TTC's annual publication,Tararua, chronicles and showcases the club's people, history, activities, interests and achievements. It features notable events in the life of the club, accounts and photos of members' trips and activities, and tributes to club members who have died.
Tararua covers a 12-month period to late October and is published at the end of November. Printed copies of the 2024 edition will be posted to all club members except those who notify the Editor by 10 November that they choose not to receive one.
Editions of Tararua from the first volume (1947) are available online.
Guide for contributors
Members are welcome to contribute articles on topics of interest to club members and reports on their multi-day trips (tramping/trekking, climbing, ski touring, cycling, kayaking, rafting) in New Zealand or overseas. Such trips can be:
- 'official', organised TTC trips listed in the Tramper and/or on the TTC website, or
- unlisted private trips in which at least two TTC members participate.
Articles and reports can be:
- up to 1,500 words
- accompanied / illustrated by up to six high-resolution captioned photos in landscape or portrait format, and one or two maps or other images.
Please select photos that illustrate your text, and indicate where they can appropriately be placed within your trip report or article.
Please send articles and reports to Tararua Editor David McCrone -> mailto:ttc [period] annual [snail] ttc [period] org [period] nz?Subject=Query from TTC website on (04) 384 3031. Send texts as Word (.docx) documents, and photos/images as attached .jpeg files.
The deadline for receipt of contributions is 30 September, except by prior arrangement for reports on trips that take place between 30 September and Labour Day in October. Early submission of contributions is always appreciated. To counter memory fade, it is recommended that trip reports be written as soon as possible after the trip has ended.
Editing procedure: The Editor reviews draft reports and articles, corrects any errors of grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation and may suggest amendments to the text to clarify meaning and improve readability.
Obituaries: Close friends and associates of a recently-deceased club member are invited to write an obituary for publication in Tararua, or contribute biographical information and a personal tribute. Obituaries typically include: some biographical detail; notable accomplishments of the deceased member; their service to the club and its wider interests; their contribution to the lives and well-being of club members; references to the deceased’s unique nature and personality; and a brief anecdote or two.
Standard formats used in Tararua
- Location:
- point 830 / .830 / true left / the road end / Ōtaki Gorge Road end
- Number:
- Numbers one to nine in words (except in recipes etc) / twenty-seven
- Place names:
- Aotearoa, New Zealand, Aotearoa New Zealand, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Rakiura/Stewart Island, Ōrongorongo
- Quotations:
- Single quotation marks or italics. ‘The mountains are calling and I must go'. 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, members of the club, club nights, the club's
- Time:
- 9:00 a.m. / 0900 / 12 noon / 4:15 p.m. / 1615 / 16:15 / multi-day
Indices
- Tararua Index 1947-1990 Index to Tararua Annual 1947 to 1990 (volumes 1 to 43)
- Tararua Index 1970-1979 Index to Tararua Annual 1970 to 1979 (volumes 24 to 32)
- Tararua Index 1980-1989 Index to Tararua Annual 1980 to 1989 (volumes 33 to 42)
- Tararua Index 1990-1999 Index to Tararua Annual 1990 to 1999 (volumes 43 to 52)
- Tararua Index 2000-2009 Index to Tararua Annual 2000 to 2009-2010 (volumes 53 to 59)
- Tararua Index 2010-2019 Index to Tararua Annual 2009-2010 to 2019 (volumes 60 to 66)
- Tararua Index 2020-2029 Index to Tararua Annual 2020 to 2029 (volumes 67 to 76)
The Tararua Index 1947 to 1990 was compiled by Michael Taylor. Trip reports are not included in this index. Indices of trip reports published in the 1970-90 editions and indices of the wider contents of editions published since 1990 have been compiled by David McCrone and are listed by decade.
See also
- Historic Photos Photos from Tararua Annuals
- Tararua Covers Tararua Annual Covers
- Tararua Editions Back issues of the Tararua Annual
- Adding Photos How to easily add photos to the TTC's photo galleries
- Contributor Guidelines Guide for contributors of trip reports and articles published in the Tramper
- Photo Tips Photographic organisation tips
- Style Guide Website style guide
Beginnings of 'the Annual'
In the first edition (June 1947) of Tararua, the editor Bernie Greig wrote:
This annual magazine will serve as more than a permanent record of our major trips and as a medium of publishing historical and botanical articles. A good club magazine can build morale, create enthusiasm and stimulate further enterprise.
Members can be assured that the Tararua Tramper will not fade away and die. There is no competition between the two publications: rather, each is complementary to the other. ... the Tramper has struggled to be two things- regular bulletin of club notices, reports and brief accounts of weekend trips, and on the other hand - a magazine, at times illustrated, trying to find space for articles of adequate length on the major trips.
It has not succeeded and if it had, it could not have done the dual job well enough. Slight in size, small in print, the Tramper has not been impressive and substantial enough to maintain its place on the bookshelf. Separation of functions is the only solution.
The Tramper will continue as a monthly bulletin with notices, reports and so on the first call on its limited space, the remainder being used for the usual short accounts of weekend and Sunday trips, searches, working parties and the increasing number of Easter, King's Birthday and Labour weekend trips. With two and even three weekend trips now a common feature of club activity, the bulletin should find plenty of material remaining within its sphere. Tararua, the annual magazine, will ... record at fairly generous length the principal club (official) Christmas and February tramping and climbing trips. Second priority will go to other trips by private parties and to one or two articles of club history, reminiscences, or authoritative articles of general interest such as notes on the exploration, botany or place names of the Tararua Range or other areas frequented by the club.