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This page contains general background information about Division Two and the dates, time and location of scheduled meetings.
What is Division Two:
Division Two is an administrative organization for the five
active Kiwanis clubs in the
Waikato. Meetings are held to elect representation to
the district administration, coordinate common projects
and to assist with the training of club officers.
Meetings are typically attended by the division
officers, the presidents and secretaries of the member
clubs and by the chairpersons of the various division
committees.
Our Region of New Zealand:
The
Waikato encompasses some of the best agricultural
land in New Zealand. The area is a major producer of
milk, meat and race horses.
Divisional Meetings:
Major service projects of Division Two:
Chairman for 1999/2007 -
Grant Gardiner (Te Awamutu).
Meetings and events for the 2009/2010 year will be:
31 July, 2010 - Club officer training.
Division 2 training day for the incoming president, secretary and treasurer. All
club officers and potential officers are welcome. To be held in Rotorua at the
Red Cross Rooms, corner of Lake Road and Rangiruru Street. Times: 09:30 to
16:30.
Meetings and events for the 2010/2011 year will be:
27 February, 2011 - Sunday - Divisional Conference
Divisional annual general meeting. Normally attended by the president,
president-elect and secretary. All divisional members are encouraged to
attend if possible. The conference will elect a lt. governor for the 2011/2012
year. Governor Bob Reay will be in attendance. City, venue and start time still
to be announced.
Kiwanis NZSP Division Two Home Page /
New Zealand - South Pacific District
home page
In 2005 the five clubs of Division 2 contributed a significant amount of
time and money to buying beds, chairs and bright bedding and fittings for
the children's wards at Waikato Hospital (the large regional hospital in
our area). Prior to this donation of rollaway beds, recliner chairs and
cheerful bedspreads, parents wanting to stay with their children in hospital had
to sleep on mattresses on the floor.
“A most uncomfortable situation for parents who are already having to cope with
the stress of their child being in hospital,” said clinical nurse leader Betsy
Smith. “This is a wonderful gift to children and their parents from the Kiwanis.”
Five Kiwanis clubs – Matamata, Morrinsville, Te Awamutu, Kirikiriroa, and
Westside – all contributed to the purchase of 18 rollaway beds and two
recliners. Thirty bright bedspreads have replaced drab hospital greens, giving
the children’s wards an instant lift. A big thank you to the Kiwanis from
Waikato Hospital. We appreciate the fruits of your labour - sausage sizzles,
firewood sales, garage sales, and the like. Thank you also to the people at the
Soft Furnishing Shoppe in Hamilton who got the fabric at discount prices and
then whipped it up into fabulous bedspreads.
Information about the our combined district projects in
more recent years can be read here.
A sports competition for intellectually handicapped youngsters
was held yearly in Matamata in the Waikato from 1978 to 2004.
Approximately 100 competitors competed for the medals offered for
numerous events. More information about the
Gateway Games can be read here.
The games were always
a highlight for the participants and the medals that they won were
highly prized. The Gateway Games has been discontinued due to the changing
infrastructure in New Zealand - fewer intellectually handicapped youngsters
now have ties to institutions or belong to "Gateway Clubs".
A week at camp held annually for underprivileged children of the Waikato. The Kamp
gave 15-30 children a week in the outdoors at Ngatuhoa Lodge in the Kaimai
mountains. Eight to twelve adults ensured that the children have plenty of
supervision and activities. The last Kamp was held in April, 2005.
Chairman for 1995/2005 -
Bette Eavestaff (Kirikiriroa).
Division Two (Waikato) of the New Zealand South Pacific District
and Division Six (Melbourne) of the Australian District
each sponsored a trip to the other side of the Tasman Sea
for a deserving teenager selected from their respective
areas. These trips normally took place in the September / October
months. The project has been indefinitely suspended due to bureaucracy in
Australia. The story of how this annual project got started
can be viewed here.
Recent exchangees:
Year
Name
From
Comments
1994
Rebekah Muir
Australia
Briar Spriggens
Matamata, New Zealand
1995
No selection
Australia
Pauline Calder
Morrinsville, New Zealand
1996
Stephen Greene
Melbourne, Australia
Jill McPherson
Putaruru, New Zealand
1997
Katherine Bannon
Melbourne, Australia
Michelle Isbister
Morrinsville, New Zealand
1998
Hannah Penberthy and Lisa Ellman
Melbourne, Australia
One of the highlights of their visit was an adventure caving
expedition to the Haggas Honking Holes (kindly donated by
Waitomo Adventures Ltd.)
Lisa Woolerton
Otorohanga, New Zealand
You can read all about
Lisa's trip experiences by clicking
here.
1999
Stacey Redman
Melbourne, Australia
Michelle Wilcock
Hamilton, New Zealand
2000
Rachel Parnes
Melbourne, Australia
Peter Hughes
Morrinsville, New Zealand
You can read all about Peter's trip
experiences by clicking here.
2001
No exchange took place
2002
No exchange took place
2003
Kerry Smallwood
Melbourne, Australia
Debbie Sutton
Hamilton, New Zealand
2004
Elise Woodrow
Nunawading, Australia
Kani Puru and Sarah Westbury
Hamilton, New Zealand
2005
No exchange took place
2006
Judy Ng
Waverley, Australia
You can read all about Judy's trip
experiences by clicking here.
Joshua Verstraten
Matamata, New Zealand
Page last updated by
webmaster@kiwanis.org.nz (David Fentress)
on 27 July, 2010.
Your comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.