Welcome to our new Treasurer

TOM HENDRY, recently retired Bursar at Friends' School Lisburn, has accepted the voluntary post of Treasurer with the Ulster New Zealand Trust, which exists to foster and celebrate cultural, business and sporting links between NI and NZ.

 The Ballance House museum, event centre and tea barn at Glenavy Road, Lisburn has been developed by the Trust over three decades. Indeed Tom Hendry has been involved with the UNZT over many of those years as a volunteer and a director.

 His predecessor as Treasurer, Fullerton Jelly, served for nine years with great enthusiasm and meticulous attention to detail. Ably assisted by his wife Maureen, also a UNZT volunteer, Fullerton played a key role in steering The Ballance House finances successfully through the first major museum upgrade in 30 years and challenging Covid pandemic lockdowns. Both remain as volunteers and Fullerton continues to serve on the Executive Committee of the Ulster New Zealand Trust.