WEBSITE RESHUFFLE

Right, I am going to have a bit of a shuffle on here. Directly below will be the most recent updates for our website. I will start this from January 2022. Then a little bit further on will be from January 2018 to December 2021 in that order. So if you want to see older stuff you will need to scroll through OR to get right to the end, hold down the Ctrl key and then press the End button and taadaaaaa you will go right to the bottom. I am hoping that this will make it easier for you all and will save you having to go to the end which can be time consuming.

Due to memory issues on the website, the last entry here is July 2022. After that, please pop over to the Tamatea 2022 page.

19 July 2022 'Our Golden Girls'

Our Federation hosted an afternoon tea to celebrate our four golden girls - Catherine Downs (1982), Betty McDonald (2001), Inez Rudd (2010) and Elaine Williams (2022). They have all been awarded their Gold Honours Badge, which is the highest award in Institute. Members were asked to wear something yellow or golden. Jenny Ziebe took photos, thanks Jenny.

13 July 2022 Meeting

Vice President June Fraser led our July 22022 meeting. She welcomed 23 members and our speaker. The Aspirations were recited by us all and then Marilyn led us in singing the Ode.

Our speaker for the evening was Emma Horgan-Heke from the Environment Centre. She was originally scheduled to speak in March but was unable to do so then, so it was great that she was able to step in at short notice. She was very interesting and I am sure that we all learnt quite a bit about recycling. It is not just about putting things in our kerb side bins. So much more can be recycled and saved from going to the landfill.

There were 12 apologies and 2 birthdays. We sung happy birthday to Frances Burton. The minutes were read along with the correspondence. and finance. We spoke about staying in contact with members especially if they are poorly. Many members have had Covid. Frances McLay had a fall and has broken her hip.

Competitions

Floral - Beach Comber Creation

1st Yvonne Hirst

Craft - Diamond Dot Picture

1st Yvonne Hirst 2nd Pauline Powell 3rd Marilyn Thorp

Cooking - 3 Rock Cakes own recipe

1st Rachel Wickham 2nd Yvonne Hirst 3rd Marilyn Thorp

Raffles were won by Val Hales and Loraine Gosse.

No photos were taken this month.

8 June 2022 Meeting

In the absence of our President Annette, our Vice President June Fraser led our June 2022 meeting. She welcomed 27 members, 1 guest and a prospective member who was then nominated and seconded to join our Institute. Welcome Rhose Shand. Rhose was presented with a welcome pack. We had 9 apologies and 2 birthdays. The Aspirations were recited by us all.

Our delegate to the NZFWI 101st AGM in Wellington was Yvonne Hirst and she presented a comprehensive report. It was very interesting and she covered everything. It sounded like the ladies who went from our Federation had a most enjoyable time.

We then took a break to enjoy a dinner of soup and buns. The soups were made by members of the committee and they were German Potato Soup, Vegetable, Thai Pumpkin, Chicken and Vegetable and Smoked Fish Chowder. They were all delicious and welcomed on a cool evening.

There was a page of Christmas riddles to solve and a jar of lollies to guess how many were in it. The rest of the formal part of the meeting was concluded and then we finished up with a fun activity where each table had to dress one of them as Mother Christmas using a bag of decorations. A lot of laughter was heard while tinsel and toilet paper was being draped in a fashionable way.

Competitions

Floral - Christmas Table Arrangement (embellishments allowed)

1st Marilyn Thorp

Craft - Decorated Cone

1st Yvonne Hirst

Cooking - Jelly Cake 3 Pieces (recipe supplied) No entries unfortunately. I am going to give this recipe a go though as I love it.

Instead of the usual raffle, we were each given a number when we arrived. The lucky ladies of the draws were Yvonne Hirst and Pam Taylor

We savoured yummy slices and a chocolate sponge cake with a cuppa and a chat.

Social Outing 26 May 2022

17 of us went to lunch at the Thai Lotus in Taradale. It was really yummy. I was pleased to be able to attend as I am limited with things I can attend during the day time. There was non stop chatter.

11 May 2022 Meeting

Our President, Annette welcomed 23 members, 1 guest and our speaker to our May meeting. We had 13 apologies and 5 birthdays. We sung Happy birthday to the 2 ladies who were at the meeting. We had a lengthy amount of correspondence to get through and quite a lot of general business so thank you ladies for your patience!

Pam Taylor and Brenda Spivey were thanked for their efforts with the Peggy Square blankets which they completed. Members had been knitting and donating Peggy Squares. The blankets are for Swinburn House in Pirimai. It is run by Birthright and is for ages 2-5. June Dalton has made 15 Trauma Teddies to be given to the police for young children. Inez is organising Jammies for June and is having a cutting out day on 17 May.

Annette and Ann W have been working on Welcome Packs for new members. These include a programme, a welcome letter and information on the history of WI and Tamatea WI. We hope that these will make it easier and more helpful for new members.

The Presidential candidates were discussed to help our delegate, Yvonne, be prepared when she attends the AGM at the end of the month.

Our speaker was Christine from Wool n Things in Onekawa. She was very knowledgeable about all things wool related. She had been happy to sit through our meeting and she had been observing the goings on. She noted that several ladies were knitting through the meeting...and she said that was a good thing. She had purchased a book recently called The Loving Stitch by Heather Nicholson. She had only read a few pages but found it fascinating and was able to relate things in the book to us e.g. a number of our ladies had been making Peggy Squares and Christine had been reading about them in the book. She was thanked by Varna and given a small gift of appreciation.

Raffles were won by June Dalton and Lynda Wilson.

We then finished up and had supper and a chat.

13 April 2022 Meeting

Our President, Annette welcomed 18 members to our April meeting. The weather and possibly Covid kept many away. We had 16 apologies and 2 birthdays. We had a minute silence in remembrance of Bev Cramond who had passed away recently. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung.

We took a break from the business side of the meeting to welcome Wendy Mason, who led us all in some 'Sit and be Fit' exercises. She suggested other things that we can all do on a daily basis to keep our minds and bodies active. Pam presented her with a card and small gift of appreciation at the end.

Competitions -

Raffles were won by Varna Day and Loraine Gosse. We then adjourned to the supper room for a cuppa and a natter.

9 March 2022 Meeting

Photos of the competitions.

Founder's Day at Anderson Park 23 February 2022

Below are a selection of photos from the day taken by Jenny Ziebe.

Northern Hawkes Bay WI Celebrated Founders Day in Anderson Park where our Kowhai Tree was planted last year. Marilyn our President welcomed 36 Members.

Tony Wilson spoke about the history of Anderson Park. It was a racecourse. He has written a book with beautiful colour pictures. Books are for sale. When all our ladies were back we had a lovely morning tea and did some socialising.

Wednesday 9 February 2022 48th Birthday

Our President, Annette, welcomed 28 members to our 48th Birthday meeting. There were 10 apologies and 4 birthdays. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung. The formalities of the meeting were mixed up in between the food courses.

We had a delicious Pot Luck dinner. It was a little different this year as the meals were served by 3 of the committee ladies who were masked and gloved up as a Covid 19 precaution. We were spoilt for choice with cold meats, salads and some delicious warm dishes too. Desserts included trifles, jelly, fruit salad, apple sponge and rhubarb crumble to name a few.

Annette introduced the new committee and advised what positions they were going to be holding for this year.

The raffles were won by Jenny Ziebe and Val Hales.

Our birthday cake was cut by our previous President, Inez Rudd and we concluded the evening with a fun game.

Thanks Jenny for the photos.

Wednesday 19 January 2022 Meeting and 48th AGM

Our President, Inez, welcomed 30 members to our January 2022 meeting. There were 13 apologies and 4 birthdays. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung.

Inez advised that during the holiday break she had presented associate member, Doreen Goodgame with her 30 year service award. Congratulations Doreen!!!! A great achievement. It was lovely that Doreen was able to attend our January meeting.

The raffles were won by Molly Wylie, Adrienne Parsons, Ann Webster and Peggy Flack. It was nice to see Molly back with us as she had been away in the States for a period of time and then after she had completed MIQ and been home for one day, she ended up in hospital.

Due to Covid, secret friends were rolled over for 2021. These were revealed and so ladies found out who it was that had been leaving surprise gifts for them.

We then had our AGM. After a welcome and the apologies, the minutes from the 47th AGM were read and confirmed. Then the Secretary, Treasurer and President all presented their reports. They were each thanked for their time and the work put into them.

The Holter Cup and placings for the 2021 Competitions were announced. Congratulations to all the place getters -

1st Yvonne Hirst

2nd Frances Burton

3rd Marilyn Thorp

There was one nomination for President and Annette Elkins will lead the team for 2022. 5 ladies agreed to stay on committee and were joined by 4 new ladies.

After a small amount of business, the meeting was closed and members enjoyed supper and fellowship.

24 January 2018 Meeting and AGM

30 members came along to the first meeting of 2018 which also included our 44th AGM. The usual formalities were dealt with quickly.

A discussion was had about extending the monthly Monday craft afternoon to include members of the public with the offer to teach a new skill. This might be showing a person how to knit, starting with a peggy square. Or it might be learning to make a greeting card and such like. There can also be special projects to learn. Jenny Ziebe is going to show ladies how to make a material Xmas tree in February.

The raffle were won by Deneice Marshall, Pam Taylor and Gaylene Bailey.

A small break was taken so we could stand up and have a stretch and then it was straight into the AGM.

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Treasurer, Pam Taylor presented the financial statement and distributed copies to members.

President, Annette Elkins presented her report. She very cleverly summed it up in one word - PRESIDENT. She said the best part had been taking the donations to the Napier Family Centre for our adopted family, and the worst part was trying to speak over members who were chattering.

P = Positive

R = Respect

E = Enthusiasm

S = Sense of humour

I = Improvise

D = Determined

E = Easy going

N = Neutral

T = Thankful

Minute Secretary, Ann Webster presented the Annual Report.

Annette Elkins was re-elected as President unopposed. 8 standing committee members were nominated and agreed to stay on for another year. There were 4 nominations for new members and they were all accepted onto an expanded committee. This was done as next year will see the President, Vice President, Treasurer and and Secretary all retire from the committee as all would have served 4 years.

Jenny Ziebe was presented with a pot plant as a thank you for all of the extra things that she does for our institute. This includes taking the photos, organising craft day, organising the monthly outing and doing the scrapbook.

Things coming up in the next couple of months -

• 14 February 2018, Wednesday at Napier RSA. 6pm for a carvery meal. Cost $25. Let Annette know if you haven't already.

• 19 February 2018, Monday. Craft afternoon. Everyone welcome.

• 22 February 2018, Thursday. Social outing. Maybe a visit to see the begonias at Theo Payne's place. To be confirmed.

• 24 February 2018, Saturday. Founders Day. Day outing to Onga Onga. Let Pauline Powell know if you haven't already.

• Subs are due by 14 March 2018 of $25.

• 20 March 2018, Tuesday. Visit to Friend's Bush and mosaics, with afternoon tea afterwards. There will be a small charge. To be confirmed.

14 February 2018 Meeting - 44th Birthday

The venue was changed from our usual venue to the Norfolk Lounge at Napier RSA for the birthday meeting. A lovely carvery meal was had by over 30 members, a visitor, Sonia, from Matamata and 2 new prospective members, Jan Avison and Annabelle Watson.

The usual formalities were dealt with quickly then the birthday cake, which was made by Marilyn Thorp and iced by Berry Rangi was cut.

Unfortunately there are no photos from our birthday meeting.

Winter in England - March 2018

As we had heard and read about the dreadful weather that the United Kingdom and Europe had been experiencing, Marilyn emailed our links to check if they were all ok over there.

Marilyn had a reply from Katie from Arlesey WI in Bedfordshire who sent a couple of photos. Katie said that "The weather has been very snowy with a very cold easterly wind, it seems to be thawing this morning as things are dripping. Scotland and the east of England was very badly hit and it has moved down to Devon. I attach a couple of pics of our garden taken this morning , we have just ventured out and fed and watered the birds"

March and April Things to Come...

• Wednesday 14 March 2018. Tamatea WI March Meeting. Speaker - Lisa Hardie from Birthright. Competitions are as per the book -

Floral: Yellow Mantlepiece arrangement, Easter embellishments. No larger than 30cm at any point including vase.

Craft: Knitted chicken egg cosy - pattern supplied

Cooking: 3 pieces of Easter Egg slice - recipe supplied

Wot Not: Shell

• Monday 19 March 2018. Craft afternoon.

• Thursday 29 March 2018 (To Be Confirned). Social outing - either a morning tea or a lunch.

• Friday 6 April 2018. Northern & Hawke's Bay Federation AGM at St Columbas at 9.30am

• Tuesday 10 April 2018. Visit to Friend's Bush and mosaics, with afternoon tea afterwards. There will be a small charge. (This event didn't happen in March). NOW CONFIRMED - see poster below!!!!

• Wednesday 11 April 2018. Tamatea WI April Meeting. Secret Friends revealed. War Song Singalong. Competitions are as per the book -

Floral A Red Flower

Craft: Folded paper napkin

Cooking: 3 Savoury biscuits - your choice

Wot Not: 1 Medal

Here is the poster for our Craft Afternoons -

An Invitation to our Devonshire Afternoon Tea

14 March 2018 Meeting

A good number of ladies attended our March 2018 meeting, with 10 apologies. The Aspirations were said and the ode sung. Happy birthday was sung for 6 ladies.

The competitions were well supported, especially the Wot Not. Placings were achieved as follows -

Floral - Yellow mantlepiece arrangement with Easter embellishments

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Ann Webster 3rd Adrienne Parsons

Craft - Knitted chicken egg cosy

1st Annette Elkins

Cooking - 3 pieces of Easter Egg Slice

1st Adrienne Parsons 2nd Elaine Evans 3rd Ann Webster

Wot Not - Shell

1st Berry Rangi 2nd Deneice Marshall 3rd Inez Rudd

The raffles were drawn and won by Pauline Powell and June Rogers.

Things coming up...

Monday 19 March 2018 1pm Craft afternoon at St Columbas Church.

Friday 23 March 2018 noon Lunch at Drift Restaurant. Marine Parade, under Quality Hotel.

Friday 6 April 2018 9.30am Northern & Hawke's Bay Federation AGM at St Columbas Church

Tuesday 10 April 2018 1.30pm Devonshire Tea after visiting Friends Bush and Mosaics. Cost $5 Jervois Road.

Monthly Social Outing for March 2018

17 ladies went to Drift on Marine Parade on Friday 23 March 2018. We had a lovely meal. They have got a special lunch menu for Friday, Saturday and Sunday running at the moment for $15. The meals are very generous in portion size and extremely tasty.

Northern & Hawke's Bay Federation

AGM 6 April 2018 at St Columbas Church

Annette was the delegate at the AGM and she presented a very detailed report at our April meeting. Here are some photos that Jenny Ziebe took there -

11 April 2018 Monthly Meeting

34 members came along to our April meeting. There was quite a volume of general business that had to be dealt with after which Annette gave her report from the 86th AGM of the Northern & Hawke's Bay Federation. Tamatea WI did very well in the competitions with many wins and placings. Marilyn was presented with her Good Service Badge. Marilyn was nominated onto the Executive Committee as Minute Secretary and Lois Keenan as Treasurer.

As Conference is nearing, we had to discuss the Remits. We got through several and our delegate was given direction for voting on them at conference.

We had a war time songs sing-a-long seeing that ANZAC day was approaching.

Secret friends were revealed. This was quite funny as several participants were each others secret friends without knowing so they had been surprising each other all year. New friends were given out.

Competition Results

Floral - A Red Flower

1st Annabelle Watson 2nd Ann Webster 3rd Pauline Powell

Craft - A Folded Paper Napkin

1st June Dalton 2nd Ann Webster

Cooking - 3 Savoury Biscuits - your choice

1st Annette Elkins 2nd Marilyn Thorp 3rd Ann Webster

Wot Not - 1 Medal

1st Liz Nelson 2nd Elaine Evans 3rd Joan Coppell

The raffles were won by Jenny Ziebe and Peggy Daysh.

Below are the competition entries. Thanks Jenny Ziebe for supplying the photos.

Craft Afternoon 16 April 2018

The April craft afternoon was held at the home of Jenny Ziebe. A lovely afternoon was had too.

Arlesey WI in Bedfordshire UK 100 Year Birthday

One of our Link Institutes in the UK celebrated their 100 year birthday in early May 2018. Wow, 100 years!! They had the event catered so that the committee could enjoy the evening too.

9 May 2018 Monthly Meeting

Our President, Annette, welcomed 34 members to our May meeting. There was a minutes silence to remember past member Raewyn Davies who passed away .

The usual formalities were dealt with quickly and then we moved to General Business. Service badges were presented to Barbara Ludvigsen and Bev Cramond.

We then welcomed our special guest, Bev Doohan from Tamatea and Taradale Floral Art Clubs. who was demonstrating to us the art of making a shoulder spray.

Bev was very well prepared for the task and had 2 different types of sprays already made. One was fully wired and taped with Parafilm which can be quite stretchy and the second one was not wired except for the ivy leaf at the back and taped with Floratape which is stickier. Bev left some instructions and pictures of samples. Bev then proceeded to show us in detail how to prepare and assemble a spray. There is certainly a knack to doing the taping! It will be a challenge to us all to make a spray for the June floral competition.

Competitions for May

Floral - Green Arrangement

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Varna Day 3rd Ann Webster

Craft - Half Apron

1st Gaylene Bailey 2nd Deneice Marshall

Cooking - Serving of Self Saucing Pudding

1st Ann Webster

Wot Not - Miniature Cup and Saucer

1st Barbara Ludvigsen 2nd Ann Webster 3rd Elaine Evans

The raffle was won by Elaine Evans with second prize going to Liz Nelson.

The meeting concluded with chatting over a cuppa and supper.

Thanks to Jenny Ziebe and Ann Webster for supplying the photos.

Social Outing 24 May 2018

24 ladies attended the May social outing which was a lunch at the Puketapu Pub. They have a varied menu including a variety of burgers, pasta, steaks and loads more. The prices are very reasonable and it is one of favourite places for lunch!! Thanks Jenny for the photos.

13 June 2018 Meeting

Our June meeting was light on numbers with just 27 present, with the President, VP and Secretary among the absentees. The meeting was capably run by Inez, with other committee members stepping up to assist. Inez thanked members for the roll call items for the bathroom for our adopted family.

Knitted items and pyjamas were also collected for Out and About for Kids in Hawke's Bay as Gabby Allen from the organisation was our guest speaker. She spoke about setting up the Facebook page as an avenue for connecting with the community, support for young mums, mums helping mums and also for people wanting to give support for underprivileged and vulnerable children. They have two drives a year - Jammies for June and Christmas Boxes.

Competitions were light in entries with no craft or cooking entries.

Floral - Shoulder Spray

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Pauline Powell

Wot Not - Royal Memorabilia Item

1st Nola Deverell 2nd Liz Nelson 3rd Marilyn Thorp

The raffles were drawn and were won by Judy Fredricksen and Marilyn Thorp.

Thanks Jenny Ziebe for the photos.

Members Day Friday 6 July 2018

An informal gathering was held for members to get together and have a jolly old chin wag. A soup and roll luncheon was provided too. About 30 ladies attended the event hosted by Meeanee WI.

Thanks Jenny Ziebe for the photos.

11 July 2018 Meeting - Pizza Night!!!!

It has been a tough few weeks with 3 members - Joan Coppell, Loraine Gosse and Jenny Ziebe losing their husbands. Our thoughts were with these ladies during this sad time so it was especially nice that they were at the July meeting.

The meeting was also attended by Nicky Reynolds for the first time. She was warmly welcomed.

Rachel and Marilyn collected the pizzas from the local Pizza Hut and Rachel didn't even mind going in to get them dressed as Maria from The Sound of Music which was the theme for the evening.

Going along with the theme, members were asked to introduce themselves and state their 'favourite thing'. These varied and included food, people, crafty things, gardening, flowers, baking, sewing, quilting, grandchildren etc etc.

The evening finished up with a bottle auction. These came in a variety of shapes and sizes and you had no idea what you were getting until each auction was won. Bidding started at $1 and went up to $6. $85 was made. Well done auctioneer Annette!!

Thanks Jenny Ziebe for the photos.

8 August 2018 Meeting

Our August meeting was attended by 33 members and one visitor, Viv Birdsall from Whakarawa WI in Central Hawke's Bay. Our President, Annette thanked members for the packets of food for our adopted family. The Aspirations were said and the Ode sung.

There were seven members who had or were to have birthdays in August, so we sung happy birthday.

The formal section of the meeting were dealt with relatively quickly. Points to note were -

• National Awareness Week 8-14 October 2018. Federation is planning on running Pop Up Shops in Taradale and Havelock North. They will require helpers and donations, so please start getting together sell-able items. Baking is allowed as the places being looked at are not next to shops that sell food.

• CHANGE TO OCTOBER PROGRAM. In addition to dressing up in Country and Western outfits and having C&W music playing in the background (feel free to sing-a-long), we felt it appropriate that in line with the National Awareness Week that we spend the evening making 'Lonely Bouquets'. These will have a message attached to them and will be distributed the next day.

Our speaker was Sharyn Phillips from CanInspire Charitable Trust. The Trust has been in Hawke's Bay since 2017 after starting in Ashburton in 2010 by a lady named Sarah Clifford who had been diagnosed with cancer. During her treatment she was given some beads, wire and the tools to create jewellery. This gave her a distraction from the treatment she was undertaking. She created 28 items, one per day and these were later auctioned by the Cancer Society and raised over $3000. The intention of the Trust is to give others affected by illness, trauma or loss the same help that Sarah was given. Unwanted jewellery is deconstructed by volunteers and then CanBead Kits consisting of beads, wire, tools and a mat are put together in bags which are currently being made by gentlemen at the Hawke's Bay Prison. To assist with funds, reusable bags with the CanInspire logo are being made for sale. Last March they held a Handbags and Gladrags auction which raised$9000. The Trust welcomes donations of redundant jewellery and fabric.

Competitions

Cooking - 3 Afghan Biscuits from a recipe supplied (6 entries)

1st Elaine Evans 2nd Adrienne Parsons 3rd Annette Elkins

Floral - Whimsical Garden (2 entries)

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Liz Nelson

Craft - Card for a Male (5 entries)

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Bev Cramond 3rd Joan Curtis

Wot Not - How many different items can you fit into a matchbox? (8 entries)

1st Marilyn Thorp (100) 2nd Ann Webster (70) 3rd Adrienne Parsons (63)

The raffles were won by Loraine Gosse and Peggy Daysh.

Upcoming Events

• Monday 13 August 2018, 1.30pm Craft Day. To be held at the home of Pam Taylor.

• Thursday 23 August 2018, 10am. Social Outing. Martins Bakehouse in Gloucester Street, Taradale. It is where Heavens Bakery used to be.

• Wednesday 12 September 2018, 7.30pm. Monthly meeting - FRIENDSHIP NIGHT at St Columbas Church. Op Shop Fashion Parade happening.

• Friday 21 September 2018, 9.30am. Federation Half Yearly Meeting at St Columbas Church.

• 8-14 October 2018. National Awareness Week. Pop Up Shops in Taradale and Havelock North. Please support these.

• Wednesday 10 October 2018, 7.30pm. Monthly meeting - Country and Western Dress Up and Music. We will also be making 'Lonely Bouquets' so bring flowers, foliage, ribbons, paper doilies, rubber bands, small plastic bags, paper towels.

Social Outing 23 August 2018

18 ladies went to Martins Bakehouse in Taradale for morning tea. It looked like a lovely morning was had by all.

12 September 2018 Meeting

Our September meeting was our 'Friendship Night' and was held at St Columbas Church. 36 of our members were joined by a good number of visitors from other WI's as well as personal friends and family. Entry was by gold coin with ALL of this money going to our adopted family. A special thank you was given to Cynthia from the Two Fold Op Shop behind the church. She made it possible for the models to borrow the clothes and then return them after our parade. Quite a few of the outfits were going to be purchased by the models themselves.

Thanks you to those members and visitors who got into the theme by wearing their best op shop outfit.

The Aspirations were said and the Ode sung.

The formal parts of the meeting were dealt with quickly with the minutes and treasurers reports having been taken as read and passed at the previous committee meeting. Several of the Inwards Correspondence items were tabled for those members who do not receive email.

There is a WI Awareness Week coming up on 8-14 October 2018. Our Federation is planning on having a display in the Taradale Library during this week. There is also going to be a stall outside the Big Barrel in Taradale on Friday 12 October 2018 selling produce.

The main event for the evening was an Op Shop Fashion Parade. The models had a fun time selecting their outfits and they were all well received by a most appreciative audience. There was quite a bit of a surprise that these outfits were from an op shop. There were several categories - day-wear, evening wear and nightwear. At the end all of the models came out in the last outfit that they had been wearing to a rapturous round of applause.

At the conclusion of the parade, a sumptuous supper was served and everyone mingled and chatted happily. 17 lucky people were the lucky winners in the multi draw raffles.

Federation 1/2 Yearly Meeting 21 September 2018

Here is a selection of photos from the meeting.

Social Outing - 27 September 2018

23 ladies visited the Puketapu Pub for lunch. This is a very popular destination for lunch as there is plenty of room, is good for parking and has an extensive menu with varied pricing. My personal favourites are the fish burger and the beef schnitzel.

10 October 2018 Meeting

As we were right in the middle of WI Awareness week (8-14 October 2018), we had decided to make good use of the meeting by making 'Lonely Bouquets' to distribute the next day. So as soon as the meeting proper was completed, we moved to the supper room where tables laden with flowers, foliage and ribbons were waiting to be fashioned into beautiful bouquets. We all combined and helped each other make 73 bouquets.

Competitions

Cooking - 3 Cheese Scone

1st Elaine Evans 2nd Marilyn Thorp 3rd Annette Elkins

Floral - Arrangement in a Gumboot

1st Ann Webster

Wot Not - 1 Months Programme (this was decided at the November Committee Meeting)

1st Annette Elkins 2nd Ann Webster 3rd Jenny Ziebe

The raffles were won by Pauline Powell and Elaine Evans.

14 November 2018 Meeting

Our highlight for November was our Flower Show and so it was wonderful to see so many of our ladies arriving with flowers to enter into it. It made for a very colourful supper room.

With the absence of our President, our Vice President, Joan took to the helm and welcomed the members to our November meeting. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung.

There was a reasonable quantity of formal and general business to be dealt with. We had a great response to the Lonely Bouquets that we had distributed in the community in October and brightened up the days of many people. Nomination forms for the committee were made available and it was pointed out that all of the top table would be going off committee next year, having served for four years.

The ladies that had not entered into the flower show were to be the judges, with each lady selecting their favourite in each category. Whilst this was happening, Joan hosted a song competition where the two sides of the room had turns in naming and singing the chorus of songs with a flower in the title. The place getters were then each presented with a certificate and a prize. Place getters were -

Multicoloured

1st Marilyn Thorp 2nd Adrienne Parsons 3rd Joan Curtis

Pink

1st Bev Cramond 2nd Anne Clifford 3rd Pauline Powell

Purple

1st Lois Keenan 2nd Joan Curtis 3rd Brenda Spivey

Red

1st Adrienne Parsons 2nd Rachel Wickham 3rd Annabel Watson

White / Cream

1st Annabel Watson 2nd June Dalton 3rd Rachel Wickham

Yellow / Orange

1st Pam Taylor 2nd Loraine Gosse 3rd Annabel Watson

Raffles were won by Annabel Watson and Pauline Powell

The meeting then concluded with supper, fellowship and admiring the blooms.

12 December 2018 Xmas Meeting

Our President, Annette, welcomed 38 members and 2 visitors to our Christmas meeting. Quite a few members wore Christmas clothes and.or decorations. She thanked our hostesses Joan, June and Lynn and also members for donating Christmas goodies for our Adopted Family.

There were 8 members celebrating birthdays during December and we sung Happy Birthday to them all.

The rest of the usual business was dealt with and then it was time for the Secret Friends gifts to be distributed...and there were a lot of them!!!

We then had Christmas Cracker Musical Entertainment. We were each given a Christmas Cracker. When they were popped, each one had a numbered whistle in. We assembled into groups of the same number whistle. Then Joan Coppell was our conductress and as she called out the numbers, we blew our whistles. Sometimes it was a little hard to figure out the tunes we were attempting to play but it was a lot of fun.

We then moved to the supper room to have desserts prepared by members of the committee and to have a good old chinwag. The 4 outgoing members of the committee - President Annette Elkins, Vice President Joan Coppell, Secretary Ann Webster and Treasurer Pam Taylor cut the Christmas cake.

The raffles were won by Peggy Flack, Joan Curtis and Varna Day.

23 January 2019 Meeting and 45th AGM

Our President, Annette welcomed 33 ladies to the first meeting for 2019. Three ladies became new members which was great. A big welcome to Maureen Paviour, Lyn Lees and Margaret Beattie. We hope you enjoy being members of our progressive WI.

Peggy Flack was the only member celebrating a birthday in January so she had the Happy Birthday song all to herself.

The body of the meeting was dealt with reasonably quickly and then we were treated to an insight of Varna Days' life. Thank you Varna for sharing with us.

The raffles were won by Liz Nelson, Varna Day, Adrienne Parsons, Frances McLay, Marilyn Thorp and Elaine Evans. Most of the raffle prizes were gifts that we had received from our Links in the UK in the form of calendars and bags.

We then had a break and enjoyed a cool glass of fruit punch and a natter until we were called back in for our 45th AGM.

After a welcome and the apologies, the minutes from the 44th AGM were read and confirmed. Then the Secretary, Treasurer and President all presented their reports. They were each thanked for their time and the work put into them.

9 standing committee members agreed to be nominated for 2019 and there was one additional nomination - Bev Cramond to join the committee.

The filling of positions will be decided at by the new committee at their first committee meeting in February.

After a small amount of business, the meeting was closed and members enjoyed supper and fellowship.

13 February 2019 Meeting (45th Birthday)

Unfortunately I wasn't at the meeting so have used the minutes to compile this.

June Dalton welcomed 29 members and 2 visitors. As no President had been elected at January's AGM, she moved to have 2 joint Presidents. This was unanimously agreed and so our new Presidents are Inez and Liz Nelson. The rest of the business was dealt with and then it was on to the fun part.

February was our 45th birthday and this was celebrated with a pot luck dinner and a chocolate birthday cake. Members had been asked to dress in Art Deco and it was great that the majority had dressed up. Bev Cramond was chosen by our 2 visitors as the winner.

Raffles were won by Judy Fredricksen and Elaine Evans.

13 March 2019 Meeting

Our joint President, Liz, welcomed 43 members to the March 2019 meeting. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung. Liz read out a quite humorous poem which had men's names in and was related to getting older. Thanks Sarah for supplying the poem.

We all received our eagerly awaited programme for 2019. Congratulations to the committee for compiling an interesting and varied programme. It looks like a fun year ahead!!

Our speaker was Cheryl Evans from First Training who gave a talk on First Aid. It was good as it was targeted for older people and what situations we might encounter and how to deal with them e.g. finding a person unconscious, a person collapsing with a heart attack, choking etc. Cheryl had had 20 years with surf lifesaving in Piha and as first response with the ambulance service. She had lots of experience maintaining life until a patient was able to be transported to hospital or family arrived. She teaches advanced resuscitation to doctors and nurses as well. She explained DRS ABC -

D is to Check for DANGER

R is to Check for RESPONSIVENESS

S is to SHOUT for help - ask a bystander to dial 111 and ask for an ambulance

A is to Open AIRWAY

B is to Check for BREATHING - if not breathing, start CPR. Otherwise, if alone, leave the victim and dial 111.

C is for CPR 30:2 - 30 chest compressions, followed by opening the airway and giving 2 breaths.

(DRS ABC from NZ Resuscitation Council)

Cheryl stressed not to leave a person on their back as they could die. Pull them over into the recovery position however you can.

She then explained what to do if someone is choking. Things have changed and the Heimlich Manoeuvre is now NOT the recommended procedure. We also all stood up and were shown what to do if we are alone and we are choking. It was a worthwhile talk and so it was great that we had a good turnout. We all learnt a lot. Cheryl was thanked and given a small gift of appreciation.

COMPETITIONS

Floral - Artificial flowers in an aerosol can lid for a bedside table

1st Adrienne Parsons 2nd June Dalton 3rd Margaret Beattie

Cooking - Louise Cake, own recipe

1st Elaine Evans 2nd Lyn Lees 3rd Annette Elkins

Craft - Pincushion made from a ladies hanky

1st June Dalton

Wot Not - The most early baby photo of yourself

1st Jenny Ziebe 2nd Val Hales 3rd June Dalton

Raffles were won by Peggy Daysh and Joan Coppell. It was great that after having been in charge of the raffles for several years that Joan was rewarded with a raffle prize.

We then adjourned to the supper room, where thankfully, no first aid was required.

Upcoming events -

Thursday 28 March 2019 at 10am Morning tea at Cafe Ahuriri. Please contact Jenny Ziebe if you didn't put your name on the sheet.

Friday 29 March 2019 at 9.30am Northern & Hawke's Bay Federation AGM at St Columbas Church, Gloucester Street.

Wednesday 10 April 2019 at 7.30pm Our April meeting. Secret Friends revealed. Kim Ludemont is our speaker talking about the weird and wonderful world of aged residential care and retirement village life.

The competitions are: Floral - cake decoration for Easter; Craft - Knitted flower; Cooking - Jar of jam, any type, your choice; Wot Not - Decorative Egg.

Social Outing - Morning Tea Thursday 28 March 2019

Some members enjoyed morning tea at Cafe Ahuriri. Unfortunately I couldn't go so I missed out on a lovely custard square.

Northern & HB Federation AGM 29 March 2019

This was held at St Columbas at 9.30am. We will be getting the Delegates report at our April meeting.

10 April 2019 Meeting

President Inez Rudd welcomed 44 members to the April meeting. It was especially nice that Ann Mabin was able to attend while she was visiting from Christchurch. There was also another visitor, Rhonwen O'Donnell and 2 prospective members, Jill Miller and Dellece McFarlane. The hostesses for the evening were thanked and the Aspirations recited and the Ode sung. Elaine Evans, Liz Nelson and Ann Webster were having birthdays in April.

The business part of the meeting was conducted and June Dalton presented a comprehensive report of the Northern and Hawke's Bay Federation 87th AGM. Tamatea did well in the competitions and was the overall winner. Members who had entered into the competitions were congratulated.

Joan Coppell was presented with the Good Service Badge by Federation President Pauline Powell. Congratulations Joan.

The speaker was Kim Ludeman from the Masonic Trust, Taradale. Kim talked about aged residential care, retirement villages, Enduring Power of Attorney and more. Kim was thanked for coming to speak about this very important subject and was presented with a small gift of appreciation.

Competitions :

Floral - Cake Decoration for Easter

1st June Dalton

Craft - Knitted Flower

1st Varna Day 2nd Margaret Beattie 3rd Lynn Lees

Cooking - Jar of Jam, any type, your choice

1st Frances Burton 2nd Adrienne Parsons 3rd Rachel Wickham

Wot Not - Decorative Egg

1st Jenny Ziebe 2nd Elaine Evans 3rd Lynn Lees

Raffles were won by Margaret Beattie, Pam Taylor, Elaine Evans and Jenny Ziebe

8 May 2019 Meeting

President Liz Nelson welcomed our members and 2 visitors to the May meeting. There were 11 apologies. Hazel Dodunski from Taranaki who is a member of the Centennial Committee was one of the visitors. A special welcome was extended to our new member Dellece McFarlane who was nominated and joined this evening. The hostesses for the evening were thanked and the Aspirations recited and the Ode sung.

Six members were celebrating birthdays in May and happy birthday was sung.

Varna Day was thanked for organising the flowers for the ANZAC Day Service. They were still visible and stood out as they were white.

Quite a bit of time was spent in discussions for items coming up at the NEC AGM at the end of the month. This put us over time so unfortunately we were unable to have our Bingo and Beatles Hits.

Pam Taylor presented her 'Golden Thread'. She told us about her life - where she was born and grew up, her jobs, how she met her now husband, her family and what keeps her busy now. It was very interesting.

Competitions

Floral - Your most bird eaten leaf of silverbeet

1st Yvonne Hirst 2nd Annette Elkins 3rd Rachel Wickham

Craft - A beetle crafted from anything recyclable

1st Pauline Powell 2nd Annette Elkins 3rd Yvonne Hirst

Cooking - 3 Butterfly cakes - your recipe

1st Annette Elkins 2nd Elaine Evans

Wot Not - A ladybird or beetle ornament

1st Liz Nelson 2nd Annette Elkins 3rd Peggy Flack

Raffles were won by Doreen Goodgame, Jenny Ziebe, Berry Rangi and Liz Nelson. June had put together some lovely raffle prizes for Mother's Day.

12 June 2019 Meeting

President Inez Rudd welcomed members and 2 visitors, 34 in total to the June meeting. That was a good number considering the very wet night. There were 18 apologies. The hostesses for the evening were thanked and the Aspirations recited and the Ode sung.

Two members were celebrating birthdays, Joan Coppell and Lynn Lees, and by coincidence they are both on the same day.

The speaker was Roz Rowe who is the founder of the Leg Up Trust. The trust supports children who are referred to them suffering from anxiety, depression and other problems. Each child is carefully matched with a horse to groom and care for, for the duration of their time at the trust. The angry, rude problematic child that comes in to the trust usually leaves after a few months or longer a totally different person.

There was quite a bit of business to get through with invitations, financial status, inwards and outwards correspondence. There were also congratulations to some members who won prizes in the National Competitions -

Competitions

Floral - Sticks and Stones, a design incorporating these 2 things into it

1st Frances Burton 2nd Yvonne Hirst 3rd Lynn Lees

Craft - Greeting card with an animal theme

1st Lynn Lees 2nd Yvonne Hirst 3rd Margaret Beattie

Cooking - A slice of carrot cake with icing or frosting

1st Elaine Evans 2nd Lynn Lees

Wot Not - Horse ornament

1st Deneice Marshall 2nd Yvonne Hirst 3rd Adrienne Parsons

Raffles were won by Sherlee (joan Coppell's daughter, Liz Nelson and Joan Curtis.

Craft Afternoon - Monday 17 June 2019

The monthly craft afternoon was held at the home of Jenny Ziebe. Looks like a productive afternoon with a cuppa and a bite to eat as well.

Social Outing Thursday 27 June 2019

The outing for June was lunch at Shani's in Taradale. I have been to dinner there several times and it is always nice so it was a shame I could not go to the lunch. Anyway, it looks like everyone had a delicious lunch, very generous portions!!

10 July 2019 Meeting

President Liz Nelson welcomed 39 ladies to the July meeting which was our Mid Winter Christmas meeting. There were 12 apologies. The Aspirations were recited and the Ode sung. The meeting proper commenced and we heard from members who had attended events hosted by Wharerangi WI, Hastings Centre WI and Westshore/Port Ahuriri WI and it sounded like a great time was had by all at these.

Part way through the meeting we stopped to have soup and buns. The 6 soups were made by committee members and there were 2 chicken, 2 pumpkin, a vegetable and a beetroot one. They were delicious. A BIG THANK YOU to the committee!!!

Three members were celebrating birthdays in July and we sung Happy Birthday to them all.

Rachel said she hadn't heard that anyone was poorly, so that was good news. She had popped in to visit Rosemary Taylor who was looking well.

The craft afternoon is on Monday 15 July 2019 at the home of Bev Cramond at 1.30pm.

The social outing this month is a Snowball Event. This is part of making our $10 snowball into a much bigger amount. It is a morning tea at the home of Varna Day on Thursday 25 July 2019 at 10am. The cost is $5.

There was discussion on the snowball money as it has been earmarked by NEC to go towards a life size statue of Miss Spencer so a lot of questions were asked. Inez reported that she will be involved in a conference phone call in August so will ask and come back to us with more information.

Inez Rudd is hosting a daffodil knitting day on Thursday 18 July 2019 from 9.30am onward. She will provide morning tea. If you want to make a day of it, bring a shared plate for lunch. The aim is to make 144 daffodils for 16 banners by the end of July.

There was concern that the sales table is not getting support so it was decided to not have these so often - maybe scale it down to 4 times a year and hopefully then members will bring along produce, baking and goodies for sale.

The September Friendship meeting will not be at night but instead at 2.30pm for a High Tea. A social gathering of fun and friendship. It is to be held at St Columba's and the cost is $10. Come dressed in your finery.

We welcomed two new members, Lenice Middleton and Robyn Single. We are sure they will enjoy being part of our WI.

Margaret Beattie was our 'Golden Thread' for the night and she told us about herself. It is always interesting to hear about other members - where they were born and grew up, their families and interests.

Raffles were won by Bev Cramond, Pauline Powell, Adrienne Parsons and Margaret Beattie. June Dalton had made up 3 beautiful baskets and there were also Christmas Crackers as a prize.

The evening concluded with Christmas cake, sweet treats along with a cuppa.

Friendship High Tea Afternoon Invitation

Daffodil Day 18 July 2019

A day of knitting daffodils was hosted by Inez Rudd. You can see that the ladies were very busy and they made 196 daffodils!! They brought a shared plate for lunch.

Photos courtesy of Jenny Ziebe.

Social Outing for July 2019

The outing for July was a "Snowball Event" and was in the form of a morning tea hosted by Varna Day at her house. On 25 July 2019, 21 members each paid $5 and were treated to a delicious morning tea.

Photos courtesy of Jenny Ziebe.

Upcoming Events

From our regular monthly meeting last night, it has become apparent that there are a LOT of events coming up so I have summarised them here -

Monday 19 August 2019 Craft afternoon at Jenny Ziebe's home

Wednesday 28 August 2019 11am - 1pm. Knitting daffodils near Gees Pharmacy in Taradale. This is advertising WI and will be put forward for the Avis Rishworth award. Hopefully we may get some new members. There will be plenty of wool and some needles. You can bring No.8 needles yourself. Contact Pauline Powell for more info.

Thursday 29 August 2019 12 Noon lunch at Thai Chef in Taradale Road, Onekawa. Contact Jenny Ziebe if you want to go and didn't write your name on the sheet circulating.

Wednesday 11 September 2019 Friendship HIGH TEA at 2.30pm at St Columbas, Gloucester Street. Cost is $10. Come dressed up posh and ready to play ladies. NOTE that this is our September meeting and instead of a night meeting.

Thursday 19 September 2019 Social outing for the month and is part of the Snowball. Morning tea at Inez Rudd's home, 17 Park Road. Cost is $5.

Friday 27 September 2019 Federation 1/2 Yearly Meeting at St Columbas, Gloucester Street at 9.30am.

14 August 2019 Meeting

38 members were welcomed to the August meeting by co President Inez Rudd. There were 13 apologies. After the Aspirations were recited and the ode sung we sung happy birthday to the 6 members who were celebrating birthdays in August.

A big thank you was conveyed to Varna Day for hosting the first "Snowball" morning tea at her home. Varna very generously supplied all of the food. Comments were that it was a very friendly event and Lois pointed out how it was nice to talk to other people as usually if you go to a cafe you only talk to the ones beside and opposite you. Inez, Annabel and Doreen also said lovely comments.

Inez reported on the conference call that she had had with the Centennial Committee. They have been working hard. The Snowball is a national event for all WI's for celebration events. They are hoping for grants and donations towards the statue.

Peggy attended the Meeanee lunch and had a lovely time with lots of laughs.

We had a speaker from Women's Refuge come and talk to us. It was very interesting and we gained information that we didn't know before.

Competitions

Cooking - Melting Moments (your recipe)

1st Lyn Lees 2nd Elaine Evans 3rd Frances Burton

Craft - Handmade notepad to put in your handbag

1st Margaret Beattie 2nd Lyn Lees 3rd Frances Burton

Wot Not - A Piece of Grandma's

As this was such a broad title, the judges decided it was impossible to compare the entries as they were so varied so they said to give everyone 2 points (1 for entering and 1 for placing).

Floral - A stone creature. NO ENTRIES

Raffles were won by Deneice Marshall, Jenny Ziebe, Ann Webster and Pam Taylor.

Knitting in Taradale 28 August 2019

On a beautiful day, several of our ladies parked up outside Westpac Bank in Taradale to knit. They hoped to get some attention from passers by who might be interested in becoming members. Well done ladies!!

Social Outing 29 August 2019

The outing for August was a lunch at Thai Chefs in Onekawa. Always a nice meal there.

Daffodil Day 30 August 2019

Some of our ladies were collectors in Taradale.

11 September 2019 Meeting - Friendship Afternoon

The September meeting had a change from our usual evening meeting and was an afternoon meeting with a High Tea. I was unable to go so will do a more thorough write up once I receive the minutes.

52 ladies enjoyed the afternoon and dressed up in their finery. Bertie, who is a well know Art Deco Ambassador entertained the ladies while the tea was being served. He was thanked and presented with a small gift.

Raffles were won by Gaylene Bailey, Varna Day, Marilyn Thorp, Inez Rudd, Evelyn Gallager and Judy Fredricksen. Judy also won one of the Snowball raffles along with Robyn Single