Issue 8 FEB / MAR 2011

The Netherland Society Rotorua Inc.

GEYSER NEWS

Neil Hunt Park, Tarawera Road, Rotorua, P.O. Box 1526

www.DutchClubRotorua.blogspot.com

2

Douwe Visser President 345 9383 Anneke Meerkerk Vice President & Caterer 357 4273 Frans Schaeffers Treasurer 347 0194 Jo Harvey Secretary 348 2280 Alie Visser Custodian & 345 9383 Membership administrator. Tom Kessels Magazine Editor 348 9357 kessels40@gmail.com Chris Bos Committee 357 2138 Piet Elmiger Committee 343 6769 Maintenance Dick Bos 357 2138 Douwe Visser 345 9383 Marius Kruiniger 345 6002 Ton Kessels 348 9357

Committee 2010-2011

New Committee forms at AGM September 2011

Membership

$20 Single

$30 Couple

Venue for Hire

The Netherland Society Hall is the perfect choice for your next function or

special occasion. Special Discount for Members Phone Alie Visser on 345 9383

3

Dates for your Diary

February Tuesday 1st 10am-12noon Coffee Morning (First Tue. every month) Wednesday 9th Presentation Wednesday 16th Bingo Sunday 27th CAR RALLY- Puzzle day. 10am Start

March Tuesday 1st 10am-12noon Coffee Morning (First Tue. every month) Saturday 12th 10am—1pm Market Day Wednesday 16th Bingo Fri.18th, Sat.19th, Sun. 20th. 3 DAY WALKING FESTIVAL

April Tuesday 5th 10am-12noon Coffee Morning (First Tue. every month) Wednesday Bingo

Regular hall bookings: Coffee Morning:First Tuesday of every month 10am-12pm Bingo: Third Wednesday of the month 2pm Lynmore W.I.: Second Wednesday every month 1pm—3.30pm

Tai Chi: Every Tuesday 10am-11.30pm

4

Letter from the President

A happy new year for all our members. The months seem to go so quickly. For Gerard Aalberts and Mary Heuvelink, the year 2010 was their final year and we are very sorry to have lost them. Mary Heuvelink has been leading the coffee club for many years and their members will sorely miss her leadership and her outgoing personality. The people in charge of the Dutch Museum in Foxton are very up beat about it’s possibilities and the progress for the coming year. There is a big Mitre 10 warehouse in front of the windmill in Foxton that they want to buy and that they are going to share with the local library and a Moari cultural group. In October there was the AGM or ANCM as they call it from the Federation of Netherlands Societies to which we belong a n d f r o m w h i c h w e g e t o u r S c h a k e l . Frans and Sandra Schaeffers were both attending. It was decided that in future they will produce the Schakel only in digital form and send it over the internet to us to save money. We will then have to incorporate it into our local news letter It was also decided to eventually wind the Federation up and publish the relevant information on a website. Douwe Visser

5

6

Something to say….?

We love to hear your news. If you have a story you’d like to share, please pass it on or email your feature for consideration to our Editor, Ton Kessels, email: kessels40@gmail.com

Christmas Luncheon 2010 A successful event with plenty of delicious food. This event was well attend. A total of 96 people, including 45 of our friends from Tauranga joined in our Christmas celebra-tion. Everybody was very impressed with the decorations in the hall and presentation of the tables. This event is becoming a tradition, we hope this will be ongoing for many more years to come. We look forward to seeing you all again next Christmas.

Ton Kessels.

7

Dawson Insurance Brokers (Rotorua) Ltd 1174 Amohia Street PO Box 949 Rotorua Ph: 348 0479

Member of BROKERNET New Zealand Ltd

SINTERKLASS SOCIAL

The Sinterklaas Social which was celebrated on the 4th of December was well attended with a good mixture of 2nd Generation and older members who danced and sang the night away creating a great atmosphere. Part way through the night, a lively Sinterklaas and his jovial Black Pieter’s made their yearly visit to see who was naughty or nice and distributed gifts to those who had been well behaved during the year. Those who weren’t so good got dealt to by the Black Pieter’s! Most said they would try to improve their be-haviour before Sinterklaas visits next time. A fun and entertaining night was had by all.

8

Can’t stop I’m on a

CAR PUZZLE TOUR !

CAR PUZZLE TOUR SUNDAY 27TH February $10 p/person 10am start from Neil Hunt Park Stop for lunch Tour continues with new instructions... End of tour: B-B-Q meats provided, please bring a plate of salad. Bar will be open! Come and join us for this Fun day out.

9

Can’t stop I’m on a

CAR PUZZLE TOUR !

10

Love it or hate it, Facebook is proving to be one of the most popular ways for the ‘next generation’ to keep in touch. For our club it provides a perfect way of letting you know “whats-on” with a full diary of all future events. You can even click to show all your friends you are attending! Taken photos of an event? Thought about sharing them with other members but not had the time? Well now you can share them on our group page with your friends, family and our members! If you have internet “follow” the “Rotorua Dutch Club” on facebook. Encourage your 2nd Generation families to join and see what goes on in their community!

Search Rotorua Dutch Club in

Groups on facebook

Keeping in touch with you,

and the 2nd generation.

11

Coleslaw Ingredients 1.1/4 cups of white vinegar 1/2 cup of water 1 cup of sugar 1tsp celery seeds 1.1/2tsp mustard seeds 1/2tsp turmeric 1.1/2tsp salt

Method Put spices in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Cool, then pour over: 1 Large shredded cabbage 2 Shredded carrots 1 Grated onion Store in a glass or china dish, covered with gladwrap. Make day before use, to let tumeric work. Keeps for 14days.

Email Ton your recipes.

12

WALKING FESTIVAL 18th,19th & 20th March

The event will be a great festival week of walking and include a number of community walks during the week leading into the big weekend of ‘International Walks’ 19-20 March 2011. For our Dutch members we will provide you with lunchtime refreshments.

The Walking Festival is all about getting people walking and providing walks that will suit just about everyone. For most walks you will only need a comfortable pair of shoes so it is the easiest form of exercise to get involved in and find out how beneficial it is to be outdoors and active.

Walks during the week will range from dog walks to easy tramps to kids walks to heritage walks and many more. The walks will start from various places and many are free to enter. We want to encourage as many people as possible to enter along with family, friends, workmates and to try several walks during the week.

Over the weekend the IML and IVV ‘International Walks’ will again include 21Km and 42Km on Saturday 19th and 20Km and 30Km walks on Sunday 20th. Also on the Sunday we will again have a guided two lakes scenic forest walk (22Km) which will also qualify for IML/IVV awards and a guided Tarawera Falls 10Km walk with boat trip. There will also be 10Km walks on Saturday and Sunday. Above information taken from www.nztwodaywalk.org.nz/

13

INVITATION The Geyser Community Foundation invites all members to attend a cheque presentation to Boyd Klap, President of the The NZ Netherlands Foundation, to bring the Anne Frank Exhibition to Rotorua in 2012. Date: Wednesday 9th February 2011 Venue & Time: 10am at the Clubrooms.

RSVP By Friday 4th February to:

Annette Burgess, Executive Officer,

Geyser Community Foundation,

Telephone: 349 7496 Email: annette@improveit.co.nz

14

MARKET DAY

Saturday 12th March

10am—1pm Join us at the club, enjoy and

experience a variety of stalls including Herring, Oliebollen,

Smoked Eels, Krokets and lots of goodies in the Dutch shop...

Relax, chat in a friendly atmosphere with music

All stalls are free of charge.

If you would like to run a stall, please contact Douwe Visser 3459383.

15

Graag nodigen wij u uit voor een bezoek aan onze nieuwe website. U kunt op www.dutch.co.nz onderandere het volgende vinden: Nederlandse kranten; Online Shop met Nederlandse producten; Een overzicht van winkels met

Nederlandse producten in uw buurt; Links met Nederlands georienteerde

websites;

Neem gerust contact met ons op via het contact formulier voor suggesties en vragen. Het Dutch ‘n’ Deli Team

16

ROTORUA DUTCH CLUB