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TULIP TALKS THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR
THE PNZCT NORTHERN REGION
ISSUE 1 | MARCH 2021
Red Tulip Appeal
April 2021
Parkinson's New Zealand annual appeal
week has moved from November each year
to April, to align with World Parkinson's Day.
World Parkinson's Day is recognised on the 11th of
April each year all around the world with various
activities planned by Parkinson's Groups globally.
To align our own activities with the global
Parkinson's community, we have moved our
Appeal week to April. This April, your local Action
Group has various activities planned including the
sale of tulip bulbs and collections at various
supermarkets and malls in your region. PNZCT will
have a fresh logo for the Red Tulip Appeal to
complement our efforts to strengthen the public’s
knowledge of the significance of the red tulip to
our organisation.
Appeal Week volunteers doing good for our cause in 2019.
I look forward to working with local volunteers in
the region to make this year's Red Tulip Appeal Can you spare two hours?
Week a successful one.
Your local Parkinson's Action Group is calling
Karen Schade - Community Engagement Advisor
for volunteers to join the Red Tulip Appeal
Week team of collectors.
Around New Zealand, your regional Action Groups
are busy securing sites for collection stations and
the sale of Tulip Bulbs to raise funds and
awareness of Parkinson's. If you have two hours to
spare, please consider donating some time to help.
Please email your local Parkinson's contact below
to register as a Red Tulip Appeal collector.
Waikato: Peter - janandpetert@gmail.com
Auckland: Melissa - volunteer@parkinsons.org.nz
Northland: Michael - michael.88.md@gmail.com
TULIP TALKS – NORTHERN REGION ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021
Parkinson's New Zealand Charity Golf
Tournament - Monday, March 1, 2021
Our annual golf tournament in Auckland is confirmed and we
encourage all of those keen on golf to register a team.
The tournament has raised over $50,000 for Parkinson's Nursing
services in the Auckland region over the past four years. Held
annually, the tournament has grown to become a key fundraising
activity for the Auckland region. Ann Cambie who has co-ordinated
the event four years running retires her services this year with our
heartfelt thanks and appreciation.
Volunteers Diane Nicholson and Sandie Jennins, both Parkinson's
members and keen golfers, have stepped in to work with our
National Office team to coordinate and run the event this year. As
Wainui is undertaking greens maintenance this summer, we have
moved the event to the popular Pupuke Golf Club in Campbells Bay.
The Ambrose Tournament will tee off at 12.30 noon and will be
followed by prize giving and dinner. Registration is just $500 per
team of four.
The event is supported by Summerset and Catalyst Group as major
partners.
Thank you to Ann Cambie (pictured)
for her dedicated co-ordination of the
Enquiries can be made to golf@parkinsons.org.nz event over the past four years.
Tulip Bulbs on Sale from April 1
The Tulip is the international symbol for
Parkinson's and the red tulip is the official
symbol of our organisation.
Every year in April, Parkinson's Action Groups sell Tulip
bulbs as part of their annual fundraising activities. This
year we have six varieties of Tulips available.
Tulip Bulbs will be sold as part of the Red Tulip Appeal
from April and at social activities run by your local
Six cheerful Tulip colours to choose from in 2021. Action Group volunteers through April and May.
Colours include a deep red, white, black, pink, yellow
and orange, all of which have proven popular in recent
years. Packets of five bulbs sell for $7.00. Tulips are
very popular with growers, who typically do planting in
May, to see Tulips blooming in Spring. All proceeds go
towards supporting PNZCT services in the region.
To secure your Tulip bulbs, speak to your Parkinson's
Nurse or local Action Group members, or visit a
Parkinson's collection stand during Awareness Week.
TULIP TALKS – NORTHERN REGION ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021
UPBEAT 2021 2020 Tulip Cream Tea Hosts recognised
Rotorua | July 30 & 31, 2021 $50,000 was raised during last year's TCT Campaign!
This year's UPBEAT conference
In Spring 2020 we launched our nationwide Tulip Cream Tea campaign,
for people with early-onset
encouraging people and businesses all around New Zealand to host a
Parkinson's will take place in the
geyser city of Rotorua. Tulip Cream Tea in their home, rest home, or workplace. We were
humbled with nearly 100 event hosting registrations last year, and the
Anyone with early-onset campaign is now an annual activity, with us eagerly looking forward to
Parkinson's and their carers, an even bigger campaign in 2021!
partner or support person are
invited to register. Due to COVID-19, we were unsure of how successful our Tulip Cream Tea
fundraising campaign would be, however to our delight, despite a
The event will run over two days country-wide lockdown ( two in Auckland), we managed to raise $50,000
and you'll be joined by some of from events being hosted as far south as Wanaka and into the far north.
New Zealand’s top Neurologists,
researchers and performance
Thank you to our wonderful hosts and campaign partners, Dilmah NZ
coaches to explore how to live
and Lewis Road Creamery. Thanks to them, every TCT host received a
your best life ever with
Parkinson’s during this fun, Dilmah Tea Premium 100-pack and a Lewis Road Creamery Milk and
interactive weekend Cream voucher in their host pack.
You’ll be joined by some of NZ's Sewers from all around New Zealand have sewn close to 200 aprons that
top Neurologists, researchers and were purchased for a donation at Tulip Cream Tea events around the
performance coaches to explore country. An amazing level of creativity has been demonstrated, with
how to live your best life ever with some absolutely beautiful Aprons being sewn. Thanks to our Parkinson's
Parkinson’s! Sewers Group, we raised $1,000 in additional funds.
Enquiries to: The 2021 TCT Campaign will take place again this coming Spring.
info@parkinsons.org.nz
Powhiri by local Iwi at UPBEAT 2019
UPBEAT 2019 was held in Whangarei
Geysers at Rotorua, the 2021 UPBEAT
Retreat destination
TULIP TALKS – NORTHERN REGION ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021
Social Activities Northland
North Shore Living Positively with
Parkinson's Social
Living Positively with
Parkinson's Social
Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Kamo Football Club
Sunday, 11th April 2021
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Pupuke Golf Course, Campbells
Bay | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Guest Speaker - Robyn Cotton
Nibbles provided
Author with early-onset Robyn
will give a talk on her book "A
To mark World Parkinson's Day,
Skylark Flies". Bring a plate of
we have an exciting new book Volunteers are the life-blood of our nibbles and enjoy the company
launch "Mary and Me" by author organisation.
and Parkinson's member Robyn of others.
Cotton. Mary and Me tells the Auckland-wide Please RSVP to Elizabeth Staats
story of two women with
Parkinson's living 200 years apart. Volunteers via email or phone 09 436 0819 |
All proceeds from the book sales staats60@gmail.com
are being donated to Parkinson's Morning Tea
projects. Please let us know if you Waikato
are coming This year, during National Living Positively with
Volunteer Week from June 20-
Parkinson's Social
26, 2021, Parkinson's New
Zealand will host a morning
The Waikato Action Group are
tea to thank volunteers who
planning a fun creative day where
have contributed to Auckland-
PWP can showcase and sell their
wide activities in the past 18
creations. The event will include
months. This includes Action
afternoon tea and everyone will
Group, fundraising events and
be welcome.
Red Tulip Appeal volunteers.
Once the date and venue is
Thursday, 24th June 2021
confirmed, an email will be sent
The Wintergarden Cafe
out to our contacts in the region.
Auckland Domain
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Mangere Bridge
Registrations are essential for Living Positively with
catering purposes. Parkinson's Walk
volunteer@parkinsons.org.nz
no later than Friday, June 12. Ambury Park Walk
Living Positively with
Sunday 27th June 2021
Parkinson's Social
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sunday, 6 June 2021 South Auckland Contact Vivienne Palmer
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Walking & Coffee Group for regarding this event via email
Pupuke Golf Club those recently diagnosed vp@5162.co.nz
Nia Dance Specialist - Mariska
van Egmond Nikki and Susan live in South
Auckland and have early-onset
Living Positively with Parkinson's. They invite anyone
Parkinson's Social with a PD diagnosis to join them
and others for a chat over coffee
Sunday, 25th July 2021 followed by a walk .Conifer
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Bakery Cafe, 68a Walter Strevens
A fun quiz afternoon Drive, Conifer Grove, 2pm,
Sunday 21st March. Contact Nikki
Contact Wendy regarding the Weir regarding this group
above events via email 027 457 2882 Members enjoying the February walk
ud1family99@gmail.com ogilvieb1912@gmail.com at Long Bay Regional Park.
TULIP TALKS – NORTHERN REGION ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021
Red Tulip Walk Whangarei
Sunday, April 11, 2021
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
World Parkinson's Day
The Hātea Loop - Huarahi o te Wha
The Parkinson's Northland Action Group invite
members and their families to take part in the
inaugural Red Tulip Walk, to mark World
Parkinson's Day.
Tickets are just $12.50 for adults and $7.50 for
children under 16. This includes a sausage sizzle
and refreshments at the completion of the walk.
Any funds raised will contribute to the regions
annual fundraising.
Aio Wira Centre, Bethells Beach, Auckland
There will be prizes for best-dressed individual
and family group, in the Red and Blue
Wellness Weekend Parkinson's colours.
June 25 - 27, 2021
The Auckland Central and West Action Tickets are on sale now via iTicket use the search
Group is hosting a wellness weekend in words "Red Tulip Walk".
June for people living with early-onset
Parkinson's and their carer or partner.
The weekend aims to give people living with
Parkinson's and their carer/partner a restorative
weekend away to re-energise and reconnect
with their own self. The event is non-clinical,
offering activities focused on the mind, body
and soul.
Commencing on Friday, June 25 at 4:00 pm,
guests will enjoy delicious home-cooked
wholesome vegetarian meals, herbal teas,
plenty of fresh fruit, beach walks, wellness and
exercise classes and guided meditation
sessions. The large spa pool and sauna will be
The Hatea Loop is the venue of our 2021 Red Tulip Walk on
available to guests, and a massage practitioner
World Parkinson's Day.
will be available for those who wish to treat
themselves. If that does not sound like enough
bliss, the fireplace will be burning through the Action Group Members
weekend to warm the heart or to enjoy the We are recruiting for new team members.
simple pleasure of reading a book.
Parkinson's New Zealand relies on the goodwill
Aio Wira offers a natural sanctuary where you of volunteers to be ambassadors for our cause in
can escape the stresses of life for a while. their local communities.
Nestled within the beautiful native bush of the
Waitakere Ranges, it’s a place to breathe, If you have five hours a month to give and would
meditate, heal, relax and share in a safe like to make a tangible difference to people with
environment. Singles and couples are welcome. Parkinson's in your local area, then please get in
The weekend is subsidised by Parkinson’s New touch with your local Action Group contact as
Zealand, will cost $250 per person, and is listed on the back page.
open to anyone living in the Auckland region.
We need new members in Waikato and
Enquiries to: throughout Auckland.
karen.schade@parkinsons.org.nz or 021 302 580.
TULIP TALKS – NORTHERN REGION ISSUE 1 – MARCH 2021
Northern Area Contacts
Local Action Group
Karen Schade
Community Engagement Advisor
karen.schade@parkinsons.org.nz
Jo van Kan - Akl Central & West
jovk90@gmail.com
Nikki Weir - Akl South & East
ogilvieb1912@gmail.com
Wendy Horton - Akl Northshore & Rodney
ud1family99@gmail.com
Michael Dragicevich - Northland
Parkinson's Action Groups Plans for 2021 michael.88.md@gmail.com
At the Parkinson's New Zealand Annual Hui in Wellington on Peter Theobald - Waikato
janandpetert@gmail.com
November 26 & 27, 2020, representatives from all regional
Action Groups, supported by their Community Engagement Parkinson's Nurses
Advisor, presented their annual activity plans for 2021. Margaret McNab – Central Auckland
margaret.mcnab@parkinsons.org.nz
All regional Action Groups have a confirmed plan of activities to drive Yvonne Glassborow – East Auckland
yvonne.glassborow@parkinsons.org.nz
awareness and funds that support regional activities during 2021.
Debbie Pincott – North Shore
debbie.pincott@parkinsons.org.nz
Action Groups have been provided with tools and guidance to
successfully run a series of activities supported by National Office Rachel Turner – West Auckland
rachel.turner@parkinsons.org.nz
including the Red Tulip Appeal and tulip bulb sales, the newly
launched Red Tulip Walk events, National Volunteer Awards in June Glenys Best – South Auckland
glenys.best@parkinsons.org.nz
and Living Positively with Parkinson's social events and walks, which
will run throughout the year. A key focus for all regions in 2021 will be Janine Mair - Waikato South
janine.mair@parkinsons.org.nz
engaging with their communities when the Tulip Cream Tea campaign
Vicki Donderwinkel - Waikato North
commences in Spring. vicki.donderwinkell@parkinsons.org.nz
Liz Cook - Far North District
From 2021, the new-look Tulip Talks will focus on sharing news on social elizabeth.cook@parkinsons.org.nz
and fundraising activities with a new activities calendar being sent out
Vicki Sadgrove - South of Far North District
separately to provide a snapshot of dates and details on all clinical and vicki.sadgrove@parkinsons.org.nz
social activities for a three month period. The PNZCT calendar will be
sent out on the 1st of each month, commencing in March.
Parkinson's New Zealand
PO Box 11 067, Manners Street,
Wellington 6142
Phone: 0800 473 4636
Email: info@parkinsons.org.nz
Web: www.parkinsons.org.nz
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Thanks to our
recent sponsors
James Searle Say
Foundation
From left: Stephen Parsons (Manawatu AG Chair), Peter Garelja (PNZCT Chair),
Stephen Goodman (PNZCT Board Member) and CEO Andrew Bell model some of
the aprons made for the 2020 Tulip Cream Tea campaign, at the November Hui.
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