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HiTAC – the magazine of the Taranaki Alpine Club

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HiTAC June 2017

President’s Desk The snow is here and Chris has been busy organising the club’s Snowcraft courses which will take place during September. At the time of writing there are still vacancies in Snowcraft One, so don’t miss out. See the club facebook page for further information. Earlier this month, several members of the Committee, along with representatives from Stratford Mountain Club and Egmont Alpine Club attended a meeting with the Crown Treaty negotiators and Iwi representatives. This meeting was essentially a briefing on the upcoming negotiations between the Crown and Ngä Iwi o Taranaki over Egmont National Park. As negotiations progress […]

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HiTAC May 2018

President’s Desk There’s been some exciting news this month in that we now have robins back in Egmont National Park! The robins were relocated from Pureora Forest earlier in April, and to date 50 birds have been released on Taranaki. Reading from the Taranaki Maunga facebook page the day after release: “Reports from the Maunga today is the toutouwai/robin released there are singing loud and strong, happy in their new home”. Check out Taranaki Maunga website and their facebook page for more info and some great photos: http://taranakimounga.nz/50-toutouwairobin-now-call-mt-taranaki-home-after-110-year-absence/ Update to FMC Photo Competition – FMC have looked at rules and timing of […]

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HiTAC April 2017

President’s Desk There’s been plenty of activity on the mountain this month, as club members photos on our facebook page will show you. And by all accounts the recent club trip led by Chris, up the Kokowai lava flow left a huge impression on participants! It is great that people are offering their time to lead trips, and also very rewarding that the opportunity to venture to lesser known areas on the mountain is being taken up by a good number of club members. And an update on recent works undertaken by DOC staff – new numbered marker poles have now […]

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HiTAC March 2017

President’s Desk A big thank you to all those members who helped out with the Open Climb last weekend. You all play an important part in the success of the day, and although we had to turn back due to the inclement weather, the participants were so very grateful that we made the decision to go ahead and give it our best shot. Many told us that they would have been hugely disappointed if the event had been cancelled altogether. We’d been expecting 180 odd to show up before the weather situation made itself obvious, and on the day 137 […]

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HiTAC February 2017

President’s Desk Happy new year everyone and welcome to 2017. The club barbecue at Merrilands Domain was a small affair last week, but we managed to dodge the rain, play a bit of cricket and welcome some new members to the club. A number of club members headed south over the Christmas break, including both of this year’s Andy Harris Trust recipients – Ivan Bruce and Liam Todd. Do catch up with them to hear about their experience. I’m not sure that the weather played ball for everyone! The Open Climb registrations opened early December and the event was fully […]