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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 COVID-19. “Penny arrived in New […]
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 nothing to do with her […]
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 to adapt technologically during the […]
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 a reforestation project on Motutapu […]
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 predator control. More than 100 […]
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. Last Rotary year was like […]
Emergency boxes were first introduced in 1983 by the Rotary Club of Eastern Hutt, NZ. The concept was a box, targeted at the Pacific Islands, providing immediate needs for a family that had lost its possessions in a cyclone or similar event. The box was a wooden flat pack for assembly and filling by clubs […]
Disability rights advocate and peacebuilder Dr Robbie Francis Watene has achieved a lot in a short amount of time. The international scholar, social entrepreneur, and published author has spearheaded research on gender, war and human rights, and as a proud disabled woman, advocates for and develops more inclusive and peaceful communities. By Kylie Hatfield Having […]
Ann Lee Hussey has made the eradication of polio and the alleviation of suffering by polio survivors her life’s work. She has shared her story hundreds of times, carrying the message of PolioPlus around the Rotary world and beyond, raising money and creating new converts to the fight. She is determined that no child will […]
Rotary International Past Vice President Dean Rohrs’ life-long quest for equality and peace has taken her many places, including prison! By Kylie Hatfield South African-born humanitarian Dean Rohrs has championed change for women and girls around the world for decades, having dedicated her life to improving opportunities for those carrying the scars of injustice and […]
There are approximately 20,000 Indigenous businesses across Australia, and they represent a growing segment of the national market in many different sectors – hospitality, tourism, arts and crafts, earthworks, and various trade networks. Now, a new program has been developed to build business acumen skills and knowledge for Indigenous businesses. A unique Indigenous business development […]
The Rotarians for Bees (R4BEES) group was initiated by John McCaskill in 2018 as a project of the Rotary Club of Canterbury, Vic. The focus of the group is to highlight the vital importance of bees and pollinators in sustaining life as we know it. Bees and other pollinators pollinate nearly three quarters of the […]