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If you’re interested in reconnecting with old school friends from your year group, there are a number of different reunion options: from Giltrap Audi. Sarah Aston from New World Mt Roskill and Rosie Hitchcock from New World Botany kindly provided hampers as prizes, and $700 was raised for the Hawkes Bay Winegrowers Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Fund.

Founders’ Day reunion (preferred option) – This is a cocktail event hosted by the Alumnae Association on Founders’ Day, 4 November 2023. While there will be other alumnae on site, your year group will be identifiable with nametags. After the cocktails, your reunion group can continue the celebrations at a venue of your choosing. This is a great option for first-year-out alumnae.

Once again, event organisers Kathie Sammons (Bartley), Kirsty Eady (McDonald), Sarah Couillault (Willis) and Kate Eatts, Diocesan’s Development and Community Relations Manager, did an outstanding job.

Kathie, Bryan Bartley’s daughter, says she subsequently received some great texts and emails from those who enjoyed the day. “It’s always been a ‘friendraising’, rather than a fundraising, event and everyone loved catching up with old friends,” she says. “There was a lovely vibe in the clubhouse afterwards.”

The 2024 Bryan Bartley Golf Day is pencilled in for late March at Akarana Golf Club in Mt Roskill. If you’d like to be added to the database for this event, please email kathie@ marvellousmarketing.co.nz

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Decade reunion – Diocesan can help with some of the planning for a decade reunion to celebrate 10, 20, 30 or 40 years out from your final year at school. You’ll need to contact us well in advance to make sure your proposed dates don’t clash with anything else on the school calendar. Note: there is a cost per person with this option. 3

Off-campus reunion – If you want to plan an event at an off-site location, the team at the Diocesan Development Office can help you get in touch with classmates from your year group.

If you’d like to organise or host a class reunion in 2023, contact the Development Office: development@ diocesan.school.nz. You can also stay connected through the Diocesan Alumnae Association page on Facebook and through the ‘Our Community’ page at diocesan.school.nz