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February 9th 2025
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Goal Setters Breakfast 5th March

We have selected some incredible finalists and are thrilled to once again be hosting our Annual Goal Setters Te Ao Mārama Awards, this year, at Te Papa.           

 We would love for you to join us.

Please contact Mike at mselva5511@gmail.com to book your tickets today.

 

This week's speaker

Greg Mitchell-Kouttab- Pathway to Peace

Greg was a Rotary Foundation World Peace Fellow in 2003 - 2004 sponsored by Port Nicholson Rotary Club. He has subsequently worked in many roles including being Deputy Ambassador at the New Zealand Embassy in Cairo during his time with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is currently working in the National Security Policy Directorate, part of the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet. His Linked-in profile states that he is a 'policy and strategy professional in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, responsible for cross agency coordination of some of New Zealand's most complex issues".  

Our Duties
February 12th 
Desk- Joy Durrant
Greeter-Lindsay Chitty
Kaikohau-Marc Rand
Opening Thought-Dawn Sanders
Introduction -Paula Smith
Thanking- David Quinn
Sharing- Tony Herring
Closing thought-Spencer Petherick
Club report -Anne Hare
President Jo’s report 
 
It is wonderful to be back into the 2025 Rotary cycle. As I said last week, we have much to look
forward to. Business breakfast on the 26 th combined with Karori and the Hon. Nicola Willis is the guest speaker.That is followed by Goal Setters on 5 March, this year at Te Papa with Erica Stanford as guest speaker, and of course the inspiring stories from our award recipients.

 
This week we heard from our member Nick Duncan about his time in Washington DC in the
Department of Defence, and next week we will welcome Greg Mitchell one of the Peace Scholars we sponsored. These two speakers are fitting in this month which is Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution month.

It was a pleasure to host Jocelyn Hogg our District DG this week. Here is the email she sent to me the next day: “Just a quick note to say thank you for the invitation to your meeting this morning which I really enjoyed. It was run extremely well and professionally. I was made to feel very welcome by your members which I appreciated. I look forward to joining you all again on the 5th of March at the Goal Setters Breakfast."
 
The Board has its first meeting of the calendar year on 20 February. On the 25 th , Linda, Heather and I are meeting to develop the information paper regarding potentially raising our annual subs which will come out to all of you for consideration.
The future looks good
Meetings, speakers and events coming up
  • 19th February Frederic Bemak and Rita Chi-Ying Chung  Mental Health Humanitarian Work in Challenging Times
  • 26 February- Nicola Willis Business Breakfast
  • 5 March -Goal setters Ki te Ao Marama Awards 
  • 7 March- Jumbo tennis
  • 12 March - 2 speakers from PFW Update on RCPN trapping and video surveillance
  • 19 March -Youth Speakers
  • 26 March Ryan Donovan VSA and RYLA
Another splendid adventure to Nydia Bay
This week we heard from Rick and Linda about the perambulator’s Nydia Bay adventure, which it certainly turned out to be in regard to travel. Thank you to Peter and Barbara for their wonderful organisation and Bill and Sue for being wonderful hosts. Everyone who went had a superb time and enjoyed the stunning scenery.

                      In case you missed it...

Nick *  and Hawt latte land
  *  Duncan has been away from the club for over three years enjoying, at tax payers’ expense, a working holiday in DC – or Washington to the rest of us. OK, not really a holiday, but you can decide after you have read this.
 
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Kaibosh food rescuers

In the Wellington region, Kaibosh has 35 staff (12.1 FTEs) and 220 volunteers over its 3 branches. To demonstrate the scale of the operation, last year volunteers donated 7000+ hours, doing food pickups, sorting and repackaging it prior to its distribution to partner agencies for allocation to those in need. Food is checked for food safety and quality and what doesn’t meet quality standards is turned into soups or preserved by their kitchen kai providers. There is very little waste. 

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February 2025 Duties
Kaikohau (Expression of hope)
        Nau mai ngā hua
        Nau mai ngā pai
        Nau mai kia nui
        Kia hāwere ai
        Tihei mauri ora
       
         Welcome all things that have grown
         Welcome all things that are good
         May they be plentiful and abundant
Port Nicholson Rotary Board Members 2024/25
President                        Jo Douglas
Community Services     Marc Rands
Club Services                 Heather Lucas
District Liaison               David Shackleton    Lifting the LId                 David Shackleton
Public Image                  Heather Lucas
Membership                   Brent Gerard
Projects                          Anne Hare
Youth                              Antz Zogg
Past President              Tony Robinson
President Elect             Nicole Barker

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