 The Board and the St. Johns Fellowship team would love to see a large group of St John's members attending next year's District Conference. The theme for the conference is "Keep Rotary Real". Please mark in your diaries now and don't delay registering to ensure you receive the "Early Bird" discount - space is limited: Including the Conference, other activities to join in on are: - District Governor’s Golf Tournament
- Art Deco Walking Tour
- An Art Deco vintage car driving tour
- Hawkes Bay Farmers Market in Hastings on Sunday morning
- Bike winery tour
- Wine tastings at the Conference venue
Registrations are now open! Please "Read More" for links to Registration. If you are interested in attending, please also advise Michelle Forman - Email: mertie.forman@gmail.com |
A well attended meeting highlighted by a great presentation from renown cartoonist and satirist Rod Emmerson.
A very emotional day today with not a dry eye in the closing ceremony - now people know why I continue coming back. After such a high point we celebrated with a cruise boat dinnner at the end of which the skies opened up with a torrential downpour!
An engaging and witty speaker right from the beginning to the end of his talk peppered with various digressions. Rod began his work in the world of satire as a cartoonist in 1987 to “keep the bastards honest”. Rod is also a talented editorial cartoonist, caricaturist and gifted painter. He knew that he could draw but he also had a notorious streak in telling jokes. He’s done a lot in his time such as has being the editorial cartoonist for the New Zealand Herald since 2003. Previously, he was editorial cartoonist for APN News & Media (Australia), based in Queensland. His cartoons were syndicated to newspapers in three states.
This is Waisea Karikaritu. He is a very brave 5 year old boy. Waisea came with grandma from Taveuni to have his eyes looked at by the good surgeons. The number of lives have changed and touched with their sight restored is humbling. Do join Ainie this Thursday, 8 Nov 2018 where she will share with you the amazing project that have been running for 13 successful years and how we can help, plus also other Taveuni projects that have been completed and the upcoming Build Project planned for next year.
A "new"tentative date of February 18th has now been secured. If you are interested in joining the visit to this very special place, please confirm so to Peter Buchanan and sit tight with confirmation of date and cost to be advised shortly.