to Conference Brochure 2015

25 - 27 June 2015
WELLINGTON
MAC’S FUNCTION CENTRE
Cnr Taranaki and Cable Streets, Wellington
WE APPRECIATE AND THANK OUR VALUED CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Sponsor Presentations
Conference Sponsors
REGISTRATION BROCHURE
MASTER JOINERS CONFERENCE
WELCOME TO THE MASTER JOINERS CONFERENCE 2015
We extend a warm welcome to the 66th annual conference, another chance for our industry to learn of new events, meet with key suppliers, to up-skill and
almost as important is the networking within our industry. This year sees another increase in sponsorship with 22 confirmed exhibitors. Wellington - the
nation’s capital, I’m sure we will have an ‘Absolutely Positively’ great conference!
This year sees us in a purpose built venue on Wellington’s vibrant waterfront, Mac’s Function Centre, just a short walk from both of the conference
accommodation hotels. There will be plenty of space on Thursday night for us to mingle at the ‘Wellington Welcome’ drinks upstairs in the sponsors’ area.
Friday evening we’re off to the multi-award winning design studio servicing the world’s entertainment and creative industries… Weta Workshop. A guided tour
of the Weta Cave including blood-making and chainmaille workshops by Weta Technicians, followed by drinks & canapés in the Grand Lobby of the iconic
Roxy Theatre to end an amazing evening.
On Saturday afternoon there are two planned lunch options, both taking place in relaxed environments giving time to catch up with your contemporaries.
Choose from a cable car ride to The Carter Observatory or a trip to Zealandia for a taste of remarkable nature in the sanctuary valley. Lunch will be provided
at both venues and the programme has further details.
Our two Keynote speakers are again outstanding, Nigel Latta and Davey Hughes. Nigel is a psychologist and author, and known from the TV series
‘The Politically Incorrect Guide to…’ which has run for three seasons in New Zealand and is now airing in Australia. Davey went from possum trapper
to international clothing entrepreneur when he couldn’t find the right gear for hunting! He has also appeared on TV One’s Border Patrol, with interesting
souvenirs of his travels... guns, tusks, furs and other weird stuff!
The Awards Dinner will be held at Mac’s Function Centre upstairs in the combined Te Aro and Waterfront Rooms and promises to be
a fabulous evening. Why not bring your partner and take the opportunity to explore this region pre or post conference - Wellington, the
coolest little capital in the world!
Andrew Bellamy, President NZJMF
THURSDAY 25 June 2015
10.30 am
NZJMF Executive Meeting
1.00 pm
Executive Lunch
12.00 pm
Trade Exhibitors set up Displays 1.30 pm
NZJMF Executive Meeting continues if required
1.30 pm
Conference registration opens
Choose ONE of the following concurrent activities:
2.00 pm
BRANZ Tour
BRANZ is an independent and impartial research, testing, consulting and information company providing services and resources for the building industry.
OR:
2.00 pm
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum
Te Papa Museum is New Zealand’s national museum, renowned for being bicultural, scholarly, innovative, and fun.
4.30 pm
Arrive back at Hotel
6.00 pm
Wellington Welcome Trade Exhibit area
This is your opportunity to catch up with the latest and greatest in new technology and design, and spend time with the Exhibitors who are there to answer all
your questions. Complimentary beer and wine to 7.00 pm, complimentary Canapès served from 6.30 pm, Cash bar to 9.00 pm. Dinner own care if required.
Mac’s Brewbar Restaurant, handily situated, believe dinner is an occasion of some dignity, in which fine dishes and fine wines (or indeed beers) discover each
other and get on famously, allowing you the pleasure of introducing them.
There are many other exciting Wellington waterfront restaurants within walking distance to choose from.
FRIDAY 26 June 2015
9.00 am
9.05 am
Welcome
Andrew Bellamy, President, Registered Master Joiners
House NotesContinuity Manager
9.10 am
“Compliant Timber joinery NZS:4211”
Ken Monk & Garry McNaughton, Directors, JMF NZ Ltd
9.35 am
“Wooden Joinery – Trade Practices in the UK. Why the UK wooden joinery market is growing.”
Dave Snowling, Business Advisor, Accsys Technologies PLC, UK
Dave is an experienced professional who has run the UK arm of a worldwide volume joinery operation and a high end premium window manufacturer in the UK
for over 20 years. A fantastic opportunity to consider how and why wooden joinery is a growth business in another part of the world.
9.55 am
“An Update from BCITO and introduction to your Industry Advocate”
Ruma Karaitiana, Chief Executive, BCITO, Wellington
10.15 am
Coffee / TeaTrade Exhibit area
11.00 am
NZJMF Annual Meeting
11.30 am JMF New Zealand Limited Annual Meeting
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
11.55 am
Luxe – High Gloss Joinery Solution
SPONSOR: PSP Ltd
This stunning European Product offers performance and Presenter – Ross Sheppard
features not previously available in New Zealand.
12.15 pm
LunchTrade Exhibit area
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
1.15 pm Introduction to EnkoSPONSOR: Enko Group Limited
New products 2015/2016Presenter – Alan Best
1.35 pm “Managing Change”
Nigel Latta, TV star ‘The Politically Incorrect Guide to….…’
Nigel Latta is a registered clinical psychologist and author. You may recognise Nigel from “The Politically Incorrect Guide to…” series which
has run for three seasons in New Zealand and is now airing in Australia. Nigel is known for talking frankly to his audience about what’s really
going on with people in life and in business in an engaging and humorous manner. Born and raised in Oamaru, he spent his high school years
at Waitaki Boys High School, then went on to Otago University – where he completed an MSc in Marine Science. Following that, Nigel moved to
Auckland where he trained as a clinical psychologist and worked there for some 17 years in a number of agencies including Drug and Alcohol
rehabilitation, Sex Offender Treatment Programmes, Family Therapy agencies, Child Youth and Family, Probation Services, as well as in private
practice.
Nigel currently works in Auckland as a clinical psychologist in private practice and continues to consult with organisations and agencies
throughout the country working mainly with children and young people, as well as adult forensic work. He lectures on a number of senior courses
at the New Zealand Police College. In 2012 Nigel was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to Psychology.
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
2.40 pm Kitchen design trends and surface technologies
SPONSOR: Mercer Interiors An overview of the latest kitchen trends and surface technology,
Presenters – Ivan Ramsey & Sean Opie
including Mercer New Zealand’s innovative sink technology
3.00 pm
Coffee / TeaTrade Exhibit area
Buses depart from Mac’s Function Centre for WETA WORKSHOP:
3.45 pm
a)
Behind the Scenes Film: Enjoy an exclusive insight into the creativity and imagination that goes into crafting the props and physical effects of Weta Workshop. See highlights of the movies the founders have made.
b)
The Weta Cave: Check out the props, costumes and other items from Weta Workshop’s past on display in the shop. You can buy the art of Weta including limited edition hand-crafted sculptures and unique Weta designed clothing and jewellery.
c)
Weta Workshop Tour: Get up close with movie props, costumes and armour, and learn the secrets behind the movie magic!
d)
Hands on Creations: Experience the beating heart of Weta Workshop, one of the world’s leading concept design and physical effects manufacturing facilities.
8.00 pm
Partake of delicious canapés in the beatutiful Grand Lobby at The Roxy. Have a glass of bubbly on arrival, thereafter cash/eftpos bar.
Buses depart for CBD. Dinner own arrangements, if required.
SATURDAY 27 June 2015
From
8.30 am
9.30 am
Breakfast in the Trades
Trade Exhibit area
“Pride in Hands” Bruce Howat, Chief Executive, WorldSkills NZ, Auckland
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
9.50 am
Raising the bar higherSPONSOR: Allegion NZ Ltd
New products from Brio and Allegion
Presenters - Fraser Imrie and Rob Wells
10.10 am
“Untamed: The Extraordinary Adventures of SWAZI Man”
Davey Hughes, SWAZI, Levin
Davey has hunted Caribou in the Arctic Circle, grizzlies in Alaska and buffalo in Tanzania. He’s the bane of New Zealand Customs
officials’ lives, has run the gruelling Coast to Coast adventure race 3 times in the past 4 years, and is the man behind the highlysuccessful Swazi outdoor clothing label; he’s a passionate conservationist and he sure knows how to spin a yarn or two. Davey Hughes
– aka the Swazi Man – is many things, but one thing he’s most certainly not is conventional.
As a kid growing up in Wainuiomata, he spent the weekends in the hills going after pigs and possums. But there’s more to the Swazi Man
than hunting and a taste for adventure. He has built an outdoor clothing company on the proudly made-in-New Zealand ‘Swazi’ brand;
and he wants to get more kids into our back-country having the roughing-it adventures that kick-started his remarkable life. Davey lives
life to the full, but what underpins all of this is his absolute love of the great outdoors.
Davey has appeared on TV3’s 60 Minutes and the "Border Patrol" series. He’s often in the news with his outspoken views on being in love
with all things New Zealand and his clothing brand has gained a worldwide reputation for making the best outdoor wear in the world.
11.10 am
Short break to prepare for transport to afternoon lunch and activities
11.30 am SATURDAY ACTIVITIES. Choose one:
1) Cable Car to Carter Observatory
Walk 10 minutes from Mac’s Function Centre to Wellington Cable Car which runs every 10 minutes, climbing 120 metres in 5 minutes. At the top, the Cable
Car Lookout affords stunning views over the city and the harbour. The Carter Observatory and Planetarium is 2 minutes from the top of the cable car and has
inspiring multimedia exhibitions and some of NZ’s most prestigious astronomical artefacts. Enjoy the show surrounding the stars and galaxy in the digital fulldome planetarium. Lunch in the OMV room, then roam the galleries including the heritage Thomas Cooke Telescope.
Visit the Cable Car Museum which is situated within the original winding house and has two of the original cars and the winding gear once used to haul them up the steep incline. You can take the cable car back down, or you may choose to enjoy a leisurely downhill walk through the Botanic
Garden to the city. The gardens comprise 25 hectares of protected native forest, conifers, specialised plant collections and colourful floral displays. 2) Zealandia
Bus to Zealandia where you will step into a nature lover’s paradise and groundbreaking restoration project. Lunch in a stunning setting at the Rata Café.
Step back 1,000 years at the Exhibition, to the ‘day before humans arrived’. Stand face-to-face with the ten foot-high moa and the man-eating Haast’s eagle.
Explore the Sanctuary Valley, the world’s first fully-fenced urban eco-sanctuary. See some of NZ’s rarest birds, reptiles and insects living wild in their natural
environment. Once on the brink of extinction, they are now recovering within Sanctuary Valley.
3) Own Arrangements
We suggest:
Wellington Waterfront
Once the centre of Wellington's bustling port, the Wellington Waterfront is one of the city's most distinctive and attractive precincts. Separating central city from
sea, the waterfront is home to a vibrant, ever-changing atmosphere with unique features and attractions that include something for everyone.
Lunch on the Waterfront
Stroll the Waterfront and choose to lunch at any of the many restaurants. Choose from Japanese, Asian, Italian, European or Seafood.
Explore the City Shops
Wellington’s compact geography makes for an easy shopping experience. The city is full of fashionable stores and boutiques, centred around Cuba, Willis,
Victoria, Wakefield and Featherston Streets and, of course, the Golden Mile on Lambton Quay. For the ultimate shopping experience be sure to stop by the
iconic Kirkcaldie & Stains department store on Lambton Quay. Their friendly commissionaire ushers you into a retail mecca established in 1863. All class.
You’ll find everything from shoes to hats and egg beaters to boutique sweets.
Museum of Wellington City & Sea
The Museum of Wellington City & Sea is on Queens Wharf. It occupies the 1892 Bond Store, an historic building on the waterfront of Wellington Harbour, filled
with precious objects, beautiful displays and stunning technology.
Te Papa Museum
If you haven’t visited the Te Papa Museum already, or didn’t have time to view all levels on a previous visit, this is the opportune time to ensure you haven’t
missed anything like the 495kg colossal squid.
Visitor Tour of Parliament
Take a tour with a trained guide to visit key parts of Parliament’s buildings and learn about our parliamentary processes.
4.30 pm
Arrive back at Hotel
6.30 pm Pre Awards DrinksDress: Jacket and Tie
Start the evening off with a glass of bubbly wine upstairs in the Waterfront Room and balcony of Mac’s Function Centre 7.00 pm
Awards Dinner
Waterfront Room at Mac’s Function Centre
Owen Wright Memorial Trophy
Conference Closure
Most Promising Apprentice Award – the Ernie Jelinek Cup
The Draw of a Free Registration for 2016
Graham Hughes Memorial Outward Bound Scholarship
Master Joiners Apprentice Awards
Gordon Caulfield Memorial Trophy
Master Joiner Awards
Band is The Noodles who are Wellington’s busiest professional cover band, playing 4-5 nights a week in Wellington and all around New Zealand’s top
nightspots. Their repertoire ranges from classic rock through to contemporary – from the 1960’s to today. The best possible music to inspire non-stop dancing,
ensuring that you thoroughly enjoy our celebration evening.
PARTNERS PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 26 June 2015
9.30 am
Walking Tour departs Mac’s Function Centre
Six Barrel Soda Factory
Learn how to use a soda siphon to make classic soda fountain drinks. Experiment with garnishes and different ingredients to make your perfect thirst quencher. Make a few drinks and have a good old time!
Fix and Fogg Peanut Butter
Smooth and Super Crunchy. Hear about how they produce small batches of peanut butter by hand from freshly roasted peanuts. They slowly grind the peanuts then mill the crunchy pieces, and blend by hand. At the window you are welcome to try their peanut butter and buy jars.
Wellington Chocolate Factory
A staff member will introduce you to the entire chocolate-making process. You can walk through the factory, finding out where the beans come from, the conditions under which they are grown, how they roast, crack, winnow, conch and temper their chocolate using custom built equipment. Finish with a tasting of their single origin range, from Madagascar to Peru. You will understand your chocolate like never before!
11.45 am
Partners’ Lunch
Enjoy fine fresh seasonal food at a Wellington waterfront icon restaurant. St Johns Heineken Hotel has an outstanding history as th ambulance building in the 1930’s, a great music venue in the late 80’s and 90’s, and now a modern, comfortable and stylish fitout make this art deco architectural masterpiece the place to visit while in town.
1.15 pm
Walk back to Conference Venue
1.35 pm
Friday Keynote Speaker – Nigel Latta, TV “Political Guide to …… “
3.00 pm
Afternoon Tea in the Trade Exhibit area
3.45 pm
Depart for Weta Workshop with Delegates
SATURDAY 27 June 2015
8.00 am
Breakfast in the Trades at conference venue
9.00 am
Free time – Shopping, Art Galleries
10.10 am
Saturday Keynote Speaker – Davey Hughes, Swazi
11.30 am
Depart for Saturday lunches and outings with delegates
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 16 JUNE 2015
• Register on line at www.masterjoiners.co.nz
or
• Fill in the Registration Form accompanying this brochure
or
• Download a form at www.masterjoiners.co.nz
• Send completed form with payment to: Master Joiners Conference
c/- Attend Limited
PO Box 12097
Ahuriri, Napier, 4144
or fax to +64 6 833 7447
REGISTRATION FEE includes satchel, conference sessions, Wellington Welcome and some drinks on Thursday night, Friday teas and lunch, Saturday breakfast
and lunches (choice of two options). Additional tickets for Wellington Welcome and the two lunch options can be purchased for partners via the registration form.
ACCOMMODATION has been reserved at the Amora Hotel & Ibis Hotels. Please complete the accommodation section on the Registration Form. The rates
are only available if your booking is made through the conference organisers. A minimum deposit of $100 must accompany bookings. Accommodation will be
allocated on a first come first served basis and after 25 May 2015 we cannot guarantee availability as unallocated rooms will be released back to the hotel.
Please advise the Conference Organisers of any changes and not the hotel directly.
The balance of the account is to be settled with the hotel by the delegate on departure and details of your hotel booking will be included with your confirmation.
TRAVEL Delegates should make their own travel arrangements to Wellington. Early flight bookings are recommended. The airport is about a 15 minute taxi ride to
the conference venue and accommodation.
CANCELLATION POLICY Once confirmation of your registration has been sent, the cancellation policy takes effect. ● A refund of registration fees less
administration fee of $49.00 + GST will be made for cancellations received in writing by 11 June 2015. The cancellation fee is still payable even if registration
fees have not been paid. ● Refunds after 11 June 2015 will be at the discretion of the Organising Committee. ● If fees have not been paid prior to conference,
and the registrant is unable to attend, the registrant is responsible for, and will be invoiced for committed costs accordingly. ● If for reasons beyond the control of
the organisers, conference is cancelled, registration fees will be refunded ● Hotel cancellation fees vary and you will be advised any costs upon receipt of your
cancellation, these costs are your responsibility.
CONFERENCE ORGANISERS ● Attend Limited, PO Box 12097, Ahuriri, Napier, 4144 ● P: +64 6 833 7440 ● F: +64 6 833 7447
E: angie@attend.net.nz or karen@attend.net.nz ● Angie Rawlinson 021 214 6894 ● Karen McLean 027 233 6353