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Official Newsletter of the Netherlands Society Christchurch (Inc)
FEBRUARY 2015
The summer of 2015
Netherlands Society Christchurch ( Est. March 20th, 1965 )
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EDITOR’S REPORT Welcome dear readers,
Clubrooms Netherlands Society Christchurch 637 Marshlands Road Christchurch 8083 Phone: (03) 323 8641 www.nsc.org.nz Postal address: P O Box 1211, Christchurch 8083 President: Olga Verstappen Phone: (03) 325 2724 Email:
[email protected] Vice-President: Sharon Alabaster Phone: (03) 357 1311 Email:
[email protected] Treasurer and Advertising: Angela Lewis Phone: (03) 383 0477 Email:
[email protected] Secretary: Marina McGurk-Wijlaars Phone: (03) 323 4465 Email:
[email protected] Membership and Website: Ron van Santen Phone: 027 4898369 Email:
[email protected] Affiliated Clubs Liaison: Olga Verstappen Phone: (03) 325 2724 Editor Echo: Yoka Saris 4 Highbank Lane, Christchurch 8081 Phone: (03) 384 9570 Email:
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Since the last issue of the Echo a lot has happened: The St Nicholas picnic at Spencer Park. 120 children welcomed St Nicholas and another 150 grown ups where there too to join in the fun and games. Photos on FaceBook show all those athletic Mummies and Daddies doing sack races and the tug of war. The Mummies won this game (with a little help of their friends!!!). St Nicholas had a busy afternoon chatting to all his little and not so little fans! Then there was a St Nick’s afternoon for his more mature fans who also seemed to have had an enjoyable afternoon with all kinds of delicacies and the beautiful handknitted Christmas tree decorations. (I believe Betty van Boven had signed a contract with St Nicolaas Ltd. to make hundreds of these little beauties!) The New Year’s Picnic was attended by approximately 70 people. The weather was great, the food delicious and although a few of the entertainment committee members were on holiday all went extremely well because of professional help of Janice and Arie Geerlofs. The NSC is very grateful for this couple’s support now already a few years in a row! 2015 promises to be an exciting year not only for the NSC but also for me. The Entertainment report will enlighten you what there is being organised in the months to come. As for me.....well, at last our house will be repaired after the earthquake damage of more then four years ago! We will have to move out for about 3 months. Where to we are not quite sure yet but I am sure things will work out somehow! And anyway what is a little bit of stress here and there? Yoka Saris (Below Christchurch Christmas Parade, Dutch Float)
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT My report this month is rather short as I have been very busy in November and December last year. But I feel the membership was in capable hands of the hardworking entertainment team during that time. This year is very important as it is 50 years ago, to be precise on 20 March 1965, Saturday night, at 8.00pm, nearly 200 young and keen Dutch people came together at the St Peter’s School Hall, in Fisher Avenue and the Netherlands Society Christchurch was born! The first executive committee members elected that year were: President: H Oorthuis; Secretary: A Williamson; Treasurer: J Hilgeholt. A lot has happened during this half century and because of this your committee is now in the process to organise a celebrationary weekend from 20th until the 22nd of March. The entertainment report in this Echo will inform you of the program. Also this year, on Tuesday, 5 May, it is 70 years ago that WWII ended in Europe. As there are still many amongst the members who remember this well the NSC will celebrate this occasion too. Further information will be published in the March issue of the Echo. I hope you will be able to join us to celebrate these unforgettable events! Olga Verstappen LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dit jaar bestaat the NSC 60 jaar! Ongelooflijk, waar is de tijd gebleven. Ik kan me nog goed herinneren dat we met z’n allen naar het Polygoon Nieuws keken in de RSA Hall in Ferry Road. En net toen de Koningin op het scherm te zien was die met een fles champagne een nieuwe boot te water liet in Nederland, brak de tape. Iedereen gaf met een luid “Ooooooooooooooo” blijk van zijn teleurstelling. Ook dansten we tot in de kleine uurtjes van de nacht met z’n allen in de Winter Gardens. Nederlandse Clubs vanuit het gehele land organiseerden gezamelijk allerlei gezellige avonden. En zo onstonden levenslange vriendschappen! Helaas zijn velen niet langer meer onder ons. De Everglades werd gekocht en opgebouwd door vele vrijwillige helpers en zo werd het een prachtig bezit waar we nu nog steeds heel vaak van genieten. Een ding, vind ik, dat nog steeds ontbreekt, maar dat wel op het originele plan stond, is een grote vlaggenmast. Aan de voorkant van de Everglades zou onze Nederlandse driekleur allerlei tijdingen kunnen aangeven zoals belangrijke bezoeken en festiviteiten. Ook zou de vlag halfstok hangend kunnen tonen dat we weer eens afscheid moeten nemen van een dierbaar persoon, wie dan ook! Ook vraag ik mij af of er iemand is die de Christchurch City Council zou kunnen aanschrijven over het in 1992 door de Nederlandse gemeenschap aangeboden plaque (ontworpen door Marion Fountain) en 2000 tulpen bollen ter herdenking van het feit dat Abel Tasman in 1642 Nieuw-Zeeland ontdekte. Nu ziet de plaque er erg onverzorgd uit en zou dit plekje in de Millbrook Reserve best eens een schoonmaak beurtje mogen hebben of misschien zou het kunnen worden verplaatst naar een meer in het oog vallend plekje. Dus dit is een oproep naar iemand die graag in de pen klimt om de CCC hier eens op te wijzen. Joop Coppens RECIPE FOR REFRESHING SUMMER DRINK Dehydrated water: Empty contents of can into a gallon of water; stir until disolved; chill and serve!
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PO Box 19614 Christchurch New Zealand. Phone 03 3181191 Refer to www.echo.org.nz for news clips of latest happenings in the Dutch community in NZ.
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Friendly Support Network (FSN) We are a group of volunteers who give help and support to people of Dutch decent in situations of need or stress. We visit sick people, walk with people, and talk (Dutch or English) with people.
MICHIEL DE RUYTER Sinds 29 Januari 2015 is de nieuwe speelfilm over het leven van Nederlands grootste admiraal en bekendste zeeheld in Nederlandse bioscopen te zien. De wereld premiere van deze film werd vorige maand vertoond in Het Scheepvaart Museum te Amsterdam. Dit was ook het startsein voor “Held In Zicht”, de exhibitie waarin extra aandacht wordt besteed aan het levensverhaal en de successen van Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607-1676).
Help or support is generally of a moral rather than of a financial nature. If you want to help, or know of someone we can help, please contact: Heleen van den Brink Trudi van Nobelen
Tel 359 5517 Tel 383 1111
DE WEEK DIE WAS “Een nieuw radio programma en podcast voor Nederlanders in het buitenland. Een eigenzinnige en onderhoudende blik op de afgelopen week!” Te beluisteren via www.mixcloud.com/deweekdiewas, dit is een radio programma dat ondanks al het nieuws dat we via televisie, internet, enz iedere dag binnen krijgen, toch steeds weer iets nieuws weet te brengen. De redactie bestaat uit de voormalige redactieleden van de WereldOmroep. Als u geluisterd heeft en u wilt reageren kunt u dat doen door Peter Veenendaal via
[email protected] te benaderen.
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SCHAATSEN.......? GA IJSZWEMMEN! In Rusland doen ze het al langer en in Finland is het zelfs traditie: IJszwemmen. Ook in Nederland is deze k-k-koude sport in opkomst. Maar is het gezond? Na de sauna even dompelen in een ijswak om de hoek. In Finland, Zweden en Noorwegen is het de normaalste zaak van de wereld. Tegenwoordig kun je in Nederland na een bootcamp-training een duik in de IJssel nemen. DAT WAS EVEN SCHRIKKEN! Volgens Ewout Staartjes, zelf winterzwemmer, is een duik nemen in ijskoud water goed voor je lichaam omdat je het laat schrikken van de kou. “Je lichaam schiet door het koude water in de stress-stand. De bloedvaten vernauwen en er gaat veel meer bloed dan normaal naar je organen. Ze worden hierdoor gereinigd.” Het winterzwemmen heeft nog meer voordelen: “Je kunt beter met stress omgaan en je immuunsysteem wordt aangezet door de kou, dit is goed tegen ziekteverwekkers.” VOORDEEL VOOR DIKKERDS! Dit betekent echter niet dat we met z’n allen massaal in het IJsselmeer kunnen springen. Volgens thermofysioloog, Hein Daanen, heb je het risico op een ‘swimming failure’: “Dan kun je niet meer bewegen, dit kan voorkomen als je lang in koud water zwemt. Ook moet je oppassen met ijszwemmen als je een zwakke bloeddruk hebt.” Dikkerds hebben echter een streepje voor op magere mensen: “Heb je een vetlaagje dan kun je beter tegen de kou,” vertelt Daanen. Maar volgens een goed oud gezegde: JONG GELEERD IS IS OUD GEDAAN!!! Page 6
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ONCE UPON A TIME........
Story telling goes back till time began. But since film and TV emerged in modern society the real-life story tellers faded into the background. My childhood was filled with story tellers: My favourite story tellers used to be my Mother and Father. Mamma with the sweet romantic ones, mostly with happy endings. But Pappa told the adventurous stories, with very wicked and often hilarious twists. Centuries ago if a story teller planned to come to a village or town it was foretold by a so called forerunner, a person who appeared in advance to announce the coming of an important event. Nowadays we read about a stage-show or theatre-play in the newspapers or via TV advertisments. In November last year I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from a lady, who described herself as being an old fashioned story teller. She said she told stories for young and old. She lives in the Netherlands and was together with her husband on a six months tour from Iceland via Hawaii and was ending her tour in New Zealand. She offered to come and tell stories in Christchurch for the Dutch community free of charge. In short I hastened to book her for the St Nicholas gathering at the Everglades and the Dutch School De Klomp asked her for a session with its Dutch language pupils. To go by the reactions from the people who attended Barbara de Vries of Theater Rabarber on the 6th of December at the Everglades they really and truly enjoyed her stories. Theo Boekel of Echo Radio With Pictures filmed Barbara, while telling a story and inerviewed her beforehand, this can be seen via www.echo.or.nz. I personally got so inspired by her way of story telling that during the holidays I entertained my grandchildren during a lunchbreak in a similar fashion. Although I don’t have her looks or her talent it was a great succes and from then on it was my duty to tell at least one story a day! (I must confess that my daughter had forbidden the children to use any electronics during the holiday). Yoka Saris
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Fun and games at the St Nicholas Picnic What a glorious day it was! Lots of fun for all the children, but also the Pappas and the Mammas enjoyed themselves! Thanks to all those people who made this day possible!
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ENTERTAINMENT FOR MARCH 2015 March promises to become a very special month for the Netherlands Society Christchurch. It’s 50th Jubilee will be celebrated. A weekend is being planned with many events and hopefully with “voor elk wat wils” (something for everyone): For the people with special talents an art exhibition will be organised for the duration of the weekend at the Everglades. There is limited space only so do not hesitate too long but contact Annie at 383 1594. Friday, 20 March a reception will take place for invited guests in the evening at the Everglades. Saturday, 21 March, from 10.30am, at the Everglades. Everyone is invited to come and view the arts exhibition and watch the performances by the Toenail Culture Ale Drama Group; the Dutch Children’s Folkdance Group; the Neerlandia Choir and the singing duo De Jolige Sjaantjes. A morning and an afternoon performance are planned. So if you can’t be there in the morning you can still enjoy these performers in the afternoon from 1.30pm. Coffee and cake will be on sale. Sunday, 22 March from 9.00am until 2.00pm a Dutch Market at the Everglades has been planned. All kind of Dutch delicacies will be on sale, such as olie bollen; broodjes haring; kroketten, etc. For those who like to book a sales table to raise funds ring Annie, 383 1594. As we are celebrating the 50th Jubilee of the NSC it would be appreciated if you can give your stall a specific ‘dutch touch’! Sunday, 22 March at 6.00pm everyone is invited to join us for dinner at the Chateau On The Park. Entree, members: $40.00; non-members: $57.00. (Drinks not included).To assure a chance to spend this wonderful occasion with us do not delay to make a booking with Olga, telephone 3252724 soonest. Payments have to be made when booking by forwarding cheques, made out to: Netherlands Society Christchurch, PO Box 1211, Christchurch or by internet banking via bank number 03 - 08230070683 - 000 A slide show of photos taken over the last 50 years at and about the Netherlands Society will be shown on Saturday at the Everglades and on Sunday in the Chateau On The Park. So if you have snapshots of any Society events or gatherings please forward them to Theo Boekel via email
[email protected] or by sending them by mail to PO Box 19 614 Christchurch. People always tell us after an event, when they hear of all the work that still had to be done: “Why did you not ask us we would have been only too pleased to give you a hand?” Well, we are asking you now: Please can you give us a hand with the tidying-up after club events? We are grateful for any assistance you can give us after the many hours of organising event and working in the kitchen, etc. We do organise events with you in mind therefore we would appreciate your attendance whenever you can! Transport troubles? Just let us know and we will endeavour to organise a ride for you to and from the venue! Ring Jose at 337 6151 The Entertainment Team
Your beliefs don’t make you a better person But your behaviour does!!! February 2015
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Dear members of the Netherlands Society, The New Zealand U19 Youth Korfball team has entered the 2015 World Youth Korfball Championships in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. As you may know, korfball originated in The Netherlands, more than 100 years ago. It is a mixed team sport and still in its pioneering stages here in New Zealand. It is a huge European sport and currently being looked at with the possibility of being included in the Olympics in the coming years! So it’s very exciting to be part of a developing sport for our country. This is the first time New Zealand has sent a team to Europe for a tournament and one of the Netherlands Society members (i.e Boris van Bruchem) is part of this team. Team members are mainly from the Canterbury region and some from the West Coast. The team consists of 8 girls and 7 boys ranging in age from 15 to 17 years. They are busy fundraising as much as they can, but the cost of this trip is approximately $5.500. We are looking for a sponsor and in return would have your company’s logo added to the uniform and travelling gear, so great advertising! If you would prefer to make a donation, that would be greatly appreciated too. Please contact Yoka Saris (editor of the Echo) to bring you in contact with the manager of the team. To find out just what Korfball is please check out the following websites: www.ikf.org or for information on the tournament, click here: www.u19kwc.com
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KLAVERJAS CLUB ‘ONS GENOEGEN’ Alweer een nieuwjaar en wat zal het ons brengen? Dat is een vraag waar geen antwoord op is. Laten we hopen voor het beste! De december 2014 Breakup was niet zoals andere jaren. Teneerste was de lunch in “The Sequoia” erg druk en over-vol. Misschien werkt de ouderdom van onze leden ook niet mee. Het Klaverjassen daarna viel ook al een beetje in het water aangezien er 2 spelers te kort waren waardoor er met tafels van 5 gespeeld moest worden. Dat is spijtig want dat houdt het spel erg op. Maar toch was er nog een hoogte punt op deze dag en dat was de prijs-uitreiking. De kampioen van 2014 is Koos Nieuwkerk met 110,081 punten. 2de: Theo van Vuuren, 109,325 punten; 3de: Arda Hogendoorn, 106,121 punten; 4de: Wim de Winter, 105,648 punten; 5de: Bill Nunink, 104,979 punten; 6de: Dita Dijst, 104,679 punten; 7de: Ans van Vuuren, 104,373 punten; 8ste: Truus Nijssen, 104,185 punten; 9de: Corrie den Hollander, 103,912 punten; 10de: Anna Fekkes, 103,645 punten; Dan de pitten prijzen: 1ste: Koos van Nieuwkerk met 33 pitten; 2de: Theo van Vuuren met 30 pitten; 3rde: Hermien van Lieshout en Wim de Winter beiden 29 pitten. Na een wijntje en nog wat te knabbelen ging iedereen met een klein cadeautje voldaan naar huis. Op 16 december 2014 speelden we nog wat om de restjes op te maken en van deze ronde waren de winnaars als volgt: 1) Theo van Vuuren, 5,482 punten; 2) Richard van Lindt, 4,892 punten; 3) Jan van de Splinter, 4,835 punten. Daarmee eindigt het laatste rapport van het jaar 2014. We zijn nu weer met een schone lei begonnen op 20 januari, meer hierover in de volgende Echo. Blijf gezond en veel plezier met het spel van het leven! Wim
THE YOUTH OF YESTERDAY The YOY ended the year 2014 with a lovely Thai luncheon, fruit salad and ice-cream for dessert and coffee and speculaas. The forty-two people who attended this festive gathering felt truly spoilt. I like to thank all the others who have helped with the organisation of the YOY throughout the year. And also those people who attend these happy meetings, without you it would be boring . We wish you all good health this coming year. The new YOY season started on Friday, 23 of January. We look forward to welcome you too next Friday! Tini
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NEERLANDIA CHOIR CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The annual Christmas Concert of the Neerlandia Choir took place on Tuesday, 23 December 2014 in the St Mary’s Church in Halswell. A balmy summer’s evening, a church full of people with just one purpose: To get into the true spirit of Christmas. Many families, young and old were gathered! I find it so moving to see many young men accompany their aging mothers to this typical Dutch event. I hope that my sons will do the same for me when the time comes and I can’t make it on my own! This evening we were so privileged to be entertained by the very talented Christchurch musicians, Veronica van der Knaap, piano, and Cornelia Didenco, violin. This fantastic duo put the ‘angel on top of the Christmas tree’ of the Neerlandia’s concert. I am proud to say that I heard it mentioned (even after loosing more members this year because of age related happenings) Neerlandia has still not lost its ‘oomph’ and still has the power to stir its audience! Of course we are indebted to our amazing inspirational musical director, Bruce Blanchard, and talented accompanist Michael Zon for this result. I like to take this opportunity to thank the Netherlands Society Christchurch for its ongoing financial support to Neerlandia. Without this support the Choir would not be able to stay in existence. The Choir still provides for our 24 members a musical and social interest each Tuesday evening. Besides its 2 yearly concerts Neerlandia also performs often in rest-homes, hospitals and during ethnics happenings. Yoka Saris
Interested to join the choir? Ring me at 384 9570 or email
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ECHO TEN DUTCH CHEESES (All you have ever wanted to know about these Dutch Cheeses) There is more to Dutch cheese than the plastic versions of Gouda and Edam you tend to find in foreign or even some Dutch supermarkets. Here are some of our favourites and the hard cheese if we’ve missed yours out. Dutch hard cheese, by the way, is either jong (young, 4 weeks), jong-belegen (young-mature 8-10 weeks), belegen (mature, 16-18 weeks), extra belegen (extra mature, 7-8 months), oud (old, 10-12 months) or overjarig (very old, more than 18 months). 1. Leidse kaas: Cheese with cumin seeds to give it flavour. 2. Friese nagelkaas: Cheese with cloves and cumin seeds, an acquired taste for some and a tried-it-once-never-again experience for others 3. Bleu de Wolvega: Organic French-style blue cheese from Friesland. Very tasty. 4. Goudse kaas, oud: Crumbly, salty, pungent with overtones of sick (don’t let this put you off, just hold your nose and eat this delicious cheese on a piece of roggebrood (rye bread.) 5. Zeekraalkaas: Organic sheep’s milk cheese with samphire, made in Terschelling. Yum! 6. Geska Glarus: Not a Dutch cheese but such a pervasive presence on Dutch tables since times immemorial that it deserves a place. It’s stinky, powdered Swiss cheese which tastes like shredded cardboard. Expats who miss it can buy it in the ‘home sickness shops’ on line. 7. Rommedoe: (Roum is the Limburg dialect word for cream and doe is derived from the French doux, or soft) A hold-your-nose Limburg cheese which is no longer made in Limburg because of Dutch regulations but pop over the border into Belgium and you’ll find it under the name Hervekaas. It is a production which goes back to the fifteenth century. Sharp, pungent and stinky. Don’t take it with you while travelling on any form of public transport. 8. Edammer kaas: Small round cheese, its production goes back to the 17th century and is one of the best-known Dutch cheeses in the world. It was known as a ‘klootkaasje’ or ball (as in gonads) cheese. 9. Texelse schapenkaas: This cheese was made during the 16th and 17th centuries on the island of Texel. One of the more surprising ingredients was the juice of boiled sheep’s pooh which gave it is characteristic colour (green) and taste (sharp). It also helped to preserve the cheese. This practice was discontinued in the 1930’s but you can still buy the pooh-less variety. 10. Limburger: Loved by comedians for its pungent smell – often compared to body odour – Limburger cheese was made in the 19th century in the Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided between the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Nowadays it is mainly made in Germany. They are welcome to it. Note: Some Dutch cheeses have brand names, like Leerdammer (also: Maasdammer) or Old Amsterdam. They have nothing to do with either Leerdam, Maasdam or Amsterdam. They have been given a brand new name by the cheese marketing men. The Edam and Gouda in foreign supermarkets on the other hand have nothing to do with cheese. (The Dutch News.nl)
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TWEEDE WERELD OORLOG Het jaar was 1941 en de jonge man, die het volgende gedicht schreef, was slechts 18 jaar oud. Zijn wijsheid op die leeftijd verbaast mij steeds weer als ik het lees. Hij heeft vele gedichten geschreven, ook gedurende de jaren die hij verstopt, voor de vijand, op een klein zolderkamertje doorbracht. Hij schreef niet alleen over de vreselijke dingen die er toen gebeurde in zijn leven maar ook over de natuur in al zijn schoonheid, over de liefde en barmhartigheid, die ondanks alles toch nog steeds te vinden waren onder de mensen. Er zijn nog steeds velen onder ons die zich deze dagen nog wel herinneren. Nu staan we aan de vooravond van het feit dat 70 jaar geleden een einde kwam aan deze verschrikkelijke oorlog daarom dacht ik dat het wel gepast zou zijn om dit gedicht te plaatsen.
DE OORLOGSNACHT Jaren zijn ze nu aan ‘t vechten, Landen groot en vol van macht. Alles, alles zullen zij nu slechten In deze duistere oorlogsnacht. Landen, klein worden vertreden Bezoedeld en totaal verkracht, Worden verwoest en platgereden In deze duistere oorlogsnacht. Millioenen onschuldige mensen Worden of zijn reeds afgeslacht Er is niets anders, dat wij wensen, Dan het einde van deze oorlogsnacht. Ook zijn er ontelbaar veel gewonden, Die nooit aan oorlog hebben gedacht. Die smeken nu, voor invaliden en gezonden: “Geef ons het einde van deze oorlogsnacht.” En toch, eenmaal komt de dageraad, Met een zon als rode pracht. Dat is dan de vrede, die hopelijk voor u staat, Na deze vreselijke oorlogsnacht. J A Saris, 1923 - 2000
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Committee Members President Vice-president Secretary Treasurer/Advertising Entertainment Manager Membership Property Manager Editor Echo Newsletter
[email protected] Olga Verstappen 325 2724
[email protected] Sharon Alabaster 357 1311
[email protected] Marina McGurk-Wijlaars 323 4465
[email protected] Angela Lewis 383 0477
[email protected] Ron van der Lem 3540459
[email protected] 027-4898369 Ron van Santen
[email protected] Vacant
[email protected] Yoka Saris 384 9570
Committee members
Annie van der Dussen 383 1594 384 9570 Martin van Urk Desiree Ellery 383 3600 Nettie de Groot 357 4455 337 6151 Jose Nijstad Isabel van de Berg 337 1694 027-4898369 Ron van Santen Wilma Junker 021-2967280 SharonAlabaster/Ron van Santen Olga Verstappen 3252724 384 9570 Yoka Saris
Website Affiliated Clubs Distributor Echo Newsletter
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Affiliated and other clubs Bridge club Costume and Hall hire Friendly Support Network Handwerk Club Klaverjas Club Ons Genoegen Neerlandia Choir Christchurch Incorporated Petanque Club Toenail Culture Ale Tramping Club De Landlopers Walking Club Young Folk Dancers Youth of Yesterday Dutch School De Klomp Inc. Radio With Pictures (Echo)
Carsten Ouwerkerk Annie van der Dussen Heleen van den Brink Tini de Winter Wim de Winter
323 9354 383 1594 359 5517 352 5317 352 5317
Yoka Saris Pieter Wever Annie van der Dussen Joop Stokvis Not currently active Not currently active Tini de Winter
384 9570 022-650 7101 383 1594 322 8228
Theo Boekel
Federation Of Netherlands Societies Inc. “De Schakel” www.netherlands-societies. co.nz
352 5317 033181191
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Echo Material for the next issue of the Echo has to be in by the 20th of each month. Although handwritten material is acceptable if clearly readable, the editor will be very happy with typewritten articles. You would, however really make my day with your contributions as an attachment to email or with an email. Please send to:
[email protected] or Yoka Saris, 4 Highbank Lane, Mt Pleasant, Christchurch 8081. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed within the Echo are those of the individual author or other information source and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Netherlands Society or the Editor. All contributions are proofread for style and grammar. We reserve the right to reject, abridge or edit letters for linguistic, spelling, style and other literary errors.
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