Club Meeting 30 September 2026
Sep 30, 2026 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
This week our speaker is:
Sarah Morris
Campaign to encourage participation and community power in response to creeping authoritarianism
Sarah is a prominent NZ social justice advocate who commenced her role as the Advocacy and Policy Manager for Amnesty International Aotearoa in June 2026. Her byline on her LinkedIn page is “It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness". Working for peace, social change, justice, equity and inclusion by promoting and protecting human rights for all.
She has had an extensive career focusing on human rights, community mobilisation, and systemic decolonisation.
Drawn to social justice through storytelling, Sarah trained as a journalist. She then moved abroad and established a career in international development working for aid agencies like Oxfam supporting community development projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. After returning home to New Zealand in 2008, Sarah reoriented her career and worked for UNICEF and the Office of the Children's Commissioner advocating for children’s rights. It was during this time that Sarah started to learn more about Indigenous rights and how the application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi can help communities to collectively navigate the interconnected challenges of inequity, discrimination and climate change in Aotearoa.
Please register yourself and any guests for next week's meeting no later than 6pm Sunday 27 September (best do it now) with details of any dietary requirements, so that we can advise attendance information to the Wellington Club.
Please note - if you register after the cut off of 6pm 27 September or just turn up - there will not be any breakfast available. You are able to have tea and coffee only.
Duties for the meeting (please see sheet attached for an outline of each duty):
Desk - 6.45am Fiona Smith
Greeter - 6.45am Jeff Lee
Set up/Pack up - 6.45am Cameron Dittmer
Kaikohau Howard Tong
Opening Thought Tony Robinson
Introduction Darryl Ross
Thanking Paula McKnight
Parting Thought Brad Weekly
Club Reporter Julian Bateson
Photographer Rob Whitney
If you are unable to perform your duty please get someone else to stand in for you and advise our President David Barnes ( david.barnes.s@gmail.com) and Jo Douglas (joanna.douglas1954@gmail.com) who the replacement is. See attachment for duty roster for the next 2 weeks.
Notes for the coming weeks meeting:
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RSVP no later than Sunday 27 September, 6pm (Best do it now).
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Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington Club staff. No registration will mean no food and possibly no seat.
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If you have any dietary requirements and are having a full breakfast, please note them in the comments section of the registration
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Include your email address and mobile phone number in the response
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If you wish to bring guests/spouse/partner, please add them when you register
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If you do not receive a confirmation immediately after you have registered, you have not completed the process.
Looking for the register button? If coming from an email first click on the "View Details" button. Then look for the big blue button near the top right. If it is after 6pm on Sunday, the register button will no longer be available.
