Palmerston North 2023

The 97th NZART Annual Conference and AGM is being held in Palmerston North over Kings Birthday weekend 3–4 June 2023.

Location is the Millennium Copthorne Hotel, 110 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North.

The conference will commence on Saturday the 3 June at 9:00 am and conclude Sunday 4 June after the evening dinner.

Registrations will be open from 9:00 am on the Saturday with morning tea served at 9:30 am.

An alternative program will be run on both days.

Saturday Programme

0900 Registrations / Opening
0930 Morning Tea
1000 NZART AGM
1200 Lunch
1300 NZART AGM
1500 Afternoon Tea
1530 AREC Annual Forum
1830 Drinks
1900 Dinner

Sunday Programme

Time:	Location: Board Room 30	Location: Ferguson Room 100
0830	WARO	SPAM AGM
0915	KiwiSAT	OTC (Old Timers Club)
1000	Morning Tea
1030	NZART Centennial	Ham during/After TC Gabrielle
1115	Grotating (Green Radios On The Air)	Transpower slot/Unison Slot/TBC
1200	Lunch
1300	National System Trustees Only	SOTA (Summits on the Air)
1345	National System Public Forum	Distributing Electricity in a storm
1430	Klondyke Presentation	Covid 19: An Engineering Response
1515	Afternoon Tea
1545	Dish Antenna	Amateur Civil Emergency Response
1630	Receiving Weather Balloons	Amateur Civil Emergency Response
1715	Drinks
1900	Dinner

Alternative Programme

Saturday morning – After morning tea at the conference venue, we head to The Herb Farm to hear about the healing properties of herbs and to create our own individualised cream to take home using herbal extracts. We can also wander around the herb garden.

Lunch will be at the attached café.

In the afternoon we will stop for a quick viewing of the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit – beautiful stained glass and interior. Then onto the Victoria Esplanade Gardens - Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery centre, Peter Black Conservatory (hot house garden), aviaries, 2.2 km miniature railway you might like to ride, and afternoon tea at the cafe.
Return to the venue around 4:00 pm.

Sunday morning –after morning tea at the conference venue a visit to the Te Manawa Museum with an optional visit to the Rugby Museum next door. We then head to Foxton, a small Dutch community, where we will visit to the quilting shop, have a tour of the Flax Stripping Museum, visit the de Molen working windmill (optional to climb to the top floor to see the flour milling). There is an interesting museum and art gallery detailing early Foxton.

We will have lunch at Foxton and afternoon tea at Foxton Beach.
Return to the venue around 4:00 pm.

Looking forward to seeing you all and enjoying, with you, the programme we have put together.

Lynne and Topsy
(Any unforeseen issues may require changes to the programme)

Conference organisers for 2023 can be contacted via email: Contact Us.

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