Category Archives: Meetings

On Monday 12 September, Clare Sullivan (the WCC Deputy Electoral Officer) spoke to the Club about “STV and the Local Body Elections”. This was a timely reminder to all of us, with the Local Body Elections starting on 16 September. Clare has worked both for the Christchurch and now Wellington City Councils and has dealt […]

District Governor, Martin Garcia, visited us on 1 August 2016. Martin began his talk by telling us of his family’s fascinating historic links with Rotary, and then proceeded to inspire us with the good that Rotary is doing and can do in this District and around the world. Including that Rotary’s Polio Plus campaign (assisted […]

Pengbo Jiang: guest speaker; Johnsonville Rotary: 25 July 2016 Pengbo Jiang spoke to Johnsonville Rotary, on 25 July 2016, about moving from China to New Zealand and how volunteering helps migrants to settle. He moved to New Zealand as an 11 year old boy from Fuzhou, Northern China. His parents still live in China (he […]

18 July, Johnsonville Rotary: Don Casagranda guest speaker Porirua Rotarian Don Casagranda spoke to the club on 18 July 2016 about his and his wife Eve’s business- “On Arrival”, which assists migrants to adjust to life in New Zealand. Don and Eve and their family arrived themselves from Calgary, Canada, in the mid 1980s. Their […]

Greg O’Connor, the President of the NZ Police Association was guest speaker at Johnsonville Rotary. Greg began his talk by saying he had been a Johnsonville/Ohariu resident early in his police career and it felt like coming home being back in Johnsonville and near where he worked in Porirua. He gave a fascinating talk on […]

Rotary Assistant Governor Lee Wilkinson presenting Rotarian Ian MacLean with a Rotary Sapphire pin (awarded for his service to the club)

Outgoing Johnsonville Rotary president, Michael Hodgen, passing over the chain of office to the incoming president, Vince Adams-Schneider.

On 27 June, outgoing Rotary District 9940 Assistant Governor, John Sloan, presented Johnsonville Rotary President, Michael Hodgen, with the Rotary District Governor’s Public Image Award for Outstanding promotion of Rotary in the Club’s community, for 2015/2016.

20th June 2016 guest speakers – Steve O’ Connor of Challenge 2000 and Kapa Te Aho of Life Education Trust Steve O’ Connor spoke to us about Challenge 2000. It is a Johnsonville based organisation which started with a small group of passionate people who dared to dream large – they wanted to change the […]