15th JulyAGM: Check the emails from our committee for further information. After we will hear from Rodney Hopkirk and Daryll Sutherland with an update on trapping in Whareroa.
5th AugustPhoto Competition: There is a new format this year so check the website for details. Entries close 15 July 2026. Any questions - Sigi Scrase will help you out. Sort out and enter your best shots now.
19th AugustMana Island: Linda Keerkmeester from FOMI (Friends of Mana Is) will update us on projects and other happenings on Mana Is.
2nd SeptemberNZ Mountain Film Festival 2026: The meeting this week will be combined with the Mountain Film Festival movies.
The venue for the meeting is: 2 Greendale Drive, Paraparaumu
It is in the Camelot subdivision, off Otaihanga Road (entry opposite and down a little from Southwards Car Museum). There is plenty of parking by the big Camelot sign, then walk down the driveway behind the sign to the barn.
It is the barn where we held the midwinter dinner and it has a fantastic full size screen for showing the movies.
We will have the meeting first then show the movies.
This year the movies are:
NZ Mountain Film Festival 2026, a selection of the best - 'Mia', 'Mountain of Mystery', 'Hunter's Moon', 'K2- Chasing Shadows'.
The cost is $15 per person, please pay into the club account:
03 0732 0018089 000 with your name and MFF.
Please sign up for this event.
Sign up here
16th SeptemberWhat's the weather going to do?: Tony Quayle will present some tools to assess the weather - websites and apps that provide an overview for a week or more, info for making decisions, and checking forecasts while out in the mountains.
7th OctoberTrip Planning: Looking forward to the summer and a new Club challenge. Ideas for trips can be sent to our chief guides before the meeting.
21st OctoberAnnual Club Quiz Night: This is a popular and keenly contested event, hosted by our own Quiz Master Bryan Wilde.
4th NovemberTo be advised
18th NovemberTo be advised.
2nd DecemberTo be advised.
16th DecemberEnd-of-year BBQ: Details will be sent out closer to the time.