Thanks for your support

Tim Beverage

Hi folks, 

Eletisa Kappatos & Juliia Booth 

I would personally like to thank all those who attended the concert this afternoon for their support.  Over 100 attended the afternoon concert at Old St Paul's where they enjoyed New Zealand's top talent in the performance of a wide variety of musical numbers.  A huge thanks to the artists and to members and friends for their support.  The was a 50's bracket, sone Leonard Cohen andbob Dylan - a sprinkle of songs from Miss Saigon and Phantom, and to top it off, Bizet's Carmen and an aria fro Puccini's La Boheme and ending with O mio babbino caro.  Laughter, music and history - all in one glorious package!!

Chris Crowe & Jo Hodgson

The contributions from this concert to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal and the End Polio Now fund could be greater if......(as a suggestion) all Clubs would use their sergeant session this week to ask those unable to attend to contribute towards  the Earthquake

DG Howard

and Polio fund.  Funds could be sent to Judy Dearsely at Eastern Hutt Club to add to the total.  

A huge thanks again to Judy and her team and to all of you for your support.

A good read - water so vital

Read it all here....

See you at Old St Paul's

I'm looking forward to your support today at Old St Paul's - the concert will be an amazing experience for all who attend.  If you are free this afternoon get along to this event and bring your friends - tweet it, face book it, text it - and we will get a great audience for a remarkable entertainment treat.  See you there!

Door sales from 3pm - concert starts at 4pm.

Water Project innovation

Have you seen this? 

PLAY PUMPS

It seems quite ingenious?

 Go here ....

Not too late - door sales available

The weather forecast is for fine weather on Sunday.  Contact your neighbour and come on down to Old St Paul's this Sunday 4pm.  This is a concert too good to miss, and no, this is not just 'sales hype'.  The talent is quite amazing and all in one spell binding concert.  If you work in the Wellington region, spread the word in your work place. Only $45 and this includes light refreshments.

Here is the feature on the Rotary Club of Wellington's Absolutely Brief Newsletter

Proceeds are going towards:

• The Canterbury Earthquake Relief Fund
• End Polio Now Challenge

An excellent Polio update from RI

Rotary International Marks World Polio Day from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Not too late - door sales available

Naomi Ferguson

The weather forecast is for fine weather in Wellington this Sunday.  Contact your neighbour and come on down to Old St Paul's this Sunday 4pm.  This is a concert too good to miss, and no, this is not just 'sales hype'.  The talent is quite amazing and all in one spell-binding concert.  If you work in the Wellington region, spread the word in your work place. Only $45 and this includes light refreshments.

Here is the feature on the Rotary Club of Wellington's Absolutely Brief Newsletter

Proceeds are going towards:

• The Canterbury Earthquake Relief Fund
• End Polio Now Challenge

Momentum is building for our "Polio Riders"

Excitement is starting to build for the fast approaching Cycling NZ for PolioPlus Project which kicks off in just four weeks.

New Wellington Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown, has announced her intention to play a major role in the inter-District campaign to raise awareness about polio and to support the global campaign which is raising funds for PolioPlus from one end of New Zealand to the other.

 

Her Worship will cycle with Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Xaver Hausner, and his friend Oliver Macindoe as they complete the last leg of the North Island part of their journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff on Tuesday December 21.

The trio will be joined by many other cyclists for the last few kilometres from Petone into Wellington where they will be met by a crowd of Rotary supporters at Civic Square.

The Mayor is a high profile cyclist herself and campaigned for a cycle way around Wellington's magnificent harbour.

Groups of Rotary cyclists are gearing themselves up from Northland to Invercargill to ride with the two young adventurers.

Keep up to date with the details of when the riders will be near your town on the dedicated Cycling NZ for PolioPlus website

Would your colleges be interested in good news?

Good News Agency carries positive and constructive news from all over the world relating to voluntary work, the work of the United Nations, non governmental organizations and institutions engaged in improving the quality of life – news that doesn’t “burn out” in the space of a day. It is distributed free of charge through Internet to 10,000 media and editorial journalists in 54 countries and to 3,000 NGOs and 1,600 high schools, colleges and universities. 

Sergio Tripi (President of the Campaign for Good News Agency, D 2080, Italy) writes:

The campaign “Let us take Good News Agency to the schools!” has just completed its seventh year of activity in Italy.  Positive substantial results have been achieved through the work of many Italian Rotary clubs, that introduced this e-newsletter personally to interested teachers of over 170 high schools and colleges.

Internationally, this campaign is entering its third year of activity. The reaction from several District Governors continue to be promising, here there are some other recent messages I received: DG Guido Chaves Montagno, D4290 (Columbia):"We are greeting with emotion and much hope your Good News Agency (...) We will include your mailings in the governor's web page and papers"; DG John Richardson, D7000 (Puerto Rico): " I wanted to take the time to thank you for sharing this information with me. It is truly a wonderful endeavour"; DG Moses Malunda: "I shall circulate to all our clubs (...) I have requested the Chair in charge of New Generations to take a lead"; DG Howard Tong, D9940 (New Zealand): "Thanks for your informative publication. I have linked it on my DG blog".  I will report possible synergies when they materialize.

Here is the latest edition ...

And what can Clubs do?

Sergio writes:

We trust that many clubs in other countries will decide to take this service opportunity to reach the youth with positive and constructive information.  As always, the mechanism is very simple: after “recruiting” a school, the Club sends me its name and e-mail address and from that moment onwards the school will receive the Good News Agency regularly and free of charge.

EL NINA TO BRING CYCLONES TO WESTERN PACIFIC

Weather pattern threat mostly west of date line

MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Oct. 13, 2010) – New Caledonia can expect more cyclones over the next six months, while Samoa, Tonga and the islands across the dateline will enjoy a milder season.

The predictions come following a forecast from the United Nations' weather body, the World Meteorological Organisation, that the La Nina weather pattern is set to intensify in the coming months.

At this stage we have a moderate La Nina and it's still building, and at the moment what the scientists are saying, the scientists within Australia and New Zealand and America are saying, that it's growing and will strengthen, and probably be one of our strongest La Ninas since 1988," said Philip Duncan, Head Weather Analyst with weatherwatch.co.nz. "This means that there's an increased threat of tropical cyclones for those countries that are west of the international date line, so that includes Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji and possibly even the upper part of New Zealand as well."

Super Typhoon Megi ** NEWS FLASH **

The Philippines Government has formerly requested the support of International Aid Agencies following Typhoon Megi which lashed 10 provinces in Northern Luzon, in the Philippines.


Kiwi ShelterBox Response Team members (SRTs) Arnold Kelly (Springs Junction) and Lyndon Tamblyn (Bulls) flew to Manila at the end of last week to co-ordinate the ShelterBox response in the stricken areas where over 1700 families are sheltering in evacuation centres. An intial 200 ShelterBoxes have been despatched to the devasted areas. Today, a third Kiwi SRT Walter van der Kley (Ashburton) leaves for Manila to help deliver the boxes into what is reported to be a large area of devastation.

Happy 25th birthday

To all Rotarians

 

Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (RNZWCS)
is
25 years old today

Congratulations!

Principal Objectives:

• To encourage Rotarians, Rotary Clubs, Rotary Districts and others to participate in meaningful World Community Service projects.
• To assist the World Community Service activities of Rotary Clubs and Districts when called upon.
• To seek and select suitable World Community Service projects and to seek the co-operation of Rotary Clubs and Districts in their completion.
• To liaise with governments and other bodies and/or departments concerning requests for overseas assistance and all matters consistent with the objects of RNZWCS Limited.

As a birthday present why not personally donate $600 to RNZWCS to supply further funding for
Emergency Response Kits

Just visit this site (www.rnzwcs.org)
to ‘deliver’ your birthday gift

Profile through the media

October 2010 PDF Version here ...
Other months copy will be added here in the next few weeks

There are a series of these ads that are sponsored by a group of Wellington Clubs and appear monthly in the Wellingtonian community newspaper.   Feel free to adapt to your own community's needs to increase the profile of Rotary and to inform the public of what Rotary does to Build Communities and Bridge Continents.

Shelterbox Update

October One Voice Newsletter

New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease

A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%. Research published in The Lancet shows that the new vaccine, already used in Afghanistan, India and Nigeria, is significantly better at protecting children against polio than the current popular vaccine. It has. Scientists behind the work believe the new vaccine could help to finally eradicate the disease.
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11621842

An earlier Rotary Press Release (Dec 2009)
Afghanistan first in world to use new vaccine against polio

Snippets of Sunday's Concert

Listen to Tim Beveridge Come Fly With Me

Listen to Ivy Rose Padilla




Listen to Naomi Ferguson




Listen to Julie Booth

Concert now on STUFF!

 
For those overseas readers "STUFF" is our local newspaper web site.

The Sunday concert is now listed here ...

And on Wotzon.com here ...

World Polio Day

Another great Rotary Blog with interesting photos and the title says it all - 200clubs200days

Rural - Urban Visit (well done New Plymouth)

Newly elected Mayor Harry Duynhoven (left) has a
few words after Brya Hocken unofficial 'mayor' of Tarata
welcomes town and country folk to the evening.

I like this concept - where the townies and the country folk get together...

"In lieu of the usual weekly meeting New Plymouth Rotarians and partners traveled by bus to Tarata for their annual get-together. Rotarian Willie Still has been organizing Rural/Urban visits for many years. Places visited in the past include Tariki, Wai-iti, Okato & Oakura all small rural townships in Taranaki." More ...

Eastern Hutt in the frame

08004Rotary

Many of you in New Zealand may not know there is an 0800 number which is supported by all 6 Districts in New Zealand.

It receives calls from all quarters and last month 140 calls were logged - District 9940 accounted for 20% of this total.  It can reach as high as 250 calls per month.  The calls last month covered such subjects as:

• Assistance for Hearing Assoc
• Howick, Waimate, Ashburton, Plimmerton and Tauranga book fairs
• Spirit of Adventure sponsorship
• Science School applications
• Donation to Polio Plus from woman whose husband had polio & son a TRF Scholar
• Rotary club addresses
• Raffle results
• Young man wanting to know about leadership courses
• Funding for an art project
• JR McKenzie Youth Education Trust applications
• Visiting English Rotarians wanting meeting times
• Wanting to borrow a quick fire raffle wheel
• Outward Bound sponsorship
• Free piano to a good home
• Help for children at risk
• Candidates wanting club contacts to offer election addresses
• Contact for Lautoka RC president
• Probus contacts
• Lady wanting garden help
• ANZSE information
• Info on Rotary contribution to Samoa Tsunami relief
• Skilled migrant programme
• Circus Quirkus contact
• RYLA application form
• A Rotarian from the Waikato checking that the 0800 system works!!!