WAIHI BEACH LODGE - Key Persons

Both come from sales and marketing backgrounds - Ali from books, map publishing and retail and Greg through grocery, stationery, office and imprinted products. Ali is an avid reader, addicted to crosswords and has interests in arts & crafts, travel, wine, and sport. She also practices massage and is on hand to knead those travel aches and pains away. In the community Ali was a Community Board member for the Western Bay of Plenty District Council for the last 3 years, is a member of the Civil Defence welfare team and is the volunteer booking clerk for the Waihi Beach Community Centre.

Greg loves sport and is a keen fisherman. He has been involved with playing/coaching and managing rugby/cricket teams for over 30 years and now is a keen spectator and armchair critic. He enjoys a good pinot noir and the latest gourmet cookbook as well as torpedo fishing off the beach with guests and friends. In the community Greg administers the www.waihibeachinfo.co.nz website which he and Ali were the instigators to set up. He is chairman of Waihi Beach Community Events and Promotions Society Incorporated and was a member of the Waihi Beach Mardi Gras committee and is on the Waihi Beach Fresh Produce Market committee. Greg is a founding member of the Southern Coromandel Tourism Network and was recently invited to join the Bay of Plenty Tourism advisory board.