Tararua Tramper Contributor Guidelines

Guidelines for contributors of material published in Tararua Tramper

Monthly deadlines for receipt of contributions for publication in the next issue are published in each issue of Tararua Tramper.

Format for submissions: Email trip reports and other articles to ttc.tramper@ttc.org.nz, as Word (.docx) documents, and images as separate files. Maps and photos to go with trip reports are always welcome. The editor may reduce image size to 500KB-1MB, subject to retaining clarity. For small advertisements, news and notices submission in the body of an email is acceptable.

Length of articles and trip reports: A maximum word count of around 750 words is preferred. Longer articles and trip reports can be sent to the editor of Tararua.

Editing procedure: The editor

reviews and formats draft reports and articles, and letters to the editor
corrects any errors of grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation
corrects any errors of fact that are identified
may remove any statements considered to be inappropriate, insensitive, offensive or defamatory
makes suggestions in blue font for clarifying the meaning and improving the readability of draft trip reports and articles. (Contributors may opt out of this service by advising the editor).
Suggested amendments to the text are published if the contributor accepts them.

The editor may make format adjustments to fit in any photos and maps.

Style Guide: Standard formats

Date: 15 June
Directon: southwest / south-west / SW
Distance: 400 metres / 400 m / 1.5 km
Height: 3,000m / 767m
Location: Point 830 / .830. True left. The road end / Ridgeline Road end
Number: Numbers one to nine in words (except in recipes etc) - otherwise use digits.
Place names: New Zealand or Aotearoa or Aotearoa/New Zealand, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Rakiura/Stewart Island, Radome Track
Te reo Māori place names: See website place names style guide
Quotations: Single quotation marks or italics. ‘The mountains are calling and I must go’, or The mountains are calling and I must go.
Tararua Lodge: we returned to the lodge after a long day on the slopes
Tararua Tramping Club: TTC, club members, club night, clubrooms / hall, the club's. Web address/URL: ttc.org.nz (no https:// or www.)
Te reo Māori: See website Style Guide for use of macrons
Time: at nine / 9:00 a.m. / 0900 / 12 noon / 4:15 p.m. / 1615 / 16:15 / a multi-day trip

Tributes to deceased club members

Close friends and associates of a recently-deceased club member are invited to write a tribute for publication in Tararua Tramper.

A tribute is not an obituary, so does not contain a lot of biographical detail. Obituaries are published in Tararua.

Tributes and obituaries typically include: notable accomplishments of the deceased member; the service he/she has given to the club and its wider interests; an appreciation of their contribution to the lives and well-being of club members; reference to their unique nature and personality; and perhaps a brief anecdote or two.