- Supper, socialising from 7:10 - 7:30 p.m.
- General business 7:30 - 7:40 pm
- Speaker 7:40- 8:30 p.m.
A community defibrillator is outside the hall 
Tararua Hall is available for hire.
Tuesday is our regular club night
Our hui are held at Tararua Hall, our centrally-located clubrooms, at 4 Moncrieff Street, off Elizabeth Street, in Mount Victoria, and are shared online with members and friends, using Google Meet web conferencing.
We welcome new faces at our hui, and there are always club members available to provide newcomers with information and answer any questions.
Please do not attend club nights if you are unwell.
Club night programme
All presentations and events listed below will be broadcast live online via Google Meet web conferencing. See online hui guidance for information on how to attend online.
01 September Mongolia Jonty Crane
Jonty just returned from an 11-day hike in the Kharkhiraa and Turgen mountains in western Mongolia. Led by adventurer and author Tim Cope, the group hike followed traditional nomadic routes through vast steppe, alpine valleys and high mountain passes, with camels carrying gear between camps. Jonty will share encounters with nomadic families, and what it was like to hike through this remote and incredible landscape.
08 September Inside the secret histories of Tongariro National Park
Hazel Phillips shares a few of her favourite stories from her book Fire & Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park - tales of ghosts, fires, avalanches, plane wrecks, sly grogging, secret spots and more - and talks about her recent Ruapehu summit plateau ice cave forays.
15 September Ōtari-Wiltons Bush centenary
October 12 marks the centenary of the establishment of the Ōtari Open-air Native Plant Museum . Kathy Ombler, a Trustee of Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush Trust, explains how it has all evolved, while remaining true to the ‘Four Point Scheme’ designed by eminent botanist Dr Leonard Cockayne 100 years ago.
22 September Te Araroa: Bluff to Queenstown
Robert and Carolyn Tristam walked the South Island Te Araroa north bound (NOBO) from Bluff from December 2025. With several side quests along the way, they then walked from Auckland Airport north to Cape Reinga. This talk will cover the Southland section from Bluff to Queenstown, areas less traversed by Wellingtonians.
29 September Bagging the Waitāwhiri Wilberforce River
Simon Davis spent five years planning a trip up the Wilberforce River, a major braided river in western Canterbury that flows into the Rakaia. The river valley is part of the traditional route used by Ngāi Tahu to cross the Southern Alps between the West Coast and Canterbury.
Attending an online clubnight
See our online hui assistance.