Welcome to District 9940

Are you someone who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.

Rotary 9940 is the Rotary District for the Lower North Island. It comprises 1,500 members; just over 50 Clubs and endless opportunities to get involved in the community, network, develop and make friends. Additionally, you become a member of one of the largest membership organisations in the world with 1.2 million members worldwide.

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Our Main International Projects

Give Every Child A Future

Three times more women die from cervical cancer in the Pacific than in Australia. In Kiribati, every year 1 in 18 children die before their fifth birthday. Many of these lives could be saved by vaccines.

In collaboration with UNICEF, the plan is to vaccinate 100,000 of the most disadvantaged children and adolescent girls across the Pacific to prevent:

In women, cervical cancer;
In children, severe diarrhoea caused by rotavirus and meningitis, blood infections and pneumonias caused by pneumococcal disease.

This project is running across the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

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The Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation exists to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

In its over 100 years of operation, the Foundation has spent more than $4 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects across the world from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific.

For as little as 60 cents, a child can be protected from polio.
$50 can provide clean water to help fight waterborne illness.
$500 can launch an anti-bullying campaign and create a safe environment for children.

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End Polio Now

Since 1988, we've seen a worldwide reduction in polio cases of 99.9%. For more than three years, we've seen wild polio cases in only two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan - and we aim to eliminate this disease off the face of our world.

The virus is spread person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system, and in some instances, lead to paralysis. Although there is no cure, there is a safe and effective vaccine – one which Rotary and our partners use to immunise over 2.5 billion children worldwide.

Help us achieve this goal.

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Our News

Greetings everyone!

This month is Growing Local Economies Month. In this COVID affected world this takes on particular significance. I have been talking to Clubs about how Rotary Opens Opportunities for us to make an impact in our communities in addressing economic, vocational or social recovery from COVID – encouraging Clubs to consider how they might use their talents, knowledge, influence and experience to address local issues.

Porirua Rotary has grasped this opportunity, applying for a District Grant to support an extension to Citizens’ Advice Bureau in a socio-economically challenged area. A Manawatu network under AG Venky Cannan’s leadership is exploring how Clubs can support Pacific island students who are likely to be stranded and unable to return to their home Islands once the Massey University year finishes. Rangitikei AG Ray Sisley is involved in this too. Venky has great ideas for support and wants to hear from Clubs who would like to explore this opportunity. While District Grants have now been fully dispensed for this year, Clubs may be able to share resources to support this initiative or others in your communities. Your AGs will be very keen to hear of ideas you might have. Please let me know if I can help explore resourcing.