Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland Blog: Sandro Aduso

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Incontro con la Dante di Verbania

Photo by Peter Dowling

On the 2nd of January we had a visitor from the Dante Alighieri Society of Verbania. Dante member Nicoletta Testori presented, on the behalf of Silvia Magistrini, president of the Dante Verbania, the book

D COME DANTE - Il Comitato Verbanese della Dante Alighieri 1906 - 2018

to our Auckland branch. In the foto from left: Alessandra Zecchini, Dante Auckland former president and current committee member, Nicoletta Testori, Dante Verbania, Flavia Berucci, Dante Auckland vice-president, and Sandro Aduso, Dante Auckland former president.

Il Comitato Verbanese della Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri Society Verbania) and del VCO (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola) was founded in 1906. Verbania is the most populous comune (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in Piedmont. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore. A very active society (see the program below for this trimester) located in a beautiful part of Italy! An article about the meeting also appeared on the local newspapers Verbano on 13 January and Eco Risveglio (see the clippingS at the end of the page).

A special thank you to Nicoletta and her husband Giacomo for the visit, and to the committee of Verbania for the lovely book, a welcome addition to our library.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Festa della Repubblica - Italian Republic Day 2018 in Auckland

On Saturday 2 June the Embassy of Italy in New Zealand and the Dante Alighieri Society celebrated the Italian National Day, Festa della Repubblica, with an Aperitivo at Palazzo Italia.

Thank you to our Italian Ambassador, Fabrizio Marcelli, for flying up to Auckland to celebrate with us, we truly treasure the collaboration between our Dante Society and the Embassy. A special grazie to all who attended, Italians and Kiwi friends, and to Martina Depentor and Alessandra Zecchini for planning the event.

The evening was also a very special occasion for us, as our friend Sandro Aduso was awarded the title of Maestro del Lavoro. Read all about it here.

Matteo, chef di Palazzo Italia, prepared some delicious food with great Italian products.

During the evening guests enjoyed delicious Italian food and drinks, courtesy of the Embassy of Italy and the Dante Alighieri Society. We also would like to acknowledge Palazzo Italia for the Prosecco, Peroni for the beer, Casamassima Italian Fare for the truffles and Ghiotti for the Italian cold meats.

Tutto buonissimo!

Sandro Aduso bestowed the Stella al Merito del Lavoro

In occasion of the Festa della Repubblica celebrations in Auckland Sandro Aduso, President of the ComItEs, past president of the Dante Auckland, and a pillar of the Italian community in New Zealand, was awarded the title of Maestro del Lavoro. The Stella al Merito del Lavoro (Star of Merit for Labour) is bestowed by decree of the President of the Italian Republic on the recommendation of the Minister of Economic Development, and was presented to Sandro by the Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli. It is the first time in history that the The Stella al Merito del Lavoro is conferred in New Zealand.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Festival Italiano 2012, photos from the Waitemata Board

Clockwise from left: Italian Honorary Consul for Auckland Mario Magaraggia,
Waitemata Local Board Chair Shale Chambers, H.E. Alessandro Levi Sandri,
Italian Ambassador in New Zealand, Dante Alighieri Society host Sandro Aduso,
Jacopo Detti, Waitemata Local Board member Tricia Reade, Mrs. Chambers,
Rosemary Aduso, Dante Alighieri Society vice president Bernadette Luciano.

Waitemata Local Board Chair Shale Chambers (on the left)
and H.E. Alessandro Levi Sandri, Italian Ambassador in New Zealand

Waitemata Board's Shale Chambers, Tricia Reade and Christopher Dempsey
with Dante's host Sandro Aduso

Pane e Porchetta

One of the community stalls at the Festival Italiano

Lunch

Thank you for coming!

Photos courtesy of the Waitamata Local Board.

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