Freemasons New Zealand Special Olympics – National Summer Games Fantastic to officially launch our sponsorship with Special Olympics New Zealand supporting thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete at the 2021 National Summer Games. As the pinnacle event that athletes with intellectual disabilities work towards every four years, today we marked the six-month countdown to the games with a fantastic game of Ten Pin bowling between the Grand Master […]

Camp Purple is life changing Camp Purple for young people with Crohn’s and Colitis. Two recent youth participants talk about the importance of Camp Purple (supported by Freemasons throughout New Zealand) to them. “ When I flew up to Auckland I was very nervous because I didn’t know anyone or anyone with Crohn’s like me. When I arrived I meet my group and the leaders and I was feeling a […]

New Zealand’s Pacific Lodge Lodge Calliope No 252 was constituted in Apia, Samoa on 30th August 1923 under The Grand Lodge of New Zealand and will be celebrating its Centenary next year. A report from the Master Worshipful Brother David Main. Lodge is going from strength to strength with our completing two Mason Master ceremonies and two Entered Apprentice Degrees in the last month or so.  This also includes having […]

Saving lives by parking cars! Saving Lives by Parking Cars The frustration of finding a car park early on a Saturday morning for kid’s sport is something that most mums and dads have experienced at some point in time. Through the generosity of The Freemasons of Canterbury and Calder Stewart, a four-storey parking building just metres from the Hagley netball courts was made available to help alleviate some of this craze […]

Powering Potential – a major programme for youth science. Freemasons New Zealand has had a long association with the Royal Society of New Zealand indeed Freemasonry has has an intimate connection with the Royal Society in the UK for nearly 300 years with many members being Freemasons as well. In mid December 2020, 40 selected High School Science Students from throughout New Zealand came together in Wellington for a few […]

‘Borrow a Brother’ Since time immemorial Freemasons have been borrowed by members of the community to help out or have been asked to help out or have offered to help out. It is generally something they do willingly as charity and community go hand in hand in Freemasonry. A nice little story from Whanganui… ‘On Saturday 15th August 2020, on a bright, clear, blue sky day, brethren from The St. […]

Freemasons New Zealand, through The Freemasons Charity, has continued to fund the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in Wellington for a further $600,000, over the next three years, for the Freemasons CAR-T cell Research Programme. This is in additional to the $600,000 previous funding for the Freemasons CAR-T cell Research Programme. This involves research and trials on therapies for a range of cancers. A total of $1,200,000 over five years […]

Dollars for Digits The Digits Trust, based in the Manawatu, has the mission to break down access barriers to internet and devices by supplying families with a device and internet connection for the lowest weekly price, plus providing support for safe device use ensuring a child is looked after while online. It provides Chrome Books to families who are unable to meet the cost of buying a laptop for their […]