Wanaka Bulletin 25 September 2018 (Sep 19, 2018)

New club member Viv Milson has just written a book,

The Vineyards of Central Otago: A Passion for Winemaking on the Edge.

Viv featured in the media last week. Here is a snippet of the article in the Wanaka App by Maddy Harker.

Viv Milson: Exploring the world of wine

Viv’s Milsom’s Sunday dinners growing up in Dunedin were often accompanied by a glass of wine. Her father, a wine and spirit merchant, would often bring home imported wines to taste. Before New Zealand wines were on the map - or even being made - the only way to get a good wine was to drink the imported varieties.

Viv has spent the past ten years living in Wanaka working as a freelance writer, after beginning her professional career as a television and radio news journalist and later moving into secondary school education. The return to Wanaka and writing (Viv visited for ski holidays as a child) also drew Viv back to wine - and she’s just written a book all about it. But instead of imported wines, the book celebrates the wines made right here in Central Otago.

The Vineyards of Central Otago: A Passion for Winemaking on the Edge, is Viv’s first book. The luxurious hardback coffee table book tells the stories of Central Otago’s vineyards, and the people whose passion for the industry has made the region a wine destination.

The Vineyards of Central Otago: A Passion for Winemaking on the Edge will be available from October 1 and the launch will be held on October 10 at Rippon Hall. Tickets are available at Paper Plus Wanaka.

She will also be the 3 min speaker for tonight.

Guest Speaker 25 September 2018

Mathew Abraham

He was born in South India for 2 teachers and was the eldest of 3. Trained as a Civil Engineer, moved to New Zealand in 2002. Lived 10 years in Auckland with work before moving to Christchurch 5 years ago to do an MBA at University of Canterbury.

Recently moved to Wanaka and working in consulting industry. Mathew passionate about human psychology and motivating people. Has a master certificate in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Mathew likes to encourage younger people to follow their dreams and making big changes in peoples lives as a hobby.

The talk is - the in and out of happiness – “Are you happy?”

NZ Clean Up Week Report 10 -15 September 2018

There were a number of local groups who participated in this years NZ Clean Up Week. Our Club’s contribution was coordinating two groups from the Holy Family School. The school successfully tidied up an area around Sticky Forest and Peninsula Bay, and a second group tackled the Waterfall Creek Track.

A couple of Rotarians also collected an assortment of rubbish from the roadside of Cardrona Valley Road, and along the other main highway into town between Halliday/Morris Roads and the Hawea turn-off and on the main road by the airport.

In total, the above groups collected more than 50 kg of rubbish.

So a big Thank You please to all those that helped!

RIDE FOR ROTARY

Greetings from Rotary District 3181!

Rotarian Ritesh Baliga, Chairman - Ride for Rotary 3. This is with regards to previous mails from Ride for Rotary 3 conducted in India by Rotary District 3181 under the leadership of our District Governor Rotarian Rohinath.

The first two editions of Ride for Rotary was a great success to which close to 25 Rotarians from different countries attended and had a wonderful experience.

This event is to promote International fellowship, exchange of Rotary views. The proceedings of this event goes to The Rotary foundation (TRF).

Event will be from 13th January and ends on 27th January 2019.

Below mentioned are the event highlights:

A 14 days event commencing from Mumbai (India) that can either be a motorcycle ride or a four wheel drive.

Showcasing Indian Heritage, Culture & Diversity.

The ride will cover 5 Rotary Districts, many Rotary Clubs along with temples, churches, Tiger Reserves, forests, Beaches and via some breath taking beautiful roads in the lap of nature.

The route is from Mumbai- Lonavala - Pune - Mahabaleshwara - Rathnagiri - Goa- Dhoodhsagar - Hampi - Chikmagalaur - Mysore - Kushal Nagar - Mangalore.

Participants/ Riders will be provided motorcycles/cars, fuel, stay, food, riding gear, mechanical support, medical support during the event period.

Cultural activities and fellowship will be part of the event.

Participation Fee: 3540 USD Incl. Taxes[ Includes food, stay, bikes, fuel, aiport transfer and lot more]

We request you to register for this event and make the event a great success.

For more information please log on to [www.rideforrotary.com]www.rideforrotary.com.

Regards,
Ritesh Baliga | Chairman - Ride for Rotary 3
www.rideforrotary.com

TITITEA LODGE

Wanaka Rotary members headed off to Tititea Lodge in the Matukituki Valley for the annual clean up.

We arrived around 10.30am and could see the battering the lodge had sustained from the storm that hit last Tuesday. It was a beautiful day and everyone set to work with gusto. There was a lot to do.

The main event of the day was the 1pm delivery of the new water tank by helicopter, impressive! It was a 14 man (including some women) lift to get the tank in place.

By day end, the lodge and grounds were looking respectable. Some members had to return to Wanaka but others stayed on to enjoy the ambience overnight.

It was gratifying to know that the hard work would benefit members of the community who would use the premises in the coming summer period.

Well done Rotary!

Apologies for the late Bulletin!