Millbrook Team Updates

Upcoming Workshops & Events

Tuesday 15th September - Induction - Waterfall Cottage | 9am - 3pm

Tuesday 15th September - Aspiring Leaders Module 2 - MCC | 9.30am - 12.30am

Wednesday 16th September - Leading Millbrook - Recruitment 101 Interview do's & don'ts - Training Room | 3pm - 4.30pm

Thursday 17th September - Leading Millbrook - Recruitment 101 Interview do's & don'ts - TBC | 8.30am - 10.00am

Wednesday 7th October - Aspiring Leaders: Module 3 - MCC | 9.30am - 12.30am

Thursday 8th October - Market Garden Workshop: What to Plant in Spring | 5pm - 6pm 

Tuesday 13th October - Induction - Waterfall Cottage | 9am - 3pm

Wednesday 14th October - Leading Millbrook: Trial Periods & Performance Management - Training Room | 3pm - 4.30pm

Please share with us any ideas of training you would be interested in, whether this is specific to your department, or whether you think it is something our wider team would enjoy. 

As always, please remember to ask your manager before booking on to any of our training, to ensure it works with Hotel operations. Once you have booked, we take this as confirmed.

Learning, Wellbeing & Engagement Calendar

To keep up to date with all team events and activities happening this year, view the calendar below.

Social Club

March - Bowls

April - Kingpin

June - Ice Hockey

July - Mid-Year Dinner

August - Night Skiing

September - Mini Golf

October - Perfume Making

November - Dart Competition

December - Christmas at Kinross

We always love to hear your ideas! Let us know what you would like to see us do here.  

Wellbeing

Having "good wellbeing" means we have the tools, support and environments we need to be who we are and to build and sustain lives worth living. We believe that engagement at work affects our wellbeing significantly, from maintaining a good work/life balance, having long term goals in place, to having a community around us and colleagues you can have tough conversations with. 

Our Wellbeing Committee enjoy running initiatives and events such as our Quiz Nights and our Annual Millbrook Olympics. If you have a passion for Wellbeing at Work, we would love you to join us. Please email us at people.culture@millbrook.co.nz. 

If you would like to meet with our team for Career Coaching, please email us at people.culture@millbrook.co.nz. 

Health & Safety

Health & Safety is an important part of life here at Millbrook. We hold monthly committee meetings to discuss how we can improve our safety for employees and guests.

If there is any Health & Safety training you or your team require, please email LJ on lisa.meikle@millbrook.co.nz. 

Work safe - Play safe - Live safe

Recognition & Reward

We like to recognise our team members through two initiatives:

Long Service Awards:

Please join us in celebrating the wonderful members of our team who shared anniversaries with us over the past month. Thank you for all your hard work over the past year and cheers to another year!

Excellence Awards: Whilst we hope each department regularly recognised individuals that work hard within your team, we also have resort-wide recognition each month.

Above & Beyond - they have gone the extra mile or taken ownership of a team/project/challenge OR have ventured outside of their comfort zone. 

Investing in the Future - Investing in others (through training others) OR themselves (through upskilling) OR in Millbrook (through instigating sustainability ideas). 

Collaboration & Support - always have a positive attitude, nothing is too hard to help out. Lives by the late Mr Ishii’s motto “a nice place for nice people”.  

If you think someone has gone above and beyond in their role this month, please reach out to people.culture@millbrook.co.nz and tell us why! 

Millbrook Annual Awards

Who has shown true Millbrook spirit this year?

We have 8 wonderful awards with amazing prizes to be announced at our Christmas Party (9th Dec).

Everyone is welcome to nominate one team member for each of the categories below. To nominate please indicate the award you are nominating for, the team members first and last name you wish to nominate, their department, and a clear reason explaining why you have chosen them. 

Please e-mail nominations all together to rebecca.readings@millbrook.co.nz by Monday 8th of December, to give time for nominations to be organized and winners chosen by our directors!

1. Aspirational Administrator 
2. Crown of the Grounds 
3. Guest Service 
4. Rising Star 
5. Lifetime Achievement
6. Role Model of the year
7. Rookie of the Year
8. Employee of the Year

Please be advised that for all categories team members must have been here for a minimum of 6 months, except the lifetime which is 10+ years, and Rookie which is anytime shorter than a year.

Sustainability

Did you know we recently passed a milestone on our sustainability journey! Through our Greener Stays programme, we have been able to assist the Whakatipu Reforestation Trust with planting 2,000 trees. 

Find out more about the Whakatipu Reforestation Trust Here: wrtqt.org.nz

Current Lunch Menu

Monday: Sandwiches - selection of meats, cheese, and salads 

Tuesday: KFC-Style Chicken Legs - Creamy potato bake, and salads

Wednesday: Tacos - beef or vegetarian (w/ a selection of condiments and toppings)

Thursday: Curry - chicken or vegetarian

Friday: Lasagne - beef or vegetarian

Saturday: Sausages & Wedges 

Sunday: Pasta bake

Fresh salads offered daily. Gluten free/ dairy free/ dietary restrictions available on request.

Millbrook Team News

Staff Accommodation: Are you looking for accommodation? Please let us know how we can help by emailing people.culture@millbrook.co.nz. 

Immigration NZ have announced some major changes coming for 2025. We in the P&C Team are not licensed Immigration Advisors, therefore whilst we can help you navigate the website and updates, we are not able to give advice. Please take personal responsibility of viewing these policy changes, and as always, reach out to a licensed Immigration Advisor to seek further advice or clarification of what this could mean for you.