Paul Harris Fellows
The Paul Harris Fellow is one of Rotary's highest honours, named after Paul Harris, who started the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905. It goes to people who live by the Rotary motto, "Service Above Self." The Rotary Club of Orewa-Millwater has been awarding it here since 1964, and the fifty-odd Fellows on our honours boards are a fair picture of the club: some have served the Hibiscus Coast for decades, others are New Zealanders known well beyond it. Each of them gave something to other people, and through Rotary that effort reaches well past our own community.
Date | Name |
|---|---|
7 Oct 1983 | Mac Cole |
5 Jun 1985 | Gordon Cashmore |
31 Dec 1988 | Ethel Lloyd |
31 Dec 1988 | P.D.G. Peter Rigg ★ |
21 Dec 1989 | Rod Dennis ★ |
21 Dec 1989 | Bill Earwaker MBE |
21 Dec 1989 | Frank Emtage |
21 Dec 1989 | Neil Gatman J.P. |
21 Dec 1989 | Harry Holder J.P. |
21 Dec 1989 | Jock Wight |
21 Dec 1989 | Woody Woodroofe MM |
15 May 1990 | P.D.G. Roger Manuel |
15 May 1990 | Bob Urban |
21 Jan 1992 | Sir Robert Muldoon GCMG |
21 Jan 1992 | Lady Thea Muldoon |
17 Jun 1992 | Tom Kincaid Q.S.M. |
23 Jun 1993 | Bala Balasundram |
23 Jun 1993 | Val Emtage |
22 Feb 1994 | Erica Cashmore |
5 Mar 1995 | Don Dennis |
21 Jan 1997 | Sir Peter Blake KBE |
29 Oct 1997 | Elaine Dennis |
16 Jun 1998 | Purshottam Krishnan |
16 Jun 1998 | Ratna Krishnan |
22 Feb 2000 | Rt. Hon. Don McKinnon |
6 May 2003 | Merv Huxford |
29 Jun 2004 | Fred Hoogveld |
29 Jun 2004 | Peter Rowell ★ |
24 Aug 2004 | Ian Carpenter |
28 Jun 2005 | Doug Tooby |
9 Aug 2005 | Ed Stanton |
2007 | Richard Gee ★ |
2007 | Judith Gee |
2007 | Brownyn Ellison |
2007 | Doug Parker |
Jun 2008 | Vivenne Rowell |
16 Sep 2008 | Trevor Penn |
23 Jun 2009 | Don Turner |
23 Jun 2009 | Frank Mackereth |
30 Jun 2009 | Tom Lees |
29 Jun 2010 | Debra Hunt |
29 Jun 2010 | Bjorn Modigh |
28 Jun 2011 | Christine Gardiner |
13 Jul 2011 | Murray Fisk |
9 Aug 2011 | Pam Davies |
14 Jun 2012 | Adrienne Renton |
14 Jun 2012 | Frank Emtage |
14 Jun 2012 | Peter Little |
17 Jun 2012 | Lynda Brennan |
2 Jul 2013 | Neville Cullen |
8 Oct 2013 | Roger Leadbeater ★ |
8 Oct 2013 | Doug Parker ★ |
7 Apr 2014 | Doug Tooby |
24 Jun 2014 | Brenton Faithfull |
18 Oct 2014 | Bill Earwaker ★ |
18 Oct 2014 | Gordon Cashmore ★ |
17 Feb 2015 | Purshottam Krishnan ★ |
3 Mar 2015 | Carly Faithfull |
30 Jun 2015 | Susan Connelly |
30 Jun 2015 | Vivienne Rowell |
30 Jun 2015 | Roger Leadbeater |
30 Jun 2015 | Ian Gibb |
7 Jul 2016 | Bruce Davies |
13 Dec 2016 | Joan Earwaker |
2024 | Karen Bonici |
2024 | Peter Johns |
★ Denotes an additional Paul Harris Fellow award.
Sources: the “Paul Harris Fellow Recognitions” board (1983–2009) and the Gordon Cashmore Honours Board (2010–2016).
About the Paul Harris Fellow Award
The Paul Harris Fellow is one of Rotary's highest honours. It's named after Paul Harris, who started the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905, and it goes to people who live by the Rotary motto, "Service Above Self."
The award is linked to The Rotary Foundation, the charity Rotary runs to pay for clean water projects, scholarships, disaster relief and the global effort to wipe out polio. Each Fellowship comes from a US$1,000 gift to the Foundation made in someone's name, so it works two ways: it thanks a person who has served well, and it puts real money behind Rotary projects here and overseas.
One thing that makes it unusual is that you don't have to be a Rotarian to receive it. A club can give it to anyone who has put in real time, effort or support for others, member or not. Each recipient gets a certificate, a pin and a medallion, and anyone honoured more than once wears a pin set with a sapphire or ruby for each extra award, which is why a few names on our board have a star beside them.
Our own club has named more than fifty Paul Harris Fellows. Some are members who have quietly served for decades; others are public figures recognised for what they've given to the wider community. Every one of them earned the honour by doing something real for other people, and helped fund Rotary's work by being recognised.
