Keep calm and carry on When the going gets tough, like it is with Covid-19, the tough get going, and one senior mental health counsellor says most of us are tougher than we give ourselves initial credit for. She’s not advocating a harden-up pill, but she does advise getting in touch with your natural resilience. Robyn McGill is a counsellor registered with, and former president of, the NZ Association of […]

Covid-19:  A really frightening wake-up call It’s called Coronavirus because the proteins on the virus’ outer ‘coat’ are shaped like a crown – hence the term ‘corona’. So says well known microbiologist and author, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles MNZM, who adds that there are lots of different members of the coronavirus family. Some can cause the common cold and others were responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks. Siouxsie says […]

Visit our website Brethren and Lodges may be in lock-down mode but the Freemasons New Zealand website is very much open for business.  So, for any updates and vital information, and to keep in touch with what’s happening within our Craft around the country, visit  https://freemasonsnz.org/

Message from our Executive Director – Mark Cassidy   Living in interesting times! “May you live in interesting times”.  That’s supposedly an English translation of a Chinese curse and it certainly applies to us all at the moment. While National Office staff have all been working from home we have been extremely busy with two things.  First and foremost has been the urgent and important work to support lodges that […]

Welcome aboard! We hope you enjoy this new newsletter that we have created during the lockdown to keep everyone up to speed with latest developments within Freemasons New Zealand, and with key issues that affect us during this pandemic. It’s a quick and easy read, but it’s designed to ensure we can stay connected with Brethren on a frequent and regular basis. If you’ve got feedback about stories ideas or […]

Message from our Grand Master MW Bro Graham Wrigley   Masonic spirit to the fore   Welcome to this newsletter, Brethren.  I hope you are all coping with this enforced isolation as well as possible, looking after yourselves and others, and staying safe in your bubble. I can’t stress enough how important it is that we all do as instructed by Government, especially our elderly and more vulnerable Brethren and […]