Posts by Plimmerton Rotary
3056 days ago

Innovative Young Minds (IYM)

Rhondda Sweetman from Plimmerton Rotary

At our weekly meeting we heard from Brian Smellie of Hutt City, one of the organisers of the Innovative Young Minds Programme held for the first time in July, and from Sophie Miller, one of the participants, who attends Samuel Marsden in Whitby. This was clearly a great initiative and Brian assured us that it will be repeated. IYM is a technology and innovation programme for young women in the Wellington region, targeted at Year 11 and 12 students.A technology and innovation programme for young women in the Wellington region
Innovative Young Minds (IYM) is designed to attract and engage young women to the field of technology. Targeted at Year 11 and Year 12 students, IYM was a week-long residential programme that ran from 9-14 July, 2017.

It’s well known that diversity in the workplace leads to more innovation. Women are under-represented in the STEMM sector (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and manufacturing) and Hutt Science (a Hutt City Council initiative), Rotary Hutt City and Hutt Valley High School want to change that.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the 2017 programme on the 14th July. Details for 2018 will be posted by October.

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5 hours ago

Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎉 2026 is almost here!

We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?

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Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
  • 20% Yes! New Year, New Me
    20% Complete
  • 20% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
    20% Complete
  • 60% Nah - not for me
    60% Complete
5 votes
7 days ago

Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!

Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?

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Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
  • 78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
    78.7% Complete
  • 21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
    21.3% Complete
1224 votes
5 days ago

Today’s Mind-Bender is the Last of the Year! Can You Guess It Before Everyone Else? 🌟🎁🌲

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I dance in the sky with green and gold, a spectacle few are lucky to behold; I’m best seen in the south, a celestial sight—what am I, lighting up the New Zealand night?

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