President’s Desk Kia ora folks, First things first. A huge thanks to everyone who helped and is still helping run the 74th open climb. It’s a massive undertaking and requires ridiculously large contributions of time and resources from at least 70 club members every year. There’s always a sense of “bloody hell, why are we still doing this”, but hopefully the expressions of immense gratitude and accomplishment on the faces of those punters that had a once in lifetime experience they couldn’t have done without us, still makes this event relevant and worthwhile. Minor admin point. There are several first […]

President’s Desk Ivan BruceEl Presidente! Read more: HiTAC January 2021 Hi folks, Happy new year hope you all had a restive festive and are looking forward to a busy summer in the hills. We’ve got a bit on. First up. Open climb. February 13. The event is all go. Numbers appear to be down on previous years with approximately half the usual number of tickets sold at present, however we are still taking bookings and are planning for a full event. If you are helping on the day, please show up at club night to make sure you have a role […]

President’s Desk Hi folks, It’s been a while, did y miss me? It’s still not December and I’m begging for January already, but here goes the last one of these before the pre-Christmas madness kicks in and renders me completely insensible. We managed to get a few club trips away over the past couple of months, including a breezy mission to Syme Hut, followed by a horrendous, but probably successful slush summit (I think that’s where we were) in white out conditions.  The ever-popular Labour weekend rock trip to Kawakawa Bay lived up to everyone’s high expectations despite a few […]

Tahurangi Lodge Access DAY AND OVERNIGHT USE Scan the NZ COVID Tracer QR code, or enter your details into the hut register provided. Do not enter if you’re unwell. Wash your hands on entry. Leave facilities clean and fit for use by others. Keep 2 metres’ distance from people other than your party. Leave the lodge if you can’t physically distance. OVERNIGHT USE  All overnight stays require prior booking with the bookings officer. Overnight stays are limited to 14 people; with no more than 7 per bunkroom. Scan the NZ COVID Tracer QR code, or enter your details into the […]

President’s Desk Hi folks, First on the agenda this month, we’re changing our response to Level 2 at the Lodge to a more nuanced scenario, and overnight stays are once again allowed. However, (there’s always a catch) the number of nocturnal inhabitants are to be limited to no more than 14 in the lodge overnight and no more than 7 per bunk room, to allow for social distancing. To make sure that this has a chance of working , all overnight stays need to go through the booking officer. The booking officer will be giving preference to club members, but […]