RCPN Bulletin January 24th 2025 (Jan 23, 2025)

Club News

January 26th 2025

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Goal Setters Breakfast 5th March

- speaker confirmed

Erica Standford, Minister of Education and Minister of Immigration has been confirmed as the speaker for the Goal Setters breakfast on Wednesday March 5th at Te Papa. Please contact Mike Selvadurai at mselva5511@gmail.com to book your table or seats today for this wonderful event.

This week's speaker

Susie Robertson CE Kaibosh
Food Rescue needing rescue?

Susie has a passion for people and planet, so for her Kaibosh ticks both boxes with its mission of Zero Food Poverty and Zero Food Waste. Susie’s last role was as the Community Manager at Sustainability Trust, and prior to that working in the youth health and development sector in charities and government. She loves living in the Wellington suburb of Brooklyn with her whānau and their SPCA-rescue dog, Pepper. Susie is happiest taking time out in nature and can often be spotted picking up rubbish off the beach while her dog barks at the ocean.

We are back at the Wellington Club this week for our first formal meeting of the year.

Desk- Brad Weekly

Greeter-Ross Buxton

Kaikohau-Nicole Barker

Opening Thought-Antony Zogg

Introduction -David Barnes

Thanking- Ryan Donovan

Sharing- Mike Selvadurai

Closing thought-Hadleigh Petherick

Club report -Brenda Lazelle

President Jo’s report

Happy New Year to you all.

What a fantastic turnout we had for our last meeting for 2024. Thank to the generous member who sponsored the bubbles and strawberries, a nice Christmas treat.
Our speaker was wonderful, interesting and funny. A great way to finish off the year. Thank you Heather for finding all these wonderful people to talk to us.

On Friday 20 December, Darryl, Yon Yi and I delivered all of the gifts to the Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust. They were so well received, and will be distributed on Christmas Day. It is lovely to be able to share with those who have less than we do. Truly the Christmas and Rotary spirit. Thank you. Our generosity has featured on the Trust’s facebook page.

For the next months we have much to look forward to. The combined Business Breakfast on 26 February where the Honourable Nicola Willis is the guest speaker. February is Rotary Peace Month and Greg Mitchell is speaking to us on 5 February. Greg was a Peace Scholar sponsored by our club. 5 March is Goal Setters, which this year is being held at Te Papa. The team will keep us updated about this fantastic event. March is also Youth Month for us and I look forward to hearing from the young people we have supported in the past year. These are all wonderful opportunities to bring along a friend, colleague or relative so they can see how fantastic we are as a club, and maybe join.

Last Wednesday about 20 of us met at L’Affaré for an informal breakfast. Everyone was in fine spirits, and I am keen to maintain the vibrancy during the rest of my tenure, and beyond of course.

On Friday 31 st, the perambulators take on the Nydia Bay Walk again. This year without torrential rain and howling winds as requested by Peter and Barbara, as well as everyone else who is going. I am so very disappointed that I will not be joining them due to an injury sustained in the Orongorongas on 9 January.
See you all on 5 February.

'Rotary will not go backward nor can it remain stationary. It must push forward.'

Arch Klumph (1910s)

The future looks good

Meetings, speakers and events we have to look forward to includes

29 January-Susie Robertson Food rescue needing rescue?
5 February -Greg Mitchell-Kouttab Pathway to peace
12 February - Nick Duncan Observations of time in Washington DC-
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
12 March - 2 speakers from PFW Update on RCPN trapping and video surveillanc
19 March -Youth Speakers
26 March Ryan Donovan VSA and RYLA
Jumbo tennis - March

Welcome back - a lovely way to start 2025

Last Wednesday about 20 of us met at L’Affaré for an informal breakfast. It was great to catch up and hear about everyone's holiday stories. Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday for our first formal meeting.

Having fun, enjoying life and being happy

Posted on Dec 08, 2024

Lafulafu Ekenasio is the chair of Mafutaga Tagata Matutua PIPC Newtown. She is a natural speaker and presenter and if you were not there, you missed a lot. She was informative, entertaining and a lot of fun.