Finally, after a long COVID-forced delay, ROMAC has a new patient – Penny from Tonga – who has been treated in Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital for a serious cardiac condition. Penny was granted a special humanitarian visa by the New Zealand Government, as Tonga has had no registered cases of...
Paul Harris recognition for young cancer survivor on a mission to give back
Presented with the Young Person of the Year award in 2020 and the NSW Women of the Year ‘One to Watch’ award in March, Dubbo’s Molly Croft is no stranger to acclaim. Now, the teenage cancer survivor has a Paul Harris Fellowship to add to the haul… although accolades have...
2023-24 Rotary International President announced
By Ryan Hyland Gordon McInally, of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Scotland, has been announced as the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2023-24. He will be declared the president-nominee on October 1 if no challenging candidates have been suggested. Gordon lauded Rotary’s ability...
Going green for more than 30 years
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....