SPECIAL NOTICES IN RELATION TO COVID-19 as at March 17, 2020
   1.   Queen’s Birthday weekend 2020 Seminar and AGM      Update 21-03-2020: BOTH EVENTS CANCELLED – see Shows & Events page
   2.   Advice to Orchid Societies generally

Welcome to the website of the Orchid Council of New Zealand Incorporated.

Acknowledgment:
Special thanks to Pub Charity Limited for their grant to OCNZ to assist with the printing of the yearbook Orchids 2019.

• About OCNZ
• Executive
• Postal address
• Contact us

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 22/09/2019):
President:	Margaret Lomas (Whangarei) [E: president@orchidcouncil.org.nz]
Vice-Presidents:	Glenys MacRae (Waitakere) Allan Rae (Manawatu)
Secretary:	Jeanette Hewer (Waikato) [E: secretary@orchidcouncil.org.nz]
Treasurer:	Chris Hubbert (North Shore) [E: treasurer@orchidcouncil.org.nz]
Committee:	Joy Hopson (Taranaki) Gillian Lyster (Nelson) Keith Smart (Waikato) Bryan Sutherland (Taranaki) Anton Wehman (Howick)
Postal Address:	3338 Ohaupo Road R D 2 Hamilton 3282
Webmaster:	webmaster@orchidcouncil.org.nz
OCNZ Facebook page:	click here (You will need your own Facebook account and login.)

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