International Women s Day: Rotorua Zonta honours local women
8 Mar, 2021 06:04 AM
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Rotorua women were celebrated by the Rotorua Zonta Club with roses grown in Government Gardens. Photo / File
Rotorua women were celebrated by the Rotorua Zonta Club with roses grown in Government Gardens. Photo / File
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The Zonta Club of Rotorua has honoured six local women, to celebrate International Women s Day.
On March 8 every year outstanding women are carefully selected and presented with a single yellow rose.
The Zonta yellow rose is a living symbol of the Zonta International Organisation, which are perpetuated and tended by local council gardens, growers, florists and the backyards of women all over the world.
Zonta Festival in the Gardens raffle winners stoked with prize package
14 Jan, 2021 06:48 PM
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Soak and Cycle Pamper Me Holiday prize package winner Jemma McDonald accepts the prize package from Look After Me managing director Julia Anne. Photo / Supplied
Soak and Cycle Pamper Me Holiday prize package winner Jemma McDonald accepts the prize package from Look After Me managing director Julia Anne. Photo / Supplied
Rotorua Daily Post
Jemma and Philip McDonald welcomed the holiday season with an extra special gift under the Christmas tree this year.
They were winners of the major raffle prize for the Festival in the Gardens fundraising event presented by the Zonta Club of Rotorua, held at Palmers in late 2020.
Blast from the past: 2020 in review with Rotorua Weekender
23 Dec, 2020 06:56 PM
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Western Heights High School student Zach Jans was the Senior Composition winner in the 2020 NZCT Chamber Music Contest. Photo / File
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
It has been one crazy year, full of challenges, hope and the community rallying around each other. Rotorua Weekender editor Shauni James takes a look at some of the highlights from the newspaper s coverage over 2020.
January
- Sustainable Backyards shared information on what environmental events they would have coming up.
Rotorua s Kymbali Dender went to South Africa as a volunteer to help rescue coastal birds. Photo / File