This year, Interplast’s volunteer surgical and healthcare teams are once again preparing to travel to developing nations across the Pacific to deliver life-changing surgery and care. The COVID-19 pandemic restricted Interplast to remote support for clinicians and patients in developing nations, for the first time since Rotary co-founded Interplast with the Royal Australasian College of […]
Since August 2020, the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach, Gold Coast and Surfers Sunrise, together with the Rotaract Clubs of Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast Makers, Northern Gold Coast, and Nordwest (Germany), have been jointly implementing a three-stage project to substantially improve the facilities at the Mauna Hospital, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The project was initiated by a […]
By Graham JonesChair, Malaria Vaccine Project Launched in March 2017 by then Governor-General of Australia, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC CVO MC (Retd), the Malaria Vaccine Project (MVP) is a partnership between District 9640 and the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University. The aim of the project is to provide funding for Professor […]
By David Baguley The Botanical Bazaar is a unique grass roots community event that educates and inspires nature enthusiasts of all ages. Staged by the Rotary Club of Gold Coast, it has become the Gold Coast’s premier gardening and sustainability living festival. Not only is the Botanical Bazaar the club’s major fundraiser, it is also […]
For more than 40 years PDG Simon Manning, of the Rotary Club of Kapiti, has been an important part of the New Zealand funeral services industry, especially for his involvement in the disaster victim identification process. By David HaxtonEditor, Kapiti News Simon, from Raumati South, has been made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order […]
Each ANZAC Day, the Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM, NSW, adorns the Murwillumbah Bridge with thousands of gorgeous handmade bright red crocheted and knitted poppies as a tribute of respect and remembrance to those who have served in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. “We definitely put smiles on people’s faces when placing the […]
The successful Riccarton Market, run by the Rotary Club of Riccarton, has been operating for more than 30 years and is now a local icon. From humble beginnings as a ‘boot sale’ in the carpark of Riccarton Mall, the market outgrew multiple venues before establishing itself at Riccarton Park, where it remains today. At its […]
The West Harbour Recreation Trail was a five-year community undertaking completed in 2018 by the Rotary Club of Dunedin, with assistance from the Rotary Club of Dunedin North. Supported by TaskForce Green, with volunteer labour provided by Rotarians, their families and friends, the beautification has included spreading tonnes of woodchips and planting approximately 2,000 native […]
District 9980 enthusiastically took up the challenge to grow pumpkins for polio – a fun way to raise awareness and funds for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. Led by the world’s youngest district governor, Nick Wood, pumpkin seedlings were distributed around the district and 55 growers signed up. The ‘Atlantic Giant’ variety was the pumpkin […]
In 2018, St John, which provides ambulance services throughout New Zealand, was planning to build a new state-of-the-art ambulance station in Cromwell to serve the Central Otago region. The service uses both paid and volunteer ambulance officers. St John had obtained most of the necessary funding, but there was a $243,000 shortfall in costs. When […]
More than 1000 native trees are thriving at a plant nursery within Greymouth High School grounds, ready to be distributed to schools throughout the Grey District – one for every student in both primary and high school – through the Rotary Club of Greymouth’s Trees for Māwhera project. The project is driven by students of […]
Project Starfish is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Dunedin Central. The project was established by member David Black 17 years ago to support those fighting child trafficking and sex slavery in Cambodia and Thailand. “Slavery is bad enough. It gets worse when you add ‘child’, but put ‘sex’ in the middle of it, […]