Millbrook Team Updates

Upcoming Workshops & Events

Wednesday 11th December - First Aid Course - 8.30am-4.30pm, MCC

Friday 13th December - Social Club: Christmas Party - 5.30pm-7.30pm, Mt Rosa Winery

Tuesday 17th December - Christmas Party - 4pm-9.30pm, Undisclosed location

Wednesday 18th December - Health & Safety Committee Meeting - 2pm-3pm, P&C Training Room

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

You're invited... 

Social Club Christmas Party at Mt Rosa Winery

Friday 13th December, 5.30pm-7.30pm - sign ups closed

We’ve got an evening of pizza, platters, and wine lined up (yes, it’s going to be that good). And don’t worry about transport—there’s a bus that will be picking us up from Millbrook at 5:00 PM and dropping us back at 7:30 PM after the event.

We are fully booked but if you still want to be involved, email Rachel at rachel.albers@millbrook.co.nz to be added to the wait list. This will be the last social club event until late Feb 2025. 

We can’t wait to toast to the season with you all. 

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.

First Aid Course - Wednesday 11th December

8.30am-12pm Refresher, or 8.30am-4.30pm Full Course. Sign ups now closed. 

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

Reward & Recognition

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 moth. Thank you for all your hard work over the past year and cheers to another year!

Monthly Excellence Awards:

Whilst we hope each department regularly recognises individuals that work hard within your team, we also have resort-wide recognition. 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 (17th 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 Friday 13th 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

Current Lunch Menu

Monday: Toasted Sandwiches - selection of ham, cheese, and salads. Option to toast

Tuesday: Sausages & Salads - pork or vegetarian

Wednesday: Nachos - beef or vegetarian, with tortilla chips, cheese and sour cream

Thursday: Sweet & Sour Sausages - with rice and toppings

Friday: Lasagne/ Shepherds Pie (alternating weeks) - beef or vegetarian

Saturday: Vegetable Quiche or Potato Bake with wedges

Sunday: Chef's Choice Pasta Bake - vegetarian.

Fresh salads offered daily. Gluten free/ dairy free/ dietary restrictions available on request - just ask the chef. 

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 announced some major changes for AEWV's on 7th April. 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 also 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.