Last year’s Children’s Christmas party was a bit of a wild affair and this year’s proved little different, with the youngsters being entertained with story-telling, sing-along songs, lolly scrambles, and presents from Santa Claus. This year every child was given their own personal kazoo…

Alice, a student of St. Hilda’s Collegiate School, is this year’s recipient of the 2016 Port Chalmers Marine Lodge Masonic bursary…

That deity of daytime television, Ellen DeGeneres, gazes benevolently down on staff members from the Dunedin Hospital’s Acute Orthopaedic Ward and members of St. Patrick, no doubt with that preternatural knowledge inevitably granted to deities, of the problems…

October in Central Auckland, and the wet shining streets of the city mirrored Jack Vettriano’s oil painting ‘The Singing Butler’ as, crowned with umbrellas, a zigzag ribbon of dinner-jacketed men, arm-in-arm with elegant women swathed in flowing, colourful evening attire, battled the elements to rendezvous…

It was with considerable pageantry that the Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin installed its 44th Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Douglas Thomas Grey. Held at Freemasons’ Hall, the ceremony filled the spacious, and impressive, Grand Lodge Room to capacity…

Cruise ship passengers, tourists and any passers-by who ventured near Dunedin’s renowned Chinese Gardens on a sunny Saturday morning were wowed by an unexpected colourful, musical event when the ladies of the Dunedin Chinese Association provided a dazzling display of dance and yao gu…

The phrase “gone but not forgotten” could not have rung truer when, on 8 August 2015, a sizable contingent of Freemasons from the Irish, Scottish, English and New Zealand Constitutions, supported by family members…

Since their formation in 1865 as a Lodge comprised mostly of men from military units, De Burgh Adams Lodge No. 446 I.C. in New Plymouth has now celebrated its sesquicentennial…

It is a rare event for a Mason to reach the 50-year’s service milestone as a member of our Masonic fraternity, but it becomes a very vexing challenge indeed when one cannot present the man with his medal…

Now in its ninth year, the $5,000 Port Chalmers Marine Lodge bursary is still attracting applications from hard-working High School leavers of high calibre, intent on achieving even greater results with their tertiary learning, and Otago Girls’ Ruth Foerg is no exception…

In April, a timely donation from Lodge St. Patrick helped to propel the Neurological Foundation Chair in Neurosurgery Campaign fund through the NZ$2 million dollar barrier. The WM, John Wren-Potter, presented the cheque on 25 April, when the assembled members were pleased to have as their guest speaker, Irene Mosley, Project Manager…

The Royal Blue Masonic Lodge No. 414 in Bushmills, County Antrim, celebrates its 250th anniversary on 8th March and it is expected that the AGM and the PGM of Antrim will be in attendance. March 8th is the actual date, in 1764…

Alice Freeman of Logan Park High School has become this year's recipient of the Port Chalmers, Marine Lodge Trust bursary. Against stiff opposition, her presentation earned Alice an award of $5,000 to help her begin her studies in medicine in 2014…

For years it was thought that Horatio Nelson was not a Freemason, but recent research by Special Projects Director, John Hamill, proves this not to be the case. Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England, Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) is famous for his service as a naval flag officer in the Royal Navy…

Informal drinks and laughter punctuated conversation among a newly bonded 'Band of Brothers' was the prelude to an evening in February where neurosurgeon, Professor Dirk de Ridder, was finally introduced to many of the individuals, businesses and organisations from the Otago and Southland provinces that have been instrumental…

At a special presentation luncheon in Dunedin's Masonic Centre the Brethren there assembled with their guests and visitors were heartened to hear that, thanks to the generosity of the Otago and Southland Lodges and some big-hearted individuals, all of their fundraising work had paid off - and handsomely.…

Legendary keyboard player and rock musician, Rick Wakeman, visited Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch as he took his show “An Intimate Evening With ...” on a whirlwind tour across the southern hemisphere…

Lodge St. Patrick was delighted to be a part of the group of sponsors for the Otago Search and Rescue’s (SAR) inaugural tracking competition - believed by many to be the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere, if not the world. A long-time SAR supporter…

Thanks to the Freemasons, all of St. John’s operational vehicles had Navman GPS navigation systems installed into them. The Navman GPS units – with a value of $125,000 – were fitted into the fleet of 500 ambulances, plus 100 support vehicles, currently operated by St. John…

Cancer - "The Big C" No sane person in this world would be pleased to read those words on their medical report. So, to strike another blow against this life thieving disease, in June in Dunedin The Freemasons’Oncology Fellowship and Appeal was begun to raise funds for a Fellowship at the…

Long time supporter of the Otago Search and Rescue Organisation (SAR), Lodge St. Patrick now have a trophy named after them. A new initiative by SAR has seen a three-tiered tracking competition come into being with ‘Advanced’, ‘Intermediate’ and ‘Novice’ divisions…