Maddison (Maddie) Faber, President of the

Rotoract Club of Wellington.

 

Rotaract is Rotary International’s Service Club for young adults aged 18-30. It is Rotary’s mechanism to introduce and engage young adults in their early career phases in the ethics and ideals of Rotary so the next step to becoming a Rotarian is a natural progression.

 

  

 

President Jim gave the club feedback on members’ responses to questions from Paul Atkins CE of Zealandia regarding future support options. Members clearly indicated they were still

in support of doing physical projects and volunteering with others to help achieve these ends for Zealandia.

Club members also responded with second equal support to assist Zealandia with marketing and communications and helping to “tell the Zealandia story” and to provide help with the 25 years celebration for Zealandia. 

These plans will be developed for Club membership involvement.

Dr Clarke started work on the book last year. It will be part of a suite of activities under what is called the Mana Tangata programme, to celebrate the centennial of Rotary. The programme will be formally launched at Government House in June. Mark Wheeler told the Club that Rotary on the eve of its second century in New Zealand can maximise opportunities for growth and influence especially with projects at home in New Zealand and in our close sphere of influence in the Pacific Basin. He referred to the many projects launched in the early years of Rotary which took off through the decades to help the economic and social growth of New Zealand, and to provide assistance to communities suffering with a lack of infrastructure and services for well-being especially in the Islands.

Mark spoke at length about setting up a Trust to oversee the planting of trees in New Zealand, a project which Rotary strongly endorses and Rotary Districts in New Zealand are working hard to bring communities and clubs together to spearhead the development of partnerships on tree planting. He said this has been a strong endeavour of the Rotary Club of Wellington which has actively pursued tree planting with various community groups for several years. He sought support from the Rotary Club of Karori to take a strong lead on tree planting in our catchment area. He also outlined plans for the immunisation programme as part of the Centennnial programme to help eliminate cervical cancer in Pacific islands. Mark said all these programmes and others being developed under Mana Tangata would help make Rotary relevant for the next 100 years.