Weekly Newsletter #1 2012

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Young Nationals Southern Region Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:07 PMTo: Young Nats

Welcome, Meet Your Executive, Clubs Day Wrap & More Like Follow

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome from the

Chair

Meet your new

Executive

Clubs Day review

What's coming up

Seeking your

feedback

Membership drive

CONGRATULATIONS

Elliot Brownlee

Congratulations to new

Member Elliot Brownlee

who has won two tickets to

the Highlander v

Crusaders Super Rugby

game in our Clubs Day

Welcome from the Chair

Hello to you all, and welcome to my first weekly newsletter of 2012.

I'm James Rawiri Meager, Chair of the Young Nationals Southern

Region, and I'd like to thank you all for choosing, in one way or

another, to be a part of the Southern Young Nats.

2012 will be massive year for us as we look to implement a number of

new and exciting programmes to help re-establish the Southern Young

Nats as the prominent political voice for young people in the southern

South Island (what we call the Southern Region). The 2011 general

election saw us play a prominent role in capturing the party vote for

National in Dunedin South for the first time under MMP, as well as

maintaining high visibility for our Senior Government Whip Michael

Woodhouse in the campaign for Dunedin North. In 2012 we intend on

reaching out further to our other constituent electorates - Waitaki,

Clutha-Southland, and Invercargill - so that we can truly represent thewhole of the Southern Region.

Stay tuned as we start unveiling some innovative and fresh programmes

and events in the next few weeks, they're all designed to offer you a

tangible reason to continue to be a part of our growing organisation

and help to build a brighter future for all New Zealanders.

Meet your new Executive


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giveaway. Elliot also

receives a free 2degrees

SIM card for his troubles,

not to mention our Clubs

Day giveaway pack.

COMING UP

New Members' Event

Join us at Eureka Cafe &

Bar at 7pm, Wed 7 March

for our New MembersEvent. We're welcoming

all new Members and

Supporters to come along

and meet our old(er)

Members and Supporters

for coffee, drinks and

nibbles.

Executive Meeting

The Executive will be

holding their next

meeting at 847 George St

at 11am, Sunday 4 March.

AGMs

The Dunedin North and

Dunedin South

electorates are holding

their Annual General

Meetings at Nidd Realty

on High Street, Monday

March 5. All Young

Nats are welcome to

come along and meet

On 12 Feb we held our AGM and were proud to elect our new Executive,

who have already made an immediate impact in the Party.

James Rawiri Meager - Chair

A recent Law & Arts graduate

from the University of Otago,

my two main focuses this year

are increasing our overall

membership, and increasing

our overall influence. With

the Brighter Prospects

programme I hope to connect

our Members with wider

Party Members and local businesses through 6 month internships.Hopefully this will provide our Members with a significant foot in the

door and reward them for their dedication to the Young Nationals

Southern Region. Feel free to contact me at

[email protected].

Todd Dickens - Deputy Chair

Todd lives mainly to spread

the good word of theNational Party, personal

freedoms, and the


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some of the Party's

movers and shakers in

Dunedin North and

Dunedin South.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Facebook

You can keep up to date

with all the latest news,

discussions, opinions and

updates on our Young

Nationals Southern

Region Facebookpage.

Twitter

We're also on Twitter, you

can follow us at

@sryoungnats.

Upgrade

Membership

Upgrading to full

Membership status is

easy. Just head over to

youngnats.org.nz/join/

and take 30 seconds to fill

out the forms and you'll

gain full access to therights and privileges of

Party Membership.

empowering of the

individual. A second year

Politics and Law student, he

is often seen making obscure

rants, quoting Thatcher, and

warning of the folly that is

socialism. He is driven

mainly by issues of freedom,

poverty, equal opportunity, and welfare. You can contact him at

[email protected].

Stephanie-Mai Lowe - Secretary

Stephanie-Mai is a 2nd year

Otago University student

studying Economics and

Politics. She lived in England

until her family emigrated

from England when she was

sixteen, and considers herself

a responsible, hard working,

and good-humoured person. Steph enjoys engaging in a variety of

voluntary activities, including caring for animals at the SPCA, being a

media assistant at the Rugby World Cup 2011, and campaigning for the

Party whenever possible.You can contact Steph at

[email protected].

John Brinsley-Pirie - Policy Chair

John is a Politics and Law

student currently in his 4th

year with an interest in how

the media interacts with the

political world, and in Bills of

Rights. He is a keen debater at

the Otago University Debating

Society and will talk

incessantly if you let him.

John's role is to make sure that we develop policy which resonates with

the youth in the Southern Region, and he encourages your feedback as

he looks to ensure strong representation for our Members through the

Brighter Voices programme. You can contact him atjohn.brinsley-

[email protected].

Mark Currie - Communications Officer

Born and bred in Dunedin, Mark is in

the 2nd year of a BA (PPE) at the

University of Otago. He's excited about

what 2012 holds for the Young Nats

going forward in the Southern Region.


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Outside of politics, Mark is a self-

confessed "sports nut" and, as well as

being a local football referee, is a

massive fan of any team in the blue and

gold. You can contact Mark

at [email protected].

Clubs Day review

On Wed 22 Feb we held a very successful stall at the University of

Otago's Clubs Day. After giving out almost 200 blue powerades, bottle

openers, Party pens and complimentary blue-iced cupcakes, we

collected over 150 new Members and Supporters.

A huge thank you to all our volunteers and helpers, and especially toMPs Michael Woodhouse and Jacqui Dean who took time out of their

days to meet a heap of new and interested students. Congratulations to

Elliot Brownlee who won two tickets to the Highlanders v Crusaders on

3 March, as well as a new 2 degrees SIM card.


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Following Clubs Day we had a successful meet and greet with newNational List MP Alfred Ngaro who is based in Auckland. Alfred was

impressed and happy to come down and talk to us about his path to

Parliament and what it means to be the first Cook Islands MP in the

House. We were equally glad to have him along in what hopefully will

be the first of many high profile visits.

What's coming up

New Members Event

We'rewelcoming all new

Members and Supporters to meet

with our current Members and

Supporters at Eureka Bar & Cafe on

Wed 7 March at 7pm. This will be a

great opportunity to put names to

faces and meet with other

enthusiastic Members of the

organisation. Deputy Chair Todd

Dickens will welcome you all andgive a brief overview of what we've

achieved so far this year, and other Members will be on hand to answer

your questions. Whether you come for a hot coffee or an cold Emerson's,

we look forward to having you along.

Social sports and events

As part of our Brighter

Connections Programme we're

seeking to set up a few socialsports and events teams. If

you're interested in spending


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one night a week in the rough

and tumble of indoor netball,

outside on the touch field, or

joining in on the pub quiz

circuit, be sure to let us know.

Teams and events are being

finalised in the next two

weeks, with the aim being to

offer Members and Supporters

something different from the

often repeated political banter.

If you follow the Super Rugby

or the NRL, we also have

online tipping competitions

set up - just go to our

Facebook Page for details.

While we're on the subject of tipping, our hat's off this week to

Christian "Hermo" Hermansen who leads our Virtual Super Rugbyleague with 56 points (7 out of 7). We're doing alright, sitting on 40

points. You canjoin our league here (Young Nats Southern Region -

sign in, and then click the link again), PIN 56679089. You can also

join ourVirtual NRL league which is kicking off soon, invite code

169043.

Membership

We're always encouraging our Supporters to take the next step and

make your involvement with us official by becoming a financialMember. Membership is only a $5 donation and brings with it official

status within the Party, voting and delegate rights for Conferences, as

well as priority access to limited event tickets and entry to our Bright

Five Programmes. Joining is as simple as going

toyoungnats.org.nz/join/ and filling out the forms online.

Thanks once again for showing your interested in the Southern Young

Nats, I personally look forward to meeting you all. I promise next

week's newsletter will be slightly more concise!

Cheers,

James Rawiri Meager

Chair


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