National Office and branch activities.

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Date: 01 January 2021

On 13 October the National Council again convened in a Zoom meeting to consider changes to the structure of the NZIIA. It was agreed that the proposed restructure should go ahead, with the replacement of the present National Council/Standing Committee framework with a small board and an annual general meeting. A working party will now draw up a revised constitution, which will be submitted to a special meeting of the National Council, at which time the National Council will be disestablished. Provision was made for electing the board by all members of the NZIIA. The council agreed that Sir Anand Satyanand should remain president until the annual general meeting next year. (See the article by Sir Anand and Melanie Thornton elsewhere in this issue.)

There was discussion of the proposition that the funding of the NZIR should be changed. Removing the provision that members' subscription should include the NZIR will lead to a major drop in the magazine's revenue. During the discussion MFAT's representative, James Waite, indicated that the ministry considered the NZIR 'extremely important' and feared that 'if lost it could not...