Palmerston North Rotary Club

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 26th April 2022. Part 3 of 4. Time in Fiji, the Rabuka coup. Student behaviour to soldiers. International Year of Peace. Rotary’s role in UN and UNESCO. Joining the Rotary Club of Suva East, supporting an Indian orphanage there. Bob’s higher roles in Rotary. Rotary Peace Forum, Polio Plus. Rotary Club of Terrace End: Polio Plus dinners; collecting spectacles for the Pacific Islands.

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 16 December, 1959. “Palmerston North Rotary Club learned the finer points of shearing." Another photo associated with this article was published on the 16 December, 1959.

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 November 1960 "Guests of the women's night at the Palmerton North Rotary Club were photographed with the president of the club (Mr. L.H. Spencer). They are (from the left): Mrs. and Mr. M.I. Austad, Mrs. and Mr. Spencer and Mrs. and Mr. B. Turner. Mr. Austad was manger of the New Zealand team to the Rome Olympic Games and Mr. Turner was captain of the New Zealand hockey team."

A combined meeting of the Palmerston North Lunch Club and Rotary Club was held 1 December 1944 in the Premier Drapery Company tearooms to hear R.M. Algie, Member of Parliament for Remuera and Professor of Law at Auckland University, speak about war-time controls.

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 04 November 1958: "The District Governor (Mr. G. Kersicke) was the guest-speaker at the Palmerston North Rotary Club's meeting yesterday. At lunch were Mr. Kersicke, Mr. W. Thorrald Jaggard (the local president) and Mr. P.C.A. Collins (secretary)."

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 21st January 2020. Part 2 of 2.  Husband in Rotary Club of Terrace End. Women’s activities in the 1960s. Holidays. Rotary exchange students, postgraduate scholars. Trip to South Africa. Husband’s early death. Establishment of a Trust in his name. Trust beneficiaries.  

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 November 1958: "Members of the Palmerston North Rotary Club and their wives yesterday made a tour of the Palmerston North Glaxo Laboratory. Mr. R. Gee is seen showing members through the anatitical (sic) laboratory. This department tests raw materials, tablets and milk powder."

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 June 1961 "The Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Finance (Mr. Seath) was the guest-speaker at a luncheon held today by the Palmerston North branch of the National Party. Current problems discussed by Mr. Seath were balance of payments, membership of the International Monetary Fund, and the European Common Market. Mr. Seath (right) is seen talking to Mr. W.H. Brown, M.P. (left) and Sir Matthew Oram, a former speaker of the House of Representatives."

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 21 May, 2019. Bruce Markwell and Malcolm Busch on the history of the Rotary Club of Terrace End, part 2 of 2. Rotary Club of Terrace End Memorial Educational Trust. Mike Hansen taking a team to Namibia. International students. Manawatū Enterprises (Sheltered workshop). Fundraising, catering for events. Mini-bikes. Opening the bridge. Crunchie Bar Express. Top Schools.

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 14 May, 2019. Bruce Markwell and Malcolm Busch on the history of the Rotary Club of Terrace End, Part 1 of 2. Early membership, age, occupation, criteria. Formal meetings. Sergeant’s sessions. Family involvement. Women’s participation. Community service, establishing the Kidney Foundation. Wildbase, Milson Rotary Club. Broader Rotary structure, districts, international. Polio.

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 November 1956: "Auctioneers look for bids for "this fine Venetian blind" during the Rotary Club's auction to raise funds for the Eventide Home appeal. Held in the Astoria Ballroom yesterday, the auction was a great success."

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 23 July, 2019. Jim Esson, part 2 of 2.

Book on history of the Rotary Club of Terrace End, first 40 years. Catherine Hamlin World Understanding Award for the fistula hospital in Addis Ababa. Bringing buffaloes to New Zealand. Qualities for meat and milk, temperament, feed. Swamp buffalo and river buffalo. Valuable hides. Few buffalo in New Zealand. Potential value for New Zealand. Increased popularity of goat. Incident with buffalo bulls on a road. Ability to withstand floods.

[The Nationalist Chinese Consul-General sitting at a table with a Rotary official, and W.E.B. Tennant standing behind.]

The Palmerston North Rotary Club formed in 1904. These annual summaries cover 22 years, from year ending 1999:
1998 – 1999: Follow Your Rotary Dream, President Vern J Chettleburgh
1999 – 2000: Rotary 2000: Act With Consistency, Credibility, Continuity, President Ian D Rowden
2000 – 2001: Create Awareness – Take Action, President Richard O Hay
2001 – 2002: Mankind Is Our Business, President Stuart C Schwartz
2002 – 2003: Sow the Seeds of Love, President John Livingstone
2003 – 2004: Lend A Hand, President Maureen Ax-Doolan
2004 – 2005: Celebrate Rotary, President Olga Barrett
2005 – 2006: Service Above Self, President G. J. Martin Townend
2006 – 2007: Lead the Way, President W Ian Cruden
2007 – 2008: Rotary Shares, President Stuart C Schwartz
2008 – 2009: Make Dreams Real, President John Freebairn
2009 – 2010: The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands, President Ken S Milne
2010 – 2011: Building Communities – Bridging Continents, President Bessy Rasmussen
2011 – 2012: Reach Within to Embrace Humanity, President David Jopson
2012 – 2013: Peace Through Service, President Garry R Goodman
2013 – 2014: Engage Rotary – Change Lives, President Lyn G Gregg
2014 – 2015: Light Up Rotary, President David Petre
2015 – 2016: Be A Gift to the World, President Morva Croxson
2016 – 2017: Rotary Serving Humanity, President Ron Schalkwijk
2016 – 2017: Rotary Making a Difference, President Bruce Wilson
2018 – 2019: Be the Inspiration, President G. J. Martin Townend
2021 – 2022: Serve to Change Lives, President Liam Hehir

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 April 1961 "Surveying the weekend programme for the Terrace End Rotary Club's forum are principal personalities at the function. From left: Mrs., J. Death, Mr. Death, the president of the Terrace End Club; Mrs. J.K. Hunn; Mr. Hunn, the secretary for Maori Affairs) ; Mrs. A . Brown and Mr. Brown, at the District Governor of Rotary (Wanganui) who presided."

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 November 1956: "Not everyone who attended the Rotary Club's auction yesterday had come to buy. Amid the bustle and shouting and a conglomeration of saleable articles, there was one very tired, very small boy."

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 04 October 1958: "The president of Rotary International (Mr. G. Clifford Randall) was entertained at luncheon today by members of the Palmerston North Rotary Club and visitors. From left to right: Mr. W.B. Tennent, M.P., Mayor and Past District Governor of Rotary; Mr. Randall; and Mr. W.T. Jaggard, president of the Palmerston North Club."