THE ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHBROOK
AUCKLAND. N.Z. District 9920.
Weekly News Bulletin on
5th May 2015
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON TUESDAY 12th May 2015
At FISHER HOUSE, 117 KERWYN AVE, HIGHBROOK
President
Phone
Email
Liz Groenewegen
021 655 157
SPEAKER 12th May 2015
[email protected].
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Dr Iain Wakefield – District Governor
Secretary
Phone
Email
Katrina Cole
021 862 931
[email protected]
Editor
Phone
Ravinder Manilal
09 924 8599
021 50 78 50
Email
[email protected]
Breakfast meetings are
held 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of
the Month in the meeting room
at:
Waipuna Conference Centre
@ Highbrook
Arrive at 7:00am for breakfast and
7:30am start.
District Governors news link
Iain was born in Edinburgh and attended school and
medical school in London. After working in St Vincent
and Trinidad, Guernsey, Alderney and Brisbane, he
moved to Matamata, then Auckland in 1990. He
founded a single handed medical practice in Drury in
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1994.
He joined the Rotary Club of Drury Inc. in 1994 and
was Club President in 2000-1. He chaired the D9920
Foundation Committee in 2005-8 and was an
Assistant Governor in 2008-10. He will be the
District 9920 District Governor for 2014-15.
He is a member of the Bequest Society and the Paul
Harris Society and has been recognised with PHF +8
and three District Service Awards.
Otherwise, he is an Elder of the Drury Presbyterian
Church, a Justice of the Peace and, when time
allows, his other interests include a lifestyle block in
Drury, maintaining a former Manse built in 1856,
investigating local history and collecting art.
http://9920.rotarynews.org.nz
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Meeting 5th May 2015
Speaker - Olivia McCarthy, Regional Voluntary Co-Ordinator on “ARWCF (Auckland Region Women’s
Corrections Facility) Overview”
Olivia McCarthy is the Regional Volunteer Co-ordinator for the Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Facilities.
These programmes involve 600 volunteers working at the three prison facilities from Bombay to Northland.
When a woman is arrested and taken to a prison facility, she is strip searched and then provided with an orange
jumpsuit which zips up at the back. Officers then determine some basics – for example whether she has kids that
need to be picked up from school etc, so that these details can be covered. She will have a health check and then
goes through a two week acclimatisation and assessment period. She will have a total of ten phone numbers that
she may call, and calls are recorded. Prison food is basic but nutritious, costing $5 per day per prisoner.
Security risk is determined, the highest being maximum security where the inmates remain in their cells for 23 hours
each day with one hour of exercise. There are currently no women in this category. Next is High security at 18 hours
lock down, Low security at 6 hours lock down and Minimum security at 6 hours lockdown which has mufti and
sometimes “self care” accommodation.
The key objectives are to increase rates of rehabilitation and reduce the rates of reoffending from its previous 56%
down to 25%. Currently the improvement is 12% - half way toward that goal! This is being achieved by addressing
health issues, literacy, numeracy, and drug & alcohol addiction. They promote the message “let it only be once” to
those entering the system.
There are around 100 retired teachers in the volunteer team that are working with inmates to improve literacy and
numeracy. There are others teaching yoga, belly dancing and the “stitch” quilting programme. Some of the baby
bassinet quilts from these sessions are presented to Middlemore Hospital for the new babies.
These programmes help towards promoting the most effective component of rehabilitation – prisoner motivation.
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CLUB NOTICES
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LETS
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If you are interested please discuss further with Liz or Brendan.
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INVITATIONS / DATES TO REMEMBER
Rotary Club of Highbrook Changeover Dinner
invitation
to the Rotary club of highbrook
Changeover
Tuesday May 19
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Manukau Institute of Technology.
(North Campus)
“DINE” Restaurant. Alexander Crescent.
(CHATS venue on map)
5.45 pm Arrival. 6.00 Start of Evening.6.10 Entertainment.
6.30. Buffet Dinner. $40pp
Parking available.
RSVP To Mary Ann by 11th May… phone 5374579.
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Email.
[email protected].
Details to the Venue follow:
Rotary Club of Auckland Harbourside invite you to “Best Of British” being held on Saturday 23rd May 2015
starting at 6:30pm. Ticket price is $100 per person. Please contact Jacqui Matthews-Harris ([email protected]) for
tickets. Further details follow:
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Please come along (in medieval costume or otherwise) to support this awesome event which is fundraising for
Springboard Community Works. http://www.springboard.org.nz/
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHBROOK PROGRAM AND DUTY ROSTER 2015
DATE
12th May
19th May
2nd June
9th June
MC
Gayle
Ian Wakefield
Queen's
Birthday
Weekend
Ravinder
SPEAKER
Highbrook
Rotary Club
Changeover
Dinner
SPEAKER SUBJECT
DG Visit
Jami-Lee Ross
The Budget
Waipuna
VENUE
Waipuna
SPEAKER HOST
Richard M
CHATS - Ma nuhi ri
Room, Ma nuka u
Ins i titue of
Technol ogy
Stephen
THANK GUEST SPEAKER Liz
Richard C
BULLETIN SCRIBE
TBA
Richard M
BULLETIN
Ravinder
Ravinder
BACKUP PERSON
Brendan
Liz
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