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The Bulletin, June 2015
THE BULLETIN
Founded in 1936 by Jock and Fitzie Graham.
Editor:
Alan Graham, 63 Messines Rd, Karori,
Wellington 6012.
Telephone: 04-476 4598.
Email: alanjograham@xtra.co.nz
Advertising:
RSC Administration
PO Box 8064, Symonds St.
Patron:
Bill Speight
Patroness:
Kath Harrison
Auditors:
Hart and Co
Admin Officer:
Sheryl Brownlee
Lodge Officer:
Mike Brown
Hut Officer:
Mike Wardle
Chalet Officer:
Phill Thomass
Turoa Officer:
Mike Sanders
Heritage Fund Guardians:
John
Payne, Adrian Adriaansen, Robin
Dallas, Bernard Smith
Glacier Hut Custodian:
Joe Gabriel
THE
RUAPEHU SKI CLUB
(inc) Founded 1913
P.O.Box 8064, Symonds St.,
Auckland, New Zealand 1150
Telephone: 0-9-377 3856
Facsimile: 0-9-377 3859
Email: admin@rsc.org.nz
Website: www.rsc.org.nz
Level 2, 3 Arawa St
Grafton (off Khyber Pass)
President:
Adrian Adriaansen
Vice-Presidents:
Michael Brown,
Tjebbe Bruin, Richard Nelson, Phill
Thomass, Mike Wardle
Secretary:
John Benn
Treasurer:
Colin De Freyne
Immediate Past President:
John
Payne
Captain:
Liza Fitzsimmons
Vice-Captain:
Fiona Willison
Committee:
Hamish Bell, Sarah
Hamilton, Matthew Lamb, Mike
Lowery, Andy Murray, Kate Paul,
Marion Quinn, Mike Sanders,
John Tetley, Donald Webster
slopes of Mt Ruapehu.
The chick, named Kindara, was born at the
Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter in Rotorua
and has been in care until reaching a stoat-proof
weight of 1kg.
Kindara was named by pupils at Tauhara College
after the college and its and sister school Kindai
in Japan.
FREE CENTENARY BOOKS.
Our offer of free
copies of RSC’s centenary book MT RUAPEHU –
100 YEARS OF SKIING is still open.
Just send your name and delivery address to
alanjograham@xtra.co.nz.
Girdlestone, the pointy peak above Turoa
skifield
, is one of 16 place names linked to World
War 1 that are set to become official as part of
the New Zealand Geographic Board’s WW1
centennial programme.
The peak is named for Hubert Earle Girdlestone
who worked as a surveyor for the Lands and
Survey Department and was killed in action in
France in 1918.
The Tararua Tramping Club in 1922 installed a
plaque on the peak which was originally known
as the Little Matterhorn.
The Ruapehu area
is providing locations for
a movie adaptation of a Barry Crump novel, the
Ruapehu Bulletin reports.
The film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, is based on
Wild Pork and Watercress.
Sam Neill plays the lead in the cast of Taika
Waititi’s film, with Stan Walker and Rhys Darby
also part of the troupe.
The deadline for the September Bulletin will be
Friday August 14th
. All items should be with the
Editor in Wellington by that date.
