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PREVIOUS REBUS MEETINGS

Further details about the REBUS meetings and speakers are published in the monthly

Newsletter  which is available on the Website

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Pradip Manchanter gave the 10 minute talk in February. It was fascinating to hear all about his life.  Especially his Beginning, and Early Years in India. Then his Middle and Golden Years in New Zealand. 

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Sandy Hunard (left) gave the 10 minute talk at the January meeting. 

 

The guest speaker was Grant Crowley, speaking about The NZ Parole Board. Pictured right, Grant and Judy Whiteside, Rebus Khandallah Vice President.

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 At the November meeting Navina Clemerson,  talked about her book “There was a Garden in Nuremberg.”  Her book is a fictional work, based on the story of her family and Nuremberg before WW2. Historical photos of Nuremberg were shown, as well as photos of Navina’s family taken before the war. Her book mentions the complete destruction of the Nuremberg Synagogue, and the effects of the Nazi regime on the Jewish community.  Navina's book can be purchased from Unity Books. 

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At the October meeting Claire Bibby (left) spoke about the Glenside Halfway House and historical garden.

Bill Paterson (right) gave the Ten Minute talk. 

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Sue Day was welcomed into REBUS membership by the President, Nick Lambrechtsen. at the September Meeting.

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At the September meeting Helen Kennard (right) gave the Ten Minute Talk and  Kelly Fox  was the speaker, talking her Facebook page and Traffic Control in the Wellington and Kapiti area. 

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Kaye McKinlay was welcomed into REBUS membership by the President, Nick Lambrechtsen. at the August Meeting.

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At the August meeting David Hutton gave the Ten Minute Talk and  Sue Barker was the speaker, talking about the Charities Commission.

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Christine McKenna and Pradip Manchanda were welcomed into REBUS membership by President Nick Lambrechtsen at the July Meeting.

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At the July Meeting Judith Littlejohn gave the Ten Minute talk

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 Statistician Len Cook was the speaker at the July meeting

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Sally Chrystall and Joanne Greenlees were welcomed into REBUS membership by President Nick Lambrechtsen at the June Meeting.

At the June meeting Murray Major gave a Ten Minute Talk about his 30 years as a Telecommunications Engineer with the New Zealand Post Office and later Telecom. 

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The speaker at the May meeting of The REBUS Club of Khandallah, was the Club’s President, Nick Lambrechtsen. His talk was entitled “The Longest Floating Bailey Bridge of World War II.” 

Nick’s father, Constant Lambrechtsen van Ritthem, a civil engineer,  and then Captain Ted Hunt (British Royal Engineers) designed the bridge.

In May 2022, Nick flew to the Netherlands to represent his father at the unveiling of two monuments to commemorate this bridge. Also present was Ted Hunt, who had retired as a Major. He was 102 years old.

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Nick and Ted Hunt, on a Bailey Bridge in 2022.

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David Littlejohn who gave the Ten Minute talk at the May meeting.

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