President’s Column

Welcome to the December President Column.  The busy schedule of the Club continues and I’ve been out on two tramps recently : the first to Waiopehu hut and the second on a maintenance trip to Paua hut.  This is the final President Column for 2022 and I would like to say thank you to all … Read more

Welcome to the November President Column.  The Club continues to do well with a busy schedule of trips and other activities.  75th Anniversary Celebrations In early November, we celebrated the Club’s 75th anniversary with a dinner, easy tramp and then a BBQ.  The entire weekend was a resounding success and was well attended with old … Read more

Another very successful month for the Club with 14 trips that went ahead.  We had 120 people participating (with some people going on more than one trip).  One weekend, we had four trips taking place : Natasha took a group mountain biking on the Timber Trail; Anne led a navigational tramp to the Hauhungatahi Wilderness … Read more

Welcome to the September President Column.  The Club continues to do well with a busy schedule of trips and other activities.  I was out on two Club trips over the last month – the Pizza Historic trip to the Holdsworth area and also on the Zelandia fence-line track.  The Pizza Historic trip started with pizza … Read more

Welcome to the August President Column.  The Tramping Club has had another good month and I’ve maintained my at least one Club trip per month.  I went on a day trip lead by Jacqui to Smith Creek Shelter via the old Dobson hut site.  We enjoyed a chilly but sunny day to the Southern part … Read more

The Club continues to do well and I’ve continued with meeting my target of participating in at least one Club trip per month.  Monique led a group of us to the Kaweka Forest Park over the Matariki weekend where we enjoyed some great tramping country, lovely bush, beautiful streams, excellent views of snow clad mountains … Read more

Welcome to the May edition of the Presidents Column. Over the last month or so there have some excellent activities going on with the Club. I really hope you have had a chance to participate in some of them. Steve is the Club’s statistics man and he collates all manner of information about Club activities. … Read more

Welcome to my first column as President.  Thank you to all of the people who supported me at the AGM.  It is a privilege to serve as President of the WTMC.  I would like to acknowledge the hard work of the previous President (Maj-Britt) and Committee for their service over the last couple of years.  … Read more