At our March Monthly Meeting, after a generous morning tea, sandwiches and cakes supplied by the Edmund Hillary Village, Dennis Millard followed up his September presentation, this time focussing how to get the best value data and internet plans for your mobile phone and home network. Recalling former Telecom CEO, … Continue reading
At the May meeting, our guest speaker was Gerard Linstrom, the Stakeholder Communications Manager of Chorus, who gave us a very comprehensive view of the amazing and innovative job they have done and are still doing all across NZ – and leading the world while doing so! You can download … Continue reading
At our April Meeting, SeniorNet NZ founder and long-time CEO, Grant Sidaway gave a presentation to a packed Seminar Room. As always, it was both entertaining and informative. A PDF of his slide show can be downloaded by clicking here but you really needed to be there because Grant’s many … Continue reading
At our March Monthly meeting, we met Vikas Vij, from the 12-year-old Tech Solutions division of the Noel Leeming chain. That division continues to do installation and troubleshooting work but has now expanded into more educational and on-going support roles as well. This comprehensive service covers all the devices and combinations … Continue reading
The meeting was attended by only about 24 members, which is a relatively low turnout for such meetings. The guest speaker was Simon O’Connor, MP for Tamaki since the 2011 election and Chair of the Health Committee. Simon briefly outlined his background which includes: Completing no less than 4 University … Continue reading
Local boy Marty Yates grew up learning to sail both in centreboarders and keelers. His father, Tony, was the go-to Pacific Ocean racing navigator in the pre-GPS days. Marty has fond memories of sailing in most classes of local yachts but visiting Great Barrier and the Bay of Islands in … Continue reading
After quick, 15 minute updates from me on the Ransomware virus and Graham Wright on the wider aspects of Internet Security, Avon Adams and Karina Abadia from the Tamaki Restoration Company (TRC) addressed our May Monthly Meeting on the Shaping Tamaki Together Project. The TRC is jointly owned by Auckland … Continue reading