Westminster Lodge No.308 Freemasons NZ

29/08/2025

Given the make up of the team our lodge could probably claim some of this success. 🙂Congratulations team. 👍

Congratulations to our ten pin bowling team who came 2nd in the combined Districts competition on Thursday evening including regaining the Hutt Wairarapa trophy for the first time since 2011!

24/06/2025

Good to see The University Lodge of Wellington featured in the latest NZ Freemason magazine. This new lodge is being constituted in August with the support of eight of our brethren.

21/06/2025

The latest New Zealand Freemason magazine our now! freemasonsnz.org Please like, follow and share this post.

Read the June Issue online at www.freemasonsnz.org/publications in E-Book or PDF, and hard copy by mail soon to those subscribed.

Enjoy the read!

Freemasons NZ Making a Difference in New Zealand.

20/06/2025

Our third annual Gin Tasting evening last month raised nearly $3000 for Wellington Free Ambulance. This year the tasting were gins by the Elsewhere Distillery in the South Island where they choose particular botanicals from the region of which a gin is named. A great night with partners and friends.

19/06/2025

Nga mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori. Matariki - the stars of the Maori New Year. A time for Remembrance, Renewal and Celebration. Found in the constellation of Ta**us featured in our Lodge Room star panel. We particularly remember our brethren who have passed in the last 12 months.

19/06/2025

One of the highlights at our Christmas regular meeting each year is piping the haggis followed by the Address to the Haggis by Bro Robert Burns.

19/06/2025

A unique feature of our lodge room being one of the four actual tassels - usually they are symbolic. The tassels represent the four cardinal virtues - temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice.

18/06/2025

Westminster’s unique connection with the past. The ‘History of the Lodge of Antiquity No 2’ presented by MW Bro Newall our 4th Master. That lodge est in 1691 was one of the four to create the Grand Lodge of England in 1717. They are entrusted to each Master on their installation.

17/06/2025

Our Masters charitable project in 2023 -24 was helping fund a special Defibrillator for Wellington Free Ambulance Critical Care.
This was the culmination of a Westminster Lodge No.308 project that commenced with a Charity Gin Tasting Evening in March, raising $2,500 for a Wellington Free Ambulance Corpuls3 defibrillator for a Critical Care Vehicle. Supplemented by The Freemasons’ Charity, a total of $5,000 was able to be donated to this vital service, unique in that it is the only free ambulatory service in the country.

17/06/2025

Westminster refectory bell presented by W Bro Hon Charles Bowden, our third Master who saw it in a shop window. History unknown.