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President’s Column – December 2025

I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our end of year meeting and seeing what entries came in for our “And then There Were Three” fun competition. Thinking of upcoming meetings, it won’t be long before we are having our next AGM. Two members of our committee will be standing down at the AGM and we were already down one committee member this year so we will be looking for up to three new members. The Society cannot run without help for committee members, so do please consider putting your name forward. If interested, please have a chat with our current committee members about what’s involved.

I enjoyed our field trip to Arthurs Pass. It was a first for me to see the Mt Cook Buttercup, and hadn’t realised they were so easily accessible. Thanks, Robyn, for organising this. I am now looking forward to our next trip to Mt Cheeseman with Nadine. I will look to run another Manuka Chafer Beetle hunt in the new year so look out for a notification of this. It is likely to be on the 10th or 11th of January.

Did you know that NPSNZ is affiliated with the Photographic Society of NZ (PSNZ)? As such, members can receive some of the benefits of the PSNZ. One of these is being able to take part in Print Circles. This is where a couple of times a year, a folder of prints will come to you to make comment on as well as adding a print of your own to get other print circle members to comment on. I have been in a print circle for a couple of years and enjoy receiving a folder of new prints to look at and be inspired by. Currently there is a bit of space on some of the print circles. If anyone is interested in joining a circle please let me know and I will send you more details.

Welcome to our new member, Linda Richie from Rangiora.

James Thompson

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