The 19th Annual General Meeting of the Free Beach Group
will be held in the All Saints Church Hall in Ponsonby
Auckland on Saturday 2lst August, 1993, at 2.00 p.m.

 

 

All members are asked to attend. Bring a plate for afternoon tea after the meeting.
Nominations for Officers and committee will be required before or at the meeting. This year we will need a new President and a Secretary. The present committee members have indicated that they are not able to fill these positions. (The present President will not be available this year.)

All notices of motion or items of general business are to be in the hands of the committee by the 1st August.

 

Other business to be discussed includes, setting the subs for the coming year. financial report, auditor, newsletter editor and the method of preparing the newsletter, beach list, organisation of the regional sub committee finances, etc, functions to be organised in the coming year and possible changes (e.g. beach days, sauna, pool nights, etc.).

 

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PHOTO AND DRAWING COMPETITION

 

THE UNEXPECTED OR UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES OF THE FREE BEACH GROUP.

 

All entries to be with the committee by Friday night the 13 th August. Make sure you include your name and address. We will endeavour to return your photos as soon after the meeting as possible. (Last year several entries were brought along to the A.G.M. for entry. Late entries will not be accepted this year.)

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Don't forget A.G.M.
All Saints Church Hall in Ponsonby Auckland on Saturday
21st August 1993, at 2.00 p.m.

 

 

Let us know any items you wish to bring up at the meeting.

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North Shore.   A member tells us if there were signs at St Leonards Beach they must have been removed pretty quickly because he visits the beach weekly and hasn't seen them.

 

 

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               LOCAL CONTACTS

 

 

 

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DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT NEWSLETTER IS AUGUST 23. We need to receive copy in Auckland by this date and remember all copy goes to our Auckland box number.

 

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AUCKLAND NEWSLETTER

 

 

SAUNA

ALLADINS Bath House, 433 Richmond Rd Grey Lynn. Every Sunday evening, starting 5p.m. price $6.50. Bring your own towel. Remember sauna, steam room, spa pool, plunge pools, arid TV lounge. Free coffee end fruit drink are available. All sun club members are welcome. Come along and meet other club members

 

PARAKAI

Monthly hot pool night. Our host Is the Hibiscus Club. The FBG is invited to attend. The cost is $5.00 per adult and children are free - starting at 4pm last Saturday of each month. No clothing in the pool please. Next dates are July 31st, August 28th.

N.B. There is a council camp ground across the road for those who wish to stay the night. Camp bookings are made at the Council Hot Pool office. (Aquatic Park).
 

 

 

Easter at Uretiti

To those members who believed the weather office and thought it would rain all Easter, we had a few showers at night and an occasional sprinkle on two days. Most of the rest of the time the sun was shining. The sea was very calm. The fishing was the best we have had.

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We will need someone to write the newsletter this coming year. The newsletter is the only communication many of the members have and it is a very important part of the club. Others who have done it in the past will be only too pleased to help. Come along to the meeting and discuss it with the committee.

 

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"You know something? You're very tough to shop for."

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Don't forget A.G.M.
All Saints Church Hall in Ponsonby Auckland on Saturday
21st August 1993, at 2.00 p.m.

WAIWERA SWIM NIGHT AND BARBECUE

After the A.G.M. there will be a barbecue and swim night at the Sapphire Pool at Waiwera from 5.30p.m. until 10.30p.m. The cost of this evening will be $25 each and must be paid by Friday night the 13th August so the caterers can finalise their arrangements. (Do not bring any glass containers please - they could he very dangerous if broken in the pool.)

We were assured after last year that this year there would be a roof over the pool and separate toilets would be available. At the date of writing there is no roof or separate toilets so we suggest you bring a suitable warm wrap to use as necessary.

 

NO TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT OR AT THE A.G.M.

 

Some of us have already made our own arrangements to stay at the Waiwera Thermal Caravan Park, P O Box 35 Waiwera. Ph (0942) 65270 This is located behind the Waiwera Hot Pool complex. You must arrange your own caravan or site booking. Charge varies with the size of caravan and number of people. (The camp has not been sold despite rumours.)

Out of town members requiring billets please let the committee know in plenty of time and we may be able to help you. If you can help by offering billets please let the committee know.

 

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	Wellington NEWS
	July - August, 1993

 

You don't know what you've got, 'till it's gone." So sang Joani Mitchell. This is a statement that I am having no problem relating to. Having just discovered the Free Beach Group, I now have the misfortune of leaving New Zealand. But this statement is two edged. Although I have been an active naturist for more than thirty years, it took almost four years to become active with the FBG. I spent some good days "trekking" the beaches of Wellington looking for Fred Bear, but I admit that the "sun" often got the better of me and I would end up lying down on the job. This year my pursuit of Fred was relentless. My wife was away, concerned about keeping herself warm in the chill of Canada. And I was faced with the prospect of facing a Kapiti "summer" alone, on the vast stretches of Peka Peka beach. So, I joined the, Free Beach Group. Yes I sent out a letter, paid my dues and tore off down to the beach. As luck would have it, there was Neil, his Fred Bear shirt hung on a stick, and his usual warm welcome. The rest, as they say is history. Now I shall shortly be returning to Canada, to pursue my wife. The beach will be gone, but the memories will certainly be still there. Memories like, playing cricket on the beach, the walks and swims. The memories of "swim nights" and a swim party at the house. The memories of a kind group with a common set of interests in the promotion of a clothing-optional society. In Canada there is no Free Beach, and the attitudes there are like those of the Americans, that "naturists" should be kept in the closet or fenced into clubs. There are few, if any, ideas of "swim nights", barbies or other types of nudist get-togethers. You are lucky for what you have. Don't become apathetic. Don't lose it.

You have a wonderful concept in New Zealand: that nudity on the beach is legal. The FBG "rules" of promoting an attitude of safe and moral conduct on the beach is characteristic of a caring society. But be leery. There is an active group of "moralists" who equate nudity to sex, and sex to violence, and therefore believe the naturist must be violently over-sexed perverts who must be stamped out. "Down with nude beaches; up with the 'long-john' bathing costumes". Be "pro-active", support the Oz fight to save their beaches. For as theirs go, so will yours. Be "pro-active", advertise the quality of life, the morality of the FBG, the friendliness, the safety of being a FBG member. Be "pro-active", advertise beach days, swim nights, and other get-togethers, etc. Be "pro-active", show the public how warm and friendly "Freddie Bear" is. As I head back to a warm Canadian summer, my search will start all over to find a beach. Then I shall start a Free Beach Group too. Traven Searle Thank you, Traven, for your contribution to the Wellington scene, we have enjoyed your company, and wish you well on your return to Canada to be with Janet. Social Fund At a recent committee meeting, it was decided to invite active Wellington members to donate $5 (per membership unit) towards our social fund. The fund is required to ensure that we have enough money available to pay for events (eg swim nights) without relying on any one individual having to use their own money. Local events are not supported by the subscriptions we pay to Auckland.      Contributions to this page may be mailed to:         John Groombridge, Box 30-099, LOWER HUTT

 

Commentary on this page is the opinion of the contributor(s), and may not represent official policy.

 

 

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	P.O. BOX 41-171 ST. LUKES AUCKLAND 3

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO JULY - AUGUST NEWSLETTER

Unapproved omissions, additions and alterations were made to the last newsletter between Committee approval and printing. We wish to rectify this and provide new information which has just cane to hand.
 

AGM WAIWERA SWIM NIGHT

Yes it is ON after the AGM. See page 3 of your newsletter. (It should have been page 1.)
 

PARAKAI

From July it will be held at Palm Springs Hot Pools (on left before the church, not after). Time will be from 6 p.m. till midnight. Greatly improved facilities (diving pool, swim pool and 3 spa pools, barbecue etc). The cost will be a little more - $8 for adults, $2 for children. Another plus is a takeaway and full meal facilities on site. Dates are July 31st & August 28th.

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS AND SUN CLUBS

Members of the Free Beach Group will be aware from reports in the press, and from an earlier newsletter, that a ring of paedophiles has been found to have been operating in the Wellington region and has been the subject of a police Investigation. Members will share the concern of the Auckland Committee that two members of this ring have been shown to have an association with our Club. BE ASSURED THAT THIS ASSOCIATION NO LONGER CONTINUES. The two people involved have been arrested and we understand will face charges.

 

The dispersed nature of our membership and the consequent difficulty in maintaining a close control of the Free Beach Group members makes us very vulnerable to infiltration by such undesirable characters. The Committee therefore wishes to impress on all members to be alert to any signs of undesirable behaviour within the Free Beach Group.

 

Where any member is troubled by observing such behaviour, he or she should make this known to the Auckland Committee as soon as possible. Such information will of course be treated as completely confidential. Each of us in the Free Beach Group is responsible for helping to maintain the good name of the club and of the nudist movement throughout the country.

 

DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT NEWSLETTER IS AUGUST 23. We need to receive copy in Auckland by this date and remember all copy goes to our Auckland box number.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE CANADIAN FREE BEACH SCENE

Bernard Hollibar, one of our Auckland Committee members, and his wife Ngaire, recently paid a visit to Wreck Beach near Vancouver. He reports that this beach is about 10 miles long and he has seen about 5-6000 nudists on it. While there he heard rumours of a free beach on the St. Lawrence river in Quebec. There are 6 different trails to Wreck Beach and Bernard and Ngaire thoroughly enjoyed their time there.