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President’s Column – March 2026

It has been good to see some great activity with society field trips. The trip through the Molesworth and Rainbow roads organised by Robert and Barry was a great trip and had new club members join us. For me, a highlight was a trip up an alpine road to a radio transmission station where we had panoramic views over the Marlborough district as well as some nice alpine plant communities to photograph. Thanks to Robert and Barry for organising this trip.

Following this trip we had a field trip to Orana Park. The intention was to have a look at the National Geographic Greatest Wildlife Photos Exhibition. We also got to have an exclusive feeding of the Giraffes which allowed us to get nice and close to them for photographs. The Park’s skull collection and confiscated CITES items like snake skins, turtle shells, and bear skins were available to take photos of. If you have not seen the National Geographic Photo Exhibition I think it is worth going and having a look at.

This month’s meeting will be our AGM. I am looking forward to meeting you at it and hopefully have a few members join online as well.

In May, we are going to hold our first ’New Member’ induction. This will be online and we will use it to welcome newer members and talk about the society, what we try to achieve, and how we work. There will be time for questions and answers. It won’t be limited to new members, so if you want to know more about the society feel free to join. More information will be coming out.

Welcome to our new member Shelly Wood from Waiheke Island

James Thompson

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