Sylvia Tops, Lewis Pass, 31 Jan 2026

After having to postpone the 24th/25th Jan. trip to the following Sunday/Monday and then further adjust the start date back to 31st Jan. due to adverse weather, we finally got underway on Saturday morning. We arrived at the start of the Nina Valley...

Mount Owen Traverse, Kahurangi NP, 7th February 2026

Mount Own Traverse | 7 February 2026 Day 1 Due to the complicated nature of the start and finish of this trip we used Trips and Transfers to move the 8 of us to the start at Owen Valley East. There were already 6 cars at the start so we thought it...

Mt Luna, Kahurangi NP, 31 Jan 2026

LUNACY Ascent of Mt Luna, Kahurangi National Park | 31 January – 2 February 2026 [Anniversary Weekend] Day 1 [22km, 880m] Our team of intrepid trampers assembled in Richmond, and Tom escorted us to the Rolling River road-end. Thankfully, the notorious...

Denniston Plateau, West Coast, 17 Jan 2026

As well as exploring a fascinating area that we don’t visit very often, this trip was planned as an awareness raising exercise about the proposed open cast coal mine in the Deep Stream region of the Denniston Plateau. This is being put through the Fast...

Waimea/Nelson Annual BBQ and Cricket Match, Nelson,10 Jan 2026

Over 30 Club members made the trip to Rabbit Island for what has re-established itself as an annual game of cricket with a sociable BBQ and picnic lunch. [Past events are recorded in the NTC Club History that is soon to be published] The weather was...