the MANX Society of New Zealand
a Day at the Botanical Gardens
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On March 2,2025, a Sunday with lovely sunny weather, the Manx Society of NZ held its annual Picnic/Luncheon in café MIKO of the Manurewa Botanical Gardens.
It seemed that we Manxies were not the only people to visit the Gardens, the parking spaces were all taken by mid morning, so some people decided yo give it a miss. Those who managed to find a park were or lucky or illegally parked. Reason for the overwhelming crowd was that at the Gardens an exhibition of large sculptures was on display. Walking tours and a short train ride were offered and of course the glorious weather attracted a lot of people.
But, as said before, some Manx members did manage to find there way into the MIKO café and enjoyed the company and the lunch. The train ride, taken by some, was interesting and the sculptures impressive. It gave a good sense of the actual size of the Gardens ground, which is huge.
Hopefully we can use the same Gardens next year, but may have the event on a week day.
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Manx News
Member's contributions
July 2023
A contribution from Janice Figge, a member of our Society.
Janice visited the Isle of Man and picked up the following information about the background story and meaning of the Three Legged symbol in the Manx Museum in Douglas.
As popular belief goes, the three legs are there to kick the bottoms of the English, the Scots
and the Irish. But of course, there is more to its historical background and significance.
Read the tablet as Janice has send it to us.
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Thank you, Janice for this interesting information.
Tynwald Day 2024
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The Manx Society of New Zealand celebrated this day at the usual venue of the Remuera Club in Ohinerau Street, Remuera in Auckland.
The annual get together this time was opened by the Secretary
Suzann, due to absence of the vice-President/Treasurer Chris.
She read out a short message from Chris - who is recovering
from surgery - about the happenings of the past year and a
summary of the financial state of the Society. The results were approved and carried by the members attending the AGM.
After the closure of the AGM, the members were invited to sing the Manx National Anthem. Which was belted out with enthusiasm and a little help from the BeeGee Robin Gibb.
Then it was time to tuck in and enjoy the lunch prepared by the catering of the Remuera Club.
As the attendance of the celebration was not
great, those who did
were able to sit on one table, making the event a cosy and closeknit affair.
The latest news of the Isle of Man was passed on and many memories shared by the members.
After the table was cleared the
members, and some friends, said their good-byes and wished each other well. The Committee members packed the
decorations and expressed their thanks to everybody making this Tynwald Day a most enjoyable day.