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Donna Reed gave us her Viewpoint tonight about Teaching in the 21st Century. She said that through the eight weeks of Keeping Safe at Home bubble, the gains in the use of technology and screen time by tamariki (children) need to be continued ... Keep Reading
Last evening we had a ZOOM talk from Scott Scouller who is CFO and deputy CEO of Summerset, the retirement village operator. His address was detailed, frank, and fascinating.Scott gave us an insight into how Summerset began, and its extraordinary growth over the last 20 years ... Keep Reading
John Barber gave us his Viewpoint this evening. So far as technology and the future is concerned, he said the present generation is of the greatest help because we don’t know life without technology and the present generation are able to teach us ... Keep Reading
We were treated to a trip through New Orleans via an International Rotary Friendship Exchange and given some good advice about Covid-19 and unemployment ... Keep Reading
Chris Garrett and Anne-Marie were married in February, and had planned to honeymoon in New York. As it turned out, places became available at the last minute on the District 9940 Friendship Exchange to New Orleans, and they jumped at the chance to join it ... Keep Reading
The Treasury says unemployment might peak at 10% as a result of Covid-19. Others say this is too conservative and it might get a lot higher. For comparison, the highest rate in recent times was 11% in 1991 and before the pandemic it was about 4%. So my viewpoint is this: buy local for now, but return to free trade tomorrow ... Keep Reading
Last night’s Zoom speaker was District Governor (Nominee) Mark Wheeler, who is coordinating the District response to our 2021 Rotary Centennial celebrations. As we all know, Rotary began in Chicago in 1905, and found its way to Australia and New Zealand in 1921. There are now 1000 clubs in the Oceania region ... Keep Reading
Colin Whyte spoke to us about the differences between Zoom and face-to-face meetings, DGN Mark Wheeler gave us an excellent rundown on the Centennial Project and we caught up with what some of the members have been doing ... Keep Reading
Phillip Reidy reported that it might have seemed that we have forgotten about one of Plimmerton Rotary’s bigger projects but that is far from the truth. As has been commented on previously, Te Ara Piko has been built in a series of stages and has reflected life ... Keep Reading
Catholic Social Services provides support to Kahungunu Whanau Services, a Kaupapa Māori social service agency, and Housing First Provider. Just before Christmas last year many parishes and communities of the Archdiocese contributed household goods that enabled Kahungunu Whanau Services to house 2 families in time for Christmas. Over the... Keep Reading
It's good to know that our International Student, Theo, is safely home and to hear some thoughts about how cruising might take on a new 'look' in the future when world travel takes on a new form ... Keep Reading
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 lockdown haven’t prevented Wellington Catholic Social Services (CSS) community facilitator Paul Alsford from getting on with reaching out, making connections and building relationships. Part of the realignment of CSS’s mission in 2019 included giving a higher priority to moving out into parish communities... Keep Reading
Bill McAulay gave us the Viewpoint tonight. He said, 'My viewpoint is that we have an opportunity to reset what New Zealand wants from the tourism industry - specifically what we want from the NZ Cruise Sector after Covid-19 ... Keep Reading
It would be difficult to imagine a topic more interesting and relevant to Rotarians, especially with the pandemic hanging over us. Dr Kate Gregorevic is a clinician and researcher at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and highly qualified in her field of geriatric medicine and the science of longevity ... Keep Reading
Keith Harrison gave us his viewpoint on 'Crisis leadership and leadership in crisis'. He said that for the last four weeks he has been stuck in his Covid bubble so it is unsurprising that all he has to talk about at the moment is this all-consuming global event that is affecting every single person on the planet to some degree ... Keep Reading
Wellington Riding for the Disabled at Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, Paekakariki Hill Road, Porirua - see their website.
Rotary Club of Plimmerton
Wellington Catholic Social Services