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Duty Roster 25 February
Attendance
Barton, John
 
Wine Raffle
Rood, Henk
 
Bar Clean Up, Glasses
Yiavasis, Luke
 
Opening Thought
Frazer, Allan
 
View Point
Watt, David
 
Setup: Bar, Tables And Chairs #1
Oldham, Richard
 
Setup: Bar, Tables And Chairs #2
Titcombe, Graeme
 
Bar Duties
Barkham, Julian
 
Introduce Speaker
Langford, Doug
 
Thank Speaker
Johnston, Jim
 
Visit To Wellington Childrens' Hospital
Wellington Children's Hospital Under Construction
 
Thirty eight Rotarians from Karori, Port Nicholson and Mt Victoria Rotary Clubs gathered at the Wellington Regional Hospital on 12 November to learn more about the construction of the new Wellington Childrens' Hospital due for completion in April 2021.
 
Fellow Rotarian and Chairman of the Wellington Hospitals Foundation, Bill Day, welcomed everyone and gave an outline of the progress to date to build the three story new Childrens' Hospital with the generous funding of $50m from property developer and philanthropist, Mark Dunajtschik, supported by Government funding and community giving.
 
 The new hospital will cover an area of 7500 sq metres, using 950 tonnes of structural steel, 1.2kms of floor beams and 45 base isolators to deal with seismic activity. The new hospital will have a 900,000 population coverage area from Whanganui across to Hawkes Bay down to Nelson and Marlborough.  The Foundations has in addition sought funding support from a wide group  of community organisations including Rotary in District 9940 to raise $6m for fit out purposes. The hospital will have two rooms given by District Rotary for family use.
 
Rotarians viewed the construction works from a balcony at the hospital on a beautiful Spring evening then joined together for a meal at the Wishbone café in the hospital.
 
Paediatric Surgeon, Brendan Bowkett
 
Well known Wellington Hospital Paediatric Surgeon, Brendan Bowkett, is pictured speaking to the group of Rotarians about the importance of the new Hospital to provide holistic care for children with all sorts of needs and attention. Brendan has worked prominently with Rotary through the ROMAC programme bringing in children to Wellington Hospital from  the Pacific Basin and elsewhere in urgent need of surgery .
 
Irish Ambassador HE Peter Ryan
 
HE Peter Ryan At Business breakfast
 
 
At the Rotary/ANZ Business Breakfast meeting on 21 November the audience was treated to an address by the Irish Ambassador, HE Peter Ryan, with the Ambassador being formally introduced by Luke Yiavasis.
 
Ambassador Ryan gave a wide ranging address. Stressing the similarities between Ireland and New Zealand HE touched on common values. He talked about strengthening the relationship between our countries through trade and travel and the influence that Irish migration had had in various parts of the world. In New Zealand approximately 14,000 people are Irish born. Many opportunities exist for the 2 countries to co-operate and the ambassador identified the creative space, high tech industries and tourism. Both countries face similar issues with the stewardship of large marine zones and with their approach to climate change.
 
On the trade front the Ambassador discussed the turbulence times caused by Brexit question and the pathway that Ireland is looking to over the coming years in trade and the country’s well-being.. Senior ANZ executive, Andrea McDonough moved the vote of thanks to the Ambassador from the meeting.
 
This was a well attended meeting. Our thanks go to the Irish Ambassador and his staff, also to our friends from the ANZ and from neighbouring Rotary and Lions Clubs.