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Spirit of Adventure &

Spirit of New Zealand Participants

1975 Jeffrey Law
1976 Joy Bullen & Pita Dean
1979 Bruce Wilson
1980 Raymond Connolly
1981 Joseph Tahana
1985 Catherine Tocker
1987 Shane Coleman
1988 Nicole Muir
1989 Joanne Inglis

1990 Kylee McKenzie & Stefan Pollard
1991 Hayley Landon
1992 Kelly Vandy
1994 Barbara Meier & Tukua Matthews
1995 Donna Crosby, Barney Wharakura & Whetu Middleton
1996 Maria London
2002 Huia Iwihora

Shelley Campbell 1980

ROTARY EXCHANGE o’clock that night and
STUDENT informed that she had been
Shelley Campbell, along selected as a Rotary
with several other senior Student. It became a time
students, went for their first for celebration in the
interview at school where she Campbell household and so
was told about the financial the champaign glasses were
requirements of a Rotary brought out!
Exchange student. This whittled Then came the time for
the candidates down to three - attending Rotary Conventions
Michelle Pellow, Dale Timms with private introductions of
and Shelley. Rotary members, and
The next assignment was generally getting the feel of
to prepare themselves for an what Rotary is all about.
interview by the Rotarians at Shelley attended an
Dunlop along the Te Rapa orientation meeting in
strait. There they faced a panel Rotorua, where students from
of three men and one woman both NZ and overseas got
who directed many questions at together to discuss conditions
them. overseas and in NZ. They
At ten o’clock the same stayed at a Rotorua marae
evening Shelley received a where many relationships
telephone call asking her to attend a further were formed with interesting people.
interview on the following Wednesday. There she On November 6th 1980 Shelley found out
was asked many different additional questions; just where she was headed. She was destined to
one about the New Zealand Government which spend the next year at Plano, Illinois. Excitedly
she was unable to answer. looking forward to 1981 Shelley thanked the
However, this question didn’t seem to school for providing her with such a fantastic
matter as she was contacted by ’phone at 10 opportunity.