Christchurch/Tohoku Mini Bazaar at the New Zealand Ambassador’s Residence

Date & time: Tuesday 10 May, 10:30 am – 14:30 pm

Place: New Zealand Ambassador’s Residence

20-40 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Please email the New Zealand Embassy at michie.otani@mfat.govt.nz beforehand with your name and contact telephone number.

Raffle tickets: We still have some tickets left for sale on the day at Y500 each

Raffle prize: Two return tickets on Air New Zealand from Tokyo to Auckland, including vouchers for two nights accommodation at Millbrook Resort in Queenstown for two

Door tickets: Y2,000

Event prizes: – Two Y10,000 dinner tickets at the New Zealand cuisine restaurant “Wakanui” in Higashi-Azabu
- A sought-after example of a “George” Teddy Bear from the Hotel George
- And much more

Morning Tea/Lunch: Your choice of coffee/tea and sandwiches for Y500 or coffee/tea, sandwiches and Thai  food for Y1,000.

Proceeds donated to: 50% to Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Fund

50% to the “Timeout in NZ” project supporting people affected by the Tohoku/Kanto Earthquake

Bazaar participants:

Jane Hughes-Hallett                      Various NZ items for Silent Auction

Kagurazaka Peebees                    NZ honeys

Fonterra                                     NZ cheeses

Herb Paris, Carol Priest                 NZ skin care products

Kenkobijin Forum KK                     NZ Aojiru (barley leaf powder)

MOJO                                         NZ coffee

Denise Kennerley                          NZ fashion label Annah Stretton

Jane Hughes-Hallett                      NZ wines, Central Otago Pinot Noir

Kiyoko Fukuda                             Japanese fashion label Lapine

Kurashiki City                                 World famous jeans from Christchurch’s Sister City

Please bring cash and your own shopping bag.
The NZ Embassy cannot facilitate payment by credit card.

Kia Kaha! Please show your support.

www.kia-kaha.net

Spring is in the air, time to drink some beer! (or wine)

We will have a Hanami at Shinjuku Gyoen on Sunday, April 10 from 12noon onwards. Anyone is welcome to join!

Link here on how to get to Shinjuku Gyoen.  There is an entrance fee of 200yen. Please bring your own food and beverages.  Recommend a mat/blanket to sit on too.

We’ll aim to get a spot near the restaurant Yurinoki.  See google map: http://tinyurl.com/3srpep8

Facebook Event details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142324429162924&ref=notif&notif_t=event_admin

If you get lost, call Mark 080 3386 7558 or Shannon 090 9958 6599

Look forward to seeing you all!

Originally what was going to be a Christchurch Charity event, is now an effort to raise money for the devastated Tohoku Region. 

Please come along and support the cause on Sunday, March 27.

See facebook event details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192966024070196

This is a message from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Following the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck north-east Japan on 11 March, we ask all New Zealanders in Japan to advise us of your current whereabouts and safety and wellbeing.

We require the following information from you:

Full name
Date of Birth
New Zealand passport number (if known)
Details for any travel companions

Send the above details to cons@mfat.govt.nz

Please also contact your family in New Zealand to advise them of your safety and wellbeing.

Please also register or update your details at  www.safetravel.govt.nz

Thank you for your cooperation.

Consular Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Wellington, New Zealand

Christchurch Earthquake Appeal by Peace Boat
at Favela, Aoyama
on
Sunday, the 13th of March
from
5pm – 12am

If any of you have friends/family in NZL that would like an impromptu or unplanned ski trip or just a good old fashioned visit to Japan in March, please suggest to them that they monitor the grabaseat website in NZL over the weekend as there are most likely going to be some fantastic deals available for those that get in quickly.

http://flightbookngs.airnewzealand.co.nz/vgrabview/en_NZ/

Our thoughts are with those with family and friends in Christchurch.

If you would like to make a donation to help those affected by the Feb 22 earthquake, both the NZ government and Red Cross have set up online donation collections:

Red Cross NZ

http://www.redcross.org.nz/donate

NZ Government

http://www.christchurchearthquakeappeal.govt.nz

Message from PM John Key

Also, the Japan Red Cross Society is collecting donations  (Japanese website)  http://www.jrc.or.jp/foreignrescue/l3/Vcms3_00002020.html

If you have a Yahoo! account, you can also make donations to the Red Cross via your Yahoo! wallet.

http://volunteer.yahoo.co.jp/donation/detail/1301020/index.html

Together with the ANZCCJ, Kea and NZ Inc, we are organizing a Charity Event that is slated for March 17 in Tokyo.  More details to come soon.

Kia Kaha

As of March, Kiwi Contacts will become part of the Kea Chapter in Japan.

Many of you may already be familiar with Kea Japan, which was established in October 2009.

Kea – New Zealand’s global network – connects you with more than 25,000 talented Kiwis and ‘friends of New Zealand’ around the world.

If you are not already a Kea member, we invite you to take a look at the Kea website and sign up.  Membership is free.

http://www.keanewzealand.com/asia/groups/kea-japan

What this change will mean for you (for those on the Kiwi Contacts mailing list)

- This collaboration will facilitate more opportunities and manpower to organize social events.  Kiwi Contacts will become the ‘social side’ of Kea Japan

- We will merge the Kiwi Contacts and Kea Japan mailing databases together*

*This does not mean you will automatically become a Kea member (see link above if you wish to sign up)

We will continue to email notices to you about social events only.  Your email address will not be used for any other purposes.

Information about social, music, arts and informal NZ events will continue to be posted on this blog. www.kiwicontacts.org

Together with Kea Japan, we look forward to offering you lots of fun social events for 2011!

Cheers

Shannon