Meeting and Field Trip

​Preliminary Programme, 2019

​Note: Dates and events are subject to change. Please check the News and Events Page before the event for confirmation.

---

Date	Title	Speaker/Leader
Thurs, January 23	Club Meeting: Video on volcanoes	Tez Hardwick
W/E, January 27-30	Field Trip: Golden Bay (27, 28th). Kina and Wairoa Valley (30th) - Tauranga Club Visit	Clyde Nicholson, Dave Briggs, Ian Ladds
Thurs, February 21	Club Meeting: Show and Tell and Quiz Night	Mike Blowers, Tez Hardwick, Hub OpdenBuysch, Dave Briggs
Sun, February 24	Cancelled due to fire risk
Wed, March 20	Club Meeting: To be arranged
W/E, March 29-31	Weekend Field Trip: Kaikoura	Mike Blowers
Thurs, April 18	Club Meeting: Plate movement and ophiolite belts	Mike Blowers
W/E, April 25-28	Weekend Field Trip: ​D'Urville Island	Mike Blowers
Sun, May 5	Kid's Event, Elmer Turner Library: Show and tell	Stephen Eager, Mike Blowers
Thurs, May 16	Club Meeting: Triassic of the Nelson area (provisional title)	Don MacFarlan
Sat, May 18	Field Trip: Highfield Farm (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!)	Ian Ladds
Thurs, June 20	Club Meeting: Mapping the Permian Rocks of New Zealand, a Nelson geologist perspective	Mike Johnston
Sun, June 23	Field Trip: Mineral Belt: crustal profile	Mike Blowers
Wed, July 17	Club Meeting: Glaciation in the Top of the South (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!)	Dave Briggs
Sun, July 21	Workshop: Micro-minerals	Chris Frazer
Thurs, August 15	Club Meeting: Hawaiian volcanics and eruptions	John Dow
Sun, August 18	Field Trip: Riwaka Quarry	Peter Ingam
Thurs, September 19	Club Meeting: Short talks by Club members	Club Members
Sun, September 22nd	Field Trip: Canaan Downs	Mike Blowers
Thurs, October 17	Club Meeting: Volcanic Deposits and their Minerals	Tim Sanderson
W/E, October 26-28	Weekend Field Trip: Golden Bay	Tez Hardwick
Thurs, November 21	Club Meeting: AGM and Patron's presentation	Mike Johnston
Sun, November 24	Field Trip: New exposures in faults of the Nelson area	Paul Woperis
TBA	Christmas picnic