Area Delegates: Sharon Passau and Elizabeth Keighley

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Area Delegate: Raewyn Storey
President: Freda Bond
Secretary: Lyn File
Treasurer: Sharon Johnston
Newsletter Editor: Judi Stanley
Education: Angela Daish

Area Delegate: Margaret Russell
Treasurer: Sandra Russell

The Bay of Plenty Creative Fibre area extends from Ohiwa Harbour near Opotiki, to Whakatane, and across to Rotorua, and up to the Tauranga area. Seven groups meet regularly, learning and sharing new skills. Teaching workshops are sometimes held. Interests of members cover a wide range including spinning, knitting, crochet, weaving, felting, embellishing, braiding etc. Several clubs exhibit on a regular basis and there is an Area exhibition biennially.

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Area Delegate: Margaret Logan
President: Wilson Henderson
Minutes Secretary: Marg Harris
Treasurer: Christine Mayhew
Education: Chris Philpott
Librarian: Felicity Backhouse

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Area Delegate: Jane O’Callaghan
Chairperson: Julie Lumsden
Secretary: Jane O’Callaghan jb.ocal@xtra.co.nz
Treasurer: Lyn Harvey

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Area Delegate: Denise Brown
Secretary: Jenny Wilson
Treasurer: Lyn Watson

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Area Delegate: Paulla-Jean Pridham  027 499 1818
Secretary: Mandy Coleman 021 292 2060
Treasurer: Lee Collins

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Area Delegate: Lenie Besseling
Chairperson: Agnes Hauptli
Secretary: Lynda Atkinson
Treasurer: Anne Philpott

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Area Delegate: Heather Gordon
President: Anne Donovan
Secretary: Nola Allan
Treasurer: Sarah Gamble
Education: Keri Smith

Postal address: PO Box 214, Mosgiel 9053

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Area Delegate: Sue Sanders

Area Craft Day 1st Saturday of the month, Women’s Wellness Centre, Butler Street, Timaru. 9.30am–2.30 pm
Contact Deanne Milne 021 256 2292

Felting Group meets 3rd Thursday of the month, St Philips Church Hall, Luxmore Road, Timaru
Contact Gwen Loomes 027 693 2119

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Area Delegate: Amy Hughes

President: Daphne Proctor
Secretary: Sally Munson
Treasurer: Michelle Wood

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Area Delegate: Marilyn Velvin taranaki@creativefibre.org.nz
Secretary: Maggie Atkins ewefelt@xtra.co.nz

Taranaki Creative Fibre is part of a nationwide group of individuals similarly interested in fibrecrafts such as spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, knitting and crochet. The Taranaki area covers from Urenui in the north to Waverley in the south. Area meetings (guild days) are held four times a year at various locations around Taranaki. The benefits of being a member include:

• Automatic affiliation to Creative Fibre.
• You receive the Creative Fibre magazine four times a year with updates on events around the country.
• You are able to attend classes run and subsidised by Creative Fibre Taranaki, attend national workshops, and undertake self directed learning courses.
• Summer and winter weekend retreats.
• Availability of books and DVDs from the Taranaki Area library and National Resource library.
• Attend the annual national festival and exhibition and enter the biennial Taranaki exhibition.

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Area Delegate: Vicki Browne 027 477 8116
Treasurer: Alison Day
Admin: Cherry Estcourt
Committee: Kathy Mitchell, Meike Schmidt-Meiburg, Raewyn Gainsford, Charmian Stone.

The Waikato area has 13 groups spreading from the King Country to the top of Coromandel – Cambridge, Hakarimata (Ngaruawahia area), Hamilton, Matamata, Mercury Bay, Morrinsville, Taumaranui, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Thames, Waihi and Whangamata. Several groups have day and night meetings to accommodate their members.

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Secretary: Sandy Fackney
Treasurer: Fran Crossland

The Wellington Creative Fibre Area extends from Levin across to Masterton and south to Cook Straight – 13 groups meet regularly, sharing and learning new skills. Teaching workshops are offered over a wide range of the textile disciplines ranging from rank beginners to the more experienced. These include spinning, knitting, felting, weaving, textile jewellery, tapestry weaving, crochet and textile art form. Often a mixture of techniques is used in one piece of work. The small groups exhibit on a regular basis and the whole area has a major exhibition biennially. Please feel free to contact our Area Delegate for any further information.

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Area Delegate: Helene Kahl

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