Newsletter archive

December 2022: John Easton Award 2022; Orchids & More update; Vale Mike Davison.

November 2022: Iwitahi weekend; Cym. canaliculatum wanted; Vale Bill Johnson.

October 2022: Donation to Te Papa Foundation research; message from the Yearbook editor; South Island judging seminar.  South Island Judging Seminar_2022

September 2022:  New Incorporated Societies Act; Expo 2023 update.

August 2022President Glenys out and about at shows. (opens as a pdf)

July 2022: OCNZ Executive for 2022-23; searching for an orchid.

June 2022: Judges’ Seminar & AGM; changes to Incorporated Societies Act.

May 2022: AGM reminder; Pub Charity funding.

March 2022: Judges’ Symposium & OCNZ AGM; refreshed OCNZ logo; Vales for Audrey Hewson and Beryl Goodger.

February 2022: New OCNZ Patron, Australian national show, help need with species references.

November 2021: Taranaki Summer Show cancelled, OCNZ website reading, call for articles for 2022 Yearbook.

October 2021: Vales for Peter Black, Nancie Bonham, Miriam Corban and Rudolf Jenny; more shows cancelled.

September 2021: Covid cancellations; OCNZ speaking tour; South Island Judges’ Seminar; Vale Barry Curtis; Vale Brian Main.

August 2021: Waikato Society 60th jubilee; South Island Judging Seminar; Iwitahi Summer Camp; Odontoglossum crispum sought.

July 2021: New newsletter editor; constitution builder tool; host needed for 2022 AGM and Judges’ Seminar

June 2021: Vale Wes Ross-Taylor; OCNZ AGM & Judging Seminar.

May 2021: BOP Orchid Show report; David Banks confirmed as Judges’ Seminar speaker; Waikato Orchid Society 60th anniversary.

April 2021: Handbooks for sale; farewell North Otago Orchid Club; upcoming AGM and Judges’ Seminar.

March 2021: Orchids of the Year announced; flasks from Barrita Orchids Australia available; feedback sought on OCNZ role.

February 2021: Vale Alf Day; Yearbook photography tips.

December 2020: Taranaki Orchid Society’s 50th anniversary show; items needed for Yearbook.

November 2020: Iwitahi Reserve research programme.

October 2020: New Yearbook editor; Lycaste seed wanted; Pleione catalogue.

September 2020: Covid-19 cancellations; Disa request; Lycaste seed request.

August 2020: Waikato 60th Show registration; South Island Judging seminar; MPI project update.

July 2020: Yearbook corrections; Iwitahi work dates.

June 2020: OCNZ election results.

May 2020: Lockdown activities; Vale Ron Reeves.

April Updates: Congratulations BOP Orchid Society; Introducing Barry & Avril Baxter of Orchid Supplies NZ.

April 2020: Please advise of show cancellations; change of ownership at Napier Orchid Supplies; Bio-leaf still able to send products.

March 21, 2020: National Seminar & AGM cancelled; postal ballot for OCNZ elections

March 17, 2020: Special newsletter on National Seminar & AGM

March 2020: World Orchid Conference postponed; NZ Orchids of the Year 2019.

February 2020: Judging seminar and anniversary show dates; Vale Paddy Fox.

December 2019: OCNZ election results.

Importing Orchids into NZ: An information sheet published in October 2019

November 2019: New membership level for areas without affiliated clubs.

October 2019: Expo wrap and main results; Iwitahi Working Bee.

September 2019: Orchid Expo; Vale Norm Porter; Iwitahi working bee

August 2019: Hibiscus Coast 35th anniversary; Change of dates for 2021 Taranaki show.

July 2019: Corrections to Yearbook; Farewell Otago Orchid Society; Vale Grahame Leafburg.

June 2019: Orchid Expo Clubs’ Trading Table details; WOC registration; National Expo registration.

May 2019: International orchid shows.

April 2019: OCNZ Handbooks for sale.

March 2019: OCNZ 2018 Orchids of the Year.

February 2019Miltoniopsis bred by Ewan Perrott wanted; Clive Perry memorial service in Taranaki.

December 2018: Vale Clive Perry; Taranaki Orchid Show (Jan 2019).

November 2018: John Easton Award 2018; Vale John Brljevich

October 2018: 2019 Expo update; Iwitahi camp dates; Vale Assid Corban.

September 2018: Upcoming Judges Seminar; understanding Plant Biosecurity Index rules; Vale Jeanette Austin & Ken Miller.

August 2018NZOS celebrates 70 years; flask importation working smoothly.

July 2018: Welcome to new patron Wes Ross-Taylor; Miltonopsis newsletter.

June 2018: Whangarei seminar review; OCNZ AGM.

May 2018: Whangarei seminar & show preview; Yearbooks.

April 2018: Publications for sale; award photography tips; farewell South Canterbury.

March 2018: Orchid of the Year awards; MPI Plant Health & Environmental Laboratory visit.

February 2018: National Expo (2019); pre-1990 Cattleya catalogues needed; MPI update.