We recently hosted Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) students, from 8 European countries, with a BBQ at our Tuckers Beach area.
The visiting students were from Finland, Switzerland, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Denmark and Belgium. They are currently being hosted by Rotarian families in the upper North Island in Rotary Districts 9910, 9920 and 9930 - from Whangarei south to Hawkes Bay. The team were chaperoned by Drs Jennifer (D9910) and Raoul Neaves who are now retired and living on Great Barrier Island.
RYE students have Rotary organised ‘get togethers’ where they experience activities whilst seeing their host countries.
The group performed a waiata for us at the end of the evening, taught to them by their tour guide. That was highly respectful of our NZ culture and impressed those present.


