and visually impaired.

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