Welcome to the Club of Port Nicholson, Candace and Derek!
We are thrilled to have you officially on board!!
~ This week's speaker ~
Ralph Stewart
CEO of Lifetime Retirement Trust.
Lifetime is the pre-eminent provider of retirement incomeproducts in New Zealand. Ralph Stewart began the business in 2013, after seeing the need to provide sustainable income in retirement for the growing number of New Zealand superannuitants. The product provides peace of mind for retirees by providing a regular top-up to New Zealand Superannuation Payments – for as long as they live.
Ralph has also been the Chief Executive of both ACC and AXA, the GM Marketing and Strategy for Tower Insurance and Marketing Director at Jardine Fleming. He will be speaking to our Club about "The Trials and Tribulations of Commercial Innovation".
Please ensure your registration includes any special guests you are bringing, or any meal requirements for the Wellington Club's Chefs.
If the Chefs don't know what you want, they cannot be expected to make it for you....
Member Duties
For the meeting at The Wellington Club at 7am on 3 August:
Desk -- Heather Opening Thought -- Darryl
Greeting -- Bill Introduction -- Tori
Buy the Box -- Heather Thanking -- Brent
Club Reporter -- Brent Parting Thought -- Rob
Please contact Brent to arrange a replacement if you are unable to complete your duty this week
Notices
Ride the Train to End Polio is back!
On Sunday 4 September, a Steam train will be departing Paekakariki on a return trip to Taihape. The train will stop in Levin, Palmerston North and Marton, if you'd like to hop off and enjoy these locales. Tickets are $160pp and can be booked here. Get in quick, as these events often sell out!
See Joy for more info
Once a month the RCW have an evening event from 5.30pm which is open to any Rotarian.
Coming up:
25 July: Presentation of China by john McKinnon- former NZ Ambassador to China
26 September: Panel discussion on Ukraine, led by Alex Sundakov - former IMF staffer for the Ukraine based in Kyiv.
Time flies when you're reading good stuff!! Our book club will be meeting again at the Wellington Club, 5.30pm to 7.00pm on 10 August. This month discussions will centre around books written by female authors.
Tree Planting Part 2
It’s now time for the second half of this important work – to plant the other 250 trees in Tawa on Sunday 14 August at 1pm. If you would like more info, and to take part, please click here.
Meet the Candidates
Rotarians are warmly invited to join RCW at their lunch meeting on 19 September, which will feature a forum with Wellington's Mayoral Candidates.
Darryl's Column
If any of the below three points are you, please contact Darryl.
-- you know of any Ukranian families in the process of resettling,
--are thinking about RYLA - and know a good candidate
-- you are interested in supporting our interactors.
Regionalisation pilot talks - only three left!
Are you worried that you
• are not able to attend a club briefing on Regionalisation?
• are not able to attend District organised briefings on Regionalisation?
• have additional questions or clarifications they are seeking?
You can attend a webinar to fnd out about the future of Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Naoto Segawa received the Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship in 2012. He is currently touring Aotearoa New Zealand presented by Chamber Music New Zealand. As a token of his gratitude, complimentary tickets are available.
The Wellington concert will be held at St Andrews on the Terrace on
About one in four world plant species are endangered, creating urgency to preserve and find artificial ways to protect them. This was the sobering message from Karin Van Der Walt, Conservation and Science Advisor for the Wellington City Council at Wellington's much loved Otari Botanical Gardens.
David Barnes reports.
What can we do? Karin specified that the team always need volunteers, and money for new scientific equipment, as WCC do not see this as part of their remit.
Please reply to the editors with your ideas and if you would like to be a part of our Club supporting Karin, Otari Bush and their mission
I’m back – without Covid, in spite of 7 of our 44 students having it…and 3 million others in the UK as at last weekend.
There is some comfort in seeing masks being worn here, though not the rain! From the hottest heatwave in the UK ever to the drenched landscape here, the world is certainly providing some compelling messages.
Thank you to all who have kept the Club going in my absence, in the many respective ways. Internet access was intermittent while overseas, so I am catching up now. I look forward to seeing all on Wednesday and hearing about what is happening in person.
Keep warm and dry!
Dawn
The future looks good!
Events, Meetings and Speakers we have to look forward to include:
Saturday 6 August: Ale & Gravy WOAP at Garage Project Tap Room -Details here
Wednesday 10 August: No club meeting
Thursday 11 August:Goal Setters breakfast with Paula Tesoriero - Disability Rights Commissoner - info here.
**Please note, black & red items are hosted by PNRC. Items in other colours are hosted externally
Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Club Welfare Officers
David and Linda are available to provide any support needed to help members and their families who are unwell or are in distress.
Please feel free to contact them for a chat, or if you are needing help.
David Barnes: 0273544137, Linda Wellington: 021512489
Please text Fraser Ebbett (WCC) 021 765 694 when you arrive and leave the site.
Date
Trappers
28 May
Jeff Lee
Marc Rands
11 June
David Shackleton
James & Twyla Moran
25 June
Howard Tong
Jenny Flannaghan Tong
9 July
Rick Hughes
Eden Skipper
23 July
Brent Gerrard
Jeff Lee
6 Aug
Peter Whittington
Steve Lawton
20 Aug
Paula McKnight
Dennis Small
As always, if the dates above do not suit you, please feel free to swap.
Thank you for your help with this important club project
If you have feedback for the Editors, or content you would like included in the club bulletin, please send it to rcpnbulletin@gmail.com by midnight on Saturday to ensure its inclusion.
and 3 million others in the UK as at last weekend.
