ORCHID COUNCIL NEW ZEALAND INC

Updated: January 25, 2010

Welcome to the official website of the
Orchid Council Of New Zealand Inc

We hope you will linger and have a look around our site and perhaps leave a
comment on how we may be able to improve on our effort. Check on the
'Newsletters' Link regularly for recent club newsletters.

For the latest Show dates around the country the 'Show Dates' page.

Recently Added or Updated Pages:

Its getting closer ... early bird registration closes on 28th February:
for more information on the upcoming
6th International Orchid Extravaganza follow this link to
Orchids 2010

Society Newsletters (Latest Newsletters)

Show Dates (Latest Show dates & link to 20th World Orchid Conference)

Contact the secretary at: secretary@orchidcouncil.co.nz

For Web site updates, errors and ommisions, praise :-) etc email: webmaster@orchidcouncil.co.nz

The Executive Committee
President: Roy Neale (Auckland)
Immediate Past President: Joy Wray (Taranaki)
Vice President: Philip Norton (Marlborough)
Secretary: Clive Perry (Taranaki)
Treasurer: Grahame Hill (Taranaki)
Ross McDonald(Manawatu-Wanganui)
Graham Letts (Otago)
Ruth Coles (Taranaki)
Bill Liddy (Hawkes Bay)
Dennis Chuah (Auckland)

THE OBJECTIVES OF OCNZ SHALL BE:

• To promote and encourage the study, cultivation and conservation of
  orchids, and the dissemination of information on orchid culture to and
  between member societies.
• To support and correlate the efforts of member societies and to advance
  the development of orchid growing as a recreational activity for young
  and old alike.
• To support and stimulate the recognition by the public at large of orchid
  displays as a creative art form.To establish and maintain procedures and
  standards whereby orchids may be judged and awarded. To assist member
  societies in the promotion and conduct of regional and national orchid
  shows and expositions if requested to do so.
• To promote national and international conferences and seminars whose
  function and purpose would be of benefit to OCNZ and its members. To
  publish, print, edit, and distribute a newsletter, magazine, publicity material
  or pamphlets relating to the affairs and objects of OCNZ. To establish liaison
  or affiliation with other organizations having objects wholly or in part similar
  to those of OCNZ.
• To ensure that the funds of OCNZ are controlled and employed in the best
  interests of OCNZ and are applied within New Zealand for the charitable
  purposes of OCNZ.
  
  For a copy of the Constitution please email the secretary at the address above.