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INSIDE: New Rotarians Paul Harris Fellows 2 Iron to help Fijians 2 Rotary Friendship Exchange 3 Vocational team heads to Mongolia 4 Chartering of NRG 5 How new health and safety laws 6 affect volunteers and charities RYLA 2016 7 District 9980 Rotary Newsletter - APR 2016 ROTARY IN THE SOUTH INTRODUCING OUR NEW DISTRICT GOVERNOR NOMINEE Hi, I am Andrew Hamilton, and I have had a wonderful journey with Rotary. I look forward to a very exciting couple of years in the run up to being the 2018/19 District Governor for District 9980.

I joined Rotary in 2005 and was lucky enough to be invited to join a strong Rotary Club, the Rotary Club of Central. meets on Tuesday nights. It’s a great group of people who enjoy contributing to Rotary and having fun along the way. During the past 11 years I have been the Club Treasurer, on the Foundation Committee, Director of Membership and President for the 2014/15 year. Like everything in life, you get out of things you do, what you put into them, and Rotary is no exception. You get to meet some amazing people, do some great work for those in need, make a difference and experience fun and fellowship at the same time.

I am lucky enough to have been married to Barbara for 23 years and we have two daughters, Abbey and Laura. Like most families life is busy. With both girls very involved in sport, Barbara spends many hours in the car clocking up kilometres. Family holidays (never enough!) are highlights of our family life, a time when we can do things together, travel and explore new places.

Raised on a Northern Southland farm, I enjoyed a rural upbringing, before attending boarding school, studying Commerce at University, working in both Dunedin and for Ernst & Young and its predecessors. Arriving back from London with the strong calling of the , I returned to Dunedin. Barbara and I owned and operated a book shop which we ran for five years. During this time we founded a Chartered Accounting Practice. Twenty three years later we have nine employees and a busy, growing business.

I look forward to meeting and getting to know as many Rotarians as possible over the next three years during what I am sure will be an interesting, inspiring and rewarding journey!

The nominating committee’s recommendation is to be confirmed at the District AGM 14 May 2016.

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Thank you for all you have done so far this Rotary I’d also like to mention the year. I’m blown away by the generosity, goodwill fantastic news that the district’s and kindness of Rotarians. The activity within clubs is first vocational training team (VTT) received approval from the Rotary simply amazing! Foundation and is headed to I’ve been lucky enough to attend some of the following activities: Mongolia in May for a midwifery • The chartering of the District’s newest club, NRG Invercargill project.

• The launch of the NRG Queenstown, as a satellite club of Rotary Queenstown The Peace is Possible team also • Successful Rotary Youth Leadership Academy for 31 participants headed to Turkey, despite the high

• Orientation Day for the Rotary Australia and Student Exchange terror alert issued for that country participants and I am really looking forward to hearing about their experience at • Relay for Life with Rotary Cromwell conference. • 40th Birthday for Invercargill East Rotary

• Attending the Rotary Foundation Million Dollar Dinner Congratulations to Rotary and Dunedin East Rotary for being • St Patrick’s Day with Rotary 1st and 2nd respectively in the • Visiting Rotary at their NEW venue District for Foundation giving, per • Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Dictionary in Schools project with capita 2014-15. Invercargill North Rotary Lastly, PLEASE get those • Participating in the “Drive a Dream” fundraiser, Invercargill East conference registrations in, • Prizegiving at the Invercargill North & East Golf Tournament www.9980conference.co.nz

• Attending SSPETS and Showcase See you there! • Visiting Rotary Mosgiel to acknowledge the effort of Rotarian Lindsay Thorburn, Karen for the Corrugated Iron project in Fiji

DISTRICT CALENDAR CONDOLENCES 24-30 April World Immunisation week Our sympathies go to club members and families of the following: 27 April DG visit , Taieri PDG Doug Hay Balclutha 2 May DG visit Milton Bill Armitage Dunedin East 4 May DG visit Aparima James Henry Dunedin South 8 May Mother’s Day Alan Smith Invercargill 13-15 May District Conference, ILT Malcolm Lindsay 15 May International Day of Families (Life member of Waitaki club)

21 May NZ Youth week Ian Middleton Timaru North

29 May-1 June Rotary International Convention Seoul, Korea

1 District 9980 Rotary Newsletter PAUL HARRIS NEW IN THE SPOTLIGHT FELLOWS AWARD FOR CLUB ROTARIANS MEMBER

Congratulations to the following Rotary in D9980 welcomes the Wanaka Rotary Club member Tony Paul Harris Fellows: following new members: Brown has received international recognition for his tireless work in Alexandra Richard McKenzie Cromwell Sarah Bond bringing in new members to the club. Georgia Jackson Cromwell Andrew Burton Rotary International President Anne White Ravi Ravindran has sent a letter Sharon Booth congratulating Tony and letting Dunedin Ruth Empson Sally Angus him know he will receive special Robert Washick Wendy Dennison recognition, including his name being (non-Rotarian) Dunedin North Erin Hogan part of the New Member Sponsor Gallery on the Rotary website. Taieri Murray Pridham Fiordland Glenda Chalmers David Glen Club president Deans Hudson said NRG Invercargill Leon Hartnett Tony has sponsored 31 new members, Waimate Pip Wallace with him being one of them when he Timaru North Alistair MacKay Wanaka Tabatha O’Brien started living in Wanaka. Geoffrey Cloake Ian Shore Tony is a passionate Rotarian and Margaret Hall is always available to help in any Invercargill South Eunice Irving (non-Rotarian) project he puts his hand to. He has an Milton Rakesh Sejwal effervescent personality and a good Waimate Gary Dennison Glen Johnson positive attitude. Wanaka Fran Tate Janine Dunlop He became a member of the Wanaka Rotary Club on 28 October 2003 and is Winton Winston Gill Timaru North Paul Hewitson very active in all aspects of the club and Mark Oldfield as Assistant DG in the district.

IRON TO HELP FIJI Thirty-two tonnes of corrugated iron are on their way from New Zealand On Taveuni, local Rotary members to Taveuni Island in Fiji. would look after the cargo and make sure the iron was used to best help Mosgiel Rotarian Lindsay Thorburn said Rotary International had provided local people. 2,000 Shelter Boxes, a disaster response package including a tent, blankets, groundsheets and water storage and filtration equipment. The club was now trying to raise the final $22,500 to reach its goal. But Mosgiel members wondered what they could do and they decided to send corrugated iron as Fiji desperately needed that building material after the cyclone.

Clubs throughout the district have helped along with Otago Long Run Iron and Calder Stewart Roofing, as well as Fulton Hogan, which had agreed to send two containers of iron free of charge.

The iron went by sea to Suva, and then will be loaded on to trucks to go to Taveuni Island via ship. The material will be used to rebuild schools on the island and the cost of the project, including transport, was $200,000.

District 9980 Rotary Newsletter District 9980 Rotary Newsletter 2 ROTARY FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE FROM SASKATCHEWAN

A 10 person Rotary Friendship Exchange They participated in various fellowship nights including impromptu BBQs by (RFE) team from the province of members of the Taieri and Invercargill Clubs. Saskatchewan, which is part of D5550 The group was very appreciative of the very well considered itineraries prepared by in Canada, visited District 9980 in the host clubs and reported that by the time they arrived to visit the Queenstown early March. Club they were ready for a quiet day just enjoying , where they were The group, comprising 5 couples, were mostly being hosted. home hosted by the Rotary Clubs of RFE is an activity of Rotary International under which Rotarians and their families Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Fiordland can carry out reciprocal visits and home stay with Rotarians and their families in and Queenstown. other countries. The purpose is to advance international understanding, goodwill They were very impressed with the and peace through people to people contacts across national boundaries. variety of scenery and attractions of A reciprocal visit to D5550 is being arranged for June of this year and all places D9980 and attended the regular club have been filled. The Canadians are welcoming the opportunity to return the meetings of the Rotary Clubs of Timaru, outstanding hospitality, which they received from our District. They were a very Dunedin and Queenstown. Fiordland friendly group. changed its weekly meeting from their normal Thursday night to a Sunday Lance Wensley - D9980 RFE Contact night to coincide with the visit. Email: [email protected]

BUSY YEAR FOR ROTARACT

The Rotaract Club of Dunedin has been busy in the past few In the coming year, Rotaract Dunedin has a full-on schedule months with many projects, meetings and membership drives. with our main focus being on Project Starfish. Project Starfish has been set up to raise over $40,000 to revamp the kitchen We had a great start to the University year with recruitment at the Ahka Acadamey in Thailand – an academy which helps of 20 new, fantastic members! Increasing the number of to rescue children from being subject to sex slavery. We are members in our club has been a main area of for me during sending a team of awesome volunteers over to Thailand my Presidency year, and I am so pleased that we have been to assist with the revamp so make sure you keep your eyes able to exceed my goal of doubling club numbers (we have peeled for some upcoming fundraisers. As well as this, we will gone from 10 to 30) as this will ensure the longevity and be having our second annual Quiz Night in early July, which is success of our wonderful club. sure to be a fun event - we will send out more details closer Having so many enthusiastic members has helped us to partake to the time. in plenty of projects in the past couple of months, including: If you want to find out more about what we are doing check out our Facebook page - ‘Rotaract Club of Dunedin’. We • Baking cookies for nurses and staff at the Dunedin hospital hold our meetings every second Monday at the OUSA Clubs • Running an interactive meeting for the Rotary Club of Building on Albany St in Dunedin at 7:30pm. Our next two Dunedin South meetings are on the 2nd and 16th of May.

• Participating in Relay for Life and raising money for the We love being part of District 9980 and we want to thank all Cancer Society through the sale of cheese rolls of the clubs for your continued support and guidance. I look forward to seeing you all at conference in May. Lark Hare

3 District 9980 Rotary Newsletter VOCATIONAL TEAM HEADS TO MONGOLIA Phase three of the Mongolian Maternal Health Project is about to start.

On May 20 the first ever Vocational Training team from District 9980 will depart Amaraa went home inspired, and for Mongolia for three weeks. This team is made up of Sam Dunne, Julie Dockrill, focused on making changes in her Jo Palmer, Beverly Te Huia and team leader Gary Dennison, along with translator hospital, so the sustainability continued Ariunaa Geresaikhan. from the original project.

This is the second visit to Mongolia by after the project began in Phase three sees the original manual 2013. It started as a water project but then was influenced by a chance meeting being updated and teaching on between two ex-pat women living in Mongolia whose paths crossed at a play obstetric emergencies being added. ground. They were pregnant and discussing the lack of availability of childbirth This will add an extra level and depth education for Mongolian woman and families, also the conditions in the local to the original curriculum, and the team hospitals. With connections to Waimate Rotary, the project turned from water to will also assist the University to put in maternal and child health and welfare. The Waimate Rotary Club looked wider to place a programme to teach student the district and the other local Rotary clubs (Timaru, Timaru North, Timaru South, midwives how to teach child birth Geraldine and Oamaru) got involved along with a club from Melbourne Australia. education. This will then further add to Funding was sourced and the Mongolian Maternal Health project was launched. the sustainability of the project.

The aim of the project was to provide Mongolian midwives with the tools to teach childbirth education. A team of five midwives were put together - Julie Dockrill (Timaru), Bev Te Huia (Hastings), Jane Myers, Sam Turner and Jo Palmer from Melbourne. The team of diverse, energetic midwives who all had a passion to share and embed clinical skills and education with cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Together we developed a manual that was printed, and following that we devised interactive leaning sessions for our groups. We did evaluations throughout the courses. We had over 100 participants through the courses. We taught a five day course in Ulaan Bataar, a 3 day in 2 cities in the rural mining areas of Gobi desert.

We all realised that this was a privilege to be able to experience this type of project and the feedback was phenomenal. During our last five day session in Ulaan Bataar we were lucky enough to have International President elect Gary Haung and his delegation attend some of our sessions to observe our project and the potential it had to be sustainable and life changing for the woman and children of Mongolia.

Phase Two in 2015, again supported by many of the Rotary clubs in the district, saw Amaraa (the director of midwifery) from the Number One hospital in Ulaan Bataar coming to New Zealand to observe midwifery and childbirth education, mainly in the area, for a month. She visited Oamaru maternity for a week and spent the rest of her time working and observing with Julie at Timaru Hospital. This time was so valuable for Amaraa as she had a list of things, practices and methods that we did very differently that she could go back and instigate with little cost but these would have huge impacts for better outcomes. Many of these things were based on best practice and the most recent research, but unfortunately it appears that Mongolia has not kept up with many of these practices. She was also exposed to the importance of community services for families and mothers and how this combines with midwifery to reduce infant mortality rates during the complete pregnancy and post birth journey, which is not something that currently exists in Mongolia.

District 9980 Rotary Newsletter District 9980 Rotary Newsletter 4 CHARTERING OF NRG INVERCARGILL District 9980 welcomed its newest Rotary club to its ranks on Saturday in Invercargill, when the NRG Invercargill club was chartered.

More than 50 people from throughout the District, including members of the NRG Queenstown and Dunedin groups, were there to watch 15 new Rotarians get pinned. They are Leon Hartnett, Tania Hartnett, Felicia Goffin, Ashleigh Williams, Jolene Maguire, Aydan Erikson, Nathan Surendran, Rochelle Surendran, Matt McDonald, Carolyn Dean, Rachel Butler, Regan Thwaites, Abigail Sawyer, Lise Guteleben and Ben Mack.

Other new Rotarians who were not able to be at the chartering are Vanessa Jackson, Courtney Ellison, Agahaya Surendar, Lu Kuresa, Natasha Ward, Joanna Gilroy and Liz Merito.

District Governor Karen Purdue said she was hugely proud to charter the new club and the members’ passion and commitment were an inspiration.

It was a proud moment too for new club president Leon Hartnett as he was surprised with a Paul Harris Fellow from the District for all the hard work he has put in to getting the club established, as well as his involvement in the club projects so far.

Meanwhile, District 9980 also welcomes NRG Queenstown as a satellite club of Queenstown Rotary. The new Rotarians are George Carver, Russell Lewis, NRG President and new Paul Harris Fellow Honor Mathieson, Leah McTaggart, Michelle Morris, Paul Morrison, Richard Leon Hartnett with District Governor Murth, Melissa Simmons, Greg Wensley, Olivia Wensley and Omea Willows. Karen Purdue

Town crier Lynley McKerrow at the NRG The new NRG Invercargill club club chartering

5 District 9980 Rotary Newsletter HOW NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS AFFECT VOLUNTEERS AND CHARITIES By Mike Mitchell, Preston Russell Law

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 came into force on April 4, 2016. The This exemption is important as it means new legislation does provide exemptions for volunteer organisations, associations the new law will not apply to many and charities. volunteers for most of the activities they undertake. If you are running a charity or a volunteer organisation it is important to know where you fit under the new workplace health and safety law. Trustees and board members of charity or volunteer organisations. If you don’t have employees you are exempt. Volunteer trustees and board members A “volunteer association” cannot be prosecuted for a health and safety breach of a charity or volunteer organisations under the new law. A volunteer association is defined as a group of volunteers that come under the law (i.e, they working together for a community purpose where none of the volunteers employs have employed someone) will be any person to carry out work for the volunteer association. classed as “officers” under the law. If the volunteer association doesn’t have employees then it is exempt from this They will have the same health and legislation. safety duties as company directors or CEOs. This means volunteer officers This is interesting, as it means a volunteer association will be exempt from need to have knowledge of health prosecution as long as it only has volunteers and it engages contractors to work and safety matters, and ensure their for it, as opposed to having employees. This exemption applies to all members of organisation has appropriate resources the volunteer association including trustees and volunteer board members. and processes for health and safety, and those processes are followed. If your charity or volunteer organisation employs someone, the new law applies to you. Don’t panic yet though. While volunteer officers have these duties, they cannot If your charity or volunteer organisation employs people then it will have a duty be prosecuted for breaching them. under the new law to ensure the health and safety of its workers and anyone else These duties are therefore effectively who may come into contact with the organisation’s activities. guidelines for volunteer officers. Your employees will need to be provided with a safe work environment, which will This exemption ensures that people will include supplying any necessary training and supervision. Volunteer workers who still be able to volunteer their time as regularly work for the organisation on an ongoing basis and are integral to the trustees and board members without operations will be owed the same duties as employees. fear of being prosecuted for breaching Luckily, there is a wide exemption around how volunteers are to be treated. Casual their officer duties. volunteers who help out now and again, and volunteers involved in fundraising If your volunteer organisation or charity activities, assisting with sports, education or care providers, are exempt from has employees then you need to start duties under the law. For example, volunteer marshals for an annual race would thinking about how health and safety fall under this exemption. is dealt with in your organisation. The This exemption also provides that organisations do not need to provide health Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 and safety training and supervision to casual volunteers to the same level as that provides for you to continue doing the required for employees. good work you have always done, but it is important to know where your obligations begin and end.

District 9980 Rotary Newsletter District 9980 Rotary Newsletter 6 INTRODUCING RYLA 2016 Thirty-one young people from as far afield as Wellington ROTARY GLOBAL took part in a week-long life-changing Rotary Youth Leadership Award programme in Invercargill this month.

SCHOLAR SAKHR The RYLA participants heard from business and community leaders and many said they valued the MUNASSAR opportunity to push personal boundaries and build their own self-confidence. It has been several years since the last Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in The team also spent time at Stadium Southland and District 9980, but in July the district Splash Palace learning to work together as a team and will welcome Sakhr Munassar, our support each other. first Global Grant scholar. Well done to the Invercargill North Rotary team which Sakhr is from Yemen and will be doing organised the week for these young people. a Master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies at the . He graduated with a BA in Public Policy and a Diploma in Media Communication from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon as a MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders alumni.

Post-graduation Sakhr worked as an intern for the Human Rights Watch-Middle East and North Africa Division - at the Beirut office assisting in different cases. Sakhr was not able to return home post-graduation due to the ongoing conflict in Yemen, so for his safety his family arranged for him to travel to the US to stay with relatives.

He spent three months in the US working remotely with the Human Rights Watch before securing a Rotary Global Grant scholarship. Sakhr’s family is currently in Yemen “safe”, but the country is still categorised as an ongoing conflict where more than half the population are in need of humanitarian aid.

Sakhr also worked as an intern for the ministry of Public Works in Yemen on Gender equality in Yemen. He is very passionate about humanitarian work and politics and aspires to be part of that world after completing his studies. Sakhr also enjoys football (soccer), horseback riding and hiking. He has been involved in two TEDx events and volunteer work.

Sakhr will be hosted by Dunedin South Rotary Club from mid-July for a year. As his studies permit it would be wonderful to have him visit around the District. If you would like to host him in the first instance please contact the District Scholarship co-ordinator Claire Ramsay, ph 027 488 1548 or email [email protected]

His availability outside of the Dunedin area will be dependent on his study commitments. To assist in planning, the semester break times are 28 August to 3 September; end of exams around 14 November. First semester 2017 starts around the third week of February and mid-semester break is the week after Easter.

7 District 9980 Rotary Newsletter MORE THAN 350 BLANKETS DONATED Six years ago, while pondering what she could do for her friend Rosemary Meek who was undergoing chemotherapy, Penny Smith came upon the idea of making her a nice presentable blanket that could be used and kept in the lounge area for when she was feeling like a sleep but not interested in going to bed. The gift was very well received and became the forerunner of many blankets Penny and her helpers created and gifted to breast care patients once they commenced chemotherapy and radiation treatments. These blankets are known as “Survival Blankets”. The Rotary Club of Dunedin Central supports the group who call themselves “The Material Assemblies Group” by purchasing component materials that are unable to be sourced by donations. The major supplier for donated material is Rosemary Meek with her survival blanket Active Furnishers Ltd. Dunedin, who donates its material off-cuts to the group. The project could not continue without the generosity of Active Furnishers. Once the project gained momentum, the gift of the blankets was extended to cover children commencing chemotherapy. The children’s blankets are called “ Carpets”. This was a significant step as these blankets vary to suit, and each is customised to the interest of the child - if known. Later, the project was again extended to cover all Cancer Society patients in the Dunedin area who were starting significant cancer treatments. From the Rotary Club’s point of view the project is largely self funding as Penny donates one blanket each year to be auctioned at the Club’s annual Charity Auction. Thanks to the magnificent auctioneer Warwick Grimmer the blankets can raise up to A children’s blanket $1200 a piece which covers the çlub’s out goings on the project for one year. To date Penny conservatively estimates the group have given 350 plus blankets out and says that the project will continue as long as willing stitchers are prepared to give their time. Feedback from the recipients has been very gratifying and that encourages the group and the Rotary Club to continue with this project.

Relay for Life

After weeks of planning, organising and fund raising the event itself was held over the 2nd and 3rd of April. Over $75,000 dollars were raised for the Cancer Society. Cromwell Rotary contributed $14,071 of this and won the trophy for the most dollars won by a team and also won the trophy for the largest team entered. President Nick is seriously Relay for Life considering building a trophy cabinet! A truly awesome effort that involved almost everyone in the club. After weeks of planning, organising and fund raising the event itself was held over the RELAY FORnd rd LIFE D9980 ON 2 and 3 of April. Over $75,000 dollars were raised for the Cancer Society. Cromwell Rotary contributed $14,071 of this and won the trophy for the most dollars won by a team and also won the trophy for the largest team entered. President Nick is seriously considering building a trophy cabinet! A truly awesome effort that involved almost everyone in the club. FACEBOOK

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3 of 4 DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER….. Only 2 WEEKS to go until the conference so don’t be that last minute person that misses out. Go online and register today!

ILT Stadium Southland, Invercargill 13-15 May 2016

Last minute plans are being made, the catering is being confirmed and there is a buzz of anticipation for our planned events and speakers, including…

SCOTT GILMOUR BILL RICHARDSON TRANSPORT WORLD Invercargill raised Scott The largest collection of its Gilmour was in his mid-30s type in the world and we and working in IT in Oregon have an organised tour 20 years ago when he read a for this wonderful world. newspaper story about the 250+ vehicles, amazing I Have a Dream Foundation. wearable art creations and great food. In the US the results have been dramatic, with improved Male or female, you will find something here to grades, higher graduation rates, more university enjoy. A tour not to miss! attendance and less involvement in crime.

In 2003 he launched “I Have A Dream” in New MAD HATTER TEA PARTY Zealand, at decile one Wesley Primary School in Mt Come join us in Wonderland. Saturday night brings to Roskill, . The project currently has two full-time life a very classy three course meal and a chance to staff and 90 volunteer mentors and tutors. mingle with peers and newly made friends. Don’t forget to dress up. For details and registration go to www.9980conference.co.nz

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