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Save t he Dat e

JUNE 17, 2017 @ 7:30 PM ? @ 10:30 PM

July 28th At the Honest Lawyer, Songer St. Stoke, Nelson

We are currently working on the production of the Trollfinger Film.

Donations to this project will be gladly received.

Not ewor t hy

DINGLE, MR GRAEME, ONZM, MBE

For serv ices to youth

Mr Graeme Dingle was appointed an Off icer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to youth in 2001.

Mr Dingle established the f irst Outdoor Pursuits Centre in New Zealand in 1972, now known as Hillary Outdoors. He established Project K in 1995, which is now known as the Graeme Dingle Foundation where he continues to serve. More than 150,000 young people have benefitted from the Foundation?s programmes. These programmes encompass Kiwi Can (life skil ls and attitudes for 5-12 year olds), Stars which helps the transition to high school and builds leadership in the senior school; Project K (a 14 month mentoring programme for those with low self-confidence); Career Navigator which helps school leaders f ind career purpose and direction, and MYND (a referral programme for youth offenders). In 2016 the Foundation?s programmes had 22,000 participants and in 2017 the Foundation will reach 25,000 young people around the country. Mr Dingle has published 11 books, one of which was the winner of the Biography Section of the 2006 Montana Book Awards.

HONOURS

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, New Year 2001

Member of the Order of the Brit ish Empire, Queen's Birthday 1988

MCNEILL, MR ROBIN GUSTAV For serv ices to conservation

Mr Robin McNeill is an engineer who has a long history of advocating for conservation values and the public?s right to access and use public conservation lands for outdoor recreation.

Mr McNeill is on the board of New Zealand Walking Access Commission and was President of Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) from 2012 to 2016. During his tenure he was instrumental in FMC joining with the New Zealand Deer Stalkers? Association and Trail Fund New Zealand to form the New Zealand Outdoor Recreation Consortium. The

consortium has util ised the voluntary efforts of its members to help maintain public huts and tracks in remote and litt le used locations on conservation land. He was appointed to the Southland Conservation Board for 10 years and served as Chair. As a Board member he made a signif icant contribution to the development of the Rakiura National Park Management Plan and the concurrent review of the Stewart Island/Rakiura Conservation Management Strategy. He is editor of ?Moirs Guide South? and author of ?Safety in the Mountains?. Mr McNeill was elected Fellow of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand for his contribution to the application of engineering and technology in the community both locally and internationally.

SPEARPOINT, MR GEOFFREY BRIAN (GEOFF)

For serv ices to outdoor recreation

Mr Geoff Spearpoint has made a signif icant contribution to conservation and outdoor recreation in New Zealand through writ ing various books and maintaining hut facil it ies.

Mr Spearpoint?s f irst book ?Waking to the Hills: Tramping in New Zealand? was published in 1985. He went on to edit ?Moirs Guide North? (1998) and has co-authored ?The Canterbury Westland Alps: A Climbing and Transalpine Guide? (2010), ?Shelter from the Storm: The Story of New Zealand?s Backcountry Huts? (2012) and ?A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand?s Best Backcountry Huts? (2016). He has also written numerous articles for club journals and Wilderness magazine. He was a guide on the 2004 TVNZ series ?Explorers? and in 2012 and 2013 he was the lead guide and an advisor to the TVNZ series ?First Crossings?. In recent years he has made a signif icant contribution to maintaining and restoring Department of Conservation backcountry huts. He has lead projects such as restoring the Tunnel Creek Hut, Roaring Billy Hut and Thomas River Hut in South Westland. He played a signif icant role supporting the Canterbury University Tramping Club project to restore Avoca Hut near Arthur?s Pass. Mr Spearpoint is a Life Member of the Hutt Valley Tramping Club and the New Zealand Alpine Club.

The Queen's Service Medal

Remarkables Ice and Mixed Climbing Festival http:/ / www.iceandmixedfest ival.co.nz/

Expressions of int erest are sor t for a Nelson group t o t ravel

t oget her . Cont act Rueben

Squawk squad

Int roducing Squawk Squad...

We are creating Squawk Squad to make it easier and more engaging for you, me, everyone to make a

dif ference.

Right now, we are in the early stages of this social enterprise and are looking for additional funding to

progress the start-up further.

How wil l i t work?

Put simply: Trap Pests. Save Birds. Get Not if ied. Make a Dif ference.

We will connect the members of the public (and later businesses too) with sanctuaries to collectively

contribute to funding modern traps that are signif icantly more eff icient than traditional ones.

These self-resettable gas powered traps need much less resetting & maintenance than traditional

trapping. Each is f itted with sensors to provide real-time notif ications on the positive impact that this is

having on native birds. 

Want to learn more?

Have a look at our prototype (stil l in progress) or keep an eye on facebook.com/squawksquadnz

and twitter.com/squawksquadnz

June 24-25

Mt Owen Jerome Waldron 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Jul 22-23 Scotts Creek Ice Climbing Jerome Waldron 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Aug 4-6 Snow Craft CourseNow fully subscribed

Jerome Waldron 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Aug 19-20

Ski Touring Destination to be decided. Liz Robertskeewees@xtra.co.nz

Aug26-27

Scotts Knob Jerome Waldron 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Sept23-24

Mt Kehu Brandon Kaybraknn007@gmail.com

Oct2-3

Mt Rolleston Brandon Kaybraknn007@gmail.com

Oct 7-8 Woman's Only TripTrip Details to be Decided

Liz Robertskeewees@xtra.co.nz

Oct 21-23 Mt Una Jerome Waldron 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Nov Mt Adams Pete Wilkie,petewilkie@ihug.co.nz

Nov Mt Aspiring TBD

Upcoming Tr ips

Jerome Waldron, Chairman & Marl Rep, 03 572 9214 jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz

Ben Winnubst, Trips Coordinator 548 7357benand@clear.net.nz

Phil Doole, Secretary & Gear 544 5281The.dooles@xtra.co.nz

Liz Robertskeewees@xtra.co.nz

Bruce Davies, Meetings, 547 2620daviesrobin@yahoo.com

Brandon Kay, Facebookbraknn007@gmail.com

John Pricejpandfi201@gmail.com

Pete Wilkie, Treasurerpetewilkie@ihug.co.nz

Gerard Mayes, Newsletter 547 9488gerard.mayes@xtra.co.nz

Glen Aspinaspojay@gmail.com

Reuben McCormack mccormackreuben@gmail.com

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No Shoes l ike Snow Shoes Update

The Nelson section committee has purchased two sets of snow shoes for club members to borrow.

Club Donations

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