Dear Pincas,On behalf of Richard Bangs, we hope you can join us for this exciting event.

Best,
Steven

Tourism New Zealand, Menasha Ridge Press, Small World Productions and Air New Zealand
cordially invite you to join Richard Bangs for an exclusive premiere featuring highlights
from his new documentary on PBS “New Zealand: Quest for Kaitiakitanga”

Preceded by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception

Thursday, February 7
6 - 8 PM
Explorers Club
46 East 70th Street
(between Park and Madison avenues)
New York City

RSVP to Steven Lai
 stevenl at spring-obrien.com
(212) 620-7100 ext. 251

Kia Ora:

The Explorers Club has long celebrated achievements that push at the boundaries of the possible. Now, the search for sustainability defines a new frontier – and one of its pioneering explorers is Richard Bangs, adventurer, author and co-founder of Mountain Travel Sobek.

In 2007, Richard set out to find the essence of sustainability in New Zealand. Distributed by American Public Television, Richard Bangs’ Adventures with Purpose “New Zealand: Quest for Kaitiakitanga” is a one-hour special that debuts on national public television in February 2008 – and will unveil the ancient Māori precept of guardianship of the land and its people. His companion book “Quest for Kaitiakitanga: The Ancient Māori Secret from New Zealand that Could Save the Earth” hits bookstores this month (excerpts or galley on request). And Mountain Travel Sobek’s new 11-day itinerary, inspired by Richard’s discoveries, offers departures in April and November 2008.

Also on-hand will be Annie Dundas, Tourism New Zealand’s new Vice President, North America, who can talk of New Zealand’s sustainability plans, including Prime Minister Helen Clark’s national pledge towards carbon-neutrality and plans for World Environmental Day in host and capital city Wellington, on June 5, 2008.

Please join Richard and Annie at the Explorers Club on Thursday, February 7, for an exclusive New York screening of highlights from his documentary. Richard will also share insights he feels may change the way we view and implement sustainability – with implications for travel and much more.

We hope you will join us for a timely, stimulating and provocative evening.