Tuatara guru presented with Paul Harris Fellowship
This recognition is named after Rotary’s founder, the late Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer, who started Rotary with three business associates in 1905.
The North Invercargill Rotary Club has decided to honour Lindsay Hazley who is best known for his work in Tuatara rehabilitation.
Hazley retired earlier in the year after 52 years working with the tuatara at the Southland Museum as a Senior Living Species Officer.
He recently spoke at a North Invercargill Rotary Club meeting where he outlined his involvement in the development of the Tuatara rehabilitation programme and the success of the breeding programme.
At the meeting, the club presented Hazely with a Paul Harris Fellowship for his work in Herpetology.
The club noted it was thrilled to award Hazley with a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of his “service above self”.
Rotarians associate the naming of a Paul Harris Fellow as a tribute to a person who has demonstrated a shared purpose with the educational and humanitarian objectives of The Rotary Foundation.
This recognition is named after Rotary’s founder, the late Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer, who started Rotary with three business associates in 1905.
A world of goodwill and better understanding came closer to reality because the Rotary Club of Invercargill North has made a gift to The Rotary Foundation so that Hazely can be named as a Paul Harris Fellow.