For they are jolly good Fellows

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Publication title: Mountain Scene

Last Saturday night, Chandler, who turns 65 next month, was presented a Paul Harris Fellowship (PHF) by the Rotary Club of Queenstown — one of only a handful of non-Rotarians, locally, to be awarded Rotary’s most prestigious honour — for his services to this community over the past 39 years

At Queenstown Rotary’s 80th anniversary function, at Queenstown Country Club, past-president Ross Beale and his wife, Rosanna, were also presented the PHF, for their work setting up an education foundation for children in Uganda.

Other recent recipients of the award include former Wakatipu High principal — and new ski area manager for The Remarkables — Steve Hall, Bruce Boivin, Whakatipu Reforestation Trust co-founders Neill and Barbara Simpson, president-elect Gabrielle Schou, and ex-mayor Jim Boult.

Chandler was duped into attending the function, believing he was there to make an address to Queenstown Rotary members at their 80th anniversary dinner, only to find he was being honoured.

Past Rotary president Joan Kiernan says Chandler’s been an...