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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND NOVEMBER 2016DANISH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

ISSN 0113-4965 (PRINT) ISSN 2230-4800 (ONLINE)WWW.DANISHSOCIETY.ORG.NZ

THE DANISH SOCIETY NEWS

Wow!! It was a very busy Working Bee with 64 helpers, this is a record number in the time I have been involved. It also meant that we achieved heaps during the week-end.The weather had looked threatening leading up to the weekend but in the end it dished out perfect conditions. October is traditionally the firewood working bee and that was the big focus again this year. It was a bit nerve racking leading up to

the working bee for me as we get our firewood from the neighbours place and the property had changed owners just before the working bee. I was unable to contact the new neighbour until just before the working bee to see if they would give us permission to fell fur-ther Gum trees on their place. It took two visits but we were in luck, our new neighbours are love-ly people and, despite the fact that we had only just met, they allowed us to take further wood this year.Christian Conradsen, John Stewart, Sacha Ol-sen & I went to Valhalla the proceeding Wednes-

day to get things under way. Christian felled trees while others ringed up the logs and carried them up the hill. By the end of the day all the logs were on the ground and reasonable amount had been cut into rings.

By Friday evening the house was already full with helpers that were staying for the weekend. The fire was roaring as adults and kids social-ized with old friends and made new friends with people that they had just met.Saturday morning dawned fine and the

full house & roaring fire

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troops began to pour in, we had so many people arriving that we needed to use the Marae carpark to accommodate every-one. Firewood produc-tion started in earnest with the log splitter run-ning hot from the word go! Wood was taken from the outside stack (that had been drying for a year) and placed in the woodshed. The freshly felled wood (for use in 2019) was stacked in the carpark replacing the wood going into the woodshed. We delivered fire wood to our new neighbour filling up their woodshed as well. There was a bit of competition



for operating the log splitter and various peo-ple had a go.Other jobs completed included burning the Po-hutukawa and Oak that had been trimmed off the trees, a ditch was dug & new phone cable laid, digging of an ash pit for waste from the fire plac-es, additional gravel was laid between the play-ground & patio, garden maintenance, the Three Kings Vine was tied onto the pergola on viewing deck, garden mix was

added to the patio gar-den and we planted Star Jasmine to grow over the screening wall, staked the Puriri, treated the ocean steps with Wet & Forget, removed old flax heads from the planting in front of the view on top of the hill, track clearance, ground down the piz-za oven chimney, glued tiles onto the back of the pizza oven, repaired the clothes line, moved the patio tap, shorten the alkathene water pipe and bury it, repairs to a bear-

er in playground, cut off the bolts on top of the swings, tidied the work-shop and repaired the ROW fence.And, while all this work was getting done, Mia Barr & Linda Williams along with their helpers were busy in the kitchen making beautiful food for all the workers. Very much appreciated by all. Smørrebrød and snaps for lunch along with all sorts of other goodies!All in all a very busy weekend. It is amazing

how much can get done when there are so many helpers. A big thank to you all.That’s it for official work-ing bees this year. There may be a couple of small-er ones between now and Christmas to get the last things completed on the bedroom upgrade. They will happen mid-week before the Christmas rush.Palle

List of all participants be-low (“Active Hands”)

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Thanks to all the 64 help-ers at the October Work-ing Bee:Tove & Carl Anson, Mia, Helena & Isla Barr, Ant-ony Barrett, Nick Barrett, Jan Barrett, Christian Conradsen, Randi Beck & Andrew, Thomas & William Edwards, Inger Mortensen & Robert, Steen & Erik Grundy, Birgitte & Steve, Dylan & Mia Harris, Helen Pe-tersen & Michael Kofoed, Lars Kristensen, Diana & Jørgen Knudsen, Court-ney, Ava, & Braeden, Kate, David, Adrienne, Cameron & Erica Le

Pelley, Ib Melgård, Pal-le, Sacha & Kaius Olsen, Helle, Todd, & Mar-cus Scott, Lone Jensen from DK, Lise Eriksen & Kim, Luka & Pelle Sim-peringham , John Stew-art, Birgitta Stratmann, Katja . Morten, Vilma & Liva Velling, Linda, Ian, Emias, Alijah & Jai-ya Williams, Graham Wright, Marita, Charlot-ta & Lucy, Nina, Anton & Marie.

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Hi all, My name is Brian Kamper Nielsen. I be-came a member of The Danish Society early last year and after the AGM, I also became a mem-ber of the Committee. Personally, I arrived in New Zealand first time around in 2000 and the plan was to stay 2 years

but 2 turned into 3 and then I met my now Kiwi wife Jolene, so we stayed until 2005. Convinced Jolene to go with me for a ‘few years’ to Denmark. A few years turned into almost 10 and we came back to Auckland in October 2014. We live in Wattle Downs (down by Takanini) and enjoy being back in New Zea-land a lot. I work for a small NZ owned freight forwarding company called Global Destina-tion Forwarding where my responsibilities are mainly the Europe trade lane. Through work, I have the pleasure to be in daily contact with many different cultures around the world. Looking for-ward to meeting you all at the many great events.



DANISH NEWS

In the haze of working bees and every-day, func-tional organisation that makes the Danish Soci-ety tick, it’s sometimes easy to forget that we are first and foremost a cul-tural club. That said, noteveryone will have the same idea of ‘culture’ – for some it’ll be punk rock, for others it’ll be Van Gogh, or maybe for you it’s fodbold.

It’s easy to look at the events on offer and think ‘oh, I’m not interested in ‘xyz’, I can’t be bothered driving out to Penrose’. It’s our trusty Events Team who has the un-enviable task of trying to please everyone, and if you’ve been keeping an eye on the newslet-ters and Facebook you’ll know that over the past couple of years they’ve been trying a vast ar-ray of new events to try and find something that peaks YOUR interest.

By Anna Louise Gilderdale

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Recently, however, I’ve come to the realisation that it’s not the event that really matters, it’s the people. Yes, we’re a cultural club – but cul-ture is essentially about people coming together around something. So, I tried an experiment on myself and trotted along to an event that I (as a twenty-something) usu-ally might have flicked past… the piano and violin concert back at thebeginning of Octo-ber. If you were there – HEJ it was great to meet you/see you! Wasn’t it AMAZING?! Even if pia-no and violin wasn’t your thing, you would have been moved by Brahms, wowed by Mozart, and dazzled by some spunky Bartok. This was not the staid concert some might expect!

about the event, they’re about the people who at-tend them. We had the most truly scrumptious afternoon tea afterwards where everyone got to sit together and hygge with the musicians and meet some new people. As the person who’s most often working behind the bar, I can tell you that every event attracts a different cross-section of the club – and no two events will have the same group of people attend-ing. You never know who you might meet…

So try something new, go to an event you might not usually go to because you can’t possibly know which of our 400-odd members might be there and become your new best friend. How can you know, if you don’t try? Branch out! I did, and it was awesome.

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But you know the thing I enjoyed the most – apart from being able to sit back on a rainy day and enjoy some truly world-class piano playing by Gemma Lee and sassy violin from Dr. Charlotte Francis? THE PEOPLE. Our events actually aren’t



PRESIDENTS REPORTthankyou

Thank you for joining me again. November seems to have sneaked up on us while we were all won-dering what had hap-pened to October. This time of year is always a bit unsettling with panicsetting in when it’s re-alised that there’s only approximately 7 weeks till Christmas. Moody, changeable weather doesn’t help. Time to take a deep breath and deal with other matters closer at hand; namely our up-coming AGM.

to be able to confirm that at this stage we have re-ceived nominations to fill those positions. Anna Gilderdale and Rolf Sig-gaard have agreed to stand for president and secretary respectively and other new members are volunteering to put their names forward for the remaining positions. Other nominations are of course still welcome. You can find the AGM remits and nominations slip lat-er in the magazine or you can submit nominations at the AGM. I look for-ward to a good turnout.I would like to extend our sincere condolences to Roselle Rasmussen from the committee at the lossof her father on the 13th October. Our thoughts are with you and your family at this time.2016 has proven to be a costly year for the soci-ety with 6 of us on the committee alone losing a family member. Let us hope for a happier year in 2017.In the month of October we had a most successful Spring Concert on Sun-day 2nd followed by an enjoyable afternoon tea. The fame of our new pia-no is really starting to get

out there. Check out the“thank you” letter later in this issue. Our regular Young over 60’s luncheon was held two weeks lateron the 16th and more than lived up to its usu-al high standard. Thank you once again to Lina King and the events team. This report is a bit early to include the Beer & Sliders evening held on Saturday 29th but I just know it will have been a great success.

In November we have the Christmas Market on Sunday 6th and our Christmas Smorrebrods party on Saturday 19th . Be sure to mark those on your no doubt busy cal-endar. We have a half day working bee at Penrose on Saturday 12th so if you have a bit of “handy man” in you come along.This will be my last Pres-idents Report. It’s hard to believe that 3 years have gone by since I took overthis role with so much happening in that time. It has been both reward-ing and challenging but always a pleasure to be involved with dedicat-ed hard working people

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Some of you may re-member the “Your club needs you” plea that I sent out with the No-vember magazine last year. It seems that a lot of what I was asking for got through to the mem-bership and may indeed come to pass. No fewer than 4 positions will be vacated due to retirement at the upcoming AGM including President and Secretary. I am pleased

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of which there are too many to thank here. As for the future it is grat-ifying to know that we have a group of young enthusiastic members coming forward to take the society in new and exciting directions.

I will of course still be around giving what help and advice I can but I feel confident that the societywill be in good hands and I will still “See you at the Club”

Best regardsAntony Barrett



VALHALLA

RATES FOR VALHALLAThere is a $5pp per night Development Levy on all members and guests over 2 years of age

Peak Member GuestAdults.................................... Children................................Off-PeakAdults....................................Children...............................

Whole house daily rateOff-Peak $120 - Peak rate $300Christmas season $330 - Functions $330

Off-Peak: Mid-week only excluding Christmas sea-son and school holidaysPeak: All school holidays, Christmas season and all weekends.Christmas season: Christmas Eve to the end of Anniversary Weekend.The house can only be hired for 7 days at any one time.

For bookings and further information:Christine [email protected]

See pictures or read more about Valhalla:www.danishsociety.org.nz

$20 $35$10 $25

$12 $30$6 $20

09 299 6985

We are so lucky to have something so Danish at one of the most stunning spots in New Zealand and even better, it’s so close to Auckland.

for special functions such as weddings. There are various areas on the property that are ideal for a wedding ceremo-ny, with lots of room for the Marquee closer to the house.

We would love to receive photos and stories about your stays at Valhalla which we can publish in our newsletter. Please email

Send stories to:[email protected]

not justa summer house

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Valhalla is the Danish Society’s Coastal Retreat at Leigh; one hour drive from Auckland.

You can book Individ-ual rooms or the whole house for a group holiday all at below market rates.The property is perfect

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8th & 9th OctoberPlease come and help at our next working bee



EVENTSmovie night

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regular eventsDanish HouseAn Open House is held on the first Sunday of each month from 2pm

Committee MeetingAre held on the second Monday of the month at 7.30pm

Valhalla Working BeesWorking bees are usually held on the weekend of the second Satur-day of the month.

Cardplayersmeet on the first and third Wednes-day of the month11am to 3pmContact: Paul Marquart

HyggeklubMeet on the second Thursday of ev-ery month

FolkdancersMeet at 7.30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month Contact:Finn Nielsen

Film EveningsAre held on the third Friday of the month at 7.30pm

“Kollektivet” /“The Commune”A story about the clash between personal desires vs. solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 70’s.

DirectorDirector Thomas Vinterberg is using the memories from his own childhood.

Practical InfoFriday 18th November at 7.30pmCoffee/cakeMember $5Non-member $8

3rd November @ 10pmEnjoy a concert with some of Denmark’s finest music, conduct-ed by one of Denmark’s finest mu-sicians – Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s recently appointed Music Director, Giordano Bell-incampi. Giordano will take the podium to perform a programme that includes Danish composer, Carl Nielsen’s Second Symphony ‘The Four Temperaments’. The New Zealand Herald Premier Series, Soul of the Cello at Auck-land Town Hall.

After the concert, join Giordano for drinks and nibbles with a pri-vate Danish Society post-concert Q&A hosted by APO Chief Exec-utive, Barbara Glaser.Post-concert hospitality – $35*Contact the APO Ticketing Office

09 528 811909 625 5533

penroseworking bee

12th November @ 9amCome help with a good spring clean. Lots of jobs for all talents and capabilities.See you in Penrose.Morning tea and lunch provided.

on 09 623 1052 to secure your op-portunity to meet Giordano. Men-tion your membership of the Dan-ish Society to receive up to 13% off the price of your concert ticket. *Concert tickets to be purchased separately, but please note that you can choose to just attend the re-ception.



EVENTS hyggeklub

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2nd Thursday each MonthAt the moment there’s about 10 of us who meet for this hyggelige evening the second Thursday of every month at 7.30pm. We meet in the lounge at Danish House.Some of us bring our knitting, others bring their colouring books, puzzles or games. We have coffee or tea and homemade goodies, and occasionally (if the bar manager is there!) the bar is open. Some of us use it as an op-portunity to practice our Danish, but it’s by no means compulsory!

It’s an ever evolving thing – the point is to have the maximum amount of HYGGE.So why don’t you come and check it out for yourself! And it’s not just for girls!

4th December @ 2pmCome along for a “hyggelig” af-ternoon of Christmassing! We’ll be making Christmas decora-tions while enjoying homemade Christmas goodies with our tea/coffee (at the modest charge of $2.50).

At 4 pm we’ll have the Danish Christmas Service which will again be taken by our lovelyAnja Grønne Mathiasen.After the service at c 5 pm we’ll get together for æbleskiver and carols.Come for the whole afternoon or part of it – we look forward to see-ing you!

11th December @ 2pmThe Highland Joker will entertain us with his soap bubbles show.We will sing and dance around the Christmas tree and hopefully Santa and his wife will bring pres-ents for the children.

Practical InfoCoffee and home-made Christ-mas baking to enjoyChildren $10Adults $7

Volunteer to helpPlease contact Mia on 0212970579 or [email protected] if you are able to help

Sign up by 25th of November Please fill out below slip and email to [email protected] or post to: The Danish Society, PO Box 12-279, Penrose 1642Marked: “Soc1112”

christmas partyJulefest

19th November @ 6.30pmPlease join us for our annual christmas party where we dance around the christmas tree, sing some christmas songs and enjoy “Det Store Kolde Bord” (Smørre-brød/Open sandwiches) and not to forget the Christmas Game!

Practical InfoMembers: $25 Non-members: $40Please bring a $5 wrapped present for the Christmas Game.Please book with Helle on 09 478 7016 or [email protected] 14 Nov.

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Sent in by: __________________________ I have enclosed a cheque I have paid onlineOnline payment to: 12 3036 0671539 001st reference “soc1112”, 2nd reference “your name”



EVENTS

12th November @ 9am-3pmVisit the Scandinavian Christmas Market on the 12th of Novem-ber at ASB showground - a joint christmas market together with General Collective.250 handpicked stalls offering the best of New Zealand and Scandi-navian design. An incredible line up of stand out makers, creatives and designers!· Loads of door prizes· Win our GC ‘Market Money’· Free kids activities· Face painting· Live illustration and painting· Street food and coffee

More Infowww.generalcollective.co.nz

CHRISTMAS Market

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Sunday 6th November

6 Rockridge Ave, Penrose

10am 4pm To

6th November @ 10am-4pmOur annual Christmas Market is on again, with a selection of our favourite stall holders offering an amazing selection of goodies, just in time to kick off the festive sea-son.There will be delicious food avail-able at the outdoor food stalls, beautiful hand craft, Christmas decorations and deli products for sale. This year we are very excited to have adorable Icelandic horses from Nedri Bakki Horse Stud, for you to pat and Danish electric bikes for you to ride. In fact there is something for everyone, so grab the whole family and come and enjoy a great day at Christmas Market at Danish House.

3rd NovemberGiordano Bellincampi Concert6th NovemberDanish Christmas market8th NovemberFolkdancing10th NovemberHyggeklub11th NovemberChildren’s Xmas Party12th NovemberScandinavian Xmas marketPenrose Working Bee18th NovemberMovie Night: ‘Kollektivet’19th NovemberChristmas- / Smørrebrødsparty22nd NovemberFolkdancing4th DecemberJulegudstjeneste

Read more about all of above dates under the ‘Events’ pages.

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NOTICE BOARDthank you

danish societyDear. Danish Society,Thank you so much for hosting us at your lovely venue on Sun-day 2 October. Charlotte and I thoroughly enjoyed performing (especially myself on your new baby grand) and really appreciate all the work that has been put into organising, promoting, and man-aging the event. The afternoon tea was such a lovely touch and I’d like to send my warmest regards to whoever that made the lagkage - they are now my new favourite dessert!We would love to come back and perform for you all with an even more exciting programme. Take care and please do keep in touch.Best wishes,Gemma Lee MMus LTCLPianist | Arts Administrator

I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the club in connec-tion with the death of my husband, Jørgen, and I just wanted to say thank you so much. They were very much appreciated, and a nice re-minder of the good times we have had together in the Danish club.

Kind regards,Anna Marquart

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contribute tothe magazine

We would like contributions from our members as we are working on new content to the magazine - see below.“Brevkassen”Share stories, memories or jokes.“Bytte Børsen”Swap or sell your danish designs“Classic Danish Recipes”Share your favourite dishes

Pls send your contributions to:[email protected]

summer school

Danish children, living outside of Denmark can participate in the annual Summer School, arranged by Danes World-wide. This is an excellent way to spend time with other danish children as well as learning the language, culture and history. Danes Worldwide offers 12 schol-arships to its members. A scholar-ship covers all expenses including food, accommodation, education and trips.Total cost for the Summer School is DKK 16,500 for members and 18,500 for non-members of Danes Worldwide.Applications have to be in by 1st December 2016.

Read more under www.danes.dk

Tusind tak til Danish Society for ten smukke buket og de kærlige ord og tanker i forbindelse med tabet af min mmor for nylig.

De kærligste hilsner,Inger Mortensen og Familie

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Welcome to our new member Linda King and congratulations to all our members below:

50 YearsMartin Wright, 14.07Birgitte Harris, 03.1160 YearsHelle Nielsen McConnochie, 06.1065 YearsLene King, 23.1170 YearsVagn Thomassen, 02.1075 YearsCarlo Mikkelsen, 27.07Mary Christiansen, 28.07Jørgen Holgersen, 30.07Randi Knights, 28.08Nicola fanefjord, 14.1180 YearsBente Winter, 01.07Folmer Laustsen, 13.0794 YearsBerghild Kristensen, 23.09

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NOTICE BOARDdanish

lessonsTaler du dansk? Connie Kristensen is teaching Danish lessons from her Tiny House at Earthsong Eco Neigh-bour Village in Ranui.Saturday mornings and Wednes-day evenings.

For more information:Connie [email protected]

Looking fora venue?

Did you know that you can hire out Danish House in Penrose?Member rates for hiring the hall for the whole day:Sunday to Friday....................... Saturday......................................Half day hire is 1/3 lessNo charge for funerals.Member rates for hiring library $55Bond is $150 per booking.

For more information:Antony Barret

membershipupdate

Contrary to what was noted in the October newsletter, invoic-es will now be posted only within the AGM Packs this month. Please ensure your postal address is up to date with [email protected]

Any question contact:[email protected] 757 565

$120$180

09 444 0930

welfarecoordinator

This important role, which at its core shares the celebration of thosemembers who wish to make known their major anniversaries with the Society, is now vacant. The Committee would love to hear from anyone interested in organis-ing the dispatch of cards and flow-ers to congratulate or commiserate members’ major life events. Infor-mation is supplied by the Member-ship Coordinator; there is no need to sit on the Committee.

For more information:Roselle (membership coordinator)Pam (secretary)

annual generalmeeting

AGM Sunday 27th NovemberIf you have any remits to be dis-cussed at the AGM. please send them to the Danish Society Secre-tary by November 7th at the latest.

Email:[email protected]

Nominations for committeeUp for election are President (for 1 year), Secretary (for 2 years) and 3 committee positions (for 2 years)

Send your nominations to:The Danish Society, PO Box 12 279 Penrose 1642

Nominations can also be made on the day of the AGM

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INFOTHE DANISH

SOCIETY INC.P.O. Box 12 279 - Penrose 16426 Rockridge Ave, PenroseAucklandPh 09 580 3103www.danishsociety.org.nz

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SUBSCRIPTION(2016 FINANCIAL YEAR)

Member. ...............................Senior Rate (65+).................Youth Rate (18-25)...............Children under 18 .....................Family Discount..

Financial year runs from 01/10/ 2016 to 30/09/2017

contribute toour magazine

The next magazine deadline is November. All contribu-tions welcome - in En-glish or Danish (with a

short summary in English).The magazine can also be read (in full colour) online at www.danish-society.org.nzNote: ads for events must be in a calendar month before the [email protected]

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committeePresident: Antony [email protected]

Vice-President:Annette [email protected]

Treasurer:Christine [email protected]

Secretary: Pam [email protected]

committee membersRolf SiggaardBrian Kamper NielsenKirsten JensenHelle GilderdaleAnnette JornaRoselle Rasmussen

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otherNews Magazine Publisher:Sarah [email protected]

Membership:Roselle [email protected]

Webmaster:Kurt [email protected]

Mailout:Helle Scott

additionalRoyal Danish Consulate:Inger Mortensen022 0473 50047A Normanby Road, Mt EdenAuckland [email protected]

Danish Trade Council:Sarah Lund021 812 226PO Box 2154, Shortland Street, Auckland [email protected]

The Lutheran Church:1 Harris Road, Mt WellingtonPO Box 85-01409 579 4490

Danish Lutheran Church of NZ:Pastor Anja Groenne Mathiassen03 464 0218www.danishchurchnz.org

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danish societyCONTACTS

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