Brad Miller spoke on the Maori Carving Center Project in New Zealand explaining why we should even care about indigenous cultures.  The movie Avatar is a Hollywood version, while there are real tribes and cultures that need saving, including the New Zealand Maori. He explained that their way of life has a different set of [...]

Ten of us left on February 2nd.  We landed 12 hours later in perfect weather in Auckland New Zealand.  After a day “resting” including a tour around the city and a sail on America’s Cup training boats we headed north in two vans for about 5  hours… and time slowed. The Hokianga Harbor on the [...]

by Brad Miller, MG #68082 Chair First, the GOOD NEWS – Rotary Foundation has approved the Matching Grant to create a Vocational Carving Center for the Maoris in Hokianga in the North Island of New Zealand.  The announcement was received this week and clubs on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are submitting their pledged [...]