Tararua Tramping Club - Club Nights

Tuesday is our regular club night. Meetings are held in our clubrooms in Moncrieff Street, off Elizabeth Street, off Kent Terrace.

We welcome new faces at our meetings, and there are always club members available to provide newcomers with information and any answer questions they may have.

Forthcoming Meetings

9 September	Photo Competition For details see the Photo Competition page.

16 September	Waerenga - the great move A special presentation by Barry Durrant to co-incide with the grand re-opening

23 September	How to avoid getting lost in the future Graeme Blick from LINZ, will update us on the forthcoming changes to mapping in New Zealand.

30 September	The lives of mountaineers Lee Davidson will talk about her research which has examined the life stories of 22 NZ mountaineers. She will focus on how their passion for the mountains began, the role that it has played in their lives and how they have sustained their commitment to it throughout their lives. There will be the opportunity for people to contribute their own reflections on what attracts them to the outdoors and how it has impacted on their lives. (Articles about Lee have appeared in the Dominion Post and the Wilderness magazine)

7 October	Turning Wellington Zoo into "Absolutely, Positively the Best Little Zoo in the World" Karen Fifield, CEO and Katja Geschke, Manager, Conservation and Veterinary Science of Wellington Zoo, talk to us about a couple of really exciting new developments at the Zoo. The Zoo Capital Programme (ZCP) is a $21m plan to redevelop Wellington Zoo over the next 10 years. The ZCP will create an interactive, unique, dynamic, and accessible zoo. The redeveloped Zoo will provide visitors with a place to connect with wildlife through interactive experiences and best practice animal welfare and management. Currently under construction, The Nest - Wellington Zoo's new animal hospital, will provide excellent care for Wellington Zoo's animals and also for injured native wildlife from all over the Wellington region. The Nest will enable Zoo visitors to learn about, and experience, what goes on behind the scenes of a working Zoo hospital.

14 October	Remote Afghanistan Warwick Gilbert is an aid worker who, while working in Afghanistan, did a two week trip into Nuristan, Eastern Afghanistan, a forgotten territory of this troubled country.

The Tuesday evening programme is

Supper from 7.40 pm - 8.00 pm
General business 8.00 pm - 8.15 pm
Speaker 8.15 pm - 9.00 pm
Trip organisation and socialising 9.00 pm - 9.30 pm
There is a $2 door charge.

Can you, or someone you know, keep us entertained or informed?
Our Tuesday night programme organiser, on (04) 938 6311 or on (04) 383 6562. is keen to hear from anyone who would like to be considered as a Tuesday night speaker/presenter.
The club can provide assistance for speakers including slide or data projectors.