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Ready to cheer on my fav @wellingtonphoenix player #keegansmith #coyn #nixlevel #gdff #wellingtonphoenix #biggestphoenixfan #feelinggruvie #coolestlittlecapital #wellingtononagoodday #keegansmithfanclub (at Wellington, New Zealand)

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#itshere it's here it's here yay my pass has arrived #lastminutepanic over #amiexcited ? #hellyes @wellingtonphoenix #wellingtonphoenix #gdff #coyn #nixlevel #biggestphoenixfan roll on Sunday (at Wellington, New Zealand)

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#bestcommentever on @nzstuff today @wellingtonphoenix #wellingtonphoenix (at Wellington, New Zealand)

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#fourmoresleeps to go and my #mailbox is still bare. With only two more #mail days this week it's looking a bit bleak that my @wellingtonphoenix #wellingtonphoenix #membershipcard will arrive in time for #kickoff #sunday #gdff2016 #coyn #nixlevel #biggestphoenixfan (at Wellington, New Zealand)

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#goodmorning #lyallbay #feelinggruvie #coolestlittlecapital #wellingtononagoodday (at Lyall Bay)

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So #humbled to be awarded 2017 #wellingtonunited #sportsperson of the year. I also got to #hangout with @sarpreetsingh11 and @james_mcgarry15 from @wellingtonphoenix #littleheadswell #wellingtonnz #coolestlittlecapital #wellingtononagoodnight #feelinggruvie #football (at Newtown Park)

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A great start to #Wednesday with Dan Reeves winning the Area E2 #TableTopics #speechcontest this morning and Kevin Plant taking out second place. See you at #divisione #conference on the 7th October Dan. E2 Humorous contest is tomorrow morning. #d72tm #toastmastersnz #toastmasters #toastmastersinternational #wellingtononagoodday #coolestlittlecapital (at St Andrew's on The Terrace)

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On such a #gloomy start to #wednesday it's so nice to see the #sun #reflecting on the #water #wellingtonharbour #wellingtononagoodday #wellingtonnz #coolestlittlecapital #happyhumpday (at Frank Kitts Park)

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I'm #special today says a work #colleague #treat #wellingtononagoodday #coolestlittlecapital @nzchorus #littleheadswell (at State Insurance Building)

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#catsnotatpollingstations #ivotedtoday #election2017 (at Lyall Bay)

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Go visit a #toastmastersnz club as a #guest. Come home with an #award @toastmastersinternational #toastmastersinternational #d72tm #sundayafternoon (at Lower Hutt City, New Zealand)

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#congratulations to my dear friend Deepshikha who completed her #competentcommunicator manual this afternoon at Sunday Afternoon #toastmasters speaking about #thebetterpartofme for #project10 @daretodreamdeep @toastmastersinternational #d72tm #toastmastersnz #wellingtononagoodday #coolestlittlecapital #soproud (at Lower Hutt City, New Zealand)

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Surprised to be awarded the #triplecrown badge for achieving my #competentleader #advancedleadershipbronze and #advancedcommunicatorbronze all in one #toastmasters year #d72tm @harboursidetoastmasters #toastmastersinternational @toastmastersinternational #feelinggruvie #thegruvietoastmaster (at Brentwood Hotel)

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Yes #marmite in a.#burger sooooooooooo seriously #yummy #honest well worth heading to @burgerliquor for this #woap2017 offering. #needanananap #feelinggruvie #wellingtononagoodday #coolestlittlecapital #wellingtonnz (at Burger Liquor)

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#congratulations to our three placegetters in the @harboursidetoastmasters #tabletopics #contest today with Mark being our #winner If you could give the world one thing what would that be? For Mark that was get rid of #beautypagents lol. #toastmastersnz #wellington #wellingtononagoodday #d72tm @toastmastersinternational (at Harbourside Toastmasters Club)

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You can always find me in the kitchen...

You can always find me in the kitchen…

The past two weeks have been a fast and frantic introduction to being an Area Director.  Firstly I missed the initial training – but I have a good excuse – I actually wasn’t even an Area Director then.  I was bribed into my role after the first training session happened.

So being thrown into the deep end – I took up the challenge with a vengeance…..well part of me did.  The other part got scared…

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A Hot Chocolate, Marshmallows and a Chocolate Fish

A Hot Chocolate, Marshmallows and a Chocolate Fish

I have been a Toastmaster in Wellington, New Zealand for over four years .  Ive been a member of three – no four different clubs up til now, finally finding my niche in Harbourside Club, which meets on Fridays at 7.15am – yes am.  I am a morning person.

In April favoured Division Director Norbert Lee asked me if I would be interested in becoming an Area Director for this incoming Toastmasters…