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Club News
10 July, 2022
 
 
 
We've been enjoying each other's company! (..and a wee cheeky bevvy)
 
 
T'was another rousing success in at The Thistle Inn this week for Flashback Friday.
Great to see some new faces joined the crew for a nice long lunch this week!
Our next Flashback long lunch will be a Wellington on a Plate special at the GP Taproom.
 
~ This week's speaker ~
John Prendergast
John joined the Invercargill South Club in 1994, and has enjoyed a number of Rotary roles since then, including leading a GSE Team to D5220 in California in 2003, leading the Australasian RYLA Team to Gallipoli in April 2005 for the 90th anniversary of the Allied landing at ANZAC Cove, and was District Governor in 2012-13. The list of his involvements go on, but h may want to share this in person!
 
John is bringing us some "Rotary Ramblings. Just a collection of Rotary trivia/history/stuff that I’ve observed over the years".
 
Please ensure your registration includes any special guests you are bringing, or any meal requirements for the Wellington Club's Chefs.
 
If the Chefs don't know what you want, they cannot be expected to make it for you....  

Member Duties 

For the meeting at The Wellington Club at 7am on 13 July:

 

                                  Desk -- James          Opening Thought -- Mike                         
                              Greeting -- Joy           Introduction --  Linda                                
                            Buy the Box -- David B       Thanking -- Anne                                                  
                                Club Reporter -- Brenda       Parting Thought --  Everard                                                                                                                                                               
Please contact Brent to arrange a replacement if you are unable to complete your duty this week 
 
Notices
 
 
Ride the Train to End Polio is back!
 
On Sunday 4 September 2022  the Steam train will be departing Paekakariki at 7.50am on a return trip to Taihape. The train will stop in Levin, Palmerston North and Marton, if you'd like to hop off and enjoy these locales. Tickets are $160pp and can be booked here. Get in quick, as these events often sell out!
 
 
 
RCPN Book Club
Reminder to our bibliophiles, the RCPN book club is on Wednesday 5.15pm for a 5.30 start Wednesday 13 June, level 6 of the Wellington Club.
This month's theme is crime writing. Bring along your favourite mystery thriller to discuss or an alternate book to share.
 
Meet Mayoral Candidates at RWC
 
On 16 September, the Rotary Club of Wellington are featuring a forum with our Mayoral Candidates. Contact President Derek if you are interested to attend in person or zoom in.

 

 

 
 LAST CHANCE
TO ORDER ROTARY BRANDED MASKS
 
These masks are comfortable,  and offer incredibly high breathability as well as high protection. You can buy 3 RotZary Branded masks, in either Black or White for $20. A donation of $8.50 from each sale will go to the Wellington Children's Hospital. These are available by clicking this link. Make your order by Tuesday 5pm. *Image shown is not of actual product, but is close!
 
Rotarian Needed!!
 
Interact is Rotary's service club for people ages 14 to 18. They are self sufficient and self governing, but need a Rotarian to oversee them. 
If you are interested in supporting our interactors, please contact Darryl.
 
 
Book Fair this week
Click on the image above to see times and dates. 50% of profits will assist Ukrainian Refugees
 
Save the date for a Special Breakfast
 
On 20 July, our breakfast meeting will be hosted by The Wellington City Mission. The usual cost for breakfast will be donated to WCM, who will feed us, then take us on a tour of their Social Supermarket. 
Last time we generated over $1000, let's do it again!!!
 
 
Bacon Buttie Buddy

If you have a bit of spare time and can take over facilitating the organisation and sales of our World Famous Bacon Butties, raising money for the fight against Polio each year, please contact David. He has all the information you need, and will offer ongoing support, with Linda.

Dream Big!

 RI are searching for qualified Rotarians and Rotaractors to apply their leadership skills to serve on a committee in the 2023-24 Rotary year. Click here for more info.

 

The Oceania Chapter meeting will be held on 21 July at 7.30pm AEST. Zoom in here.

Let’s plant trees to help our planet! 
Tree Planting Part 2 - Sunday 14 August 1pm
 

A small group of us planted 250 native trees in Tawa during the first half of our mission to plant 500 native trees this year with the Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves.  Huge thanks to everyone who joined the mission.  We were very fortunate to have 8 wonderful Interactors working with us!   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.

Our goal is to keep building on what we have done in the four previous years planting native trees in Tawa.  This is helping to regenerate our native Bush to provide habitat and food for the increasing numbers of native birds, to make lovely walking areas for us all, and to help slow down climate change.  Everyone is very welcome including family and friends – the more the merrier!  Interact and Rotaract members are very welcome to join us!  We had a huge turnout from Interact last year and again in June this year.  We’ve now planted about 2200 trees.    

If you would like to take part, please contact Lisa King by email or on 021 265 6220), or click here.  Lisa is Director of our Community Services Committee and also a member of Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves so she is coordinating our Club’s participation.   Let Lisa know your mobile phone number and email address so she can send you full details about the tree planting and so she can contact you if we need to defer the tree planting for any reason.   Thank you for helping us with this important initiative.

The future looks good!
   Events, Meetings and Speakers we have to look forward to include:  
 
  • Monday 11 July: RC of Sydney - Online discussion: "The role of Bees".  Register here.
  • Wednesday 13 July: RCPN Book Club - Crime theme books
  • Wednesday 20 July: Breakfast at Wellington City Mission, Orange Sky speaking 
  • Monday 25 July: John McKinnon - former NZ Ambassador to China presenting to RCW
  • Wednesday 27 July: Karin Van der Walt: WCC's Kauri Project
  • Wednesday 3 August: Dr Swee Tan and Margie Beattie: Gillies McIndoe Research Institute
  • Saturday 6 August: Ale & Gravy WOAP at Garage Project Tap Room - Details here
  • Wednesday 10 August: Duane Kayle - Sport, Politics and Societal Change
  • Thursday 11 August: Goal Setters breakfast with Paula Tesoriero - Disability Rights Commissoner - info here. 
  • Sunday 14 August: Tree Planting with Friends of Tawa Bush Round 2 (details and registration here).
  • Wednesday 17 August: New member talk - Andy Ellis!
  • Sunday 4 September: Ride the Train to end Polio - Details and tickets available here
  • Wednesday 14 September: Club Forum 
  • Monday 26 September: Panel Discussion on Ukraine - RCW @ The James Cook
  • Friday 30 September: Charity Auction
  • 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

 
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!