The year is almost over, the AGMs have been

held and the incoming officers elected. If you

haven’t done so already, now is the time to get

your incoming club officers registered with

Toastmasters international. And now the

incoming committee can spend the rest of the

Toastmasters year working with the outgoing

committee, and learning their roles ready to take

over in July.

With only a month

and a week to go, it

is time to finish off

the last goals for the

DCP: the last few

speeches for those

completing

educational awards,

the last few projects

for those working

toward leadership awards. And let’s not forget

the all-important membership criteria. There are

several clubs on the brink of distinguished or

better if they can just get another one or two

members. If that also means they achieve another

goal for ‘four more members’ or ‘four more new

members’ then so much the better.

It’s easy to start with high hopes and lofty goals,

but what matters is how we finish.

Best of luck to all of you for this very important

last month!

Jonathan

EXPAND YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE

NEXT DISTRICT CONVENTION

6-8 November 2015

Marlborough Convention Centre,

Blenheim

Make the most of your membership, by attending

a National Convention where you can:

Network with like-minded people. As you meet

enthusiastic Toastmaster from all over NZ, you

strengthen your communication skills.

Learn from district leaders and be inspired by

session speakers.

Make a difference. Bring a club member and

expand that person’s membership experience.

Hear success stories and discover the journeys

of other Toastmasters.

Watch speech contests and cheer for your local

division contestant.

Experience the excitement!

Website: http://www.tmconvention2015.co.nz/

A Word from the Division Governor

News from Division J – District 72

The Area contests in Division J were held over March

– April. Photos can be seen on the ‘Division J,

District 72’ facebook page.

Area J1

Date: Wednesday 10th March

At: Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North

Area Winners were: Area J2 Evaluation contest:

1st – Pat Debney; 2nd – Barb Robinson

Area J2 International speech contest:

1st – Barb Robinson; 2nd – Shelley Harkess

Area J2

Date: Tuesday 24th March

At: Square Edge, 47 The Square, Palmerston North

Area Winners were:

Area J2 Evaluation contest:

1st - Amy Overington; 2nd - Rene Corner

Area J2 International speech contest:

1st - Abraham Chawanji; 2nd - Rene Corner

Area J3

Date: Thursday 19th March

At: Red Cross rooms, Queen Street, Levin

Area Winners were: Area J3 Evaluation contest:

1st - Bruce Clarke; 2nd - Neil McInnes; 3rd - Astarte

Area J3 International speech contest:

1st – Bruce Clarke; 2nd – Astarte; 3rd - Stacey

Swanson

Area J4

Date: Tuesday 17 March

At: St. Andrew's Church Hall, Steyne Ave,

Plimmerton

Area Winners were: Area J4 Evaluation contest:

1st – Neville Isherwood; 2nd –Jocelyn Symes; 3rd -

Caroline Otton

Area J4 International speech contest:

1st – Roger Hynd; 2nd -Tania Sales; 3rd- Megan

Kloppenburg

Area J5

Date: Thursday 19th March

At: Beauchamp Street Chapel, 21 Beauchamp Street,

Karori, Wellington

Area Winners were: Area J5 Evaluation contest:

1st- Josh Deadman; 2nd- Sarah Davy

Area J5 International speech contest:

1st- Margaret Nixon; 2nd- Lee Clements

Area J6

Date: Saturday 21st March

At: REAP House, 323 Queen Street, Masterton.

Area Winners were: Area J6 Evaluation contest:

1st- Carolyn Lankow; 2nd – Tony Burns; 3rd – Jill

Greathead

Area J6 International speech contest:

1st- Tony Burns; 2nd – Carolyn Lankow; 3rd –

Duane Loveday

Area J7

Date: Sunday 15 March

At: Hearing Association building, 342 Waiwhetu Rd,

Lower Hutt

Area Winners were: Area J7 Evaluation contest:

1st - Helen Cartmell, 2nd - Lynne O'Brien, 3rd -

Theresa Ryan

Area J7 International speech contest:

1st - Sean Au, 2nd - Khorshed Irani, 3rd - David

Howard

Congratulations all who entered, those who took on

roles and everyone who attended to support their club

members.

Area International Speech and Evaluation Contests

We could not have asked for a better day in

Palmerston North to hold the Division

conference.

Carol Wald (J6 Area Governor) as MC for the

day warmly welcomed us all to the International

Pacific College, followed by a welcome from the

assistant dean - Neil Bond.

The evaluation contestants were challenged with

an inspirational speech by Matthew Colcombe

from Division E.

Contestants from the evaluation contest: L to R Pat

Denbey (J1), Josh Deadman (J5), Renee Corner (J2),

Helen Cartmell (J7), Carolyn Lankow (J6), Bruce

Clarke (J3), Neville Isherwood (J4).

Lunch was held in the dining hall of the College

and a chance for catching up on what has been

going on around the division.

After lunch a fascinating educational session on

Intercultural Communication with Dana Taylor,

from the IPC Tertiary Institute.

Dana had some interesting exercises for us to try

which will help members who do not have

English as their first language. Thinking about

where sounds are made and helping someone

make those sounds to pronounce words correctly

was a challenge. Some excellent feedback on this

session, that members had new information they

could take back to their clubs.

Dana getting us to make the sounds for ‘p’ and ‘b’

The international speech contest was next, with

an amazing selection of speeches, inspirational

and at times quite amusing. Michelle Gerwitz

was the chair and made the audience cheer and

welcome the speakers to the stage, so that they

were spurred on to give their best performance to

date.

The atmosphere was electric as the speakers took

the stage as the cheering and clapping not only

energised the speaker but the audience as well.

Division J Conference – 18 April 2015

Contestants from the International speech contest: L

to R Abraham Chawanji (J2), Tony Burns (J6), Sean

Au (J7), Bruce Clarke (J3), Margaret Nixon (J5)

Barb Robinson (J1); Roger Hynd (J4).

And the winners were:

Evaluation: 1st – Pat Denby; 2

nd – Josh Deadman; 3

rd –

Carolyn Lankow

International Speech: 1st – Tony Burns; 2

nd – Sean Au; 3

rd

- Abraham Chawanji

Congratulations to Advanced Communicators

and Leaders (ACL) club were the recipients of

the Geoffrey Moss Trophy for the highest

proportion of club members attending at the

Division convention who have had to travel the

farthest. ACL had 6 members attending from a

base of 10.

A wonderful attendance from around the division

and a packed room made the event so much

better.

Thank you to Cath Cherry who attended with the

District Supplies bookshop, an opportunity for

all members to browse and look at the manuals

and other supplies available. Division J members

took advantage to

make purchases

on the day.

A very special

congratulations to

Gregory Graham

who received his

DTM award from

District Governor

Kingsley Moody.

Well done

Gregory.

Theme: Toastmasters Unmasked

The Friday 8 May, the evening programme gave

all the members a chance to met the candidates

for the upcoming district roles. There were

several positions contested that would required a

vote from the clubs at the District Council

meeting on Saturday.

Saturday 9 May is an early start as there are

many activities on:

Waiting for the banner parade to start – the

Division J representatives posed for a photo.

Under the watchful eye of MC John O’Leary

DTM the formalities started with the District

Team taking the stage.

After morning tea members could attend one of 4

educational breakout sessions –

Give your evaluations life – with Andrew Pass

Words Unmasked – with Debbie Raphael

Wrapping up leadership – with Laurel Francis

Talking with your mouth full – with Morgan

McArthur (1994 Toastmasters World Champion

of Public Speaking).

After lunch we had the District Council meeting

where we were pleased to see Gregory Graham

DTM be appointed unopposed as the incoming

Division J Director for the 2015/16 year.

Congratulations Gregory.

Then the Evaluation contests – Division J was

represented ably by Pat Denby.

District Evaluation winners: L to R – 3rd

Raewyn Dawson; 1st Ella Kahu; 2

nd Michael

Moka.

After the conclusion of the day’s events the Dine

and Dance was held in the Banquet room of the

venue and there were some wonderful masks and

outfits of the attendees.

District 72 Bi-Annual Convention 8 – 10 May

Held at: Waipuna Hotel and Convention Centre, Auckland

Sunday morning started with a truly inspirational

speaker and amazing role model – Barbara

Kendell. What a fascinating speech and a

remarkable life.

A second round of educationals for a chance to

attend a different session – Morgan McArthur

regaled us with humour and good common sense

as he spoke about the 5 practical P’s for Public

Speaking – including showing us his skill at

push-ups.

The it was time for the international speech

contest and contest Chair Michelle Gerwitz got

us in the mood again by making us practise our

cheering as the contestants walked down the

stairs to the stage. Tony Burns was representing

Division J in this contest, which was filled with

the best 9 speakers the District has, a very tough

contest indeed.

International Speech Contest winners: L to R - 2nd

Kingi Biddle; 1st Matthew Colcombe; 3

rd Arun

Chaudhari

The winner of the Maurice Hayes cup for the

Most Entertaining Speaker went to Kingi Biddle.

Congratulations to David Coxon from

Wainuiomata club on his Long Service Award.

Well done to everyone who attended I’m sure

you will be able to give wonderful feedback to

your clubs on the convention and encourage your

members to attend the next one in November that

will be held in Blenhiem.

What is happening in your club or in

your Area? Have you got any news? Had a

significant event? Has something

happened that your club wants to share.

If so then send me your story, and it

could appear in the next “Journey on”.

Send to:

adgm-j@toastmasters.org.nz

Events and photos are also put onto the

Division J District 72 Facebook page

Further details of contests, the division

conference and what is happening can

be found there.

IPC Club Evening

International Pacific College (IPC) clubs evening

was held on Thursday 23 April where the IPC

Toastmasters Club held a stall. People manning

the stall are Sam Mittal, IPC Treasurer and Colin

Leong Area J2 Governor. Thank you Colin for

the photos, looks like there was a lot of interest

in the newest Division J club.

Johnsonville Toastmasters

Johnsonville Toastmasters have made a decision

to close effective 31st March 2015. They had

their final meeting, a Special General Meeting,

on Wednesday 18th

March where a motion was

passed to close the club down.

The members of the club have transferred to

Newlands Toastmasters or are at Churton Park

Toastmasters club in formation.

We wish them all the best.

10 Year Anniversary

Congratulations to Astarte for her 10th

anniversary of membership at Palmerston North

Toastmasters club – 4 May 2015. Maureen

Jensen, President of the club acknowledges

Astarte with a lovely gift.

Ten years of personal growth and service to

others, and hundreds of sparkling speeches. We

are very lucky to have Astarte in our club –

Carol Johnson

Congratulations Astarte.

We encourage widespread use of this award throughout our District. These are New Zealand only awards

and can be ordered free and up to five at a time on the NZ website - www.toastmasters.org.nz

March 2015 to April 2015 Recipients

5TH SPEECH - COMPETENT COMMUNICATION RECIPIENTS

Name Club Name

Kim Fraser

Simon Montgomery

Makino Magic (3706)

Hutt Valley (3839)

ADVANCED MANUALS RECIPIENTS Name Club Name Advanced Manual

Maureen Jensen Palmerston North (1923) Storytelling

Spirit of Success Awards

2014-15 Educational Achievements

Following are the Division J Educational awards registered between over the last 2 months from 24 February up

to 27 April 2015.

Area Award Date Member Name

4 ACB 4/01/2015 Beddie-Geiser, Maya Kapi Mana@Tawa

1 LDREXC 4/01/2015 Debney, Patrick Palmerston North Club

1 CC 4/01/2015 Johnson, Carol Palmerston North Club

7 CC 3/02/2015 Isherwood, Neville Advanced Communicators and Leaders

5 CC 4/02/2015 Maxwell, Galit Karori Toastmasters Club

2 CC 3/03/2015 Dahm, Vivienne CHB Toastmasters Club

1 ACB 3/04/2015 Leslie, Keren Palmerston North Club

1 CL 3/04/2015 Leslie, Keren Palmerston North Club

7 CL 4/04/2015 Tindale, Allison Petone Toastmasters Club

7 ACB 4/06/2015 Rodger, Andrew Hutt Valley Club

6 CL 3/09/2015 Wald, Carol WOW Club

2 CC 3/11/2015 Wright, Stuart Dannevirke

7 CC 4/12/2015 Thompson, Red Hutt Valley Club

3 CL 4/12/2015 Green, Nicholas Speaking Of Levin Club

7 ACB 02/25/2015 Ram, Mano Wainuiomata Toastmasters

5 CC 03/15/2015 Deadman, Joshua Ngaio Toastmasters

1 CC 03/19/2015 Woollaston, Carla Palmerston North Club

4 CC 03/23/2015 Barnett, Robert Porirua Central

4 CC 03/23/2015 Isherwood, Diane Porirua Central

4 CC 03/23/2015 Blackwell, Ronald Spinnaker Toastmasters Club

4 CL 03/24/2015 Isherwood, Diane Porirua Central

6 CC 03/26/2015 Barnett, Nick Hutt City Toastmasters

5 ALB 03/26/2015 Anslow, Gordon Johnsonville Toastmasters Club

4 CL 03/27/2015 Littlejohns, Paul Newlands Toastmasters

1 ACS 03/31/2015 Debney, Patrick Palmerston North Club

1 CC 03/31/2015 Mills, Kylie Talk Of The Town Toastmasters Club

3 CL 04/13/2015 Gerwitz, Michelle PN Advanced

5 ACB 04/16/2015 Cook, David Karori Toastmasters Club

7 CC 04/18/2015 Dean, Pip Hutt Valley Club

7 ACS 04/18/2015 Loweth, Christene Sunday Afternoon

7 CC 04/18/2015 Isherwood, Diane Wainuiomata Toastmasters

3 ALB 04/19/2015 Gerwitz, Michelle PN Advanced

3 CC 04/24/2015 Carr, Pauline Toastmasters Of Waikanae

1 LDREXC 04/27/2015 Astarte Palmerston North Club