Too many cooks may spoil the broth but when it comes to baking biscuits - the more the merrier!!! A team from Community Projects group, Rotaractors, friends and partners spent Saturday morning baking and packaging 284 Anzac biscuits for distribution to Citizens Advice Bureau volunteers and other community agencies as a token of our appreciation.

Below is the link to the recent RNZ ‘The detail’ program about the partnership between Kriddles Roberts and Rotary to provide aid to people in West Auckland. Well worth listening to!!

Why does the Rotary year end on June 30? The official explanation dates back to 1913 and involves auditors, and the date of the annual RI convention.
You can read about it here www.rotary.org/en/history-why-rotary-year-begins-1-july
You can read about it here www.rotary.org/en/history-why-rotary-year-begins-1-july
For our own "Changeover" dinner we were told to wear something "colourful" so the atire varied from Hawian shirts to Tartan vests - there was even a kilt!
Sarah was our very capable MC for the evening and as well as the formal handing over of the chains of office from Cameron to Fiona we had a Paul Harris Fellow (Sapphire) pin presentation to Lynne, Life Membership conferred on June Mills, and even a sing-along of John Lennons "Imagine" in recognition of the RI Presidents theme for the coming year. The three course meal was "Pie" themed with appropriate wine pairings personally chosen by incoming President Fiona.
Special thanks to our entertainer Cole for background music and drum rolls as required.


The first attempt in 1910 to officially sanction the involvment of women in Rotary was unsuccessful and it was not until 1989 that the Constitution and Bylaws were changed and women were officially welcomed into Rotary.
Late in 1995 June Mills and Astrid Windfuhr were inducted as members of the Rotary Club of Dunedin by President Stuart Melville.
June maintained her very active membership until 2020 and during that time had the distinction of being the first woman to chair a committee, and the first woman President (2001-02)
June is well known and respected in Dunedin as former manager of Glenfalloch gardens, but perhaps even more so as Fundraiser and Project Manager for the Cancer Society for 30 years. She received a Queens Service Medal for services to the community in 2013.
In recognition of Junes contribution to our club and to the community, and to reflect the esteem in which we hold her, Life Membership was conferred on June at our Changeover meeting last week.
Late in 1995 June Mills and Astrid Windfuhr were inducted as members of the Rotary Club of Dunedin by President Stuart Melville.
June maintained her very active membership until 2020 and during that time had the distinction of being the first woman to chair a committee, and the first woman President (2001-02)
June is well known and respected in Dunedin as former manager of Glenfalloch gardens, but perhaps even more so as Fundraiser and Project Manager for the Cancer Society for 30 years. She received a Queens Service Medal for services to the community in 2013.
In recognition of Junes contribution to our club and to the community, and to reflect the esteem in which we hold her, Life Membership was conferred on June at our Changeover meeting last week.
