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Oct 16, 2020 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
We have secured another shift for our Rotary Club at the Distribution Centre at Auckland City Mission. It is located at 15 Auburn Street, Grafton. The Distribution Centre plays an important role in ensuring that donated goods are distributed to those in the community who need them the most. Volunteer activities: Packing food parcels | sorting donated food | sorting donated clothing & linen| assisting drivers on deliveries and pick-ups | general warehouse cleaning | assisting with any other tasks as required. Health & Safety: There will be a health and safety briefing. Please wear light practical clothing and closed footwear suitable for working in a warehouse. Most of the tasks include light to medium physical work, the majority of your time will be spent standing. We need 6 volunteers to complete this role. Get in touch with Chris if you have any questions. |
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Oct 24, 2020 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Please join us for another Downtown Fellowship Wallk & Coffee this Saturday at 9:30am at Victoria Avenue in Remuera. Partners, friends, familes and dogs welcome. Coffee break will be at Kings Garden Centre. The meeting spot is at the lower end of Victoria Avenue in Remuera, weather permitting. There is easy street parking available. The path is all boardwalks and footpaths so its very accesible. We will walk torward Orakei Basin, where we will have tea or coffee and then head back to our vehicles. This will take between 1 hour and 1 and half hours in total. Please join us if you can, and get in touch with Elaine Ebbett if you have any questions about this walk. If you'd like to host our next walk in your local area, please get in touch with Kat Trevor. |
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Nov 01, 2020 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Greg Moyle is on the hunt for some helpers to join him on the farm on Sunday to work in the orchard.
As you know Greg provides huge support to the club by way of his produce and providing gardens in schools.
BBQ lunch will be provided......thanks to Alan Deal who has offered to be chef of the day.
Address: 220 State Highway 27, Mangatarata - kick off time 10/10:30am.
(approx. 1 hour drive from Auckland)
Any questions give Greg a call 021 444 339.
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Nov 03, 2020 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
It's time for the big race and this year we are hosting our Melbourne Cup at Sheila & Tom's Place! Mark this date in your diary and invite partners, family and friends. It's a time for Fellowship, so please bring a plate of nibbles or sweets to share around at the end. They'll be prizes to be won and we'll have sweepstakes to run! Don't forget to BYO wine (otherwise it might be an awkward time) The BIG RACE happens at 5pm sharp! But don't worry, we'll get you home before dark. This event includes a casual meal, and we'll charge you just $20 - what a deal! We'll need some help to set up, so let's all muck in for The Melbourne Cup! |
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Nov 07, 2020 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
We are looking for members to try out our invigorating, healthy, Saturday morning walk (weather permitting), This is on this weekend on Saturday 7th November starting at 9.30. We'll walk from lower Victoria Avenueto Orakei, and morning tea or coffee and fellowship. Bring family, friends and dogs, Look forward to catching up for a fun get together, Kind regards, Elaine and Frankie. |
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Nov 10, 2020
Ian Proudfoot leads KPMG's Consumer/Industrial Markets and Agribusiness lines of business. He provides audit and transaction services to clients in a wide range of sectors, including agribusiness, retail and distribution. Ian joined KPMG in London and transferred to KPMG Auckland in 1996. Since that time he has undertaken a diverse range of client assignments including a 12 month secondment managing financial reporting and consolidation for a major New Zealand company. |
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200 Women: Who will change the way you see the world
Nov 17, 2020
Ruth Hobday is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Blackwell & Ruth. She has worked on a www.blackwellandruth.com 200 Women: Who will change the way you see the world
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Nov 28, 2020 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Join us for an invigorating, healthy, Saturday morning walk (weather permitting), This is on this weekend on Saturday 28th November starting at 9.30. Meet at the lower end of Victoria Avenue and walk to Orakei, enjoy morning tea or coffee and fellowship. Bring family, friends and dogs, Look forward to catching up for a fun get together, Kind regards, Elaine and Frankie. |
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Dec 02, 2020 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Please join us for our annual Rotary Christmas Party. Following the great feedback from last year, we've decided to support our local free house and go to The Conservatory in Wynyard Quarter again. It will be a great night to celebrate the rather interesting year we've had with Rotary friends, family and our community. This is a mix and mingle event with fresh seafood, delicious charcuterie platters, 18" pizzas and dessert. The cost for this event is $30 and will be charged to your Rotary account. Please note that drinks are to be purchased seperately at the bar, or you are welcome to set up a tab. You can find paid parking at the Jellicoe Street carpark or on the surrounding side streets and we cerainly encourage you to car pool, taxi or Uber if you are enjoying a couple of drinks. We can easily accomodate gluten free, dairy free, vegan and vegetarian, so please let Kat know if you have any dietary requirements. Get in touch with Kat or Gareth if you have any other questions. We are here to help. We look forward to celebrating the year that was, rather than the year that could have been, and enjoying some much needed Christmas Cheer with you all! |
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Dec 15, 2020 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM
We invite our Rotarians, families and guests to join us for our final meeting for 2020 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell. As per last year, a wonderful finger food breakfast will be catered for by Delphine Feasts, tea, coffee and juice will be available. Cost for this meeting will be $30 per adult, in order to have the catering requirements right on the day can you please register yourself and guests by Tuesday 8 December and please make a note of any dietary requirements or email me gillj.downtownrotary@gmail.com with details. Please also advise if you will be bringing any little people along as we will be able to supply a childrens menu at $10 per child. |
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Jan 19, 2021 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Please join us for the first meeting back of the New Year. We've planned a fun fellowship event for you all so you can mix and mingle with friends and family too. Please note, there is no charge for under 18s to this event so bring along your extended family if they might find it interesting. We are kindly being hosted by Sustainable Coastlines who will give a short speech about what they do for conservation. Sustainable Coastlines is looking forward to hosting The Rotary Club of Downtown Auckland at their wonderful Flagship Education Centre -a truly unique building that was designed to align with the Living Building Challenge the most sustainable building framework possible. We'll hear from Stephanie Vercoe, Strategic Partnerships Director, about their mission to enable people to look after the coastlines and waterways they love. We'll learn about how Sustainable Coastlines work with their sleeves rolled up to keep coastlines and waterways healthy and beautiful, by delivering coastal clean-up events, educational programmes, riparian planting projects and by training community groups to become citizen scientists to gather data on the litter they find on our beaches. This meeting is charged at the usual $25 per person fee, and this includes some lovely finger food that will be served at the event. This venue is BYO, so please bring along something to drink and share for the evening. There is plenty of parking in the Jellicoe Street carpark and on surrounding side streets, at a reasonable price. Hopefully the sun is shining and we can enjoy the good weather together with members, friends and family alike. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Jan 22, 2021 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Melody Robinson - TVNZ Gen. Mgr of Sport & Events
Jan 26, 2021
Melody started out as a journalist graduating in 1996 from the Wellington journalism school. She has worked for nearly every media company in New Zealand, most regularly SKY Television where she covered and hosted three rugby world cups, 14 years of Super Rugby and Mitre 10 Cup, women's rugby world cup in Ireland, two netball world cups and the ANZ championship, Rio Olympics and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She has also been a freelancer for World Rugby as a commentator. In 2018 she completed her MBA and consulted for two New Zealand companies. She has recently formed The Wonderful Group to encourage more diverse, more empowered women in sport media. |
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Christine Gill - Exec Director Osteoporosis NZ
Feb 23, 2021
Christine is the Executive Director of Osteoporosis New Zealand. After graduating from Massey University with a BSC (Biochem), Christine started her career as a member of the Connective Tissue Research Group, Department of Surgery, at Auckland University’s School of Medicine. Following some years gathering experience in the infant nutritional and pharmaceutical sectors, Christine held the position of General Manager of Horleys where she and her team developed a number of nutritional products targeting specific demographics within the market. For the past decade Christine has co-founded Flavorjen – a company providing innovation through the incorporation of specialised ingredients into the food and beverage manufacturing sector. |
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Celia Robinson - Founder Tend
Mar 09, 2021
Cecilia Robinson is most recognised as founder and former CEO of My Food Bag but the experienced entrepreneur founded her first business Au Pair Link in 2007, aged 21, with husband James Robinson. Cecilia’s work as a Swedish au pair inspired the business, which became Australasia's largest and the first global agency to license au pairs. Au Pair Link transformed the ECE sector and was sold to Evolve Education Group in December 2014 contributing interest to its NZX and ASX debuts. In 2012, the Robinson Duo founded My Food Bag, bringing on Theresa Gattung, and chef Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie as co-founders, launching consumer meal kits in March 2013. Within three years, My Food Bag amassed more than 50,000 customers with revenue exceeding $100 million, transforming the online retail food sector and Kiwis mealtimes. In 2016, the founding team sold 70 percent of the company to Waterman Capital. In 2018 Cecilia and James retired as CEOs remaining as directors. Since inception, MFB has delivered more than 60 million meals, has become the third largest food retailer in New Zealand, is the largest, most profitable food kit in the world, and reaches 90 percent of Kiwis through its delivery network. MFB is committed to the wellbeing of Kiwis and alongside delivering 10,000 meals each month to New Zealand charities, during COVID lockdown 2020, it launched the Back-up Bag, a world-first product. It was designed for charitable deliveries and as a home “safety” food box, and delivered 35,000 meals during Easter. In 2020, motivated by a vision that “our children and the children of New Zealand don’t deserve to inherit our healthcare system”, Cecilia and James founded Tend Health to optimise every Kiwis’ healthcare experience. The digital-first primary healthcare platform brings together formidable New Zealand leaders, including PushPay CPO, Josh Robb, and Harvard educated Dr Mataroria Lyndon as Clinical Director. The remaining team includes 20 extraordinary health professionals, technologists and entrepreneurs committed to transforming healthcare for all generations. In 2013, Cecilia won the EY Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and in 2017 she won the Business Enterprise Award and the Supreme Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards. As a mother of two young children and passionate advocate for women and mothers, Cecilia launched one of the most generous private company schemes in NZ with provision for 18 weeks paid parental leave. She is an avid mentor of women in business and the community. She is currently mentoring two startups and established business women juggling a post-COVID lockdown economy. Cecilia is founding Trustee of The Prince’s Trust New Zealand focussing on Youth Entrepreneurship and the Environment, and supports multiple NZ charities and social enterprises. |
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Fraser Whineray - COO Fonterra
Mar 16, 2021
Named Chief Executive of the Year in the 2019 Deloitte Top 200 Awards, Mr. Whineray is not only one of the most accomplished NZ business leaders, but also well known for his stance on sustainability. Mr. Whineray will talk about sustainability in a New Zealand context, sharing facts and curiosities from both his business and personal experience. |
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The sport and overoming fear
Mar 23, 2021
Iris Schmidbauer has hurled herself off high places all over the world while competing on the Red Bull Cliff Diving circuit — and is one of just three women who can do a back triple somersault with double twist from 20m. But it’s not just the height factor that Iris has to get over when she competes, with divers like herself also hitting the water at about 80km/h. Iris came to New Zealand on a well-earned holiday at the end of last year's competition but thanks to Covid-19 has been training here ever since. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, though, with the self-taught cliff diver using the chance to brush up on the basics, even if it is in two parts from the 10-metre platform. The 2020 season's events were cancelled, which means the 25-year-old spent the whole year in New Zealand. But she’s hoping to stay longer after applying for a talent visa.
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Mercy Ships
Mar 30, 2021
Graeme Walls Director, Mercy Ships New Zealand Being inspired by the work of Mercy Ships in 1983, after visiting the m/v Anastasis during its New Zealand tour, I joined the crew and over the last 38 years have served on many vessels in many roles, including school teaching, leading an adult training school, Director of n/v Island Mercy, Director of Mercy Ships Australia, COO of both the m/v Anastasis and the m/v Africa Mercy and for the last 13 years in my presence position as Director of Mercy Ships New Zealand. I also met my wife NZ Sharon during this time, becoming the 98 couple to have met and married on the Anastasis and producing 3 three children in proceeding 6 years. When I first went on board the Anastasis I felt a strange impression that this vessel was going to be my home for a period of time, so I suppose you could say that this was my calling. This morning I will be sharing a presentation about the “Three Pillars of Mercy Ships” and how this brings sustainable change to Health care in the countries we visit. Also a little on what’s been happening over the last year during this Covid season.
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Viv Beck - CEO, Heart of the City
Apr 13, 2021
A great city needs a beating heart Over the last year Auckland’s city centre has been hit by a perfect storm, with the loss of international spending, people working from home, and the impact of large-scale, long-term construction. Viv will talk about this experience and Heart of the City’s work relating to recovery and transformation, as well as the future of Auckland’s city centre. |