It’s not often that the success of one Rotary project renders a previously successful Rotary project inoperable! In 1968, the Rotary Club of Christchurch, NZ, installed a plane table at Cracroft Reserve, just north of the Sign of the Takahe, to serve as a guide to the various peaks of...
Children’s fears and worries are not just a passing phase
By Emeritus Professor Ron Rapee AM When I first started working in the field of children’s anxieties, some 25 years ago, many people said to me, “Surely children don’t get anxious”. Sadly, over the past 25 years we have learned that children can and do have many of the same...
Dream, Dare, Deliver: at the 2024 Zone 8 Conference
By PDG Leanne Jaggs Zone 8 2024 Convenor After rediscovering our ‘Moments that Matter’ in 2023, we can now ‘Dream, Dare, Deliver’ in 2024. Join us for the Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island Zone 8 Conference at Rydges/QT in Queenstown, NZ, November 1-3, 2024. The dedicated Conference Committee is...
Improving the mental health of 0-12-year-olds
By Emeritus Professor Michael Sawyer OAM When planning your public relations campaigns, make it as easy as possible for people to get involved and say yes to Rotary. Over the past 20 years, recognition of the importance of good health for educational and later career success has encouraged substantial research...
Putting a stamp on humanitarian causes
A simple idea of salvaging used stamps has raised $150,000 for various humanitarian projects, including EndTrachoma. In 1992, Carrol Farmer, president of the Rotary Club of Bayswater North, Vic, had a club-changing idea. At the time, the club was broke, and her son’s school was raising good money from selling...
Mental Health First Aid
By Professor Anthony Jorm Back in the 1990s, my wife Betty Kitchener and I were walking our dog one evening and had a conversation about why first aid programs like those run by Red Cross and St John Ambulance don’t cover how to help people experiencing mental health crises. This...