Donkey & Mule Dispatch 2006 — 2007
The Donkey & Mule Society of NZ (Inc.)
For membership
Contact: Mrs Joan Rabbitte,
134 Pukearuhe Rd., RD2, Winton.9782
Ph 03 236 0765 E-mail
For magazine content
Contact: Lea Hullett,
673 Rolling Ridges Road, RD 4, Timaru 7975
Ph: 03 686 0735
E-mail
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December 2007 issue
- 3 From your Editor
- 4 — 5 President's Report
- 6 — 7 Secretary's Report
- 8 North Island Representative's Report
- 9 — 11 South Island Representative's Report
- 12 Rotorua Area News
- 13 Protection Trust Report
- 14 Web Report
- 15 Notice — Miniature Donkey Registrar
- 16 — 18 Advertising Events
- 18 Donkey Day in the Lower North Island
- 19 Obituary donkey — Crispin Grove Little Crissy
- 20 Library notice & News
- 21 Book Review by Cynthia Sim & New Society Booklet
- 22 — 23 Society Shop
- 24 — 25 Show Results from around the Country
- 26 Show photos
- 27 — 28 International Day of The Donkey Celebrations
- 29 — 30 Colour Photos from IDD
- 31 Colour photos
- 32 Colour photos from shows
- 33 — 36 Delos and I learning to drive, or what I did in the winter of 07 By Sunlova Delos & Trevor Stevens
- 36 — 37 The 'Tail of the Pink Donkey' part two by Raewyn Ancell
- 38 — 41 Donkeys in the Netherlands and in Anduluz, Spain By Marion van Dijk
- 42 — 45 Castration Concerns for Donkeys Reprinted from Asset
- 46 Handling Stallions (Jacks) Another View An Extract Reprinted from Bray Talk
- 47 — 54 The Donkey of God (1932) by Louis Untermeyer, SFO
- 55 Advertising Rates and notice
- 56 Greyscale Advertsements
- 57 — 59 International Magazine Adverts
- 60 North Island Representatives' contact details
- Inside Back Cover: South Island Representatives' contact details
- Back Cover: Advertisement — Bryan & Jenny Clausen's Mammoth Jacks
Andrea Thomson feeding Pemberton Troy . Troy was born on November 4, and his mother Cressida of Pemberton was dry. Andrea wrote, “He sucks my finger which I put in the milk, so he also sucks up the milk. It is very efficient!” Troy is by Kairangi Victor.
September 2007 issue
- 3 From your Editor
- 4 — 5 President's Report
- 6 — 7 Secretary's Report
- 8 North Island Representative's Report
- 9 — 11 South Island Representative's Report
- 12 Web Report & Advertising Rates
- 13 Rotorua Area News & Book Review by Lloyd Thistoll
- 14 — 15 Library notice & Book Review Janet Ritchie
- 16 — 17 Society Shop
- 18 North Island Shows
- 19 South Island Shows
- 20 Donkey & Mule Protection Trust NZ Report
- 21 Donke & Mule Protection Trust NZ Nomination Form
- 22 Donkey & Mule Protection Trust NZ Financial Statement
- 23 Donkey & Mule Protection Trust NZ Membership Form
Upcoming Events — Donkey Seminar — Fielding - 24 Sth. Island Donkey & Mule Society Judges Seminar Form
Donkey & Mule Get Together — Ashburton - 25 Donkey & Mule Carriage Driving Event
- 26 International Day of the Donkey — Upcoming Event
- 26 — 27 Dulcinea's Story by Ella Shepherd
- 28 — 31 Colour Photos
- 32 — 33 Colour Advertising
- 34 If It Should be
- 35 — 36 Accredited Jacks
- 37 — 42 The Kalaupapa Trail by Cthie Perrot
- 43 — 45 The Adventurers of the Pink Donkey by Raewyn Ancell
- 45 — 47 Is Your Foal Nursing? Reprinted from Miniature Voices
- 47 Riding Donkeys by Annie McCaig Reprinted from Bray Talk
- 48 — 50 Helping to make poverty history by Heather Armstrong
- 50 Richmond Gumdrops by Lea Hullett
- 51 — 53 Donkey Hoof Form and Function by Martha Olivo (reprinted from Broomtail)
- 53 Seedy Toe by Lynda Hall Reprinted from Brayings
- 53 Roses by Lea Hullett
- 54 — 55 The Horror of Lice by Lea Hullett
- 56 Greyscale Advertsements
- 57 Classified Advertisements
- 57 — 59 International Magazine Adverts
- 60 North Island Representatives' contact details
- Inside Back Cover: South Island Representatives' contact details
- Back Cover: Advertisement — Bryan & Jenny Clausen's Mammoth Jacks
above: Gerry Shorter at the Rotorua Fun Day with donkeys Jess, Flynn & Pedro.
June 2007 issue
- 3 From your Editor
- 4 — 7 President's Report
- 8 Vice President's Report
- 9 Secretary's Report
- 10 — 12 Treasurer's Report
- 13 Web site Report
- 14 — 15 South Island Representative's Report — Read about Greytown Tamsin and breeding difficulties.
- 16 Registrar — Price changes and New CD
- 17 Library Advert
- 18 — 19 Society Shop
- 20 — 21 Rotorua Area News
- 22 Donkey & Mule Protection Trust Report
- 23 Photos of Abraham and other donkeys
- 24 Advert for Miniature Donkeys
- 25 AGM — 'Donkeys Galore' dental demonstration
- 26 AGM — Raffle of Cotswold jack service
- 27 AGM — Dinner photos
- 28 AGM photos some recipients & awards
- 29 — 32 Colour photos of award winners plus
- 33 AGM — Thank you and photos
- 34 — 35 'At Last Our Delights Arrive', by Linda Alloo
- 36 — 37 ANZAC photos at the Aigantighe Art Gallery
- 38 — 39 'The Ready Jack', Originally printed in Asset Mag.
- 40 — 41 'Some Sits and Thinks', by Dolittle
- 41 'A Tedius but Necessary Job', by Sue Campbell
- 42 Mule Story
- 43 — 45 Show Results from around the Country; Autumn 07
- 46 — 49 Feeding Your Miniature Donkey — Reprinted from the April 2006 issue of 'Miniature Voices'.
- 49 Donkey & Mule Society Advert — First Ever All Donkey/Mule Carriage Driving Combined Driving Competition
- 50 Photos of donkeys in Afghanistan
- 51 — 56 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2007
- 57 — 59 International Magazine Adverts
- 60 North Island Representative' contact details
- Inside Back Cover: South Island Representatives' contact details
- Back Cover: Advertisement — Bryan & Jenny Clausen's Mammoth Jacks
Coralie and Robin Winter's mule foal 'Braywin Spectacular Blueboy'. He is out of their beautiful grey thoroughbred mare, Ellie.
March, 2007 issue
- 6 colour pages of donkeys, mules and people throughout New Zealand.
- Inside Front Cover — life Members + Contact information
- Membership Information
- Contact details: librarian — Society Shop — Editor.
- From your Editor
- President's Report
- Vice President's Report
- Secretary's Report
- Treasurer's Report
- North Island Representative's Report
- South Island Representative's Report
- Registrar's Report
- Miniature Donkey Registrar's Report
- Driving Report
- Sickness and Death Report
- Web site Report
- Rotorua Area News
- Library Advert
- Society Shop
- Annual General Meeting advert
- Annual General Meeting Agenda
- Animal therapy work through the SPCA by Marion van Dijk
- Donkey Information Day at Kaiapoi
- Donkey Information Day at Kaiapoi
- Colour painting — Simpson and His Donkey
- About Simpson and His Donkey
- The Loong Weekend by Joss Grey
- Donald was his name by Diana Humphries
- Colour photos from Nth & Sth Island Soc. Show
- Show results from around the country — Summer 2006/07
- Auckland Area donkey walk by Marion van Dijk
- Mistakes we make by 'Dolittle' & Book Review
- Some dangers in using Equest wormer
- Understanding your donkey — donkey psychology from DS Aust.
- International Magazine Adverts
- North Island Representatives contact details
- Inside Back Cover South Island Representatives contact details
- Advertisement — Bryan & Jenny Clausen's Mammoth Jacks
Auckland Area donkey walk
December 2006 issue
- 6 colour pages of donkeys, mules and people throughout New Zealand.
- Inside Front Cover — life Members + Contact information
- Membership Information +
- Contact details: librarian — Society Shop — Editor.
- From your Editor
- President's Report
- Vice President's Report
- Secretary's Report
- Donkey & Mule Protection Trust NZ Report
- South Island Representative's Report
- Small Farm Field Day — Rangiora
- Rotorua Area News + International Day of the Donkey
- IDD Colunda Farms
- IDD Wairapa — Timaru
- IDD Timaru — Whangarei
- IDD Whangarei — Auckland
- IDD Auckland — Hawkes Bay
- IDD Waikanae Park
- IDD Foxton
- Obituary Oakville Sophie
- Poem by Robin Washburn
- Society Shop
- Notice — AMMD Miniature Donkey Owners
- Colour photos Hamilton Show
- Show Results from around the Country
- Colour photos Northern Show — Rangiora
- Society show advetisements
- Ashburton Show
- Colour photos Ashburton Show
- Kaihe Trophy + Alison Roberts
- library Advert + Wanted Advert
- Abraham's broken leg
- Bluebelle's first show by Cathie Perrott
- The Walk by Joss Grey
- The Answer to life's little Difficulties is Donkey's by Jeremy Clarkson
- My Inverquhomery Asher by Sue Campbell
- The Grand Asian Caravan
- Robin and Coralie Winter — Recent trip Photos
- Letter to the Editor
- Colour foal photos
- Silent Night by 'Dolittle'
- Introduction and Summary of Post;Mortem Examination
- Information from the Donkey Sanctuary by Alex Thiemann MRCVS.
- Photos of mule and cougar
- International Magazine Adverts
- North Island Representatives contact details
- Inside Back Cover South Island Representatives contact details
- Advertisement — Bryan & Jenny Clausen's Mammoth Jacks
Jemima Puddle Duck born October 14, to Marianne Smith's jenny Cotswold Miss Molly and fathered by Cotswold Andy Magee
September 2006 issue
- 6 colour pages of donkeys and people throughout New Zealand.
- From your Editor
- Area news and reports
- President's Report
- Vice President's Report
- Secretary's Report and Advertising charges
- North Island Representative's Report
- South Island Representative's Report & Web Site News
- May 21, Rogers Beach Revisited — Jenny Shorter
- Donkey and Mule Protection Trust Report
- AGM 2007 Oamaru
- Society Shop
- library
- library Luncheon at Cynthia Sim's plus 'Best on the Beach'
- Colour reproduction of painting 'The Unemployed' William Greene
- International Day of the Donkey — Around the country
- Rotorua Area New
- Donkeys Browsers Not Grazers
- Donkeys as Companion Animals
- Donkey doings at El Burro Donkey Stud
- Shows dates around the country
- 'Go Forth and listen' by 'Doolittle'
- Letters to the editor
- Ask 'Archimedes'
- 'Bluebelle and Hugo'
- Agression — What's the Cause?
- 'Ears' to the Unexpected'
- What the colour designations and why is colour important?
- International Adverts
- Plus....lots of photos
Margaret Salkeld took this photo of Chiquillo Fergus on his travels from Cotswold Stud, Motukarara, back to his home at Awapuni Stud , Taupiri. Fergus had spent 12 months 'meeting' the 'young ladies' of the South!
June 2006 issue contains
- 8 colour pages of Award winners, the AGM, Shows, fundraising donkeys and new arrivals.
- New Booklets Launched — Standards of Donkey Conformation and Type & Show Rules & Guidelines for Judges and Competitors
- Area news and reports
- Financial Statement
- The AGM Weekend 2006, Barbara Vincent
- Show results
- North Island Seminar with Jo;anne Kokas
- Northern Waikato Area + Those were the Days
- Some Post Conference thoughts by Trevor Stevens
- Harriet by Phillipa Paterson, Mayfield Show by C. Sim.
- Back to Basics by Joanna Roberts
- Flynn enjoys Palm Sunday 06 by Jenny Parker
- Stories about donkeys and their owners including Fernlea Benjamin.
- International Day of the Donkey — information about.
- Minutes of the AGM
- Plus....
March 2006 issue contains 60 pages:
- Life Members + Contact information
- 1 Membership Information + Contact details: Librarian; Society Shop; Editor
- 3 From your Editor
- 4 — 5 President's Report + For Sale + Advertising charges
- 6 — 7 Vice President's Report
- 8 — 9 Secretary's Report + Donkey friends cut stress
- 10 Treasurer's Report + Do I need to blanket this winter?
- 11 Editor's Annual Report
- 12 Sickness and Death Report
- 13 North Island Representative's Report
- 14 ;— 15 South Island Representative's Report
- 16 Registrar's Report
- 17 Miniature Registrar's Report
- 18 — 19 Rotorua Area News
- 20 Bay of Plenty Happenings
- 21 Driving Report
- 22 — 23 Webmaster's Report
- 24 Librarian's Report
- 25 Librarian's Book Review + Do I need to blanket this winter? cont'd
- 26 First Mammoth foal at Coffee Hollow
- 27 — 29 New Arrivals — colour
- 30 — 34 Photos from the North & South Island Shows — colour
- 35 Hi Point Mule Trophy
- 36 Society Shop — Books
- 37 Society Shop — Clothing
- 38 — 39 South Island Seminar — Jo;anne Kokas
- 40 Donkey Charm Raffle
- 41 — 43 Show Results from Around the Country
- 44 — 45 Ask Archimedes + More photos — North Island Donkey & Mule Show
- 46 — 47 Stormey's Colic
- 48 — 50 Say What? Verbal cues
- 51 — 52 Notice of 32nd Annual General Meeting 2006
- 53 AGM Form
- 54 News from Coffee Hollow — Open Day
- 55 Proxy Voting Form
- 56 Nomination of Officers Form 2006/2007
- 57 A.G.M. & Conference advertisement
- 58 — 59 International Adverts
- 60 North Island Representatives contact details
- South Island Representatives contact details