Hi Rotabizans,

Firstly I want to thank Richard Nabarro for the great job he is doing with the newsletter. Not an easy undertaking (Ask Bob)

We continue to be a club that get things done. At our last meeting we raised close to $200 to go towards new bright orange printed vests for the Petone Beach clean group who volunteer to clean up our beaches. Big help now having the ability to pay donations by stripe (eftpos). Thanks Barry!!

The bright orange safety vests will be printed with both the "Petone Beach Clean Up organisation" logo and "Hutt City Rotary" logo which is great and I am hopeful we might as a club assist at least once a year to help make a difference on our beaches.

Last month we held our 5th Corporate Bowls fun day and once again it was a sell out with all 18 teams being sponsored with a lot of fun had by all.

As a result we will have generated approximately $10k for seed funding towards the "Lifting the Lid" mental health program expected to kick off later this year.
This program is in partnership with the big four public secondary schools in the region and will make a huge difference to how the students access support they need.

Our club is taking a lead to get collaboration from all Hutt Valley Rotary clubs to provide enough seed funding to get the program underway: with one of our newest members, Darren Gray, playing a pivotal role, liaising with the Principles within the local secondary Schools we plan to support.

Darren will report back quarterly to provide the club with feedback from Principles and students as to how effective the program has been in their Schools.

Next week we will have an excellent speaker, one of our own Michael Markham, who will introduce "The Kendon's way" What this accountancy business does differently to the others.

He is less interested in looking backwards, but what it takes to turn good businesses into a great ones and the key steps businesses must do to get meaningful results.

I strongly urge you all to bring a business colleague or client or supplier along to hear Michael's address.

We will also have our members Conal McKenna (Booste People) and Robert Dong (Blackgates Optometrists) give us a quick five minute insight to their businesses.

We will also induct Stuart Hurst from Equip Recruitment into the club formerly. Stu will be presenting as the main speaker at our next Rotabiz meeting on 4 September, covering the current market forces in recruitment in Wellington. This also promises to be a very interesting presentation, so bring someone along.
 

Regards,
Cameron Tooley
President
Rotary Hutt City

Michael Markham - PFK Kendons

(A bit more about Michael) He is Chief Executive of PFK Kendons chartered accountants and business advisers for the Wellington region. He joined us as a Rotabiz Corporate member in February earlier this year, and will be our speaker next week.

 "I love working with people to help them achieve their goals and put to bed the problems that keep them awake at night. Ultimately accountability is key, together with embracing technology to improve efficiency".

In addition to accountancy, Michael covers the following key areas of practice:
Business strategy and best practice operations
Governance
Audit and assurance
Business valuations
Specialist forensic assignments

[Editor's note: As a former internal auditor and risk manager, looking forward to hearing more on Wednesday!]

• (Wayne) Plastic bottles ended up on Petone Beach, caught up in the storm water drainage along the Hutt Valley;
• Boy racers leave tyre marks on roads, the rubber gets washed away into the drains and end up in the sea;
• Microplastics are now being found in the human body, not just fish: is plastic the new asbestos?
• (Lorraine) The Western end of Petone Beach and the area close to Seaview attract the most debris;
• (Andrew) Globally fishing nets are lost each year, greater than the surface area of  Scotland;
• 20 tons of rubbish has been lifted from Wellington harbour including 142 e-scooters.