Trip Reports

An advertisement offering a half-day excursion to find and photograph small beetles, that some parts of New Zealand consider an agricultural pest – with the possibility that there might be few to find – is

8 attendees, including a new member Peter, met near the Communication Tower around 7.30pm. We walked up to the dog park where we viewed the amazing layers of cloud over the eastern side of the city.

Westland put on its best weather for our Labour weekend trip to Okarito, only to revert to rain on the Monday as most of us headed home. We had a stunningly calm morning for

24 September 2022 It was a partly cloudy morning with very little wind. We began the day by offering flower tributes to those who have recently died on the trip to Kaikoura. Steve, our

Sunday 21 August 2022 By Pol Syrett Gina McGauley was staggered, I think, by the outstanding response to this workshop, which resulted in a record 20 people turning up to learn how to make photobooks

17 August 2022 After a final weather check, 7 intrepid NPSNZ members met at the New Brighton Pier bright and early for sunrise  (well, quite dark really). Thankfully it was a warm morning which

Cass Mid-winter Christmas trip 22-24 July By Peter McCusker This year’s Cass trip always looked promising with snow falls in all the right places and a reasonable weather forecast for the planned weekend. An

I really enjoy the field trips to the Botanical Gardens. I have visited the hot houses several times and each time there is always something new to photograph. It's always fascinating to see the

Fiordland by Boat – 22 to 29 June with Pure Salt Trip Organiser – Kath Varcoe Report Editor - Sheryl Frew Wednesday 22 June Jocy Wood We woke up to a