MARION JOHNSTON
DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2018-19
Rotary Club of Wanganui North
Kia Ora Ano
I hope you all had a good break over the Christmas/New Year period and that you have returned to your clubs re-invigorated and ready to take on more service to your communities in the second half of our Rotary year. With Waitangi Day celebrated this month, it is timely that our Rotary theme for February is Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution.
Rotary International President 2018/2019, Barry Rassin, in his February 2019 message to Rotarians, challenges every Rotary Club to come up with at least one high - impact service project.
ROMAC - Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children
ROMAC is a project of the Rotary districts in Australia and New Zealand www.romac.org.au
Interplast is a dynamic organisation which has developed from a partnership between Rotary and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Details of its work in the Asia Pacific region are available on its website
To celebrate 100 years of Rotary in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands in 2021, Dr Stephen Clarke, a professional historian, has been commissioned to research and write a landmark publication on Rotary in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, 1921–2021. Dr Clarke started work on the book in last year. The book will be part of a suite of activities under what is called the Mana Tangata Programme to celebrate the Centennial. The programme will be formally launched later in the year. Hamish Dick, who is a student at Victoria University, is working with Dr Clarke over the university holidays as a research assistant. Hamish would like to make contact with each of the Rotary Clubs in our Rotary District and, at this stage, is looking initially for the following information:
LIz Courtney (Rotary Public Image Coordinator for New Zealand and the Pacific) writes
Hello to all Rotarians,
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