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New Website

Our new web site is live and this website will soon be removed. The new site will be found here at https://www.mtsc.nz. Please be sure to bookmark this address.

Club nights now starting at 7:00 pm

Club nights will start at 7:00 pm, as from 1 August 2023.  The location remains unchanged, and meetings will continue to be held at the Rose City Aquatic Clubrooms, 50  Park Road, Palmerston North (next to the Lido Aquatic Centre) unless otherwise noted.  Please update your calendar accordingly.

New Committee

Congratulations to the incoming committee for 2023-24. We welcome Linda Campbell as secretary, Anne Jolly as membership secretary, and John Salisbury and Rob Pringle to the general committee. A big "thank you" to Sue Nicholson, Richard Lander and Peter Rawlins who are taking a break from committee work. Nicki Fielder is our social convenor.

For a list of the new committee and appointments, please see the Contacts page

Download the AGM 2023 booklet here.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions were due by 30 April, and invoices and reminders have been sent out. If you did not receive yours, then please check your email "junk" or "spam" folders and contact the Membership Secretary ASAP.

Paid-up members of MTSC will receive their latest FMC "Backcountry" bulletin and discount card in mid-late June. The FMC card gives discounts on travel services (including annual DoC hut passes), equipment, publications and other services, from a long list of suppliers.

If you no longer wish to be a member of MTSC then please drop an email to the Membership Secretary.

Lodge Work Parties - 2023

The lodge toilet renovation is now complete.

The next workparty will be the Lodge Food Carry, currently scheduled for the weekend of 30 June - 2 July 2023.

Health and Safety Policy

An updated health and safety policy has been released.

Covid-19 Update

MTSC follows the Government's guidance and policies about Covid-19. Masks are not required to be worn in the minibus, at clubnights or at the lodge. However, we respect that some people will still want to wear a mask and we encourage people to do so.

Please do not come to clubnights, use the minibus or go to the lodge if you have any cold or 'flu'-like symptoms, or if you suspect that you may have Covid-19.

Minibus Rates

The minimum rate for the minibus is 60c per km, with a minimum per person rate of 10c per km. This means if there are only 5 people travelling in the minibus, then the rate is 12c/km per person; for 4 people the rate is 15c/km/person, etc.

Trip Card - 2023

The MTSC Trip Card is available online and will continue to be updated

Thank you to all of you who have offered to lead trips - we couldn't provide such an interesting menu of destinations without you. Contact the Chief Guide if you wish to add a trip or two.

MTSC Lodge

The lodge at Ruapehu is a great launching pad for your Winter and Summer adventures. See the lodge page for further details.

Coming up...

Emeritus Professor Vince Neall

Towards a Manawatu Geopark

Rose City Aquatic Club Rooms, 50 Park Road, Palmerston North (next to the Lido)

Moves are afoot to create a Manawatu Geopark centred upon Te Apiti, the Manawatu Gorge and its surrounding environs. There is a wealth of geological and geomorphological opportunities for designated geosites which help explain the evolution of the region, both from a neotectonic but also past climate history standpoint.

In this talk I will explain the basis for a number of these sites and what you can see and understand about the geological history above a convergent plate boundary.

Note the new start time of 7:00 pm!