Greetings from Napier – Lockdown at whatever level for September.
Twenty-one members appeared on screen for the Zoom meeting.Guest speakers were Carol-Lynn Hill (principal) and Ana Stites (senior teacher) to speak about Wharepapa South School. “Growing Happy and Successful Learners”
It was good to hear of the activities of the school from these two dedicated and enthusiastic teachers.
Wharepapa South is a rural school with 37 pupils and great community support. They spoke of teaching the children about caring for the environment, growing and cooking the vegetables from their school garden and caring for chickens.
Brain Burrough mentioned at the Zoom meeting that we have been invited to join Havelock North Rotary’s Zoom meeting to hear Abbas Nazari speak on Monday, September 6th.The meeting will commence at 5pm and conclude before 6pm.
One of the children on that fateful voyage, The Tampa, was Abbas Nazari who has now published a book about his childhood in Afghanistan and the circumstances which drove his parents to find a safer place for their family to live thousands of kilometres away.
Abbas and his family settled as refugees in New Zealand. Whist a specific RSVP is not requested, out of courtesy, please advise David Smith if you wish to join the meeting, particularly as there is a limit of 100 attendees.
Anjum Rahman was our Guest Speaker and she was inspiring.She was born in India, lived in Canada for a brief period of time then at the age of 5 years arrived in Hamilton in 1972.
At Silverdale Primary School she was the only non-European child.
Their family was the first Muslim family to settle in Hamilton.
Lisa Carrington, our brilliant Golden Girl from Ohope, New Zealand’s greatest ever Olympian.
3 Gold Medals at Tokyo to go with Gold in London and Gold & Bronze in Rio
Pat Seymour on behalf of Life Education National Office presented President Ray with an Outstanding Community Award for the amount of support Rotary has provided since it was started in Gisborne.Gisborne West was highly involved with getting it off the ground providing funding and expertise with ongoing support with management.
Rotary has continued to provide donations towards costs since this time with them being the major recipient of money raised in the Duck Race.
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A Night of Moonshining!!Raewyn introduced Jean who entertained everyone telling us about the Eastern Bay Wine Makers and Brewers Club and introduced us to some of their treats.
Later in the year, they are going to host a nationwide meeting in Kawerau showing off and comparing their wines, beers and liqueurs.
President Lynette thought it would be fun if we learnt how to make liqueurs to be tasted and judged at our end-of-year meeting when they should be well matured
Hard at work, working up a sweat is the Rotary Stortford Lodge men's over 100kg Rowing Coxless Eights
Bitter determination and Tennent's Bitter Ale spurs the team to higher and higher attainments.
Finishing last again was put down to not having a boat.
Meanwhile, the women's sculling fours seemed all at sea around the scone table but managed to win First in Their Class (whatever class that was).
Last Meeting
We had 2 Speakers, a Mother and Daughter combination of Donna and Danika Bergersen.
Danika spoke of her experiences as BMX Rider. At the age of 12 years, she has done remarkably. She competed in her 1st race at the age of 7 years, came 1st at the Nationals at the age of 8 years.
Over recent years in 2020, she was 2nd at the North Island Championships and Waikato Regional Sportsperson of the Year in 2021 so far has taken out the South Island championships and 2nd at the Nationals.
Shelley: Reminded us that the world-famous Whakatane Rotary Car Rally is scheduled for 16 & 17 October.She needs the number confirmed by the end of next week and will be emailing the club for entries.
A fun event that is highly recommended.
Remember that what happens on the rally stays on the rally and the Four Way Test does not apply.
A Day in the Life of an Essential Worker….Chris Bullen Last year the government classified Radio 1XX as an Essential Service, which meant that announcers, journalists and a few key administration staff were required to maintain programming as much as possible. This resumed under Level 4 this August.
Over the past few weeks, I have presented the breakfast news, which has entailed driving through empty streets to arrive at 1XX by 5.15 am. Once inside the deserted building the first step is to use a sanitised wipe to clean all the door handles. Next, I wipe the computer keyboards and mice, then the telephone keyboards and handsets. Not so easy to wipe the microphone and headphones! The sanitizing may seem unnecessary but the government made it clear if we were to operate during the lockdown, we would have to take extra precautions.
A number of months ago, Taradale Club President Claire Connor, shared a teddy knitting pattern at a Rotary Club meeting, and since then a number of Rotarians, and the odd non- Rotary supporter, have been busy knitting teddies for Elizabeth Wright at Interplast.At last count, a total of 34 teddies have been knitted, stitched, stuffed and despatched and the ‘’Taradale Rotary Queen of Knitting’’ Kathy McQuade has completed around 25 teddies of those so far, and there are more in the making! The teddies are given to children at the time of receiving life-changing surgery, from Interplast.
Tēnā koutou katoa,
We hope you and your whānau are keeping well during this current Covid-19 outbreak. In these uncertain times, we have answers to your questions about the virus, the vaccination, and heart health.
Also this month, our latest TV ads about heart attack warning signs hit our screens. We're encouraging people to recognise the symptoms of a heart attack and call 111 straight away – making the right call is the best chance you have of reducing long-term damage to your heart.
Kia ora,We hope that you and your family are managing to stay safe and well in your bubble amidst New Zealand's Level 4 lockdown.
At this time, as we are all reminded of the importance of having a safe place to call home, our thoughts turn to those in Haiti.
On Saturday, August 14th, Haiti was struck by a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake - damaging or destroying 137, 000 homes.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Interplast and its volunteers across Australia & New Zealand continue to provide life-changing care to patients. Interplast is providing virtual training and remote mentoring to surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals in 24 developing nations.
With the support of Interplast and Rotary, doctors like Bhutanese Sonam Jamtsho continue to receive necessary training and mentorship, which enables him to continue changing the lives of Bhutanese patients in desperate need.
Rotary’s Learning Center has hit new milestones as members use it more.
Here’s what our research shows about how people used the Learning Center last year (from June to June):
Here’s what our research shows about how people used the Learning Center last year (from June to June):
Together we raised $10,570 from the Interplast Raffle
The Hope Family teddy bear raffle was supported by almost all the 9930 Clubs and Rotarians. I was delighted with the response.
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