Our Events

We gather on the second Monday of each month (February to November) at 11.45am for a 12 noon start to listen to a speaker and enjoy lunch at the Hamilton Gardens Lakeside Cafe function room.

We welcome guests of members and just ask for $30 to cover the cost of a guest’s lunch.

Please let us know if you are coming, and if you are bringing a guest, by 10am on the Thursday prior to our meetings so we can confirm catering numbers.

Upcoming events

14 April 2025 - Charlotte Muggeridge

Charlotte Muggeridge

Charlotte Muggeridge is a partner at Harkness Henry, specialising in property law, resource management, and local government. She is co-author of New Zealand’s first legal textbook on subdivisions, Subdivisions Law and Practice, LexisNexis, 2024, and has been recognised by the Property Council Central Region for her contribution to the property industry.

Her interest in resource management has led to a ministerial appointment to the Waikato Conservation Board and – among other positions – she is a member of the Auckland Law Society’s Environmental and Resource Management Law committee. She also sits on the International World YWCA Board (based in Geneva).

 


Charlotte holds an LLB and MA in Political Science.

Our 2025 speakers

10 February

Dame Diana Crossan DNZM

Former Retirement Commissioner
“Highlights of a public service career”

10 March

Valerie Millington
Author of “Ellen of Denniston”
“One day everything changed… A powerful and moving biography””

14 April

Founder’s Meeting in  Honour of Gwen Firth

Charlotte Muggeridge
Partner, Harkness Henry
“Experiences in environmental law”

12 May

Dr David Simcock
Chair, Auckland Library Heritage Trust, and
Member, Auckland History Initiative
“Achieving Primacy: The history of Auckland in the 1950s”

9 June

Gigi Crawford
CEO, Zealong Tea Estate
“The Zealong Tea story”

14 July

Partners’ Meeting

Harry Mowbray
Entrepreneur with many interests
“Revitalising our industrial history”

11 August

Dr Clare Brown
Animal Behaviourist
“Innovations in working with animals”

8 September

Marina Hape
Tangata Whenua Working Group (TWWG) Kaiarahi/Katiaki, and 
Sonia Baker
HCC Programme Manager – Peacocke
“Te Ara Pekapeka – Journey of partnership and collaboration”

13 October

Featured Club Speaker

Margaret Fish
Occupational Therapist
“Enabling people to live their best lives”

10 November

Annual General Meeting 2025

 

2024 Guest speaker Prof Alexander Gillespie with Awatere Club Committee members