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NEWS MAGAZINE
ISSN 0113-4965 • September 2007
Film Evening
Friday, 21st September, 7.30pm
We are showing
The Annual
Over 60’s Luncheon
“Et rigtigt menneske”
Venue: The Danish Society
6 Rockridge Ave,
Penrose
a Danish dogme movie with English subtitles.
Saturday 29th September
at 1 pm
(A Real Human Being)
Free film plus coffee and cookies for
members - donations welcome.
Non-members pay $5
Wednesday Morning Group
Wednesday,
September 26th, 10.30am
Xmas ideas to make and do
We start at 10.30 with coffee and proceed with the
meeting. Bring your lunch to eat after the meeting.
All welcome.
Any enquiries, please contact Vibeke Courtney
ph: 576 3150
Årets Børnefest
Sunday 30th September 2pm – 4.30pm
Come to our annual Children’s Party – bring Mum,
Dad or Grandparents and let’s have a lot of fun.
Among the activities will be:
• Make your own cool placemat
• Bake biscuits (and help eat them)
• Watch how lollies are made (and get to try them, of course)
• Table tennis tournament … and lots more
Afternoon tea will be served; coffee and tea for
adults. Please phone Inger on 443 5105 or email
robinger2@ihug.co.nz to indicate your interest in this
arrangement or if you have any questions.
Come and enjoy the wonderful open
Danish sandwiches.
Bring cash to buy beer, snaps and
other drinks from our bar.
2 herring sandwiches +
4 scrumptious sandwiches per
person
All plated.
Price per person $15
Send in the slip off the insert
by Friday 21st September 2007
See insert for more details
Come to the
Open House
Sunday, Sept 2nd from 2pm
Come and meet your friends or get some
new ones – Everyone is welcome!
Coffee & cake from $2.50
THE DANISH SOCIETY (INC)
P. O. BOX 12 279 - PENROSE 1642
6 Rockridge Ave., Penrose, Auckland
Phone 580 3103
www.danishsocietynz.com
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Member:
Senior rate: (65 & over)
Youth rate: (18 to 25)
Children under 18
Family discount: Less
Contact phone numbers
The Danish House
Valhalla, Leigh
580 3103
09 422 6194
Committee
$60 per member
$50 per member
$50 per member
Free
$10 per couple
REGULAR EVENTS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
PRESIDENT
Karen Yates
524 6016
VICE-PRESIDENT
Richard Logan 480 9883
TREASURER
Roger Knights
021 858 248
SECRETARY
Rolf Siggard
528 2469
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Mia Barr
Antony Barrett
Lena Burlon
Finn Nielsen
John Stewart
634 1159
444 0939
528 1116
625 5533
480 8282
EDITOR “NEWS MAGAZINE”
Pam Logan 480 9883
9 Puawai Place, Northcote, Auckland
E-mail: pam-richardlogan@attglobal.net
PRODUCTION
John Stewart
480 8282
MAILOUT
Helle Scott
521 2844
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Rolf Siggard
528 2469
Other Addresses
ROYAL DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL
P.O. Box 619, Auckland 1
Fax 537 3067
Phone 537 3099
www.danishconsulatesnz.org.nz
THE TRADE COMMISSION OF DENMARK
Harbour View Building, 152 Quay St, 7th Floor
P.O. Box 2154, Auckland 1
Fax 307 5207
Phone 379 3119
www.dtcauckland.um.dk
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
1 Harris Rd (P O Box 85-014) Mt Wellington
Phone
579 4490
BOOKINGS FOR VALHALLA
RATES
Weekdays (off-peak)
Adult Child
Member
$10
$5
Guest
$20
$10
Whole Weekend
Member
$30
$15
Guest
$50
$25
Weekdays (peak) Member
$15
$7.50
Guest
$25
$12.50
Long weekend (3 nights)
Member
$45
$22.50
Guest
$75
$37.50
Whole house daily rate (for the off-peak season)
Flat rate
$250
Peak season = Christmas Eve to the end of Anniversary
weekend. Children are 18 and under. Babies are free.
Call the Booking Officer: Marion Stewart,
88c Coronation Road, Hillcrest
P: 480 8282 E: valhalla@danishsocietynz.com
(2008 Financial Year – 1st Oct 2007 to 30th Sept 2008)
are held on the first Wednesday of each
month at 7.30pm
VALHALLA WORKING BEES
Working bees are held on the weekend of
the second Saturday of the month.
DANISH
MOTHERS’ GROUP
meets every 2nd Tuesday.
Call Christina on 360 4389 for venue.
FOLKDANCERS
DANISH HOUSE
meet at 7.30pm on the second and
fourth Tuesday of every month.
CARDPLAYERS
WEDNESDAY MORNING
GROUP
An Open House is held on the first
Sunday of each month from 2pm.
meet on the first and third Wednesday
of the month - 11am to 3pm
Usually held on the last Wednesday
of every month.
QUICK CHECK CALENDAR
September
Sun 2
Wed 5
Tues 11
Sat 15
Wed 19 Fri 21
Tues 25
Wed 26
Sat 29
October
Sun 7
Open House
Card Players
Folkdancing Social Night
Valhalla Working Bee
Card Players
Film Evening
Folk Dancing
Morning Group
Over 60s luncheon
Open House
Danish Classes
Thursdays
Beginner class 6 - 7.15pm
Intermediate class 7.30 - 9pm
Private lessons are available
on Saturday mornings.
For more information call
Connie Kristensen
Phone 483 8078
Sat 13
Fri 19
Wed 24
November
Sun 4
Fri 16
Sun 18
December
Sat 1
Sat 8
Sun 9 Fri 14
Valhalla Working Bee
Film Evening
Morning Group
Open H. + trading table
Film Evening
AGM + family dinner
Julefrokost - Xmas Lunch
Valhalla 30th Anniversary
Children’s Xmas Party
Family Xmas Carols
Danish House Hall Hire Rates
Members rates for hiring the hall for the whole day
at the Danish House, Penrose.
Sunday to Friday inclusive
$100
Saturday:
$150
Half a day is $25 less. Funerals – no charge.
The bond is $100.00 per booking.
The booking/holding fee of $50.00 is deducted from
the total cost.
Call the Booking Officer:
Lorraine Nielsen, Phone 625 5533
Committee Contacts & Convenors for Working Groups
Committee Contact
Working Group
Cultural
Card Players
Karen Yates Danish lessons
Danish Mothers’ group
Folk dancing
Library / Videos Society history
Welfare (Cards & Flowers)
Danish House
Bookings
Maintenance
Members
Membership Roger Knights
Communication
Editor
Webmaster
Other Clubs
Presidents/contacts
Karen Yates
Marketing
Socials
Bar
Lena Burlon Socials
Youth group
Valhalla
Bookings & Maintenance
Richard Logan
Development
Convenor
Lise Jensen
Connie Kristensen
Christina Bengtson
Finn Nielsen
Helle Gilderdale
Karen Yates
Vibeke Courtney
Lorraine Nielsen
Carsten Dansted
Rolf Siggard
Phone
625 8969
478 5175 360 4389
625 5533
478 7016 524 6016
576 3150
625 5533
524 2047
528 2469
Pam Logan
Lena Burlon
Karen Yates
480 9883
528 1116
524 6016
Finn Nielsen, Keld Burlon 625 5533
Lena Burlon, Mia Barr
528 1116
Steve Harris
523 5410
Marion Stewart
480 8282
Richard Logan
480 9883
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
Karen’s Corner
From the President - August 2007
Dear members,
Of Smørrebrød, Change
and our Collective
Responsibility
Some seventy people,
(approximately half were members)
really enjoyed themselves at the last
Smørrebrøds Party in July. There
was time to talk, without music and
time to dance with the music.
Of course conversation is always
better with good food and to Danes
that is what smørrebrød is. Guests
equally enjoyed the conversation
and the ambience. It was a good
experience, people of all ages,
young and those no longer in their
youth mixing together.
The Smørrebrøds team had a
great time too.
Change and more
Change
What I became aware of was
the absence of members. It says
something about the changing
world we live in that is influencing
our attitudes, thinking and values.
Because change is happening in the
world and community around us,
so it is in the Danish Society.
Our membership is changing. Of
those that started the Society, many
have passed on and are too frail to
participate. There are still a large
number of people who have been
intensely involved over the years,
even on the committee and are not
seen now at any functions. Perhaps
it was a situation of burnout, which
so readily happens to volunteer
work and then it feels hard to join
in again.
Yes the Society has changed.
Nothing can be as it was in the” old
days” though some traditions are
maintained with adaptations to the
New Zealand setting. That happens
in Denmark too of course. What is
happening however presently in
The Danish Society is that members
and their friends find satisfaction
and friendship in small groups.
There is the Card Club, a vital source
of friendship and fun, the folk
dancers, the Mothers group, the
Valhalla working bee group and the
newly formed Wednesday Morning
group. These groups are vital for
the life of the Society.
Those members that do seek
to venture out and come to a
Smørrebrøds Party or function
usually meet friends or new people
that become friends. Most of us
go away with a sense of “that was
worthwhile”. The Danish Society
is one of the few places where one
can meet people of different ages,
Danes and Kiwis and mix with
them. Now where else does one do
that?
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
A steady
stream
of new
members
Presently there is a high
proportion of new members, who
join the Society because of their
Danish ancestry. We welcome
them. Here is an opportunity for
those involved in the Society for
many years and those who have
recently come from Denmark to
share their culture and experiences
with others.
A Legacy of participation
The issue really is that the
Danish Society, not only needs
members who are prepared to pay
their subscriptions annually but to
be involved as well. The amazing
contributions of members in the
50s and 60s onwards have given us
a legacy of enormous worth, not
only in bricks and mortar but also
in the very essence of the Society
which after all is about culture and
friendship.
If you have worked hard in the
past for the Society, which many
of you have, come and share your
presence through participation
in functions. To look after this
“treasure“ that we have been gifted,
members do need to participate.
There is a place for all to play
their part. Let me mention a few
things - gardeners, administrators,
financial knowledge, handymen
or women, computer skills,
writers, musicians, designers,
conservationists, architects, cooks,
kitchen hands, teachers, musicians,
helpers and the list goes on an
on. You don’t have to be on the
Continued on page 4
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President’s Report continued from page 3
committee to contribute.
What gives pleasure for all involved in the Danish
Society is meeting people and working and together
and having fun with others.
In three months time there will be an AGM with
election. What could you contribute?
The work load of the committee is enormous. They
all do it willingly and for free. The Danish Society is a
Social Club after all but it has huge responsibilities from
our legacies of the recent past and only by members
participating together can we go forward.
I shall be back at the end of September, having
spent a little time in Denmark which is always a treat
and come back refreshed to
participate in the life of the
Society.
Med venlig hilsen
Karen
Recent Photos
Above: Some of the Wednesday Morning Group
Right: At the July party
Film review for Sept 21st
“Et rigtigt menneske”
(“A Real Human Being”)
- a Danish dogme movie with English subtitles.
From 2001 with Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Peter Mygind and Susan A. Olsen.
A little girl’s invisible friend living in the wall in
her room suddenly materialises. He has to
learn to live like a real human being, but it’s
really hard to get accepted in society when
you don’t know the rules.
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Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
We need your help!
at the next Valhalla Working Bees
15-16 September 2007 (3rd weekend of the month),
13-14 October 2007 (2nd weekend of the month)
10-11 November 2007 (2nd weekend of the month),
8-9 December 2007 (2nd weekend of the month)
We are seeking your support to carry out a whole range of jobs (inside
and outside). The main focus over the next few months is to finish the
cross gully track; refresh the foyer area with new paint, new clear plastic
roofing, new cupboards and a concrete floor; as well as upgrading the steps to Pa (Ocean)
Beach. Any help is welcome. Some volunteers come for the day whilst others stay the weekend.
If you are able to help in any way, please contact Richard Logan, 480 9883 (Home)
Valhalla Working Bee - August 11-12, 2007
It was a small team of seven members who
participated in the August working bee. The main
focus of the weekend was:
• Spraying tracks, transplanting 90 flax plants along
our coastal ridgeline and weeding four lookout areas,
• Digging drains, releasing trees from kikuyu, putting
out 180 red marker canes around the climax trees,
• Repairing wallpaper in a number of rooms and
cleaning the mildew off the Bornholm walls,
• Cleaning the dark chocolate rafters in the foyer and
then painting them with a first coat of white paint,
which greatly improved the light and brightness of
that area, and
We will be
celebrating 30 years
of owning Valhalla in
December 2007.
Event details will follow.
Keep Saturday,
December 8th free
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
• Doing lots of invisible jobs such as changing light
bulbs, cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning.
Our neighbour has just finished planting something
like 400 kauris in the gully between Valhalla and the
Marae. This will look very impressive in years to come
and will provide an attraction in itself.
A number of members and guests have mentioned
to me and the Committee how Valhalla and the
revegetation programme is such a wonderful
learning experience. It is a learning experience for
me as convenor, the committee, the working bee
group and the Society in general. It even seems that
our neighbour, even though right next door, has a
different geography and perhaps geology to us and
they experience different effects to what we have,
for example they have suffered from a lot of salt
burn whereas we haven’t. So we even learn from our
neighbour. Likewise they are
watching what we are doing,
so they are also learning.
My thanks go to all those
who attended the working
bee.
Richard Logan,
Valhalla Convenor
(Development)
16 August 2007
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Winter Warm-Up 2007
On Saturday August 11th several hundred enthusiastic international
folk dancers gathered at the Danish House for the annual Winter
Warm-Up. Eleven dance groups performed dances from their
country and then the audience leapt up to join in the simpler and
fun dances. The Finnish Dance Group did a great job feeding the
hungry dancers with Finnish style food.
Above: Finnish Dance Group
Below: City of Auckland Morris Dancers
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
Andemor adopterer ællingeflok
En andemor adopterede en ællingeflok, der var
blevet efterladt af deres mor på 17. etage i et højhus.
En and havde valgt at udringe sine æg på 17. sal i et
højhus. Da æggene var klækkede, løb de små ællinger
rundt på svalegangen, uden at kunne komme ned til
deres mor, som var fløjet ned på jorden for at kalde
dem ned.
Painting
For Sale
Dyreambulancen blev tilkaldt, og en efter en blev
ællingerne indfanget. Det var desværre ikke muligt
at genforene de små ællinger med deres mor. Der
havde været for meget ståhej på stedet, så hun havde
opgivet dem og fløjet bort. De små ællinger var nu
moderløse.
Et andet sted havde en and valgt at lægge sine æg
i en lukket atriumgård i et stort firma. Derfor kunne
andefamilien ikke komme ud til vandet, da æggerne
var klækkede. Også her blev dyreambulancen tilkaldt
og kunne denne gang indfange både ællinger og
andemor.
De små ællinger fra atriumgården blev sat med de
moderløse ællinger fra højhuset. Så blev den store flok
sammen med andemor kørt TIL Utterslev mose, hvor
familien genforenet. De mange nye adoptivællinger
tog andemor glædeligt til sig som sine egne, og
hun førte stolt hele den store flok ud i mosens
solbeskinnede vand.
Falcks dyreambulance rykkede ud 13,482 gange i
2006 til både ællinger og rådyr og alt hvad der findes
derimellem.
Af Klaus Ulrik Mortensen
Offentliggjort 18.07.07 kl. 19:20
http://jp.dk/indland/kbh/article1013907.ece
A duck laid its eggs on the 17th floor. Later it flew down
and wanted the ducklings to come down, but they didn’t
want to come down. An ambulance came and took them
down and out to a lake.
(Sent in by Søren Kraack)
A Donation to the Danish Society
The Danish Society was given this painting by
Dr David and Mrs Cynthia Dove. It had previously
belonged to the Liebergren family who came to
New Zealand from Rhodesia around the 1960’s and
happened to live next door to the Dove family. The
two families became friends and this painting was
given to the Dove’s by the Liebergrens.
The Liebergrens were members of the Danish
Society. Some senior members may remember them.
The painting is by Finn Wennervald and is named
Efteraar. From briefly searching the net, this painter
was very active up till his death in 1960 painting Danish
landscapes. Some are being sold on net art auctions.
Presently it is felt that there is little room at Danish
House to display the painting. In the mean time it is
being stored until the best action to take becomes
clear.
Karen Andersen Yates
Auckland
524 6016
Email: jackyates@xtra.co.nz
Danish Character
Today’s Danes are a peaceable people. The only helmeted warriors left are bikers. When the
Danish Vikings colonized the British Isles, they must have taken with them all the most unruly
elements. Ever since, the British have behaved like Vikings, while the Danes have constructed
a modern liberal welfare state where everyone is cared for, and their football fans are models
of propriety.
From: Xenophobe’s Guide to the Danes
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
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Foreningsnyt
Hjertelig til lykke til:
Congratulations to the 23 members
who have birthdays & the 5 couples who have an
anniversary in September especially
Line Hart
som fylder 35 år d. 7.9.2007
Berghild Kristensen
som fylder 85 år d. 23.9.2007
Niels Arne Olsen
som fylder 75 år d. 14.9.2007
Greg Taylor
som fylder 60 år d. 22.9.2007
Welcome to
New Members
Velkommen til nye medlemmer:
Karina Neilsen & Matthew Grinstead
Thank You Letters
To the Danish Society
Many thanks for the beautiful flowers
I received for my birthday.
Erik Nissen
To the Danish Society
Thank you for the flowers you sent to me on my 85th
birthday. It is now 60 years since I first paid my
membership fee of ten shillings ($1). Over that time I
have experienced many highlights including the
hosting of the crew of the Galatea, meeting Queen
Margrethe and Prince Henrik and lately meeting
Princess Benedicte. I continue to enjoy the fellowship
of my card-playing friends each second Wednesday.
Kind regards
Kirsten Pedersen
Til Den Danske Forening
Mange tak for de smukke blomster som jeg modtog
på min 70 års fødselsdag. De gjorde extra glæde til en
dejlig dag.
De venligste hilsner fra
Lise Elowsson
Important Dane Dies
Bjorn Ibsen, who was “the father of modern intensive
care medicine”, died recently in Denmark. In the polio
epidemic of 1952-53 he introduced an intensive-care
unit at Kommunehospitalet in Copenhagen.
From: Weekend Herald August 18, 2007
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Christmas
Trading Table
at the November Open House
Sunday 4th November
Please, clean out your cupboards,
make Christmas decorations
or do some baking.
Phone Vibeke 576 3150
AGM
Sunday, November 18th
If you have any remits that you’d
like put forward at the AGM please
send them to the secretary by
October 20th.
If you are writing a report for your
group, please send in by October
20th as well.
Secretary: Rolf Siggaard,
P O Box 12 279 Penrose, 1642, Auckland.
Christiansborg, Copenhagen
The next magazine deadline is Sept 17.
All contributions welcome – in Danish or English.
(Arial Narrow font, size 12)
The magazine can also be
read (in full colour) online at
www.danishsocietynz.com.
Note: ads for events must be in a
calendar month before the event.
Pam Logan (Editor)
Danish Society News Magazine September 2007
The Annual
Over 60’s Luncheon
Venue: The Danish Society
6 Rockridge Ave
Penrose
Saturday 29th September 2007 at 1 pm
Come and enjoy the wonderful open Danish sandwiches
Bring cash to buy beer, snaps and other drinks from our bar
2 herring sandwiches +
4 scrumptious sandwiches per person
All plated
Price per person $15
Send in the slip
at the latest by Friday 21st September 2007
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I have enclosed a cheque
I have paid online on the date: _______________
Payment covers ______ guests and ______ members
Please send this slip by Friday 21st September to:
The Danish Society
PO Box 12 279
Penrose
“Soc2909”
If you wish to pay online, please credit our account: 12 3036 0671539 000
1st reference (please write): Soc2909
2nd reference (please write): “your name”