Timaru

Chair: Ms Rosie Carruthers
Email: carruthers_law@farmside.co.nz

Secretary: Mrs Margaret Hunter
Ph: (03) 689 6446
Email: Timaru NZIIA Contact

Subscription: $40 Single, $45 Family

Upcoming Meetings:

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Venue: Red Cross Rooms, 18 Bank Street,Timaru

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TIMARU BRANCH newsletter

Members on our email list will be emailed when firm dates for speakers are available.  Other members will be contacted by phone as in the past.  The committee is keen to raise the profile of our branch.  If you know of anyone who would like to be added to our newsletter list contact Derek Hughes, phone 03-688-2363 or email
hughes-d@xtra.co.nz

Previous Meetings

30 April 2009: 'French Territories in the Pacific & French – NZ Relations' by HE Mr Michel Legras, French Ambassador to New Zealand

26 March 2009: An Address by Jill Henriod & Ernesto Henriod, Consul for Peru for Canterbury, Westland, Otago, Southland

8 October 2008: 'Then and Now - Reflections on Foreign Affairs. The World as I have seen it over 40 years' by The Hon Russell Marshall, President, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.

19 June 2008: 'Switzerland – Direct Democracy in the European Union' by Mr Andreas Gross, Member of the Swiss National Council, Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the State of Democracy in Europe.

9 May 2008: 'German Foreign Policy towards NZ and the Pacific in a European Context' by HE Mr Jörg Zimmermann, Ambassador, Federal Republic of Germany

12 March 2008: 'Red Cross and NGO relief agencies response to 2004 Tsunami in Aceh Indonesia “Successes and Failures”' by Ralph Douglass

7 February 2008: 'The UN and New Zealand in the 21st Century' by Dr Kennedy Graham, Senior Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law, University of Canterbury

16 August 2007: Dinner Meeting with the NZ China Friendship Society & Trevor Linyard and Brian Foley spoke on their experiences in China

11 June 2007: 'Experiences as a Diplomat' by John Hayes ONZM, MP for Wairarapa