Fo Guang Shan Attends Female Officer’s Retirement Tea Party

On 18th December, under the lead Venerable Rulian, 6 members of BLIA were invited to Manukau Police Officer Adele White’s Retirement Tea Party. This event was also joined by Local MP Jami Lee Ross, other officers and Officer White’s family, altogether 60 people in attendance.

The Tea Party started with Superintendent Wendy Spiller recounting Officer White’s history and achievement throughout her 32 years in the force. Starting as a traffic cop, having passed challenges associated with her gender and physical abilities she eventually joined full service. Recently she especially played many important roles on working positively with schools and local community. She developed great relationship with the youth to give their care, nurturing and guidance.
Superintendent Spiller further revealed that Officer White was also a great cook and calligrapher, where many posters from the office were scribed by her.

Officer White thanked all the guidance provided by her seniors and superiors throughout her career. She was grateful for all experiences obtained from her time in active duty. She was also thankful for all the support for her from the community including Fo guang Shan. This ensures she is determined to hold the faith of serving the public. Therefore even after retiring from the force she will continue to serve the public by joining the Howick Local Board.

On behalf of the temple, Venerable Juehao presented a gift of “Venerable Xing Pei Chanting the Buddha’s name” CD to Officer White.