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18 March 2010 - Westcargots supplement Girl Guides biscuit sales
Westcargots supplement Girl Guides biscuit sales at the Hokitika Wild Foods Festival...
18 March 2010 - Girl Guide Day on What Now !
This Sunday, Girl Guide Day on What Now, 22 March, TV2 8-10am...
11 March 2010 - Girl Guide biscuits OK for war zone
With the latest batch of iconic Girl Guide biscuits leaving a bad taste in many Kiwis' mouths, one hard-working New Zealander is happy to have them included in his food parcels to war-torn Afghanistan...read more
10 March 2010 - Plain Guide Biscuits
GirlGuiding NZ and Griffin’s Foods Ltd are proud to have a long standing association for over 50 years through the baking and selling of Guide biscuits that is a vital part of GirlGuiding New Zealand’s fundraising in New Zealand....
21 Jan 2010 - UN declares "International Year of Youth"
On 18 December, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution proclaiming the year commencing on 12 August 2010 as the International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding...
21 Jan 10 - First batch of iconic biccies up for grabs
Fresh out of the oven, the first batch of Girl Guide Biscuits for 2010 is exclusively available for one lucky bidder - auction closes Wed 27 Jan, 7:00 pm...
16 Dec 2009 - Ten million girls ramp up their climate change action
Ten million girls ramp up their climate change action with a $US2million injection from The UPS Foundation...
2 Dec 2009 - Tribute: Elizabeth Sullivan nee Roberton
It is with sadness we note the passing of Elizabeth Sullivan nee Roberton who died on November 27 2009 aged 94...
10 Sept 2009 - Support Cynthia Landels by voting her "2009 Gardener of the Year" - voting closes 30 Sept 2009
Cynthia Landels (and her guides) won the Gardner Magazines, "Auckland Gardener" title recently through their efforts with the vegetable garden they very tenderly look after. It would be marvellous if we had the guiding communities support to vote for Cynthia as "NZ Gardener of the Year"...
12 Aug 2009 - Tribute: Norah Owen John
It is with both fondness and sadness that GirlGuiding New Zealand acknowledge the death of much respected Life Member Norah Owen-John, who passed away on 10 August following failing health for several years...
12 Aug 2009 - Let’s host a tea party for a good cause
Save the Children is calling on all New Zealanders to get together and host a Tea Party during Save the Children Week, held 28 September to 4 October...
24 June 2009 - Swine Flu - Influenza A (N1H1) Update
The situation regarding the pandemic alert is changing constantly, especially now it appears to be spreading more easily...
14 April 2009 - A child's salute...
Girl Guide Adele Amos attended her second Anzac Day dawn service this year...
18 Mar 2009 - The butcher the baker and GirlGuiding New Zealand?
They’re a dunkers dream, a nibbler’s delight and they’ve been around for 52 years. Now, more than five decades later Guide biscuits are a time-honoured and eagerly awaited Kiwi tradition...
13 Mar 2009 - Good deeds are better when you can eat them...
GirlGuiding New Zealand’s annual fundraiser is the very popular Guide biscuit. This year’s fundraiser started on March 7.
25 Feb 2009 - A brief word with….Jess Collins-Roe
A Guide leader from Adelaide, Jess Collins-Roe spent three weeks in New Zealand to complete the ‘expedition’ component for her Gold level Duke of Edinburgh Award....
23 Feb 2009 - Guide learns to fly...
In January this year Iona Collins was one of six from GirlGuiding New Zealand to attend the Walsh Memorial Scout Flying School in Matamata. This is Iona’s photo journal of her time there.
19 Feb 2009 - Brownies bounce back after ten-year lapse
Gone are the days of the brown uniform, hat and beret but Brownies is back in Cromwell; with a more casual uniform and updated programme.
12 Feb 2009 - GirlGuiding NZ appoints new chief executive
The National Board of GirlGuiding NZ is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruth Teasdale as its new chief executive, based at National Office in Christchurch...





