| 🇧🇷🎉You're Invited to Our Brazilian-Themed District Changeover! 🇧🇷🎉 | |
 | Join us on Friday 12 July for a night of fun, flair, and celebration as we welcome the new Rotary year in true carnival style! 💃🎭🎶 🕓 From 4pm – Explore the amazing showcase of projects happening across our district 🎤 Official program begins at 5pm – Celebrate our achievements and the people making a difference 🎁 Prizes for BEST DRESSED – So bring your colours, feathers, and samba sparkle! 💰 $65 per head (includes dinner and entertainment) | Cash bar available REGISTER at https://rotarymanukausunrise.club/event/district-changeover-2025-07-12-304/register Want to showcase your club’s project or program? 🌟 📩 Contact Kirsten@astillhawke.co.nz to reserve your display spot. Let’s come together as Rotarians, friends, and changemakers to kick off the year in style! |
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Recently, I had the privilege of visiting some of our vibrant and inspiring clubs across Fiji – a journey that was as enriching as it was unforgettable. My heartfelt thanks to the Rotary Clubs of Nadi, Lautoka, Labasa, Savusavu, Suva, Suva Peninsula Sunset, and Suva East, as well as the passionate members of Rotaract Lautoka Sugar City and Rotaract Suva for their warm hospitality and generous sharing of time and stories.
Rotary Club of Savusavu built and distributed Rocket Burn Barrel (RBB)
The Rocket Burn Barrel (RBB) has been shown to be a safe, effective, and economic way of disposing of plastic and medical waste. Constructed from simple, readily available parts, it burns at 800C which is more than enough to break down most plastics into basic components and not produce the dangerous toxin such as dioxins and furans.
Beginning in the 1st quarter of 2024, the Rotary Club of Savusavu built and distributed 42 barrels while figuring out how to do this. Health centers, businesses, individuals, and villages have all effectively and enthusiastically used their RBB to burn and destroy their plastic waste
Our goal has been to get these as widely distributed as possible without cost being a barrier for places that can benefit from it. As such, the Rotary Club of Savusavu and other donors have underwritten portions of the cost and will continue to do so. To achieve this goal we would like to clone the process we have used successfully and set up “RBB Teams” in as many places as we can to be able to produce and deliver RBBs across Fiji and beyond.
The RBB Team will be trained to:
- Get the components of the RBBs
- Build the RBBs
- Distribute RBBs across their geography
The target size for an RBB Team is three people with a goal of building and distributing 50 to 100 RBBs per year.
- At least 2 of the 3 team members will be able to actually build the RBB. This is not complicated and only requires being able to use a metal drill and a angle grinder. With a little practice they can be built by one person in about 5 hours.
- 1 team member will be primarily focused on getting the components, empty barrels, for the RBBs and keeping track of costs and deliveries. We have a simple spreadsheet for this.
- 1 will be primarily focused on distributing the RBBs which means finding villages and other sites that want and will take one. Then it is getting the RBB delivered and training them in their use. Typically, this only requires a bus trip.
 | We are proud to share that Kai-Shek Luey (Kai), a distinguished member of our community, has been awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for his outstanding services to the Chinese community. Kai, a QSM recipient and a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside Inc. since 1994, has played a vital role in our unique multi-cultural club. He served as Club President (2002-03) and has been honoured as a Paul Harris Fellow in 2003, 2020, and 2023. A dedicated and active member, Kai has significantly contributed by organizing the Club’s annual Chinese New Year fundraising events and managing Club’s speaker programme. The CNZM award will be formally presented to him at an investiture ceremony at Auckland Government House on Friday, 23 May 2025. Please join us in congratulating Kai on this well-deserved recognition of his dedication and service! |
REP (Rotary Reading Enrichment Programme) is a mentoring programme that brings in volunteers from the community, in coordinated teams, to work 1:1 with students needing help with their literacy. They have recently launched an updated website! Please check it out using the link below, to learn more about becoming a REP volunteer or starting a programme.
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