December 2025 Newsletter

Posted by Karen Mumme on 9 December 2025

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Our latest newsletter can be downloaded here. Please share the pdf version of the newsletter or if you would like a printed copy for yourself or others, then just ask.

The newsletter:

  • includes the Chairs briefing of the last six months

  • tells you about the 20th year celebration of the Friends of HOPE

  • encourages you to join the Friends so you can help and make a difference

  • congratulates HOPE scholars who have recently graduated

  • provides updates on some scholars’ progress

  • introduces the summer student projects we support at the University of Auckland

You can also help by

  • Spreading the word about what we do / share this newsletter
  • Donating your time to the Friends Supporters to help with fundraising and committee work
  • Encouraging your children and grandchildren to invest in their futures by donating time and money (a baby girl born today has a 1 in 3 chance of living to 100 , a boy 1 in 4 and is likely to be fitter and healthier–think about the implications of that)
  • Consider a bequest