Rotary Club of Port Nicholson
Rotary Club of Port Nicholson Bulletin 13 February 2019
  President's Message

 

 

Since Wednesday, our Goal Setter Awards breakfast has sold out! Great to hear and to know that we will have 200 people attending an event run by our Club. Congratulations to Jane and your committee for all the work you have been and are continuing to do behind the scenes to prepare for this event.

Thank you for supporting the next pantry stock for a new refugee family arriving in Wellington soon. Marc has received sufficient offers for next weekend. Since July, this will be the fourth family our club has helped, not forgetting the Interact Club’s assistance on the day.

Did you see Port Nicholson featured twice in the latest District Bulletin? Check-out your emails from 10 February if you’ve missed it.

All very inspiring and there’s much more we have been doing towards achieving our goals. I will update members on our latest progress report on Wednesday.

Hope to see you there.

Bev

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Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) 23-27 January
We enjoyed presentations from three young people this week. Firstly, Clare Ennis our RYLA participant thanked Bill Day for encouraging her to apply. Clare currently works for Wellington Hospital and does a range of volunteer work including with Youthline.
 
Clare described her RYLA as 5 days of growth, challenges and fun, enjoying the diversity of the participants, the inspirational speakers and the individual and team activities. A special and powerful activity was writing a gratitude letter, something she hadn’t done before but will do again. And of course, there was the usual raft building at Days Bay – check. And being petrified on the high ropes course but supported through it by the Team – check.
 
Clare acknowledged her great team. They were both productive and communicative but time management wasn’t their forte. Keeping an eye on the time was a valuable lesson she will remember when getting involved in any future projects. Another great lesson learned was that to be a good leader you must make other people the hero - let other people shine.  
 
Clare has used this extraordinary experience as an opportunity to reflect on her future – but also to connect with new friends for life.  Another very happy RYLA alumni who will no doubt continue to make a difference.
Wellington Girl’s & Boy’s College
We then heard from two leaders from Wellington Girl’s College, Daisy Van Wel and Wellington Boy’s Hugh Morrison after they were officially welcomed as Honorary members of RCPN. As is so often the case, these young people lead ridiculously busy lives.
Daisy plays competitive tennis and directs Shakespeare – (shout out to Dawn), she has founded a drama club, directs and performs in musical productions and is building a reputation as a solo singer songwriter. A number of our members have heard her at the Saturday underground market and believe she is a talent we will see a lot more of.
 
At WGC she co-leads with her colleague who has complementary skills making a great team.  Their goals for the year are to aim high and foster an environment of absolute inclusion and involvement in the wider community. She sees involvement in RCPN as contributing to them achieving this goal.
 
Hugh’s activities have a strong sports focus. He has been in the WC cricket team for 3 years and is Captain this year. He plays hockey in winter and is into snow sports and debating.
Hugh made particular mention of the Rotary Peer Support Programme. He feels his School has greatly benefitted from the Programme and he has seen how it positively impacts on the integration of new students into the school.
 
Both Wellington Girls and Boys share the same motto ‘receive the light and pass it on’. At last year’s prizegiving, Daisy found this symbolic passing on of a lighted candle from the outgoing to the incoming leaders a very moving  and powerful experience.
 
Having our School Heads granted Honorary RCPN membership was an initiative Christopher Robertson started in 2008. He has been at every honorary presentation since then - a great initiative Christopher.
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Fiji Rotary Truck - Koroipita, Lautoka
The photo above and below show the truck and the Fijian children making use of it which we help fund for Koroipita Rotary Town in Lautoka, Fiji. This truck came none too soon …as the old truck “blue” goes in more frequently to the garage and for longer periods. an absence of one day is crippling!

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Upcoming Events
Port Nicholson Rotary Club Meeting - VENUE CHANGE
Hotel Intercontinental
Feb 27, 2019
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Goal Setters Awards
Te Papa
Mar 07, 2019
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Harbourside Market Car Parking
Mar 10, 2019 – Mar 17, 2019
 
Martinborough Round the Vines
Mar 16, 2019
 
Countdown to Goal Setters
It is just 18 days until our Goal Setters breakfast at Te Papa.  Adrian Orr, the Governor of the Reserve Bank, will be the guest speaker with 200 attending. Any queries contact Richard Brodie  (Richard.brodie@xtra.co.nz or 027 439 2424).
 
We have invited members of Wellington’s business community to attend and Mr Orr will speak off the record with a Q and A session at the end. We’ve had some amazing applications and deciding on the winners was a difficult task for the interview panel on 14 February. As usual, the winners will speak and we know you will leave feeling inspired.
 
Don’t miss this showcase event!
Congratulations to our own Noel Winsloe receiving his Keyway Award
Wellington Entertainment Books
 
Wonderful entertaining and dining experiences.  Available soon.  $65 per book.
Please reserve your book with joy@prosperity.co.nz
District Conference – Wanganui
17-19 May 2019
 
A great weekend opportunity for Club members in a beautiful city.  Register interest with joy@prosperity.co.nz  We will have a fabulous experience of it.
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Paraparaumu Rotary are organising a Golf Tournament on 14 March to raise funds for the Life Flight Trust. Click here for more information
Waterfront Project Update
A brief update on our December Report: As was referred to in the December Report, the first phase of the Project was to establish our baseline of predator activity. On Saturday 9th February four of us set out 40 chew cards according to the Monitoring Plan design. These were collected up on Tuesday morning and we are now awaiting on the analysis of the predator activity. The good news is that we know that there isn’t a serious infestation of predators along the waterfront!
 
We also met with Wellington City Council personnel this week to discuss possible next steps. Once we get the results of the analysis and a trapping plan we can consider the scale of activity required and how this can best be managed. I would anticipate we will come back to the Club with the next update in the near future.
 
In the meantime – our biggest challenge is to agree on a name for our project – something that will endure and will appeal to our partners and stakeholders. All suggestions welcomed either given to me in person or sent to Brenda.Lazelle@gmail.com
 
Ngā mihi
 
Visitors and prospective members always welcome.  We meet on Wednesdays for breakfast at 7am at the Wellington Club, Level 5, 88 The Terrace, Wellington