The Rotary Club of
Nelson
PO Box 73 Nelson
NEW ZEALAND.
District 9970
Chartered 27th June 1927
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Thursday evenings 5:30 pm for 6:00 pm
The Boathouse,
326 Wakefield Quay.
Nelson
NEW ZEALAND
Phone +64-3-546 9515
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World President
Richard D.King
District Governor
Keith de Dulin (Bishopdale Burnside)
District Assistant Governor
Rex Morris
Club President
Jenny Black
President Elect 2001 - 2002
Ray Minchin
Past President
Richard Wells
Secretary
Roger Larson
Treasurer
Chris Page
Directors
Robert Leighs
(Community Service)
Roger Sanson (Youth Service)
Peter Johnson (Vocational Service)
Peter Robins (International Service)
Incoming Officers
President Elect 2002
Gavin Sendall
Directors
Robert Leighs
Bob Cooper
Jeremy Glasgow
Glen Roberts
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Nelson was founded as a European settlement in 1841-42 with immigrants coming
from England although it had been settled much earlier by the Maori. It has been and still is
a seaport of some consequence. In more recent times, migrants have come to Nelson from
all over the globe attracted by the lifestyle, the climate and the industry here. Exports include
many seafood products, timber, and horticultural products, including apples. Many of these
products have been subject to local processing and this trend is growing, providing more
local employment. As a consequence these industries are well represented in both the
Nelson Club and the other three Rotary Clubs in the city fathered by this club.
Nelson is renowned for the quality of its weather with a record of one of the sunniest
climates in New Zealand. With this climate and the closeness of sheltered waters the Rotary
Club of Nelson reflects this in both its membership and its activities. Members include those
offering holiday accomodation while activities include sailing and fishing. The Nelson Rotary
Marine Show is a biennial event and fishing trips are popular as club social events.
The Rotary Club of Nelson banner depicts the Rotary Emblem and within it the Nelson
City Coat of Arms.
The coat of arms contains a shield with a bishop's mitre depicting
that Nelson is a cathedral city. The black cross comes from Lord Nelson's own coat of arms.
The battlements above the shield depict city status. The rampant lion with the sun within its
paws refers to the renown Nelson has for record high sunshine hours for New Zealand. The
black bird is a native bird, Huia, (now extinct) a royal bird of the native Maori. The white bird
is a Kotuku or White Heron, another native bird revered for both its beauty and rarity. The
motto "Palmam qui meruit ferat" is taken from Lord Nelson's own motto and means "Let him
who has deserved it bear the palm".
Significant club programmes over the years have been many and varied. The Club has
had successful programmes in the community sphere, but has been prominent also in youth
work and in international projects. Matched student exchanges with Australia have been
particularly successful along with the sponsoring and hosting of Rotary Youth Exchange and
Group Study Exchange students from all parts of the world.
In community affairs a Significant Achievement Award was given to the Club by the
District Governor for a Charity Ball held in 1984 which raised $16,000 for charities and in
1988 for the Water Show, an appropriate theme in a city renowned for its maritime interests.
Beautification and tree planting projects have always been a feature of Rotary activity. In the
1980's the Nelson Club was responsible for the provision of a scented garden walk around
Nelson Cathedral with plaques in Braille and in English for each scented shrub. Late in the
decade hundreds of camellias were planted in Fairfield Park close to the centre of the city and
extensive landscaping work was carried out in Newman Grove at the city's northern entrance
in the 1990's.
In vocational service there has been the continual use of Own Job talks, What's New in
My Line talks, visits to local industry and the joint meetings with other clubs to ensure
Rotarians have a good knowledge of fellow Rotarians' vocations. Another most important
vocational activity is the promotion of careers evenings for students of the two local colleges
in the Club's area.
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W.Hall-Watson 1960-61
E.S.Highet 1976-77
A.S.Bradbury 1999-2000
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J.Glasgow 1927-28
T.Neale 1928-29
J.W.Rowe 1929-30
C.R.Fell 1930-31
Dr S.A.Gibbs 1931-32
D.R.Edwards 1932-33
Dr J.P.S.Jamieson 1933-34
W.A.Armstrong 1934-35
E.A.Bone 1935-36
A.S.G.Adam 1936-37
J.A.Harley 1937-38
J.G.McKay 1938-39
L.N.Montgomery 1939-40
J.G.Ingram 1940-41
C.Milner 1941-42
H.J.Savage 1942-43
R.W.Martin 1943-44
A.Robinson 1944-45
A.R.Kingsford 1945-46
J.H.Brunt 1946-47
L.W.Lockyer 1947-48
C.T.Webley 1948-49
R.C.T.Raine 1949-50
W.H.Parr 1950-51
G.P.Dixon 1951-52
W.Hall-Watson 1952-52
K.E.Knapp 1953-54
M.A.Nightingale 1954-55
K.W.Walker 1955-56
B.Wood 1956-57
C.W.Johnson 1957-58
M.Talbot 1958-59
W.E.McCullough 1959-60
N.Jones 1960-61
K.M.Black 1961-62
R.C.Branford 1962-63
H.J.H.Hiddlestone 1963-64
H.B.Savage 1964-65
J.W.Kerr 1965-66
R.Chapman 1966-67
R.A.Kitt 1967-68
B.W.Dalefield 1968-69
K.R.Arres 1969-70
E.S.Highet 1970-71
S.C.Corrin 1971-72
J.F.Logan 1972-73
A.J.Carson 1972-73
C.B.Trathen 1973-74
I.R.Bagley 1974-75
D.P.Heinz 1975-76
I.O'H.Pownall 1976-77
C.F.Bryan 1978-79
L.Gamble 1979-80
P.H.Ellis 1980-81
J.G.Ball 1981-82
N.M.Crampton 1982-83
J.S.Auton 1983-84
T.B.M.Brown 1984-85
B.R.Neill 1985-86
N.Milne 1986-87
B.A.Kaye 1987-88
M.J.Wadsworth 1988-89
A.S.Bradbury 1989-90
R.G.Prestidge 1990-91
R.Newman 1991-92
P.Dixon 1992-93
T.M.B.Harrington 1993-94
J.A.Ryder 1994-95
R.Morris 1995-96
A.A.Winwood 1996-97
A.D.Rutherford 1997-98
J.L. Hannah 1998-99
G. Gavin 1999-2000
R.W.L. Wells 2000-01
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J.S.Auton
A.S.Bradbury
T.B.M.Brown
A.J.Carson
B.Dalefield
P.Dixon
P.H.Ellis
B.Hands (Sapphire Pin)
D.P.Heinz
H.J.H.Hiddlestone (Sapphire Pin)
E.S.Highet
D.F.Horlor
J.F.Logan
R Morris
N.Jones
B.A.Kaye
R.J.Larson
K.L.Martin
N.K.Milne
B.R.Neill
R.Neill
Sir Jack Newman
L.R.Newman
A.Nightingale
A.Roxburgh
R.Stiles
C.B.Trathen
W.Hall-Watson
C.T.Webley
L.P. Wilson
A.A. Winwood
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