https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-tramping-and-mountainneering-club+matariki Items tagged with Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club and Matariki. https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/queen-charlotte-track/ Although relatively close to Wellington, a WTMC trip to the Queen Charlotte Track involves quite a bit of logistical organisation. It involves bookings the ferry, accommodation in Picton, and water taxis to and from the track. WTMC ran two concurrent QCT trips on the Matariki long weekend, which allowed us to incorporate the club van ... Read more matariki events sport wcnhosted Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/queen-charlotte-track/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2025-07-16T00:00:00Z https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/mackintosh-hut-kaweka-forest-park/ A club trip to Lewis Pass in Canterbury was initially scheduled for Matariki Weekend. That changed on 21 June, when the ferry, Aratere, ran aground – so our sailing to Picton was cancelled and we were unable to secure another booking at a suitable time. We scouted around for other trip ideas for the weekend ... Read more matariki events sport wcnhosted Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/mackintosh-hut-kaweka-forest-park/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2024-07-14T00:00:00Z https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/matariki-weekend-trip-to-kawekas/ Our delightful bunch of 8 bubbly people departed from Platform 9 on Thursday night and made our way to the Makahu road end carpark. A stop was made to scoff burgers in Sanson. All this seemed promising until our headlights beamed on 4 other cars at the road end and realised we’ll have to set ... Read more matariki events sport wcnhosted Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:31:31 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/matariki-weekend-trip-to-kawekas/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2022-08-24T10:31:31Z https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/manawatia-a-matariki-manuoha-sandy-bay-circuit/ We had an awesome trip away to Te Urewera over Matariki weekend. It was a perfect way to celebrate our new public holiday and opportunity to do what Matariki is all about, reflecting on the past, celebrating the present and looking to the future. Heading away to a very remote and untrodden part of the ... Read more matariki events sport wcnhosted Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:45:32 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/manawatia-a-matariki-manuoha-sandy-bay-circuit/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2022-07-28T11:45:32Z https://wtmc.org.nz/president/presidents-column-july-2022/ The Club continues to do well and I’ve continued with meeting my target of participating in at least one Club trip per month.  Monique led a group of us to the Kaweka Forest Park over the Matariki weekend where we enjoyed some great tramping country, lovely bush, beautiful streams, excellent views of snow clad mountains ... Read more matariki snow events sport wcnhosted Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:38:47 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/president/presidents-column-july-2022/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2022-07-11T10:38:47Z