For the meeting at The Wellington Club at 7am on 13 October:
Desk -- Howard Opening Thought -- Linda
Greeting -- Heather Introduction -- Warwick
Buy the Box -- Ross Thanking -- Tony R
Club Reporter -- John B Parting Thought -- Mark
Please contact Brent to arrange a replacement if you are unable to complete your duty this week
If opportunity does not knock, build a door for it.
Eden Skipper, who joined our Club in 2020, stepped in at short notice last week to be our speaker.
Eden shared his life journey to date, where he comes from and how he came to be a Rotarian.
Eden is Ngai Tahu and grew up in Birdlings Flat in the southern part of the Banks Peninsula. The Flat is also on the edge of Lake Ellismere. Eden spoke of the joy of living among whanau and beautiful natural surroundings which sustained them spiritually and physically. He described it as an environment where one 'made do' and where people were practical and resourceful. He described his environment as made up of family, animals, farm work and being free from the distractions one finds in city life.
Wisdom from his koro and other kaumatua and kuia, together with his surroundings, gave Eden a deep appreciation for the natural environment and using resources sparingly to create the best welfare for people. These values have supported Eden's career direction. A graduate in statistics, he now works at the Ministry for the Environment and spoke of his interest in evaluation and ensuring money is well spent and being used in the right places to create the highest value.
A Prime Ministers Scholarship to China made a big impression on Eden. It proved to be a further cultural awakening for him and made him value his whakapapa even more.
Eden was involved in Rotary years before formally becoming a Rotarian. He was a Rotary Associate in Canterbury and received a RYLA where he traveled to the US.
Eden joined RCPN in 2020 where he is now a valued member.
David Barnes
Member Profile: Linda Wellington
I joined Port Nicholson Rotary in 2010. I have been Treasurer, President and Public Image and communications director. I love tramping and am an enthusiastic member of the Port Nicholson Perambulators. I have been a District Assistant Governor and am on the district Polio committee. I am the police liaison person for District 9940 police vetting. I am married to Craig, and we own and run Waterford Security. We have 3 adult children and no grandchildren.
Notices
RYLA 2022
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) will be held 26-30 January 2022.
Club members are encouraged to seek young people for this outstanding leadership programme by referring to and identifying Appropriate Candidates
Expressions of interest and applications are invited at
We have an opportunity to visit the Malaghan Institute on November 3 from 9.30-11am to receive a short presentation and tour for the first 24 people to register.
Double Vision is our next Flashback Friday: 3pm till 7ish(?) on 12 November.
Come have a drink after work with your before work friends!
From the President
New Zealand’s Rotary Centenary year: News item from New Zealand 100 years ago:
Waikato times, 14 October 1921: The Airships. Mr Massey expects developments. But much experiment necessary. “I watched the progress of aviation with a great deal of interest while I was in Britain.” Said the Prime Minister at the civic reception in Wellington. “I did not expect a great deal from aeroplanes towards the solution of the problems of inter-imperial communication, because these machines are for the shorter distances. The flight of the aeroplane is limited by the amount of petrol that can be carried, and the number of passengers that can be carried is very small. I did hope that the airship was going to do a great deal, although I was not particularly sanguine about the extension of services during the next year or two.”
The World Polio Day 24 October
World Polio Day is on the 24th of October and the Rotary community is getting ready to amplify its message about eradicating polio to protect the world’s children from this devastating disease.
Rotary has made tremendous progress. However we still need to intensify our fight to make polio the second human disease ever to be eradicated. Last year, the World Health Organization’s African region was certified free of wild poliovirus, showing that eradication is possible even in very difficult circumstances. The wild poliovirus remains endemic in just two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, the good news is that Rotary is working with the Taliban to continue its inoculation programme.
Rotary has been working for 35 years to eradicate polio. The first children to be vaccinated were in the Philippines and since that time Rotary has reduced cases by 99.9%.
Rotary has donated $2.1 billion dollars in the 35 years and provided countless volunteer hours to protect 3 billion children in 122 countries. It costs $3 on average to protect a child against polio and we are committed to raise $50 million a year. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have joined with Rotary to eliminate polio and provide a 2 for 1 matching grant. Making our efforts even more significant.
Our club is committed to raising funds through selling “bacon butties” at the train station on Thursday 11th November and promoting the “Ride the Train event” on Sunday 14th. This is of course Covid permitting.
More information about both those events will be forthcoming and we thank you in advance for your support
life journey to date, where he comes from and how he came to be a Rotarian.
to be a further cultural awakening for him and made him value his whakapapa even more. 
the President
