2514 days ago

Pride of workmanship awards 21st celebration dinner

Upper Hutt Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Upper Hutt has been running the Pride of Workmanship Awards programme since 1998. This is now the 21st year and time for a celebration.

With the sponsorship and support of the Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club (The Cossie) and The Leader, The Rotary Club of Upper Hutt invites all past recipients to be their guest at this year’s Awards Dinner to be held at The Cossie on 10 June 2019, 6 to 9 pm.

If you are a past recipient and would like to register for this awards celebration event, please forward your registration details along to, rotaryupperhutt@gmail.com or by post to “Pride of Workmanship Awards, c/o 55 Golders Rd Upper Hutt 5018” no later than 3 May 2019.

Free attendance for past recipients and $40 for each supporter.

It would be fantastic if past recipients could bring along their plaque or citation, and be part of a group photo on the night.

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Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!

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Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!

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