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Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trust

Minoh City and Lower Hutt City are sister cities with a formal relationship since 1995. Activities include regular visits to each city, school and cultural exchanges, education programmes, sister schools and Japanese cultural events at Hutt Minoh Friendship House in Lower Hutt.

Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trust newsitems

- Hutt Japan Day 2019 - Sunday 17 November
  - 17 Nov 2019
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- NZ Women's Kendo team voyage from Japan to Korea
  - 17 Sep 2018
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  - by Sue Lytollis The typhoon was quite challenging for the NZ kendo team with half the team flying from a water logged Nagoya airport to Korea and the other group led by Sue and Liz via an overnight cruise ferry to Busan.
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- NZ Womens Kendo team visit to Minoh - September 2018
  - 11 Sep 2018
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  - by Sue Lytollis, HMHFT Trustee On Monday September 3, a delegation of NZ women from the NZ team travelling to Korea for the World Kendo championships visited Mayor Kurata at the Minoh City Office.
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- Internship in Lower Hutt
  - 9 Feb 2018
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  - By Yu Kawamura - December 2017Hello, my name is Yu Kawamura from the Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR) in Sydney.
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- Looking back on Hutt Japan Day 2017
  - 9 Feb 2018
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  - By Amber WaltersHutt Japan Day 2017 was held at the Dowse Art Museum and Square on Sunday 19th November 2017.
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- Hutt Minoh Teacher Exchange 2017
  - 8 Aug 2017
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  - Hutt-Minoh Teacher Exchange Programme - Part 2 On the 17th August two teachers will be arriving from our sister city Minoh, Japan.
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- Postcard from Minoh 4 & 5 blog by Martin, Hutt boy and Minoh JET
  - 26 Feb 2017
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  - Over the Christmas festive season, our friend and blogger Martin has been very busy exploring Japan and providing insights into the life of a Hutt boy living and working in Minoh.
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- "Postcard from Minoh 3" blog by Martin, Hutt boy & Minoh resident
  - 11 Nov 2016
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  - Fear and Loving in Japan I have seen the dark abyss of a child’s mind and it takes form as a Japanese holiday.
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- "Postcard from Minoh 2" - blog by Martin, new JET/Minoh resident
  - 3 Oct 2016
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  - Mr Miyagi McFly I am a bonafide sensei.
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- "Postcard from Minoh" - blog by Martin, new JET/Minoh resident
  - 30 Aug 2016
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  - From Wellington to Osaka With great ambition comes great loss.
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- Rosemary's visit to Minoh, July 2016
  - 30 Aug 2016
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  - Minoh Visit report from Rosemary, Management Committee Chair.
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- NZ Women's Development Seminar, Yoshinkan Hutt Kendo Club, April 2016
  - 1 Aug 2016
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  - This report is to thank the Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trustfor the generous donation towards the NZ Women’s Development Seminar held April 31 - May 1st 2016 in Naenae, Lower Hutt.
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- Zen Garden project for Brown Owl Kindergarten, Hutt Valley
  - 1 Aug 2016
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  - Brown Owl Kindergarten were recipients of a $500 grant from Hutt Minoh House Friendship Trust in March 2015 to help create a $1500 Zen garden.
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- Leaving on a JET plane for Lower Hutt's sister city in Minoh, Japan
  - 12 Jul 2016
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  - <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > L to R: Hannah Van Vliet, Malcolm Pimentel, Mayor Ray Wallace, Martin Wabnitz, April Sului, Thomas Palmer Five young people from Lower Hutt will soon be heading to Minoh, Japan to teach English on the JET (Japan Exchange Teaching) programme. Minoh in Osaka has been Lower Hutt’s Sister City for 21 years. The new JETs: Hannah Van Vliet, Malcolm Pimentel, Martin Wabnitz, April Sului, Thomas Palmer, all met with Mayor Wallace to talk about their exciting opportunity to travel to Minoh, immerse themselves in Japanese culture, represent Lower Hutt and teach English as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) in Primary and Junior High Schools for a minimum of one year. <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Tour of Hutt Minoh House in Normandale To apply for the JET programme, applicants must have completed a university degree in any subject before going through a rigorous international application process. It has taken about nine months since applying to be finally selected. The JET programme is supported by the Embassy of Japan in Wellington who coordinate all the NZ applications. The final decision was made by the Japanese Council of Local And International Relations (CLAIR) in Tokyo, who recently advised the successful applicants of their new city for the next year. Thomas has already had some experience mentoring and tutoring students at university so assisting in classes will not be totally new to him. Malcolm is multilingual and has completed a degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. Hannah has completed an honours degree in Japanese language and Martin has also studied Japanese so they have a head start on their colleagues who are learning the basics of Japanese language and culture prior to leaving at the end of the month. Only April has been to Japan before as she has a sister already on the JET programme. <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Talking about the importance of the sister city relationship with Mayor Ray Wallace. Mayor Wallace was pleased to meet these young Ambassadors who will not only teach English in Minoh schools but will interact with locals promoting their home town and strengthening the Lower Hutt-Minoh Sister City relationship. <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Four of the new JETs taking part in the monthly Skype session with citizens of Minoh and Lower Hutt. Minoh City Mayor Kurata is thrilled to receive so many young people from Lower Hutt to live and teach in Minoh for the first time in over ten years, since a similar programme finished in 2006. The new JETs will also be very involved with the Hutt Friendship Club, based in Minoh, who Skype with their counterparts in Lower Hutt each month to discuss topics of mutual interest. It will be great to see local faces in Minoh and hear about their experiences. It is just another example of the growing intercultural engagement and continued internationalisation between our sister cities. If you would like to find out more about the JET programme, see www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/culture_education/JET.html And if you would like to find out more about Lower Hutt's sister city Minoh, you're in the right place!
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- Hutt-Minoh Teacher Exchange Programme (MINTEX) 2016
  - 23 May 2016
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  - Lower Hutt and Minoh City celebrated the 20th Anniversary of their Sister City relationship in October 2015.
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- Hutt art on it's way to Minoh
  - 18 Apr 2016
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  - <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Minoh and Lower Hutt are to exchange artworks for reciprocal exhibitions in each city this year and next. This followed an introduction when Minoh Art Association President and fellow members were in Lower Hutt in February 2015 to celebrate the 20 year sister city relationship between the two cities. It was agreed to exchange 25 artworks between the two creative organisations to grow further exchange between Lower Hutt and Minoh. Final steps were made in March to complete the collection of 25 artworks donated by Hutt Art Centre members to be sent to Minoh City, Japan. David Balm and Iris Kauffeld, Gallery Manager; photographed above, catalogued and packed the artworks for transportation in time for the 60th anniversary celebrations of Minoh City in June 2016. The Hutt Minoh Friendship Trust supported the project with a grant to help transport the artworks to Japan. The catalogue of works will be available shortly to be viewed at Hutt Art Centre. The Minoh Art Association are planning to send a reciprocal exhibition to Lower Hutt to be shown at the Hutt Art Centre in April 2017. BY DAVID BALM, PRESIDENT, HUTT ART SOCIETY
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- A taste of Japanese martial arts
  - 7 Apr 2016
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  - We had a fantastic day for our Japanese Martial Arts Expo on Sunday, March 20 with almost 80 visitors on top of all our demonstrators and helpers.
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- Minoh must-do: Katsuo-ji Temple
  - 19 Oct 2015
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  - High up in the hills behind Minoh I was lucky enough to visit Katsuo-ji Temple.
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- NZ's first public Kyudo Dojo here at Minoh House
  - 15 Oct 2015
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  - GUEST BLOG BY SUE LYTOLLIS The first public Kyudojo in New Zealand opened on 27 September at the Hutt Minoh Friendship House Spring Festival.
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