Fixture Card 2025 Club Nights

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2025

7, 14, 21 January   Kia pai te wā ō pōhutukawa nui

Ka kati te whare karapu.
The clubrooms will be closed.

28 January  Steak, salads and sausage sizzle - General Committee’s barbeque

The General Committee is hosting a barbecue for club members from 5-9 p.m. at Simon Davis's kainga.
Please bring your own kai for the BBQ and kai and inu to share.

04 February  Trekking in Morocco and Southern Europe Peter Gates

Peter and Caroline went e-bike touring in Brittany and trekking in the Rif Mountains (Morocco), Picos de Europa (northern Spain), GR211 (Mallorca) and the Dolomites. They stayed in mountain refugios and had no qualms about using gondolas to help with the uphill.

11 February  Geckos and skinks: lizards of the backcountry Anna Yeoman

Anna shares stories and photographs from her new book, Geckos & Skinks: The Remarkable Lizards of Aotearoa, a collection of gripping tales about the discovery, study and conservation of New Zealand’s fascinating lizard species.

18 February  Adventures in Kenya and Tanzania Philippa Grimes

Philippa cycled on remote back roads in Kenya and Tanzania, camped with local families, viewed wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater, and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro via the Machame Route.

25 February  Predator Free Wellington Phase Two: Island Bay to CBD Alistair Henshaw

With the Miramar mission successfully completed, PFW’s primary focus now is optimisation and increased efficiency, going harder and faster with improved methods, new technology and innovation.

04 March  Hiking in Timor-Leste Jonty Crane

Jonty Crane spent a year in Timor-Leste (East Timor). In the first of two talks he shares his hiking experiences in this 'undiscovered hiking gem’, including day walks around the capital Dili and an eight-day hike across the country.

11 March  National Parks of the American West Liz Martin & Alan Graham

Liz and Alan explored a wide variety of Parks with National Geographic, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, as well as others not so well known. Worryingly, they experienced unseasonably hot weather in late September and early October.

18 March  Plan My Walk – past, present and future Bevan Smith (New Zealand Mountain Safety Council)

Bevan will chat about why the MSC created Plan My Walk, how it’s already making people’s trips better, and what’s in the works for the future of the app and website.

25 March  Hiking in Timor-Leste [II] Jonty Crane

In his second talk Jonty Crane covers Atauro Island and multi-day hikes around the mountainous centre of the country.

01 April  Bikepacking Mexico’s 2,800 km Baja Divide Marcus Baguley

Marcus biked down the Baja Peninsula, crisscrossing mountains between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez.

08 April  Annapurna Circuit 1981 Peter Smith

In 1981 Peter and Trish walked around the Annapurna circuit in Nepal over Throng La at 5,416m. Back then the Marsyangdi Trail from Dumre had just opened up. Today much of the trail is covered by motorised roads.

15 April  Ōhau and Ben Ōhau Ranges Gerald Leather

Gerald and Peggy Munn led a week-long expedition based at Lake Ōhau. The party enjoyed walks in the Ōhau and Ben Ōhau ranges and found some surprises behind the uniform, sun-baked hills that surround the MacKenzie Basin.

22 April  Hutbagging the North Island Maarten Ruiter

Maarten started bagging huts when he joined WTMC in 2010 and has now visited every hut in the North Island.

29 April  Monitoring marine ecosystems: impacts of coastal change on pāua

Katie Fenton, a Michael Taylor Award recipient, is pursuing a PhD in marine biology. Her thesis aims to understand how increasing intensity of global climate and local environmental stressors influences the growth, distribution, and survival of Haliotis iris, the blackfoot pāua.

06 May  The Gladiator shows no mercy Sarah White

Sarah and Paul McCredie journeyed to the headwaters of the Karangarua and Douglas Rivers, deep in southern Westland.

13 May  Ball Ridge/Ball Pass traverse, Aoraki Mt Cook

Janette, Devon, Peggy and Chris went to Ball Pass(approve sites) on Aoraki Mt Cook. It was a really great trip, with some challenging terrain. And a wonderful place to celebrate a 70^th birthday.

20 May  Langtang Valley trek in Nepal Geoff Marshall

Geoff did a six-day trek in the Langtang Valley. The trek climbs through a forested valley to around 3,000 metres elevation, then continues up a wide valley surrounded by snow-clad peaks to Kyanjing Gompa.

27 May  New members’ evening

Gain new skills and enjoy our bush and mountains with Tararua Tramping Club!

Your opportunity to find out about our Bushcraft Instruction and Alpine Instruction? courses, our trips, our lodge on Ruapehu that provides a great base for climbing, skiing, snowboarding and walking, our comfortable hut by the Ōrongorongo river, our gear room free to members, and our library.

03 June  Volunteering with DoC on Rakiura Sarah Fisher

During a 15-day FMC scholarship trip, Sarah assisted saving the critically endangered southern New Zealand dotterel population, sat out a wild storm on Tin Range, and came across an untamed mud monster that tried to capture an unsuspecting tramper in a waist-deep mud hole.

10 June  TTC Quiz night

Get a team together or join one on the night and enjoy a challenging, fun evening competing across a range of topics against other teams of quizzers for the prestigious title of TTC Quiz Champions 2025.

17 June  Bibbulmun Track Lara Shepherd and Leon Perrie

Lara and Leon did a 43 day end-to-end of the Bibbulmun Track from Perth to Albany in southwestern Australia. This 1,000 km track traverses open gumlands, granite outcrops, dense forest and beaches. Highlights included these diverse landscapes, snakes and other wildlife, and a huge variety of colourful wildflowers.

24 June  Birds of Te Araroa Trail Colin Miskelly

Te Papa natural history curator Colin walked from Te Rerenga Wairua to Bluff along Te Araroa trail, counting every bird seen or heard along the way. Afterwards he looked at what difference (if any) predator trapping has made to the abundance of native birds. See Te Papa Te Araroa Trail Blog

01 July  The Catlins, and the Hollyford Valley ?n Nina Sawicki

Nina is captivated by The Catlins. In April she spent eight days volunteering for the Hollyford Conservation Trust at Martin's Bay.

08 July  World Heritage values of China's Long March route Les Molloy

Les has evaluated for World Heritage listing the outstanding natural heritage values (geodiversity and biodiversity) of places that lie along or are close to the route/s of the Long March, the epic 3,000 km retreat of the Chinese Communist Party's armies in 1934-35.

15 July  National parks of Tasmania Diana Barnes

Diana went on an organised short trip to Tasmania, visiting several national parks and wilderness areas. An added appeal was seeing some native animals such as the pademelon.

22 July  Nocturnal activity of wild kākā Tirth Vaishnav

Kākā are a diurnal species (active during the day), but what are they doing up and about after dark? With funding from the Michael Taylor Memorial Award, Tirth undertook a field investigation of daytime and night-time activity patterns of kākā within the Zealandia ecosanctuary.

29 July  Ski touring in Scandinavia Oliver Seiler

Oliver journeyed into ski touring 20+ years ago while exploring some of Europe's northernmost wilderness areas: Urho Kekkonen National Park, Nordkalottleden, Sarek National Park and Rogen.

05 August  Celebrating 75 years on Ruapehu Vivienne Radcliffe

Seventy-five years on from the opening of Tararua Hut 1 and 70 years from Tararua Hut 2, Vivienne looks back at the history of our lodge on Ruapehu.

12 August  New Zealand’s wondrous wilderness Peter Laurenson

Peter’s new book, "Aotearoa Light", takes readers on a journey through our wilderness, with photographs that catch the light and experiences and reflections that explore our role within Earth’s connected ecosystem.

19 August  2025 TTC Photo Competition

Your once-a-year opportunity to be entertained and inspired by the best work of the club’s photographers, and pick up some top tips on photographing your trips.

26 August  2025 Annual General Meeting

Have your say at this year’s AGM on the management and running of our club. What could we be doing better - and how?

02 September  Swimming in Indonesia’s ‘Coral Triangle’ Penny Salmond''

Penny went on a small-group SwimTrek trip aboard a yacht, exploring the wonders of the reefs and islands of Komodo National Park, the world’s most diverse marine sanctuary.

9^th September  The Huxley, the Otamatapaio, with bonus Trains Track to Puteore Simon Davis

Simon puts his best foot forward again to help a hug bagging friend scour the motu for unvisited huts. This time in the Ruataniwha, Oteake, and Waitōtara Conservation areas.

16 September  Bikepacking the Pamirs 101 Jenny Cossey

Jenny undertook a five months’ solo adventure cycling across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Albania and Turkey, following the ancient Silk Roads.

23 September  The Portuguese Camino Peter Clough

Peter and his wife Nanette walked the Portuguese Camino, an old pilgrim route from Porto to Santiago de Compostela.

30 September  Trips on the Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers Paul Maxim and Dave Bamford

In the spring of 2024, Paul attempted a climb of Mt Tasman with three other club members, and with an aging bunch of Alpine Club members traversed the Franz and Fox Glaciers to try and locate the exact position of the historic and long-abandoned Teichelmann camp on Pioneer Ridge.

07 October  The surprising things LINZ delivers Richard Hawke

Richard says LINZ is known for its maps and charts and official record of land ownership and property boundaries. But it also delivers ‘interesting and surprising things’, from hydrographic surveys and aerial coastal mapping to a groundbreaking project to improve GPS in Australasia.

14 October  Impact of possum control in the Akatarawa Forest Bruce Brewer, GWRC

What impact will planned changes to possum control in the north of the Akatarawa Forest have on recreational opportunities and conservation in the area? The Regional Council will be looking for some volunteer engagement in parts of the project.

21 October  Old man's beard must go! Nigel Charman & Sam Newton

Old Man's Beard Free Wellington is a volunteer group engaging Wellingtonians to clear old man’s beard across Wellington. Nigel and Sam share some anecdotes about controlling the pest plant, touch on systems and plans in place to manage it, and discuss how you can support this work.

28 October  A visit to Peru and Bolivia Peter Morten

Peter and Rachel Fry walked the Inca Trail (high point 4,200 m) and went up Rainbow Mountain to just over 5,000 m. They spent some time around Lake Titicaca, walked around the top of the second-deepest canyon in the world, and did a tour of the Bolivian salt flats.

04 November  The Western Hills and the Korimako Track John Hill & Graham Weir

The Korimako Track is to be a continuous low level walking track from the Northern Walkway to Ōtari, passing above Khandallah, Ngaio and Crofton Downs. The first section took volunteers six months to build and was officially opened to the public on 23 August.

11 November  A hike along the Kungsleden Stefan Fairweather

Stefan walked 430 kilometers from Abisko to Hemavan in northern Sweden along the famous Kungsleden (‘King’s) trail, traversing diverse subarctic landscapes - mountain tundra, birch forests, lakes, towering peaks and small mountain villages.

18 November  Winter on the Paparoa Track

Liz Martin and Alan Graham walked the Paparoa track with Paul Bruce and Pip Newton.

The Bay of Fundy

An Air Canada strike gave Alan Graham and Liz Martin an unexpected opportunity to explore part of Nova Scotia. They discovered that Burncoat Head has the world's highest recorded tide range of 21.6 metres (with an average of 17 metres.)

25 November  A good friend of Te Mana o Kupe/Mana Island Philippa Doig

Philippa’s volunteering with the Friends of Mana Island goes back about 25 years, the past 10 on the executive committee. She has been on DoC planting trips, helped with endangered plant monitoring and two seabird translocations, and attended many weekend work parties on Mana Island.

02 December  A return to France Geoffroy Lamarche

Geoffroy and Paula Fielden spent three months exploring and re-exploring Southeast France - cycling over some of the legendary cols of the Tour de France, hiking, and even doing a little climbing - while savoring a return to French culture and culinary delights.

09 December  End-of-year ‘Christmas finale’ Social Committee

Enjoy a convivial evening with fellow club members. Wine, Christmas cake and mince pies will be served and the TTC band will play Christmas carols and tramping songs. You are welcome to bring a Christmas gift for a child in need.

16 December   Ngā mihi o te arawheu

Ka kati te whare karapu.
The clubrooms will be closed.

23 and 30 December   Ngā mihi o te tau hou

Ka kati te whare karapu.
The clubrooms will be closed.

Hāere kaha i ngā puke
Go hard in the hills