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Welcome to Rotary District 9930 ~ New Zealand

District 9930 lies in the heart of the North Island. It is a land rich in history, in agriculture, in tourism, and in technology.

The little village of Maketu is the site of one of the earliest Maori settlements in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Many towns of the East Cape region of our district share these Maori cultural roots, as do most communities in our district. The Coromandel Peninsula towns of Thames and Paeroa witnessed the gold rush fever of the 19th century. Tourism flourishes in Rotorua, Mt Maunganui, Hawkes Bay, and Taupo. Agriculture abounds from the kiwifruit orchards of the Bay of Plenty to the dairy farms of the Waikato, to the vineyards of Hawke's Bay, to the vast forests of the central region. Our largest city Hamilton is a hub of technology and higher education, and New Zealand's largest port, Tauranga, drives the economy of our entire region.

And in every one of the areas, you will find Rotary clubs that serve their local communities as well as Rotary's global mission. We are 50 clubs powered by nearly 1,500 Rotarians.

Take time to explore District 9930. and see how Rotary "Serves to Change Lives".

Rotary's Thoughts are with Tonga

Kia ora,

It's a very anxious and unsettling time right now for anyone with family and links to Tonga.

Here at ShelterBox New Zealand, we continue to send our thoughts and Aroha to the Tongan community, following Saturday's underwater volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami.

Welcome to Rotary Araceli

The Rotary Club of Kawerau was pleased to welcome Araceli into membership at their Christmas night.

Araceli is originally from the Philippines and has been living in Kawerau for 35 years with her husband and son.

Araceli has a long work history as a Migrant Interpreter for a Finance Company. She is still working but her husband has now retired. Araceli has always been a hard-working community person and has been involved in areas such as the Kawerau Community Board.

She is also very active in tramping, bush walking and harriers.

She has wanted to join Rotary for some time and meeting up with President Lynette at the Covid Jabs Project provided a golden opportunity to discuss it with her and she is very excited to have this chance to continue working for our community.

Rotary Stortford Lodge Reviews its Membership Criteria

Rotary's Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group

Happy New Year to you and your District, 9930.

Because of the far-reaching impact of Covid-19, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group’s work is needed now more than ever.

World Vision released a report last year on the impact of Covid-19, providing the following statistics:

13.6 million more children will suffer from wasting or acute malnutrition by 2022 due to COVID-19 impacts
Children suffering from wasting are 11 times more likely to die from preventable diseases than those that are well-nourished.
The impacts of childhood malnutrition can last a lifetime, harming their ability to learn, earn and reach their full potential as adults, which also has significant economic implications, nationally and globally.

Please could you share this email with all clubs in your District? We’d welcome the opportunity to present to these clubs so that they can learn more about us and how they can have an immediate impact.

Greetings From Our Reinvigorated District Governor

Welcome to the new year – 2022. This month’s theme is dedicated to Vocational Service.

Team work is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments towards organisational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. (Dale Carnegie). This is Rotary, too.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from District 9930

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Rotary's New Member of the Month

Rotary Whakatane's new member, Trudy McKinnon grew up in Opotiki.

After an O.E. in London, she returned home in 1994. She experimented with several careers from fashion, sports massage and lifeguarding.

Moved to Cambridge and this is where her love of real estate began, with Harcourts Cambridge which she loved. In 2010 she decided it was time to come home as her mum is here.

She had a short stint at Rosita’s and then White Island tours. Whilst there she wrote a small book called Peter the Great (The White Island Cat), which has raised approx $2,000 for kids’ cancer over the past few years.

She then decided to give real estate another go and here she is, 10 years later. She lives with a standard poodle called LOLA and 2 ginger cats…. Kevin and Mickey

Environment is Rotary International’s 7th Area of Focus.

Rotary Greenmeadow's guest speaker – Lynne Anderson (Ahuriri Rotary Club and chair of the Hawkes Bay Environmental Committee) gave an informative presentation on all matters environmental both locally and internationally. Protecting the Environment is Rotary International’s 7th area of focus.

Rotary International's Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) was set up in Sao Paulo in 2015 to become the voice of Rotary on the environment. It currently has members in 75 countries and in 12 Regional Global Chapters. Oceania comprises Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands and totals 1380 Rotary clubs and over 42,000 Rotarians

Why Rotary has to get its Public Image Right.

A quick hunt in your search engine will provide the following definitions of Public Image:

Ideas the public has about a person or an organisation;
The opinion that many people have of a person;
An image of something that is not a true representation of reality.

Is this what we want to portray – something that isn’t a true representation of what Rotary is?

Make Rotary Thrive in 2022

At this time of year, my thoughts are turning towards New Year’s resolutions.

The festive season is a perfect time to reflect on the year that’s been and make plans for the year ahead. As we approach 2022, I hope you will resolve to do even more to Grow Rotary in our region.

These are the resolutions I hope you will make to help Rotary thrive:

Enhance the member experience – Every member comes to Rotary with needs and expectations. We need to focus on delivering an experience that meets those needs and delivers value to individual members. Commit to creating a more member-centric club.

Salvation Army Donation from The Rotary Club of Greenmeadows

Two members of the Rotary Club of Greenmeadows – Alan White and Denise Brown were responsible for the major collection and handover of Christmas hampers to five families referred to the club by the Napier Salvation Army.

The final combined handover for the five families (comprising 25 parents and children) was 17 hampers. In addition to the hampers, there were six Christmas bags of personal gifts for each individual in the family.

In addition, one family received a family pass voucher to the Ocean Spa, and nine KMart vouchers were donated totalling $345.

How to Double the Size of Your Rotary Club in 60 Minutes.

David Higgs faced a challenge when he took over as the president of the Rotary Club of Henderson, Texas, USA.

The club was down to less than 20 members and fewer than a dozen attended weekly meetings.

That’s when he came up with a plan, including encouraging club members to make a big deal of their installation dinner and work together to invite 100 people to the event.

Read about how their efforts helped double the number of members in a blog post for Rotary

Rotary says Leave No Girl Behind

In his address to the Rotary International Convention in June 2021, Shekhar Mehta urged Rotary members to put improving girls’ futures at the forefront of their work.

Mehta made empowering girls one of his presidential initiatives, and his focus is particularly timely. Women continue to face economic hurdles, declining levels of political participation, and challenges in the workplace, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the things that has extended the amount of time that experts estimate it will take to close the gender gap. Read what Rotary is doing to empower girls and women.

50 000 Rotarians Smashed The World Record

This photo was taken OnThisDay 7 years ago! 50 000 Rotarians smashed the world record for the largest human flag after certification,

literally flying the flag to keep India polio-free.

The ShelterBox + Rotary Story

We'd also like to remind you that we are available to deliver presentations to Rotary Clubs in 2022.

If we can't come to your Club in person, we're happy to connect virtually.

Over recent months, ShelterBox New Zealand Board Member, Peggy Carlaw, has delivered many virtual presentations to her local clubs.

Check out what she had to say about her experience:

Rotary's Polio Success in Numbers

POLIO NEWS DECEMBER 2021

Wild Poliovirus in 2021 (2020)*

Global Total: 5 (138 last year)

Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus in 2021 (2020)*

Global Total: 484 (809 last year)

*Data as of 14 December 2021. Numbers in brackets represent data at this time in 2020.

Breakdown by country
Polio this week

Rotary Outward Bound Scholarship Winner - Maui Hunt

Maui Hunt's story of his experience at Outward Bound: Anakiwa

It started with an early rise at 6.30 am on the 5th July 2021. I travelled by myself to the Wellington airport to jump onto another plane to Picton. A van ride to Picton ferry, and a calm ferry ride across. I landed in Anakiwa at 10.30 that night.

It was a great experience. The trip was designed to gain life skills, meet people and work with different people from around NZ, and experience the outdoors. Most of what we had to do was quite easy, but to some, it might have been challenging. With my experience jumping off the McLarens falls bridge I didn’t fear the 22m of a cliff into the water. I recognised some needed some help and I encouraged them to jump. It was COLD!

Te Aroha Rotary Well on Track