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Local News and Events
DG John's Message
Kia ora koutou katoa
Rangimārie ki a tātou, peace to us all.
 
This month is Rotary Peace and Conflict Resolution month.  Applications for the next round of Rotary Peace scholars opens this month.  This is Rotary’s most prestigious scholarship currently awarded and the hunt is now on for outstanding candidates.  Contact our District Peace Co-ordinator marioncowden@gmail.com
 
Peace can flourish whenever minds are open.  My club is currently in dialogue with a Wellington-based leader of the Muslim community in New Zealand.  At the local level we are each very interested in understanding more about each other.  We are both open to building a new and evolving relationship.  You could consider the same with your local Muslim or other communities.
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Exemplary " Service Above Self"
Immediate Past District Governor Marion Johnston presents Rotarian Ganesh Cherian with a Paul Harris Sapphire pin - a District 9940 award for his tireless work as immediate past RYLA programme director. Current programme leader Paul Newsom is in support.
 
 
 
 
 
DG John H Mohi congratulates Garnesh Cherian on receiving a prestigious District PHF award for exemplary “Service Above Self” at the conclusion of RYLA 2020.  
 People Working Together for Peace

By Erin Thomas, Magdalena Zurita), Wes Hedden, Yung Nietschke and ElsaMarie D’Silva, Rotary Peace Fellows and Provisional Board of Directors for the Rotary Peace Fellowship Alumni Association. At the Rotary Peace Symposium and Peace Fellow Conference in June in Germany, 80 Rotary Peace Fellows had the opportunity to come together and share our work, insights and ideas for building peace. We also discussed how to work together more closely as a network of 1300+ peacebuilders, alumni of the Rotary Peace Fellowship program, from over 100 countries. We were convinced that there was a need to gather as a group of talented individuals: professionals with expert knowledge and vast experience, passionate about building a more peaceful world.

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 Your District Needs You!
Have you considered being on a District Committee?
We’re keen to identify enthusiastic Rotarians who would like to have an involvement beyond their Club level. You may be an experienced Rotarian, a relative newcomer wanting to be further involved or a Rotaractor keen to develop your leadership potential.
You are likely to have a special interest / expertise in a particular field, be it Communications, International service, Membership, Youth programmes, Club Development, Foundation – the list goes on.
Check out the Directory for our range of District committees and contact me if you’d like to know more. 
We’d love to hear from you.
Gillian Jones DGE. Gillian.rotary9940@gmail.com. Phone 0274403764.
 Inspired to take Rotary into the future - International Assembly in San Diego January 2020 - DGE Gillian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What an amazing experience we have had in San Diego!  Kevin and I ( DGE Gillian Jones), along with the five other New Zealand based incoming Governors and their partners, spent an exciting week of training and camaraderie with DGEs and partners from around the world, becoming inspired to take Rotary into the future. Our incoming Rotary International President, Holgar Knaack (standing to the left of  DGE Gillian, top left photo!) from Germany, is a very warm and personable leader who passionately encouraged us that Rotary open opportunities.
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Happy 115th Birthday, fellow Rotarians and members of the family of Rotary!

Rotary International President- Mark Maloney ·Saturday, February 8, 2020 

Much has changed in the world since 1905. Then, the global population was roughly 1.7 billion. Today, it is 7.7 billion. There were 5 telephones per 100 people in the United States 115 years ago. In 2020, it is estimated that 96 percent of the U.S. population has a cellphone — and both China and India have more than a billion cellphones in use.

In the 115 years since Rotary was founded, seemingly everything has changed except Rotary values. We began, and remain, committed to fellowship, integrity, diversity, service, and leadership. While our Service Above Self motto dates to 1911, the ethos behind those words had already been ingrained by Rotary's founders.

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 Movie Generously on Offer as a Fundraiser

 

 

Rotary Club of Plimmerton had this movie as a fundraiser.  Director Tony Sutorios,  from Plimmerton, also did the Question and Answer time after the movie showing. Their son Theo is currently our Rotary exchange student outbound to Netherlands.  

Tony is prepared to offer this movie to District 9940 Rotary clubs as a fundraiser, as part of the launch outside the Film Festival  the red carpet event is at the Embassy in Wellington 10 Feb. Part of the publicity will include the Breakfast programme on TV one and TV 3 as well as an interview by Kim Hill

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Disappointing Polio Statistics
We dreamed to “End Polio” for some years, could 2020 be the year!!!
 
It was unfortunate that we had 165 cases of the wild polio virus in 2019 after just 33 in 2018.
It is disappointing but in 2005 India they had 66 cases rising to 874 in 2007 before steadily dropping to 1 in 2011, before being declared “Polio Free” by WHO in 2014
We hope that Pakistan and Afghanistan follow a similar but quicker and less severe pattern with a drop beginning in 2020.
 
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Conference 2020 REGISTRATION is LIVE!
You can now register for the 15-17 May 2020 District Conference #TātouTātouE #TogetherWeConnect. The process is online, through the conference website here or paste this URL in your browser: https://rotary9940.org/page/conference2020.
Your registration covers the fabulous venue, exciting speakers, Friday night welcome supper, Saturday lunch, tea/coffee breaks on Sat/Sun, and… the Saturday night Dinner & Dance with the RNZAF Jazz Band! Earlybird registration is open until 31 March 2020:
                Earlybird:                          $295
                Youth:                                $125
                Late people from 1 April: $340
Payment is through the online registration site (see the BIG button on the website), so you will need either a credit or a debit card on hand.
Registration for District Assembly training on Sunday afternoon 15 May is through the same registration process. For those registering for District Assembly, there is no extra cost, and there is an extra lunch (Sunday).
***CLUB PRESIDENTS: You may like to consider how you can use this conference and registration process to encourage more involvement by your members and develop club spirit. Perhaps buddy up people to help those who would find online registration a ‘bit too techy’ for them? How about sponsoring the youngest member of your club, who may find it more financially difficult than others but who would benefit from exposure to the wider Rotary family? ***
 
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District Information
 
District Bulletin
February 2020
Feb 10, 2020
January Bulletin 2020
Jan 07, 2020
RI Convention 2020 - Hawaii
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