2026
6, 13, 20 January Kia pai te wā ō pōhutukawa nui
Ka kati te whare karapu.
The clubrooms will be closed.
27 January TTC pop-up picnic / BBQ - summer tramping recollections and planning for the rest of 2026!
Food and drink : byo
'''Note - this event will not be cancelled or postponed - your decision about weather.
There is a shelter and toilet at the Troup lawn.'''
03 February Ungulates reaching plague proportions Hera Cook
Mammals with hooves - deer, goats and pigs - have stripped much of New Zealand's forest understory and moved into farms, forestry plantations and suburban gardens. Why are these pest populations still not under control?
10 February Writing about the backcountry Kathy Ombler
For many years Kathy has been a freelance writer on conservation, tramping and outdoor recreation, most recently for New Zealand Wilderness, FMC's Backcountry and Forest & Bird magazines. She is a trustee of Ōtari-Wilton's Bush.
17 February A search for water on the Kahurangi tops Nina Sawicki''
A love of the Kahurangi tops drew Nina back to venture across the peaks and ridges. She started this trip with an undiagnosed stress fracture of her femur and the party struggled to find water.
24 February The newest Great Walk, The Hump Ridge Track Jonty Crane
Jonty has walked The Hump Ridge Track twice and puts it in his top five tramps. The three day circuit includes epic beaches, panoramic views across the bottom of the South Island and Stewart Island, historic wooden bridges, and the remains of a forestry settlement. The accommodation is also rather nice…
Jonty is author of The Tramping Life podcast.
03 March An alpine panorama challenge Andy Buchanan
Andy’s self-imposed retirement challenge was to climb all 133 peaks visible from the Cashmere Hills and named on a panorama sketch published in 1967.
10 March Trekking in Tajikistan Jenny Cossey
Jenny took a break from bikepacking the Silk Roads and headed into the mountains to tramp and camp.
17 March Threading the needle in Kahurangi Chris Munn
Over three long, hard days four club members slogged their way across rough, untracked country from Blue Shirt Creek on the Heaphy Track to Kahurangi Lighthouse.
It was a trip they vowed never to do again.
24 March Cycling from Ship Cove to Dunedin Ross Bidmead
Unfit and unsure of their health, Ross and Frances cycled from Ship Cove to Dunedin. It proved to be a rejuvenating ride.
31 March End of the earth: the far south of South America Peter Barry
Tierra del Fuego is a wild land of mountain ranges, islands, glaciers, never-ending fjords and a myriad of lakes. The Darwin range offers both serious, remote mountaineering and scope for good tramping trips.