Rare Breeds AGM, Auction, and Book Launch

 The 2010 Annual General Meeting
and Associated Events will
be held in Christchurch
on 13-14 March 2010

Rare Breeds Conservation Society's Annual General Meeting will be held on the afternoon of Saturday 13 March 2010, followed by the official launch of the book Rare Breeds of Heritage Livestock in New Zealand, with an AGM Dinner in the evening. All events will be at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, 60 Hussey Road, northern Christchurch.

The Canterbury Rare Breeds Show and Auction will be held at Willowbank on the following day (Sunday).

The weekend programme for members is as follows:
Saturday 13 March 2010:

• 12 noon: Lunch available at Willowbank Restaurant – prices range from take-away snacks to sit-down meals.
• 1 pm: Meet and Greet. Coffee available.
• 1.30 pm: Rare Breeds AGM (it will probably take about 1½ hours). Details of Willowbank Wildlife Reserve visits and Ko Tane cultural experience, plus any changes to the programme, will be announced at this time.
• 5.30 pm: Launch of new book Rare Breeds of Heritage Livestock in New Zealand with Rob Cope-Williams.
• 6.30 pm onwards: Annual Dinner. Menu prices less 10%.
• 8.30 pm: Guest speaker, Kent Deitemeyer of PacificVet Limited.   →

Sunday 14 March 2010:

• 9.30 am: Meet and Greet. Coffee available (or you can buy morning tea at the café).
• 10.00 am: Kunekune Association AGM.
• 10 am onwards: Rare Breeds Show and Auction in the Willowbank Farmyard. Public invited. Entry $5, lunch available. Silent Auction operating for livestock. Poultry Auction commences 1.00 pm.

Members planning to attend any of the Saturday events are asked to let the organizers know before 28 February 2010 – info (at) rarebreeds.co.nz   [Type out e-mail address, replacing (at) with @]