November 2014 Volume 1 Number 2

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1 CARAVANNING CAMPING NEW ZEALAND -Incorporated - 79 Princess Road, Tauranga alland@clear.net.nz November 2014 Volume 1 Number 2 Return Address: A Dale, 79 Princess Road, Bellevue, Tauranga 3110

2 Page Index Eastern District Rally Report AGM Fact File Future Rallies Rally Venues and Reports CCNZ Executive Some of Our Club s Extras Great get togethers; Discount Camps Camper Care; Camper Care have come up with a great insurance for all caravans and tow vehicles, motorhomes and also 5th wheelers. They are really looking after CCNZ members with discounts, low excess and roadside assistance through Journey On Roadside Solutions. Members must state their current membership number when applying or renewing their policies. They are also assisting us with our Public Liability. Please support Camper Care wherever possible. Interislander; Interislander have just come up with a special rate for our club members. You will have to quote a special code and show your card when boarding. Contact our President to get the code and rates for this. This seems to be at a better rate than Gold Card rates. Z Fuel; Contact our Treasurer for the forms and details on obtaining a fuel card that is pricing at a very good rate. To contact Camper Care:Office Building 6 15 Accent Drive East Tamaki Mail PO Box Manukau City Manukau 2241 People to talk to are;- Danny, Lisa or Josh Contact Call Fax admin@campercare.co.nz

3 3 Eastern Districts Rally 24 th 27 th October The venue for this was 10 k s from Gisborne at the Polo Grounds. There were a range of campers, caravans and buses from the following clubs: 10 Gisborne, 1 Wairoa, 7 Hawkes Bay and 1 CCNZ Vice President (Waikato) The event was officially opened by Gisborne City Deputy Mayor Rehette Stoltz. Then the president of the Polo grounds gave us a brief explanation on the game. Gee what big mega bucks needed if you want to play. Multiple horses needed as the game is very hard going. We were hoping they were able to put on a practice game as the season was just starting but due to the rain we had overnight they were unable to do this. Sunday dawned a nice fine but cold start. Most were up early to partake in the pancake breakfast which was cooked by Rex, Delys and Richard of the Gisborne Club. The evening we had lots of fun playing games. Each evening a different club provided the entertainment. Saturday evening was by Hawkes Bay. One of their members taught us how and had us do Scottish/international dancing. Swinging our partner to the left, dozzie doe, and much more. Lots of fun was had. Monday came round way too fast and it was now time to have Allan Dale (CCNZ Vice President) to close the weekend. Morning teas were then provided and it was time to pack up and head home.

4 4 FACT FILE CCNZ AGM Meeting held on 1st November 2014 Judith Hogan opened the meeting then quickly moved that Allan Dale (Vice President) take over and run the meeting. Seconded : Eric Sweeting INSURANCE - At a Rally you MUST remember, EVERYONE who comes to the Rally MUST Register in the Rally Book. NEWSLETTER Eric asked to have it recorded how grateful everyone was to get the Newsletter. TREASURERS Report :- as the Treasurer was unable to attend the Meeting Allan moved that the subs stay the $10. Seconded :- Craig Silby ELECTION OF OFFICERS :- President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Keeper of the Records Allan Dale Eric Sweeting Judith Dale Bill Stevens Averill Blake VENUE FOR MEETINGS :- At the AGM it was decided to keep the Meetings at Affordable Willowhaven Rotorua even though the prices are going up. CAMPER CARE BOATING AND MOTORHOME SHOW: November 2014 CCNZ Inc will have a small stand there to promote our Association. CCNZ WEBSITE :- We will have a new person looking after the website and hope to have it updated soon. Please send all information to the Secretary and she will pass it on. We now have CAMPER CARE & INTERISLANDER on board offering discounts to our Members. With Interislander you will need to show your CCNZ Inc card when boarding. Council have more business s hopefully coming on board to help our members. Will keep you informed as they happen. MOTORHOMES & DESTINATIONS: - Council to look into advertising in this Magazine. CAMP SITES :- We have two more campsites offering discounts to our members, Athenree and Miranda. You will probably need to show your CCNZ Inc card when you register. MEMBERSHIP CARDS: - As we are starting to use these more it has been

5 decided that we change the expiry date to the 31st October VENUE AND DATE FOR NEXT AGM: - The 20th AGM will be held 7-8th November 2015 at Willowhaven Rotorua. Judith Dale Secretary CCNZ. 5

6 North Shore Caravan Club November 9-10 th December 5 th -7 th Far North Caravan Club December 5th - 7th January Proposed Rallies Port Waikato Christmas Rally Blocks Kerikeri Twin waters Taipa Gisborne Caravan & Camping Club November 8th-9th PB Showgrounds November 28th-30th Wairoa Motor Camp December 6th Mills Christmas Rally January th-11th Tokomaru Bay Heretaunga Caravan & Camping Club Dec 2014 Christmas St Peter Chanel School January 2015 (Wellington Anniversary) Kahutura School, Featherston 5-8 February (Waitangi Weekend) Clareville Showgrounds February (Joint) Carterton Rugby Club March (Joint) St Peter Chanel School 2 6 April (Easter) National CCNZ Putorino April (Anzac Weekend) Himitangi Holiday Park Levin Caravan Club November 7th-9th December 5th-7th Tiraumea Backpackers Farm Himitangi Beach Motor Camp South Auckland Caravan Club November Huntly Motor Camp December Auckland Greyhound Stadium, Te Irirangi Drive, Manukau February 6-8 Duders Beach Waikato Caravan Club November 21st 23rd December 5th -7th January 2015, 23rd - 25th February 6th - 8th Thames Gun Club Cambridge Car Club John Hutton s at Putaruru Rex & Annie Hines, Morrinsville

7 March 1st to about 12th April 2nd to 6th 7 Roving Rally over Gentle Annie to Wairarapa National Rally, Putorino. Wainuiomata Caravan Club November (Xmas Rally) Carterton January 2015 Coppermine 6-8 February Waitangi Himitangi Beach 6-8 March Kaitoke 2-6 April (Easter) National Rally Wairoa April 9 (Anzac ) Greytown 29 May 1 June (QBD) Masterton Wairarapa Caravan & Camping Club November 14 th -16 th Koputaroa School, Levin. Combined December 5 th -7 th Eketahuna January 2015, 16 th -19 th Manawatu Caravan Clubs Grounds, Foxton February 5th - 8th Himatangi Beach Holiday Park February 20th - 22nd Carterton Rugby Grounds March 6th - 8th Kaitoki Reserve March 20th 22nd Brookfield, Wainuiomata April 2nd 6th Putorino, National Rally Wellington Caravan & Camping Club November 1st CCNZ Annual General Meeting November 14 th -16 th Koputaroa School, Levin. Combined January 2015, 16th-18th Kopane School, Rongatea Road ****************************************** CCNZ Inc 23rd National Rally 2nd to 6th April 2015 Putorino, Wairoa/Hawkes Bay Details will be coming out soon. Registration form is just about ready. Looking forward to seeing all who can make it there.

8 8 FAR NORTH CARAVAN CLUB Ahipara Holiday Park : 3rd,4th and 5th October. As we drove over the Mangamukas we spotted blue sky way up North. That was a heartening sight. We arrived (quite late) at the camp to see four members already set up. Later in the evening Morris arrived. Saturday dawned cold with a very strong southwesterly with scattered to heavy showers. We assembled in the camp building for morning tea. Barry and Elvie arrived then closely followed by Murray and Rosie just in time for morning tea. As usual the laughter peeled out and around the room. We received a welcome visit from Bertha Bell. It was lovely to see her again. After morning tea everyone went off to do what they had planned to do while up in this part of the North. As we were dining out at the Bay View Restaurant for dinner, Harry and Yvonne collected a menu for us to peruse. The idea of stone cooking generated great discussions. Afternoon tea found us all back in the camp building (out of the wind). Once more there was interesting discussions taking place and of cause more peels of laughter. A big thank you to Harry and Murray for transporting us to the restaurant. The scene from the window was very wild and woolly but magnificent. Those who had stone cooking meals enjoyed the experience. In particular Peter. He kept calling to Bev saying he was cooking his own meal. The food was delicious. The deserts were scrumptious and the hosts were very hospitable. Another great evening had by all. Sunday morning was an early start for some members watching the All Blacks be pipped in the last few minutes of the game by South Africa. Morning tea was another lavish affair with a wonderful selection of eats. The club meeting was held and the chairperson was Barry. A new member, Morris Mckinnon was nominated to join. Welcome Morris. Gisborne Caravan & Camping Club Tatapouri Rally August Tatapouri Motor Camp is a holiday park located just 10 minutes from Gisborne on State Highway 35, arguably one of New Zealand s greatest coastal highways. 11 vans braved the winter conditions and there were 2 visiting vans. The camp hadn t changed much since our last stay. There are fantastic surfing breaks over the hill at Makorori Beach and plenty of game fishing adventures to experience at Arial Reef, just four miles offshore. For visitors to this area there are Stingray feeding tours nearby to the camp Tolaga Bay Rally September

9 9 Situated 45 Ks from Gisborne. An easy road to travel. 9 vans in camp. The weather turned on the showers, which lasted most of Saturday. Woke up Sunday morning to the sun, so that was good. All enjoyed the weekend and we all worked around the weather. Great to see so many come up for the weekend. Wairata October This camp is situated almost half way through the Waioeka Gorge. To locate this property google Wairata Station Farm Stay. To get to the property you turn off the main road and go down a dusty gravel road. Not far away (on the main road) is a place called Living Waters which does morning teas. A little away from the camp (on the main road) is the historical Tauranga Bridge to visit. While we were there a chap came in and put up a small helicopter. It flew over us and around the camping area. Mary Redpath came down to watch. It was an advertising photographer taking photos of the camping area. These are going to be shown on You Tube. Check it Wairata Station Farm Stay on google. From there you can click on their youtube video where you can see our club camping there. Waikato Caravan Club Athenree Hot Springs & Holiday Park 26th - 28th September 2014 Members were warmly welcomed by our hosts as we arrived and set up camp on Friday afternoon at Athenree. This is always a peaceful and tranquil spot to enjoy a relaxing weekend. We spent a pleasant time catching up on news of one another over afternoon tea while sitting in the sunshine. Later happy hour was spent at the barbeque area, as the afternoon weather cooled down. On Saturday morning after morning tea there was time for folks to spend walking, swimming, biking or driving to various places locally. After lunch June organized a visit to Athenree Homestead, a lovely historical kauri homestead built in 1875 by Hugh and Adela Stewart who along with their 9 year old son and Hugh's parents Captain Mervyn and Mrs Stewart travelled on the sailing ship Lady Jocelyn from Ireland to New Zealand, to help form the only planned Irish settlement worldwide. Hugh and Adela balloted a block of land which they named Athenree. The history of this interesting estate and area was told to us by one of the volunteers of the Athenree Homestead Trust, a group of

10 10 volunteers who have worked tirelessly over many years to restore the Homestead to its former glory after it had fallen into disrepair. There is still much to be done to complete the restoration. Funding required for this is huge, and The Trust is kept busy raising money. This was a most enjoyable outing, and we all appreciated the opportunity to learn about the history of Athenree. After arriving back at camp we were treated to a special cake to celebrate the 61st wedding anniversary of Dot and Gordon. Congratulations to you both! June had arranged for the RSA courtesy bus to arrive at camp to transport us all to the RSA Restaurant for the evening. A tasty meal was devoured then the courtesy van transported us home again to our vans. Sunday morning the sun was shining after soft rain over night. We sat in the sunshine for morning tea. Our sincere thanks were expressed to June and Keith for running a most enjoyable rally. Rally at Little Waipa October 2014 Friday Arrived just before lunch. A nice welcome which soon turned into lunch outside under a rather threatening cloud canopy. It was good to catch up with everyone and greet new arrivals after afternoon tea a few spots of rain saw us all move to vans. Some gathered together for Happy Hour Saturday Up at 8am and holy moly, our next door neighbours Neville & Raewyn were kitting up to ride their bikes into the distance and actually went as far as Arapuni Dam some 5.7 km away. The weather was cloudy but fine so morning tea was outside in the warm, still weather. Allan had to take off all of a sudden to dash after Judith who had missed the turn off on her bike (next time Allan stay with her and stop showing off your male strength). They had gone as far as the Bells, good on them, even if they have electronic assistance. Lunch saw most of us gather outside. We had observed a BBQ being set up when we went for a ramble, but didn t expect the recipients to be nigh on 100 motorcyclists who roared in to upset our peace. There was nothing for it but to go and have a look at the many and varied English/Yank machines before they took off. Maurice exchanged some words of wonderment to a chap who had

11 only had a hip replacement 4 weeks earlier. Another was a wheelchair user and another nearly a wheelchair user as he demonstrated to us all how to come off by showing off. Back at camp saw the group disperse because of a shower. Still raining at Happy Hour, which did not deter us as we gathered under two awnings to pass the time and swap stories. Sunday The rain had stopped and patches of blue sky heralded the day. 11 Report CCNZ AGM Rally Ngongotaha 31 October 2 November 2014 Friday Arrived in overcast but fine weather to join other Waikato members tethered to the power boxes and avoiding the ducks and their droppings. We all went to the hall for happy hour to chat with members of other clubs, which went on until news time, most returning to their van or having Fish & Chips in the hall. The National Rally will be at Putorino Sports Ground at Easter Cost $35 per person. Forms will come out shortly. A good deal has been arranged with Camper Care for Insurance on vans. Newsletter will be by each 3 months. Saturday; Lunch and afternoon tea was outside in the warm sunny weather moving to the hall for happy hour followed by sausages, onions and bread provided by CCNZ. By 8pm most had drifted back to their vans. Sunday Lovely day, too good to go home. We gathered for morning tea before heading home. An enjoyable rally and great to meet up with friends from other clubs. ************** Notice found in classroom we used while rallying at a school.

12 12 CCNZ Inc President; Allan Dale 79 Princess Road Bellevue Tauranga Vice President; Eric Sweeting P.O. Box 170 Wairoa Immediate Past President; Judith Hogan Newsletter At present send information To our President Secretary; Judith Dale 79 Princess Road Bellevue Tauranga Treasurer; Bill Stevens 61 Wairenga Road Otaki Keeper of Records; Averill Blake 255 Levers Road Matua Tauranga Our President, Treasurer And Secretary.