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Monday, 22 August 2011 21:51

How to Join

Centre of Influence   The National Press Club founded in 1974  is open to anyone of learning and curiosity who is interested in free speech and in the events around them. The club is well financed and from its inception the total joining fee remains $35. It is an annual subscription designed to assist those from all walks of life to participate in the club's role as the capital's independent centre of influence. Those interested in joining should email president This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

"The National Press Club has the value of being inclusive." Life Member Rt Hon. Jonathan Hunt ONZ

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 21:57

Past Speakers

Among those who have spoken to the National Press Club in recent years have been:

HE Syed Ibne Abbas Richard V Allen HE Robert Alston Guillermo Altares Hon Jim Anderton, MP Lord Archer Ed Asner Rowan AtkinsonTim Barnett, MP Kim Beazley Sir James Belich Michael Bentine Sir Paul Beresford Georgina Beyer MP HE Saaed Bhatti Acker BilkSir Gordon Bisson Michael Bloomberg Sir Chay BlytheMichelle Boag Rt Hon Jim Bolger Tom Bradley Don Brash Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun Simon BricklesBaroness Brigstock Geraldine Brooks Gerry Brownlee MPTom Burns Elizabeth Calder Alastair Cooke Sir Roger Cork Pam Corkery HE Robert Cotton Baroness Caroline Cox Ian Cross Hon Dr. Michael Cullen, MP David Cunliffe MP Dr. Theodore DalrympleTrevor de Cleene, MP Bernard Diedrich John DouglasKarl du Fresne Hon. Peter Dunne, MP Dick Emery Hon. Bill English, MP Patrick Ensor James Fallows HE Richard FellIan FletcherFrederick Forsyth

 

   Dr Liam Fox Ian Fraser Nicholas Garland Sir Douglas GrahamNicky HagerChristopher Harder Cynthia HeimelPaul Henry Gerald Hensley Chaim Herzog Charlton Heston Claire Hollingworth Marc Holtzman Michael Horton Barry Humphries Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt Glenda Jackson Paul Johnson Sue Kedgley Thomas Keneally John Key MP Peter KittakachornAir Vice Marshall Robin Klitscher Philip KnightleyWinnie Laban MP Rt Hon Lee Kuan Yew HH The Dalai Lama Rt Hon David Lange Connie Lawn Judy Lessing Lord Levene Bernard Levin Andrew Little MP Gerald Long Dr Sharon Lord Carolyn Machado Peter MahonRon Mark MP HE Otto Mattei Dame Judith Mayhew Murry McCully MP Gerald McGhie Patrick McGovern Hon Don McKinnon Tony Molloy QC Sir Nick Montagu Tony Molloy QCMike Moore, MP Trevor MorleyMalcolm MuggeridgeViscount Monckton  

Dame Thea Muldoon Hon Robert Muldoon Steve Norris Barrie OsborneTerence O'Brien Hon Winston Peters Sir William Pickering Daniel Pipes Jean Plantureux (Plantu) John Platts Mills QCKawana Pohe Hon Richard Prebble Gordon Ramsay George Reedy Hon Robert Reich James Reston Elliot RichardsonCommissioner Robbie Robinson John Ralston Saul Rt Hon Jenny Shipley, MP Peter Shirtcliffe Prince Norodom Sihanouk Dr Patrick Sookhdeo Sir Dryden Spring Ambassador Charles SwindellsPeter Switzer Hon. John Tamihere, MP Oliver Tambo Nandor Tanczos, MP Lord TebbitMark Tier Lester Thurow Peter Troughton Hon Taria Turia MP Simon Upton Sir Peter Ustinov Count Otto Von Lambsdorff Terry Waite Kurt Waldheim Asher Wallfish Peter Walters John Wareham Auberon Waugh Terence White HE Martin WilliamsMaj. Gen Peter Williams Ian WishartMartin Wolf Richard Woods David Yallop

 

 
         

 Hon solicitor: Jack Hodder LLM

Lifetime Achievement Award HoldersPeter Arnett, Sir Geoffrey Cox, Pat Booth, Frank Haden, Connie Lawn, Sir Terry McLean, Graham Stewart MNZM

Life MembersDenis Adam, Tim Birch, Paul Cavanagh, Catherine de la Roche, Gavin Ellis, Rt Hon. Jonathan Hunt ONZ,Jack Kelleher, Ralph Lenton, Warren Page, Pat Plunket, Paul Prince, Derek Round MNZM, Graham Stewart, Sir Christopher Harris

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