Join with Tawa Rotary on Tuesday 19 July to hear Dame Kerry Prendergast share her amazing experience and challenges on walking the Te Araroa Trail. This trail is 3000 km from Cape Reinga in the North to Bluff in the South Island, NZ.
Dame Kerry Prendergast DNZM, CNZM is the former Mayor of Wellington and former Vice-President of Local Government New Zealand. In 2019, she became a Dame Companion for services to governance and the community, after being awarded a CNZM in 2011 for her services to local government. Dame Kerry was also awarded a Lifetime Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Local Government. She is a distinguished Alumni of Victoria University of Wellington, and continues to serve the community through her many roles ranging from Wellington Free Ambulance to the New Zealand Community Trust.
Dame Kerry really enjoys walking - she’s walked in the footsteps of pilgrims and Romans, hiked New Zealand’s great walks, trekked to Machu Picchu and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro. In 2014, she walked Spain’s El Camino de Santiago, and in 2017 Hadrian’s Wall as well as the English Coast to Coast.
Tawa Rotary
When: Tuesday 19 July, 7.00pm for public attendance
