News and Notices

• Link to End Polio Now February Summary.

• Link to a presentation about the Model United Nations Assembly.

• Link to New speakers added for the 2019 Rotary Convention.

Calendar and Blogs (where there is always something new - check these links every week)

• Link to the Kaikohe Rotary Club Calendar. Go here to check out Guest Speakers for future meetings and details of other club activities.

• Link to Kaikohe Rotary’s Facebook page.

• Link to the District Facebook page.

• Link to the District Calendar.

• Link to the Rotary Service Connections Blog.

• Link to the Rotary Voices Blog.

• Link to Rotary International’s Member News.

Regular Newsletters

• Link to the latest Rotary Weekly.

• Link to the latest Governor’s Newsletter.

• Link to the latest Rotary Down Under.

• Link to the latest Bay of Islands Club Bulletin.

• Link to the latest Dargaville Club Bulletin.

• Link to the latest Kerikeri Club Bulletin.

• Link to the latest Waipapa Club Bulletin.

• Link to the latest E Mara E Pānui.

Club Meeting 6 March 2019

• This week Kaikohe Rotarians heard a story of survival and courage from one of our own: John Vujcich. In 2013 he was working on his farm near Kaikohe when he got too close to a slasher which cut off his right leg. A long way from home, with no one else around and no cellphone, losing copious amounts of blood, John thought he was a goner. But his resilience, his faith and determination not to die - combined with the skill of ambulance paramedics and hospital staff means that John is able to tell his story and the lessons he's learned.

• John accepted he was the author of his own misfortune. He had decided to use a slasher to clear some rough ground in a remote part of his farm. He disregarded an oil leak and proceeded even after a plate on the slasher was damaged by a bull. When things went wrong he got off his tractor and tried to fix things without switching off the slasher - bad move!

• John told us he used his belt as a tourniquet. With no one to raise the alarm, his only option was to drive his tractor with no usable leg .He negotiated ditches and drove through a shut gate before getting close enough to alert his wife Elodie who called 111. It was only after the paramedics arrived that the pain really kicked in.

• Thankful for being alive, John insists he's no hero. We are are happy to still have him and inspired to hear his story.