South Island Rotary Conference 2024
South Island Rotary Conference 2024 – Creating Hope – 08.50am to 3pm Saturday 20 April 2024 - Waitaki Room, Te Pae Convention Centre, Christchurch (entrance off Oxford Tce)
SOLD OUT - ALL TICKETS SOLD
Full Delegate registrations include a two-course lunch.
Optional Extra - FULL - Venue capacity has been reached.
4.30pm to 6pm - Post Conference Drinks (cash bar) and Nibbles
at Delilah - 122 Oxford Terrace
The key Conference Themes are: Mental Health; and Empowering Women and Girls.
Keynote Speakers are:
Jennifer Jones – Rotary’s Immediate Past World President - Stories of Impact
Matt Chisholm – Mental Health
Adele Keefe – Empowering Women and Girls
Rachel Gully - A Generation X Perspective on Attraction & Retention
Price is in NZD, tickets are non-refundable.
Jennifer Jones
Immediate Past President - Rotary International
Jennifer Jones is a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, in Canada. She became Rotary International's World President in 2022 - the first woman to hold that office in Rotary's 118 year history. Jennifer will share some of the powerful stories of transformation she has encountered around the world in her year as President.
Matt Chisholm
Former NZ Television Reporter & Author of 'Imposter'
Matt, the self-described boy from small-town Central Otago whose favourite hobby was tailing lambs, will be speaking on the topic of Mental Health. His book "Imposter" tells of his struggle with depression, despite a successful career as a reporter and TV host.
Adele Keefe
Founder & Kaitiaki Mana Whānau Charitable Trust Adele is a survivor of domestic violence and sexual abuse who has overcome and been strengthened from the journey. She has a passion to encourage and support Wāhine to heal and grow to their full potential and has established the Mana Whānau Charitable Trust to facilitate this.
Rachel Gully
Rachel is the Deputy Chief Executive at Worksafe (and Phil & Anna's daughter). She will be speaking about the challenges of the dynamically changing environment for attracting and retaining talent - whether in the volunteer sector or the business world - from a Generation X perspective.
Beach Clean up
Our group will be hosted by the National Aquarium of New Zealand to clean up litter along an area of Napier’s Marine Parade. The Aquarium is a participant in the nationwide litter intelligence programme that will involve us as “citizen scientists” collecting and categorising litter from the beachfront, contributing to a national database. The staff will give an insight into what type of litter is found on our beaches and how we could form our own monitoring sites becoming citizen scientists to help solve the problem of marine litter.
Grab Bags Emergency Kit Assembly
Our recent history has shown that environmental disasters can hit us at any time and happen more frequently. There is an awareness in the community that we need to be prepared, but don’t always know how.
Grab Bags is a Rotary First Light Community Group Growth Plan project meeting this need by providing emergency kits to families in the disaster-prone areas of Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti.
We invite you to participate in the assembly of the bags at avenue near the Napier Conference Centre. Hear how our local Rotary Clubs have come together to make this project a reality and the opportunities for the project to be replicated in other regions. Enjoy the chance to fill emergency kits with essential items ready for distribution to vulnerable families.
