Reunions

BACK TOGETHER after 30 years

DIO RE UNION

Akarana Eatery, Auckland

On Saturday 1 August, 51 Dio Old Girls from the Class of 1990 gathered for their 30-year reunion at Akarana Eatery. Unaware that in just 11 days Auckland would go back into Level 3 lockdown, they could not have timed their gathering more perfectly in a year that’s seen so many events cancelled.

Organiser Fiona Houghton, who works as Events Manager at Fletcher Building, said the reunion was a fabulous evening with several of the attendees travelling up from Queenstown, Hamilton and Tauranga for the night. Another even changed her return flight to Hong Kong so that she could join the group. In the true spirit of 2020, there was even a Zoom call with some Old Girls in Australia so that they could share in the vibe of the reunion. Fiona says there are plans in place to get together again in the near future, COVID-19 permitting.

UPCOMING REUNIONS

The coronavirus pandemic has made gatherings of any sort tricky in 2020, so Dio reunions have been few and far between. A couple of year groups have events planned, but these are subject to alert levels allowing large gatherings to take place in New Zealand.

CLASS OF 2010

Friday 11 December 2020 Drinks and nibbles from 5.30pm in the Diocesan School Hall. RSVP via the Diocesan School for Girls – ‘Class of 2010 Confessions’ Facebook page Organiser Tessa Vincent Tessa.vincent92@gmail.com

CLASS OF 2000

Proposed date and location to be confirmed, but a reunion event is likely to take place in June or July 2021. Organiser Anna Meyer (Theobald) annatheobald@gmail.com