Events

My background is in journalism and communications. My wife Sarah and I have run McCarthy Media and Communications since 2016.

The Men's Choir is the first choir I've been in since faking illness to get out of one in Form 2 at Rosedale Intermediate. My background is in journalism and communications. My wife Sarah and I have run McCarthy Media and Communications since 2016.

Leon, founding Director of Greenlight Innovations Ltd, a charitable entity based in Invercargill connecting people, will talk to the Governance Mentoring Program being delivered by Greenlight.

The Governance Mentoring Programme is a six-month mentoring programme, aimed at supporting leaders in governance roles of community organisations through focused mentoring relationships. The programme is a Community Governance Aotearoa initiative, delivered by Greenlight Innovations in partnership with the Mentoring Foundation of NZ. 

Want an overview check out:  https://communitygovernance.org.nz/workshops/the-governance-mentoring-programme/?fbclid=IwAR1KCarrJ6fDJiBvo_ho6ay6NN-zGoBovXnlBBsrfLlwCQ_jadtVjPcBDio

Come and have some 'fun' with us whilst helping us fundraise - great prizes and raffles to be won.

Grab some friends, family and/ or work mates and make a night of it for a good cause.

What:                   Rotary Invercargill Jingo Night

When:                  Wednesday 26th April - 6.30pm for 7pm start

Where:                 Waikiwi Tavern (181 North Road)

Cost:                    $5 per card per round x 4 rounds = $20

Jingo is just like Bingo but replaces the numbers with music.

Listen closely as the song snippets provide a clue as to the name of the song. Once the title or artist of the song is figured out and found on the game card, it gets marked off.

5 squares in a row = Line

20 squares = full house

All proceeds to go to The Sir John Kirwan Foundation - Mitey 

Jingo nights are popular so book a table by phoning Waikiwi directly on 03 2159080 so you dont miss out! 

Want to know more about Mitey, mental education in primary schools - check out:  https://jkfoundation.org.nz/

The app Shazam is able to be used https://www.shazam.com/apps

Paul is Senior Research Fellow at the Maxim Institute and his background is education.  He taught for twelve years, working for departments of education in Europe, Africa, and Asia.  He has written education policy and designed and tested tertiary sector and national curricula.  Working from DPMC, under John Key, he was secretary to a cross-party committee tasked to review school choice and educational reform. 

Paul is an award-winning teacher and former national debating coach.  He has authored five books. 

He holds degrees from Aberdeen, Cambridge, and Laidlaw College, and a PhD from Australian Catholic University.  His research focuses on human and artificial intelligence. 

Paul has a long association with the Institute which goes back to its origins as the New Zealand Education Development Foundation.  Paul is married and has three daughters.

Want to know more check out:  https://www.maxim.org.nz/  

Lunch is BYO (Bring Your Own).

The objectives of a Club Forum are:

Fellowship
Opportunity for discussion
Rotary education
Update on Club activities
Member feedback

If you have a suggestion for an agenda item to be included at this or a future forum please email President Lisa-Maree lmfkjs@xtra.co.nz.

In place of the usual lunch meeting on 16 May, members are invited to register for the Southland Business Chamber's Westpac Smarts event - 'Building a Brighter Tomorrow'.   Click this link to register: https://southlandchamber.co.nz/events/75984/

For those that would like to meet for lunch beforehand please RSVP to stephen@mwm.net.nz 

For more information on the guest sepaker visit: https://www.ethanflack.co.nz/

Ali is the Industry Liaison Manager at Sanford in Bluff and is passionate about the sea and keen to take the mystery out of what happens when a vessel disappears behind the horizon line and starts catching fish. Ali says "if people know where we work and why we do things the way we do, and that our industry is science based and sophisticated, it’s not such a big jump to think we take the challenge of responsible fishing seriously."   While not born into a fisher family, Ali cares deeply about the coast and the wellbeing of our communities supported by the sea.

In her job as Industry Liaison Manager at Sanford, a large New Zealand seafood company, Ali is a conduit between Sanford's people, the ocean environment and other marine users – officials, seafood companies, eNGOs, dolphins. Sanford’s goal is ocean leadership; to be the world’s best seafood company which means continually striving for excellence, looking beyond the first solution to find the best.

Sanford is New Zealand's oldest and largest seafood company - they farm salmon and mussels and hold 19.7% of New Zealand commercial fishing quota. Sanford has been listed on the New Zealand stock market since 1924, and is focused on sustainability and on maximising the value of the resources gathered from our oceans, enabling long term value creation from oceans teeming with life. Sanford sites can be found in 13 locations around New Zealand and they are a team of 1,400 staff and sharefishers across the country.  Committed to innovation, our scientists are on a mission to find new ways to make the most of the life-enhancing properties of seafood, from anti-inflammatory supplements to skin-nurturing collagen.

Book Sorting with Lunch

Lunch catered by Inner Wheel 

Lunch to be served at 12.15pm - Book Sale Chair Richard will cover off brief notices for event at 12.30pm

Sort books before, or after lunch or both into categories on tables

Chris is the General Manager and CE of NZAS, Tiwai.

Chris was previously the President of NS BlueScope Indonesia, a joint venture between BlueScope and Nippon Steel and has over 15 years’ experience in various leadership roles in manufacturing and building products businesses across New Zealand, Australia, and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

He has a strong commercial background and people focused approach to leading business outcomes and holds a BCom from Otago University.  He is passionate about the community, having previously served on the board of Youthtown, an organisation empowering young people across New Zealand.

https://www.nzas.co.nz/pages/chris-blenkiron/

Rotary Club of Invercargill  - After 5 Function

Guest Speaker:  Chris Blenkiron, General Manager and CE of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters  https://www.nzas.co.nz/pages/chris-blenkiron/

RSVP's required for catering

$10per person cash or pre-pay via internet: 06-0925-0022834-000

Cash bar - drinks at own cost

The 42nd Rotary Club of Invercargill Book Sale is all set for King's Birthday Weekend with the major recipient selected to be Youthline Southland.

Dates / times for the 2023 Book Sale are:

Last Club Forum for the 22/23 Rotary Year 

Lunch is BYO (Bring Your Own).

The objectives of a Club Forum are:

Fellowship
Opportunity for discussion
Rotary education
Update on Club activities
Member feedback

The Forum agenda is: The new Rotary Year 

If you have a suggestion for an agenda item to be included at this or a future forum please email President Elect Chami chami.abeysinghe.rotary@gmail.com

Brett Solvander has spent a career in media and communications, with television production being a part of this, but he is better known as a public relations practitioner, who has worked in various senior communications roles in both the public and private sectors, here and overseas. Brett has also worked for government ministers as a ministerial press secretary and established his own communications consultancy in the mid 1990’s with business partner and wife, Wilma Falconer.

In his presentation Brett will focus on the spread of misinformation in the modern age and how we as information consumers can navigate propaganda, lies and fake news to get to the truth. This  subject has meaning for everyone interested in getting to what we understand to be the undiluted facts so that we can make well informed decisions for ourselves and for those we care about

After a 2 year term President Lisa-Maree will handover the 'chains' to President Elect Chami 

More details on the Changeover event to follow