This month we welcomed Esther Gilbert, of Gilbert’s Fine Food. Esther was born in Switzerland, moving to Dunedin with her family in 1986. In 2006 she and her husband, Kevin, purchased their first bakery business. Over the last 18 years, they have built their business to two sites – Gilbert’s Fine Food in Otaki StreetContinue reading “How Esther Gilbert is Inspiring Sustainable Food Practices in Dunedin”
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April Meeting
This month’s speaker was Justine Weatherall, General Manager of Youthline Otago. Youthline Otago has been working tirelessly to provide essential services to support young people within the Dunedin and Otago area since 1974. They offer a range of services including free helpline counselling, face to face counselling, community education programmes, training, and personal development. TheContinue reading “April Meeting”
October Meeting
Our guest in October was Dr Margot Skinner. Margot is a Senior Lecturer and is currently the Deputy Dean of the School of Physiotherapy. She was the Vice-President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) from 2015-2019. Margot is an Honorary Fellow and Honorary Life member of Physiotherapy New Zealand (PNZ) and a FellowContinue reading “October Meeting”
August Meeting
Our speaker this month was Rachel Butler, General Manager of Startup Dunedin, the epicentre of the Ōtepoti Dunedin community of entrepreneurs, innovators and disruptors. With a mission to make Dunedin one of the world’s most entrepreneurial small cities, Startup Dunedin is a one stop resource shop for anyone with a great idea and a dreamContinue reading “August Meeting”
May Meeting – AGM
Our May meeting was our Annual General Meeting where we reflected on the year past, and formulated our goals for the next year. We welcomed new President Paula, Secretary Jeanette and Treasurer Jan. The three outgoing office bearers, Lynette, Dorothy and Kate were warmly thanked for their service and efforts during their term. They leaveContinue reading “May Meeting – AGM”
April Meeting
Tonight we had a very full programme with some interesting guests, a new member inducted, a delicious meal and a lively club meeting. First, two researchers of women’s reproductive and menstrual health from the University of Otago told us about their research project and invited members to meet them later to share our experiences. TheyContinue reading “April Meeting”
March Meeting
We welcomed this month’s speaker Emma Macfarlane, nurse practitioner specialising in sexual and reproductive health at The Women’s Health Bus Te Waka Wahine Hauora. Emma told us about the work she and the team do on the mobile health care facility, which travels to regional locations across Otago and Southland. Delivering health care closer toContinue reading “March Meeting”
December Christmas Meeting
Zonta’s Best Christmas Adventure was certainly a different experience for most of us, and not your usual end-of-year Christmas party. First we had fish and chips and bubbles at the Best Café in Stuart Street, a well-known Dunedin institution since 1932. We had a warm welcome there with three tables set up for us. 28Continue reading “December Christmas Meeting”
July Meeting
This month it was a pleasure to welcome some new faces to our Club dinner. We hope you enjoyed the evening and we look forward to seeing you again. Juanita Willems from Foster Hope Otago/Southland was our guest speaker. She told us her story being a child in the care of the State, and aboutContinue reading “July Meeting”
June Meeting
This month we were very fortunate to listen to Pauline Blomfield, CEO and founder of K9 Medical Detection New Zealand. Pauline spoke to us about the research happening here in Dunedin, training dogs to use their amazing sense of smell to detect different cancers in a person’s urine. Here is a picture of Freida inContinue reading “June Meeting”
Zonta Club of Metropolitan Dunedin 