........from Mayors, Lord Mayors and Councillors!!!

Click here for a message from Councillor Martin Bradley, the Deputy Mayor of the City of Derry, Northern Ireland.

The Whangarei District Council sends its good wishes to those participating in InterLink. Today's modern technology creates wonderful opportunities to develop close nation links.

Stan Semenoff, Mayor, Whangarei District, New Zealand

The Waitomo District Council wishes to send its greetings to all those participating in the InterLink project. We will follow your progress with interest and wish you luck with the programme.

D.W. Bain, Mayor of Waitomo District, Te Kuiti, New Zealand

Greetings to all those participating in the InterLink project. This is a wonderful opportunity for you all to learn about the life and cultures of other countries, and to build and maintain positive and friendly relationships between nations.

Sukhi Turner, Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand

The Auckland City Council sends its best wishes to all students participating in the school InterLink programme. May it bring new friendships and knowledge!

Les Mills, Mayor of Auckland City, New Zealand

The Tauranga District Council and the people of Tauranga send our warmest greetings to all those participating in the InterLink project. This international programme linking Britain and New Zealand is of great interest to me and I will be following your progress with interest. Good Luck.

Mr Noel Pope, His Worship the Mayor - Tauranga District Council, New Zealand

The Invercargill City Council is delighted to support the InterLink project. I am pleased to see an Invercargill school - Cargill High School - is involved and know all students will benefit from their links with British schools.

D F E Harrington JP, Mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand

As Mayor of the beautiful City of Upper Hutt, it is my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to those students throughout NZ and Britain who have the privilege of participating in the InterLink Project. We will be following your progress with interest and send you best wishes.

Rex Kirton, Mayor, Upper Hutt City Council, New Zealand

The Gisborne District Council (the First City to See the Sun) sends greetings to all those participating in the InterLink project. Good luck. We will follow your progress with interest.

John Clarke, Mayor, Gisborne District Council, New Zealand

Opotiki District Council from the heart of the Bay of Plenty New Zealand says "Kia Ora" to all in InterLink. We will follow the project with interest.

Don Riesterer, Mayor, Opotiki District, New Zealand

Greetings from Napier, New Zealand, the Art Deco Capital of the world. InterLink is an innovative way to understand our two cultures - their common bond and their differences. To learn more about Napier, our Internet home page is http://www.tradenet.co.nz/Napier/index.html and our email address is email.keithncc@central.co.nz

Alan Dick, Mayor, City of Napier, New Zealand

On behalf of the people of Christchurch, New Zealand, we are delighted to send greetings to all those participating in the InterLink Project. We will certainly follow your progress with great interest. Best wishes to you all.

Vicki Buck, Mayor, Christchurch City Council, New Zealand

I welcome the InterLink project and offer best wishes for the success of an initiative richly deserving of everyone's support.

Derek Shaw, Lord Mayor of Manchester, England

I am very pleased to have this opportunity to send greetings and a warm welcome to the participants of the InterLink Project, especially the schools in New Zealand who are joining with our own local schools here in Harlow. This is an interesting and enterprising initiative and I wish you the very best of luck. I look forward with keen interest to following your progress.

Daphne Pennick, Chairperson of Harlow Council

I am pleased to send my greetings to the participants in the Interlink Project. May I wish you Good Luck ! I look forward to following your progress with interest.
Yours sincerely,

Councillor R.W. Schofield, Mayor of North Tyneside, England

Thankyou for the information about the InterLink Project. This is another tremendous step forward in the development of a '@Global Education Network'. We certainly do support this venture and wish it every success in the future.

Mr. Les Walton O.B.E., Executive Director for Education in North Tyneside, and Councillor Janet Hunter, Chairperson for North Tyneside Education Authority, England