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Club News
7 August, 2022
 
 
~ This week is Goal Setters Week! ~
 
There will be no Wednesday meeting this week, as our annual Goal Setters Award Breakfast will be held on Thursday morning at The Banquet Hall at Parliament, with Paula Tesoriero, New Zealand's Disability Rights Commissoner, the guest speaker.
 
The Club will present three or more students with monetary awards presented to outstanding students who have shown they can set and achieve goals, have faced significant challenges in their lives and have given service to their community.
 
Only 50% of the club has registered so far, it would be great to have more though. You might still be in with a chance to get a last minute ticket for $60 if you contact Richard and ask nicely.
Notices
 
Ride the Train to End Polio is back!
 
On Sunday 4 September, a Steam train will be departing Paekakariki on a return trip to Taihape. The train will stop at various locales en route if you'd like to hop off. A meal can be purchased between Palmerston North and Taihape. Tickets are $160pp and can be booked here. Get in quick, as these events often sell out!
 
See Joy for more info, and if you would like to sit as a group.
 
 
 
 
Once a month the RCW have an evening event from 5.30pm which is open to any Rotarian.
 
Coming up:
25 July: Presentation of China by john McKinnon- former NZ Ambassador to China
 
26 September: Panel discussion on Ukraine, led by Alex Sundakov - former IMF staffer for the Ukraine based in Kyiv.
 
 
 
 
RCPN Book Club
 
Time flies when you're reading good stuff!! Our book club will be meeting again at the Wellington Club, 5.30pm to 7.00pm on  10 August. This month discussions will centre around books written by female authors.  
 
 
Tree Planting Part 2 
 
 It’s now time for the second half of this important work – to plant the other 250 trees in Tawa on Sunday 14 August at 1pm. If you would like more info, and to take part, please click here.
 
Meet the Candidates
 
Rotarians are warmly invited to join RCW at their lunch meeting on 19 September, which will feature a forum with Wellington's Mayoral Candidates.
 
Darryl's Column
 
If any of the below three points are you, please contact Darryl.
--  you know of any Ukranian families in the process of resettling,
 
--are thinking about RYLA - and know a good candidate
-- you are interested in supporting our interactors.
 
 
Regionalisation pilot talks - only two left!
 
We will be hosting Wayne Gordon on 31 August to explain the club regionalisation project. If you cant attend this meting, you are strongly encouraged to  attend a webinar to find out about the future of Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. 
 
There are two remaining webinars:
 2pm on 9/8 and 9am on 12/8.
 
Special Invitations
 
 
 
House of Grace AGM
 
Will be held on 16 August at 7.30pm at Collective Hub,
33 Johnsonville Road.
This is a chance to meet the team and learn about the terrific things going on in their houses. 
 
RSVP by clicking this link so supper can be prepared for you.
 
 
 
Cocktails for Avenal
 
On August 11 the Rotary Club of Wellington is holding a fundraiser at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery.
Join them from 5.30pm for a viewing of Avenal's portrait collection and brief talks from John McKinnon and Avenal's son Alex. 
 
Purchase your ticket here. $65 includes cocktails & canapes.
 

 
 
 Naoto Segawa received the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship in 2012. He is currently touring Aotearoa New Zealand presented by Chamber Music New Zealand. As a token of his gratitude, complimentary tickets are available.
The Wellington concert will be held at St Andrews on the Terrace on
14 August at 3pm.
                      In case you missed it...
The importance of being...persistent!
 
 
When it comes to building a business, Ralph shows us how persistence, capital, good ideas, good contacts and even more importantly, even more persistence is essential to success. Ralph is the CEO of Lifetime Retirement Trust.

Ralph has also been the Chief Executive of both ACC and AXA, the GM Marketing and Strategy for Tower Insurance and Marketing Director at Jardine Fleming. He spoke to our Club about "The Trials and Tribulations of Commercial Innovation".

 
Read more...
Saving our native species, seed by seed.
About one in four world plant species are endangered, creating urgency to preserve and find artificial ways to protect them. This was the sobering message from Karin Van Der Walt, Conservation and Science Advisor for the Wellington City Council at Wellington's much loved Otari Botanical Gardens.
 
David Barnes reports.
 
 
What can we do? Karin specified that the team always need volunteers, and money for new scientific equipment, as WCC do not see this as part of their remit.
Please reply to the editors with your ideas and if you would like to be a part of our Club supporting Karin, Otari Bush and their mission
 
 
 
Read more...
From the President...
 
It was distressing this week to hear the upsurge of polio cases, since Covid diminished the ability to keep on top of it. Having reduced the cases to a handful in 3 countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan pre-Covid, by October 2020, the rise had begun.  
 
There were more than 200 cases of wild polio and nearly 600 cases of the vaccine-derived form of the disease. These ‘rogue’ strains of polio are also turning up across much of sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, Malaysia and the Philippines.
 
Our District’s fundraising Polio Steam Train trip from Paekakariki to Taihape and back on 4 September is a fun and lucrative way of making a contribution. Thanks to Joy for being our point of contact for this. 

Meantime, we look forward to hearing the Guest Speaker, Paula Tesoriero, New Zealand’s Disability Rights Commissioner and Paralympian Cycling Gold Medalist and the inspiring journeys and achievements of our latest cohort of Goal Setters, at Parliament on Thursday this week. There are still tickets available, so please do book now if you haven’t already. Thank you to Richard in particular for the coordination of this. Look forward to seeing you there.

The future looks good!
 
   Events, Meetings and Speakers we have to look forward to include:  
 
  • Sunday 14 August: Tree Planting with Friends of Tawa Bush Round 2 (details and registration here).
  • Wednesday 17 August: Duane Kayle - Sport, Politics and Societal Change 
  • Wednesday 24 August: Richie Hill - Collaboration and greenwashing
  • Wednesday 31 August: Wayne Gordon: Creating tomorrow Rotary presentation
  • Sunday 4 September: Ride the Train to end Polio - Details and tickets available here
  • Wednesday 14 September: Cathy from Orange Sky
  • Monday 19 September: Meet the Mayoral Candidates with RCW
  • Wednesday 21 September: Diana Crossan: former Retirement Commissioner
  • Monday 26 September: Panel Discussion on Ukraine - RCW @ The James Cook
  • Friday 30 September: Charity Auction @ The Intercontinental Hotel
  • 27-31 May 2023: The 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne, Australia - "Imagine What's Next" - Click here for details & registration       
**Please note, black & red items are hosted by PNRC. Items in other colours are hosted externally

The Four-Way Test

The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do

  1. Is it the TRUTH?
  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 
Club Welfare Officers
 
David and Linda are available to provide any support needed to help members and their families who are unwell or are in distress.
 
Please feel free to contact them for a chat, or if you are needing help.
 
    David Barnes: 0273544137,                                                              Linda Wellington: 021512489
    david.barnes.s@gmail.com                                                                    lindaw@waterford.co.nz
 

Predator Free Waterfront Trapping Schedule

Please text Fraser Ebbett (WCC) 021 765 694 when you arrive and leave the site.

Date

Trappers

28 May

Jeff Lee

Marc Rands

11 June

David Shackleton

James & Twyla Moran

25 June

 Howard Tong

 Jenny Flannaghan Tong

9 July

Rick Hughes

Eden Skipper

23 July

Brent Gerrard 

Jeff Lee

6 Aug

Peter Whittington 

Steve Lawton

20 Aug

Paula McKnight

Dennis Small

 

As always, if the dates above do not suit you, please feel free to swap. 
Thank you for your help with this important club project
 
 
If you have feedback for the Editors, or content you would like included in the club bulletin, please send it to rcpnbulletin@gmail.com by midnight on Saturday to ensure its inclusion.
 
 
Noho Haumaru (Stay safe)
See you on Wednesday!