Our Speakers this Week - learning more about our ‘new’ members

Rod Badcock

A Fellow of the Royal Society New Zealand Te Apārangi, Professor Badcock has over 30 years of applied R&D experience, and is a globally recognised expert in superconducting systems and electric machines. As Chief Engineer (Machines) and Professor at the Robinson Research Institute, he has led pioneering work in high-temperature superconducting dynamos, propulsion systems, and compact fusion applications.

Jane Paterson 

Jane rejoined our Club earlier this year after a couple of years break, and this is an opportunity, especially for our newer members to learn more about Jane.  

President Nicole

Cans for a cause

Please bring your cans of food to Wednesday's meeting. Rotary is aiming to donate 1 million cans this month and our donations will go to the City Mission. Thank you David and Jo for organising this. 

Great to see club members 

It was an absolute treat to catch up with the following members we haven't see this year- Andy Ellis, Warwick Bell and Lisa King at our meeting last week. We hope you enjoyed hearing from Andrew Little and having breakfast with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Brent's garden

This weekend we are doing Brent's garden. This is always a fun social event so I hope you can join us. See below for details. 

Quick adaption to the new payment system

Thank you all for trying out our new payment system to register and pay for breakfast this week. 32 members registered and 30 used the new payment system. This is a great response. Thank you for your useful feedback during this test period of June, and a special thank you for Nick for doing all the modifications.  

Have a good week. 

Supporting Our Incoming DG Brent  

To support our own District Governor Elect, a gardening working bee is scheduled at Brent Gerrard's place next weekend. Some deets:

GARDENING AT DG ELECT BRENT’S PLACE

Come from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday 7 June 2026. It'll be a fun and satisfying morning. 

Help to spruce up Brent's garden. It's mostly weeding, so bring some gloves and weeding tools. 

We'll be having morning tea – a contribution will be most welcome.

Address: 16 Wade Street, Wadestown. Best to park at the top around number 25 Wade St and walk down the zig zag. 

Best to reply by: Friday 5 June 2026 to email paula.mcknight@ppmck.co.nz

RCPN Book Club 

I’m excited to share that with David Barnes's inspiration and support we’re starting a small, warm, reflective Book Club, and I’d love to invite you to be part of it.

Our aim is simple: to read, reflect, and connect over books that spark thought, conversation, and personal growth. This isn’t a formal or academic space - just a relaxed gathering of curious minds who enjoy learning and sharing perspectives.

Our first book: “The Alchemist” - Paulo Coelho

Proposed time and date for our first meet-up: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm Thursday, 11 June

Location: Wellington Club, level 6 bar

If you’re interested in joining us (even if you’re not sure you can make every session), please flick me a quick reply. I’d love to get a sense of numbers and finalise the details.

Looking forward to reading, reflecting, and connecting with you all.

Ngā mihi,

 Aparna Dubey