Club notices

NZAC Secretary and Treasurer wanted
30 March 2012 - 6:44am

 

After many years of great service to the Club, both our Honorary Secretary (Helen Wilton) and Honorary Treasurer (Gillian Crombie) will be stepping down in May 2012, leaving two fantastic volunteering opportunities up for grabs.

NZAC Annual Report and AGM 2011
16 December 2011 - 10:45am

The NZAC Annual Report for 2011 (PDF, 2MB) is now ready to download - this is the authorative summary of Club activity from July 2010 to June 2011, inclusive of the Club's financial accounts. Click here to download the Annual report (PDF, 2MB).

We're all set to go for the Club AGM on Friday 4 November, which promises to be another great entertainment experience. This year our star-studded panel features:

Exciting ex-pat Kiwi climber to give a series of presentations around the country
13 July 2011 - 10:01am

 

Successful Kiwi/American climber Graham Zimmerman will be awarded the CMC-New Zealand Mountaineer of the Year Award in Christchurch on July 21st and will give a presentation on his climbing .The venue  for the award is the Christ's College Old Boys Theatre, Rolleston Ave, Christchurch at 7.30pm. Entry is free.

Early in August he will be speaking to a number of NZAC sections of his climbing in Patagonia, Alaska and the Himalayas. He will  be speaking in Wellington on August 1st;Queenstown on August 4th; Auckland on August 8th and Hamilton on August 9th. 

Dont miss out on this opportunity to see some class climbing action.

Successful Kiwi/American climber to speak around the country
16 December 2011 - 10:54am

Successful Kiwi/American climber Graham Zimmerman was awarded the CMC-New Zealand Mountaineer of the Year Award in Christchurch on July 21st and gave a presentation on his climbing.

Graham is now doing a short tour of the country speaking to a number of the NZAC sections.

Graham will be speaking in Wellington on August 1st;Queenstown on August 4th; Auckland on August 8th and Hamilton on August 9th.

National Instruction Courses for next summer
27 May 2011 - 11:52am

 

****Applications for the following courses will open on August 1
 

Planning for next summers NZAC National Instruction Programme is already underway with an expanded schedule of courses on offer for Club members. The courses are run by NZMGA qualified guides at a ratio of 1:4 and are incredibly good value. They are for those members who have been through the Clubs basic instruction programme or the equivalent, and want to 'up' their skills to become more self-sufficient in the mountains.

Auckland Section - Facebook Page
16 December 2011 - 10:55am

Another Facebook page to add to your "Like" collection= NZAC - Auckland Section

 

Central North Island - new Facebook page
16 December 2011 - 10:56am

The Central North Island Section now has its own Facebook page - check it out here:

NZAC - Central North Island

Australia Section - new Facebook page
16 December 2011 - 10:55am

The Australia Section now has its own Facebook page - check it out here:

NZAC - Australia Section

Port Hills Crag Update - from the CCC
16 December 2011 - 10:58am

Progress is being made around the rock fall issues in many of our Reserves. The work involves aerial surveying, ground mapping and then appropriate mitigation- rock rolling, blasting, bolting and netting. It's a big job and very time consuming.

We realise of all the recreational activities on the port hills that rock climbers are the group that have lost the most rec opportunity.

Surplus Library Books For Sale
20 April 2011 - 7:08am

Thanks to the efforts of volunteer, Julie Provan, and after several donations of books from members, we have restarted our sorting of the NZAC Reference Library. Some books (thanks to a special donation by Dave Bamford) will be heading down to the Unwin Lodge Library when renovations there are complete and others, surplus to both libraries, have become available for sale.