The Rotary Peace, Remembrance, Community and Forest Park was born out of a major disaster – the 2011 earthquakes, which devasted large tracts of land and displaced large parts of the Christchurch population. This area is known as the Dallington Loop and has the Avon River running alongside it. The City Council designated this area […]
Hadlow to Harbour Fun Run/Walk (H2H) is a project of the Rotary Club of Timaru North. The annual non-profit fun run, supporting charities in South Canterbury, has been held for the past 50 years. The 10 km course begins at Hadlow, just beyond the western edge of Timaru, and winds its way through the city […]
The first anniversary of the launch of the Bins4Blokes campaign is this month, coinciding with World Continence Week, June 21-26. hen a patient opened up about the challenges of living with incontinence, men’s health physiotherapist Dr Jo Milios knew something had to be done. Having had the opportunity to work with thousands of men undergoing […]
Hosted by 10 New Zealand Rotary clubs, the Kids Foundation and one lucky Lions club, Circus Quirkus NZ is a non-animal circus spectacular – a blend of great world-class circus acts, including acrobats, clowns and contortionists, whimsical juggling and more. Tickets are sponsored by local businesses, with the complimentary tickets then distributed to charities supporting […]
Based on Kaurna land on South Australia’s Adelaide Plains, the Adelaide City Rotaract Club (ACRC) is the first within Rotary to have developed a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), endorsed by not-for-profit organisation Reconciliation Australia. By Katey HallidayACRC RAP chairperson and member of Rotary International’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce ince 2006, RAPs have provided an […]
A walking path through the Orokonui Ecosanctuary is another project of the Rotary Club of Dunedin. Since the construction of the path, the club has had ongoing involvement with the sanctuary. Orokonui Ecosanctuary is an outstanding example of a partnership involving input from volunteers and experts, with financial resources coming from many sources. It is […]
Early bird tickets are now available for all Rotaractors and Rotarians in Australia, New Zealand and across the Pacific to attend the Zone 8 Better Together Conference in Canberra, ACT, from October 28-30. The conference is set to be the first in-person zone event since the COVID-19 pandemic and is shaping up to be a […]
Rotary SAFE Families has had its Guide for Prevention of Abuse in Australia translated into five languages to inform our non-English speaking communities on the prevention of family abuse. Rotary SAFE Families has continued to work hard with its commitment to engage Rotarians and the Australian public to become responsible and informed in how to […]
By Nicole ShanksPublic Relations Director, Rotary Club of Dubbo West The Rotary Club of Dubbo West became involved with the Western Cancer Centre in 2015, when doctors Florian Honeyball and Colin McClintock came to their meeting as guest speakers to discuss the need for a positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanner in Dubbo. This piece of […]
By the Rotary Club of Dubbo For the past two years, the Rotary Club of Dubbo has hosted Santa photos with a difference. Drawing on what had been an unusual and often unsettling time for people, the club came up with Santa Paws – photos of pets with Santa. With pets often being the only […]
The National Cartoon Gallery is Australia’s only dedicated cartoon gallery, exhibiting the largest private collection of contemporary cartoons in the Southern Hemisphere. It is organised by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City. The original gallery is housed in an underground WWII bunker that has been converted into a funky exhibition space. The creation of […]
Tasmanian Rotarians Phil and Joyce Ogden mount their tandem bicycle to stage an epic fundraiser in support of Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. PDG Bob AitkenRI End Polio Now Coordinator, Zone 8, 2018-22Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains, NSW With 30 years of tandem cycling behind them, the duo will leave Perth, WA, on May […]