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About OCNZ
The Orchid Council of New Zealand is a federation of independent, autonomous, orchid societies throughout New Zealand. It is a registered incorporated society, and it is also a registered charity.
The principal objects of OCNZ include:
- promoting and encouraging the study, cultivation and conservation of orchids,
- giving information and education about orchid culture;
- advancing the development of orchid growing as a recreational activity for young and old alike;
- maintaining procedures and standards for judging and awarding superior forms of orchid species and hybrids and superior culture of orchid plants;
- promoting national and international orchid conferences and exhibitions;
- promoting the conservation of New Zealand native orchids;
- acting as a Heritage Protection Authority in respect of the Iwitahi native orchid reserve.
| Patron: | Wes Ross-Taylor |
| Executive (from 04/06/2017): | |
| President: | Ruth Coles (Taranaki) |
| Vice-Presidents: | Margaret Lomas (Whangarei) Gillian Lyster (Nelson) |
| Secretary: | Jeanette Hewer (Waikato) |
| Treasurer: | Chris Hubbert (North Shore) |
| Committee: | Joy Hopson (Taranaki) Bill Liddy (Hawkes Bay) Glenys MacRae (Waitakere) Allan Rae (Manawatu) Keith Smart (Waikato) |
| Postal Address: | 3338 Ohaupo Road R D 2 Hamilton 3282 [E: secretary@orchidcouncil.org.nz] |
| OCNZ Facebook page: | click here (You will need your own Facebook account and login.) |
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