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.
- 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 31/05/2020): | |
| President: | Margaret Lomas (Whangarei) [E: president@orchidcouncil.org.nz] |
| Vice-Presidents: | Glenys MacRae (Waitakere) Allan Rae (Manawatu) |
| Secretary: | Bryan Sutherland (Taranaki) [E: secretary@orchidcouncil.org.nz] |
| Treasurer: | Chris Hubbert (North Shore) [E: treasurer@orchidcouncil.org.nz] |
| Committee: | Joy Hopson (Taranaki) Gillian Lyster (Nelson) Penny Moore (Canterbury) Sandra Simpson (Tauranga) Keith Smart (Waikato) |
| Postal Address: | 70b Ngamotu Road Spotswood New Plymouth 4310 |
| Webmaster: | webmaster@orchidcouncil.org.nz |
| OCNZ Facebook page: | click here (You will need your own Facebook account and login.) |
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