The Rotary Club of Newmarket’s commitment to supporting the environment continues with a new university scholarship. Rotary International Past President Paulo Costa’s Preserve Planet Earth (PPE) Program, established during his term in 1990, was the inspiration for the Rotary Club of Newmarket, NZ, to form an environment committee and undertake...
Rotary 100 years. 100 kauri trees. For $100 a tree.
By Bill GrieveRotary Club of Takapuna North Gill and Kevin Adshead are committed environmentalists who, over the past 10 years, have successfully re-established kiwi on their 1200ha farm on the Kaipara Harbour North of Auckland. They retired from running the farm to devote their energies full time to conservation and...
New style clubs for a new Rotary future
Attracting a record 383 new members in 365 days to its 58 Rotary clubs, forming five new Rotary clubs and positively growing 31 existing clubs, District 9640 was a star performer in 2020-21. We spoke with Immediate Past District Governor Andy Rajapakse about how he and his team did it....
Emergency Response Kits: Rotary’s first responders
Emergency boxes were first introduced in 1983 by the Rotary Club of Eastern Hutt, NZ. The concept was a box, targeted at the Pacific Islands, providing immediate needs for a family that had lost its possessions in a cyclone or similar event. The box was a wooden flat pack for...
Agent of Change
Disability rights advocate and peacebuilder Dr Robbie Francis Watene has achieved a lot in a short amount of time. The international scholar, social entrepreneur, and published author has spearheaded research on gender, war and human rights, and as a proud disabled woman, advocates for and develops more inclusive and peaceful...
Shared stories, shared scars
Ann Lee Hussey has made the eradication of polio and the alleviation of suffering by polio survivors her life’s work. She has shared her story hundreds of times, carrying the message of PolioPlus around the Rotary world and beyond, raising money and creating new converts to the fight. She is...