News and Blogs

The Myanmar Homework Club staged a fundraiser on 19 December 2020. Christalin thanked everyone who attended in support of the event ... Keep Reading

Leigh Corner gave us his Viewpoint tonight. He asked, Why am I concerned with the decrease in biodiversity, not just in New Zealand but globally? Keep Reading

On Friday 27 November Discovery School again hosted the Rotary Primary schools speech contest, and a very fine and popular event it turned out to be. The nine schools in the Paramoana cluster take part in the contest, and they take things very seriously ... Keep Reading

The annual golf tournament to raise funds for the Mary Potter Hospice was held on Friday 27 November 2020. The tournament was run by Chris Garrett with help from many Plimmerton Rotarians ... Keep Reading

Keith Harrison gave us his Viewpoint tonight in which he laid out carefully considered reasons why we should not expect much to change ... Keep Reading

There was a big turnout this week as we hosted Spinnaker Toastmasters, who demonstrated the elements of one of their regular meetings ... Keep Reading

Rhondda's Viewpoint was that Bridge needs to be taken more seriously by the news media. New Zealand has a large number of players and we do very well on the world stage ... Keep Reading

Helen Woolner was a student at Porirua College and at the age of 16 found herself pregnant. Helen’s field of work is the study of natural products, and more recently traditional medicines, for which she was awarded a Post-doctoral fellowship by the Health Research Council .... Keep Reading

It’s always a pleasure when our District Governors make their annual visit and bring us up to date with Rotary matters at local and international level. Our DG in this Covid-troubled year is Gillian Jones, who arrived with her husband, Kevin ... Keep Reading

Bryan Waddle gave us a satirical Viewpoint tonight with his tongue firmly in his cheek ... Keep Reading

The Ministry of Primary Industries is providing funding to help Rotary to grow their 100 Forests of Peace and Remembrance. The area being planted by Rotarians is a crucial link between Taupō Swamp and the sea. It contains important ecosystem services in filtering nutrients and buffering floodwaters from the Taupō catchment ... Keep Reading

This week’s guest speaker was Christine Hurley, of the Rotary Club of Wellington. She talked about the Australasian Rotary Centennial Project, which is just completing the first of its three years. In partnership with UNICEF, the project will immunise 100,000 children across nine Pacific countries ... Keep Reading

Graeme Blick gave us his Viewpoint tonight. He said ... 'We live in an age where we have all seen huge technological advances from the introduction of television the use of the PC; and the introduction of cell phones and smartphones 'For my part, for the past thirty years I have been involved in and seen the development and wide... Keep Reading

This week’s guest speaker was Prof Justin Hodgkiss, of Victoria University and the McDiarmid Institute. Justin has had a stellar career in research, graduating from Otago University initially, and then a doctorate at MIT followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Cambridge ... Keep Reading

Bob Austin gave us the Viewpoint tonight. He said, 'My message is that when you have a down time, reflect on the golden times we have had in our generation. Positive thoughts will help you return to normality.' ... Keep Reading