Bay of Islands-Paihia Toastmasters

15/04/2026

Tonight

What: Bay of Islands Toastmasters - meeting
Theme: Fuzzy, furry, prickly, slimy, lovable, adorable, at times extremely entertaining, at other times infuriating 'Pets'
When: Thursday the 16th of April, 7pm to 9pm
Where: - 77 Williams Road, Paihia - Paihia Baptist Church and on Zoom..

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 846 1068 5686
Passcode: boiTM!

Bring: A friend, a little nibble to share and some pet / animal passion!

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31/03/2026

Bay of Islands Toastmasters meeting prevailed , despite the wild, wooly, stormy night last Thursday, with everyone zooming in to attend

It was fabulous fun, with no weather waffle needed.
Instead, there was lots of positivity, encouraging feedback, wonderful speeches, including a practice speech as the brother of a grooms wedding, and a concocted entertaining, and delightful acceptance speech, for the completion of an imaginary Masters Degree. There was also, a down to earth moving speech, that addressed the sombering subject of death, but then the contrast of the beautiful legacy left behind

For Table Topics, there was a mind-twisting feast of questions, covering the meeting theme 'Brain Health', which provoked some very interesting conversations, ideas, and some hilarious creative thinking went into answers, to some questions that sounded like they came straight from Oxford Medical professors. There was something about camel injections, and u could guess where that lead... spitting and biting, or was it kicking, had something to do with the fictitious and inventive response/answer (I hadn't laughed that much in a long time, my jaw was aching)

We also had the pleasure of receiving some additional valuable feedback from Margot, our District Club Retention Chair, who was visiting, by zooming in, as a special guest

Overall, the night was well worth venturing into zoomland for, and we look forward to the next episode.

Our next meeting is planned for Thursday 9th April 2026, 7pm - 9pm, Baptist Church hall, 77 Williams Rd, Paihia ... Hope to see you there 😄👍
Ps A zoom link will follow prior to the meeting

10/12/2025

Tonight at Bay of islands Toastmasters
Bring: A friend, some food, a Secret Santa gift, and maybe even a festive costume! 👯🍰🍓🎊🎁☃️🧑‍🎄🎄

27/11/2025

At our last toastmasters meeting, we had the wackiest fun, with all the amazing mad hatter tea party hats our members and guests were able to dream up.

People were also inspired to create some fun dishes for our festive tea party in the break.

Games involved lots of chaos, with fresh cups being passed around here, there and everywhere, and people were coming up with nonsensical and illogical answers to the ridiculous, nonsensical, illogical questions asked.

Tea party goers almost lost their heads, when they were sentenced to come up with their funniest joke, or most hilarious riddle, and they needed to hit half way on the laugh meter in order to receive a 'not guilty' verdict.

We had the Queen of hearts, Queen of spades, the White rabbit, Mad hatters, Alice in Wonderland, Tweedle-dee and Tweedle dum, the Doormouse, and many more wondrous, colourful characters

'Come and join in the fun' at Bay of Islands Toastmasters

Our next meeting is

When:
Tonight/Thursday 27th November,
7pm - 9pm

Where:
77 Williams Rd, Paihia Baptist Church

Or you can zoom in, via the below link

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Meeting ID: 846 1068 5686
Passcode: boiTM!

10/11/2025

Whats coming up?,

whats going down?,

whats inside out, back to front, and going round and round?

It’s a Mad Hatters fun open meeting at Bay of Islands Toastmasters



“”” Come join us """


When :

This Thursday 13th Nov

7 – 9pm

Where :

77 Williams Road, Paihia Baptist Church



What to bring:

****Your wackiest hat

Yourself****

****Your best riddle or funny joke

A plate – ‘with food on it’****



What to expect:

Games

Spot prizes

Fun speeches

Eat me food and drink me potions



If you can’t make it in person, you can also zoom in

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 846 1068 5686

Passcode: boiTM!

10/11/2025

But wait there's more... 'What else has been happening at Bay of Islands Toastmasters over the past month or so'

We had members enter into the Northern Division area contest held in Whangarei at the end of September

Joelle had us in stitches with her hilarious 'Humorous Speech'

And Yvette and Joelle got to improve their skills in spontaneous and improvised speaking, when competing in the 'Table Topics' contest

10/11/2025

Whats been happening at Bay of Islands Toastmasters over the past month or so?

We had Spence and Jeanette Penney up, Spence being our current Area Director. Spence and Jeanette have a wealth of knowledge and expertise to share, so it was absolutely fabulous to have them visit our local club, providing some valuable feedback, and also to help oversee our club 'Moments of truth' where we had the privilege of self evaluating how our club is progressing, and to plan for improvements that will continue to move us forward and onto our clubs future successes, ensuring all members and guests have memorable, valuable, and positive experiences, in a supportive, and thriving environment.

23/09/2025

We had fun at the last Toastmasters meeting with a fabulous speech by Colin, sharing fascinating facts from a book that he and his mother wrote about some history of the area up here.
There were also lots of 'blossoming' table topic answers 'springing' to peoples minds in response to table topics questions

At our next meeting, this Thursday/tomorrow night, will be a new, unique and exciting meeting for us, covering a Moments of Truth session with our Area Director Spence, along with a batch of table topics with a slight twist to the usual structure! This will help us test out the contest setting, which comes up this Saturday (shout out if you're keen) :-)

Next meeting
What: Bay of Islands Toastmasters Meeting
When: Thursday the 25th of September, 7pm to 9pm
Where: - 77 Williams Road, Paihia - Paihia Baptist Church and on Zoom..

Join Zoom Meeting
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07/09/2025

Are you looking to gain confidence in speech presentations ?

Would you like to network, meet others, and establish relationships with new collegues?

Come along as a guest and meet the team, at our next Bay of Islands Toastmasters club meeting
It's a relaxed, professional, supportive, and welcoming environment
Running: Thursday 11th Sept, 7pm - 9pm, Paihia Baptist Church Hall, 77 Williams Road, Paihia

Coming up at our next meeting:
Another fun segment of quick-fire table-topics planned around a new 'surprise theme', along with a couple of great speeches, and some wonderful evaluations and constructive feedback following the speeches, with a refreshing social cuppa and kai, enjoyed by all, in the middle of the evening.

'We'll look forward to seeing you there'
And of course we'll look forward to seeing all our regulars too

PS Dont forget to let Nikki or Troy know your personal Toastmasters Educational Goals between now and the end of June 2026 😊

05/09/2025

At our last 2 Bay of Islands Toastmasters club meetings, we had great fun discussing our fabulous 'Club Success Plan'.
We've got a little further to go, but we're now starting to put this in place.

Of course, we also loved the quick-fire table topics session run by Pete at our last club meeting. - The subject was 'Cooking', and his wife/Lana (who prepared the feast of questions) certainly cooked up some tantilising, juicy treats/questions.
As well, Nikki practised her brilliant speech for an upcoming 'special occasion'.

03/09/2025

Meet Troy Smith,...our wonderful Bay of Islands Toastmasters Club President (attending our meeting via zoom, from Waikato)

Troy joined Toastmasters randomly 12 years ago, through the company he was working for at that time. He said it started out as a bit of a novelty and a good way of mixing with his collegues, but he soon discovered the true value of Toastmasters, and he hasnt looked back since.

Troy says the experience has been invaluable, and he loves getting to know others and hearing their inspiring stories, in both our club, as well as many other clubs around the country, at events conferences, and competitions.

I asked Troy what he's got out of Toastmasters so far?

A. He said it's helped greatly with his confidence, and to step outside his comfort zone and say 'yes' to different opportunities that have since arisen in his life, - it's given him the get-up-and-go to 'seize life and opportunities by the horns' so to speak

Troy gave a fascinating speech/presentation at our last meeting, titled 'A Study Story - Investigating Green Roofs'
This speech in particular gave him the opportunity to practice a technical presentation, which he will deliver in 1 months time, to wrap up his Bachelors Degree, in Environmental Engineering, at the University of Waikato.

We'd like to wish him all the best with his final project and his upcoming concluding presentation.

And we look forward to hearing further captivating speeches by Troy in the future, both via zoom from the Waikato, and hopefully in person, in Paihia, at a club meeting, when he finishes his studies in October

13/03/2025

What an inspirational meeting we had tonight, when Beaumont and his eight students paid an impromptu visit to our toastmasters group to learn more about public speaking. The theme was International Women's Day. We were so impressed when some of the students volunteered to give a tabletopic. Well done our Rangitahi you will go far