Far North Focus
Dereck & Adrianne Mackay’s 1923 Dodge Tourer
Chairman Tom Deverall
Club
Beaded Wheels Writer Photographs Murray Cormack Paddy Kelly
Committee: Tom Deverall, Keith Lyndsell, Naomi Mason, Christine Squire, Margaret Deverall, Murray Squire, Winston Matthews, Steve Edwards, Claude Ilton
The full list of the elected officers is circulated with the minutes of the 2025 Annual General Meeting. The full list of the elected officers is circulated with the minutes of the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
Calendar of Club Events 2026
If at any time you see things at the Clubrooms requiring maintenance, please let Steve know. Ph 09 401 6239
May 2026
February 2026
14th Monthly Meeting 1.00pm with Parts Shed open at 2pm.
21st Southern Captain’s Run
March 2026
The events previously included for March have been cancelled, as many Members will be away at the Vero Festival, 15th-21st March Vero Festival in Nelson.
If at any time you see things at the Clubrooms requiring maintenance, please let Steve know. Ph 09 401 6239 “Two shillings, please Squire.”
June 2026
April 2026
11th Monthly Meeting 1.00pm with Parts Shed open at 2pm.
18th Brian Parker Rally- Chris & Murray Squire
Club Captain's Run
Saturday 21st Feb.
Meet 9.45 at Waipapa Mitre 10 carpark.
First car away at 10 am.
Approximately 80kms, 75% on gravel roads.
Lunch at a café, at the end of the run.
Next Club Meeting
14th February 2026
Parts shed will be open.
2nd Saturday every month
The Far North Branch of the VVC does have a policy that pets are not brought to any Club events. We do ask that this policy is respected please.
Remember when..
Remember the flavours, smells and the thousand and one uses these jars had? Who still has one or two of them?
From the chair…
January is behind us once again and the weather hasn’t been kind for motoring out this past week with wind and rain. We did enjoy the couple of weeks of hot sunshine!
Our annual picnic was a day of clear skies and warm temps, thanks again Ruth, for sharing your private cove with us.
At the Special meeting in Dec, we passed the Clubs constitution which was sent off to the Incorporated Societies for registration, no word back as yet from them.
This was followed by our Xmas Pot Luck dinner.
Jan. 4th saw several members show their cars at the Taipa Show & Shine event.
The next club meeting is 14th Feb.
It was decided at an earlier meeting that there would be no meeting or events for March, as there will be too many members absent attending the Vero International Rally in Nelson.
Happy motoring for the New Year.
Tom
Northern Captain’s Catch up. Welcome to
as we look forward to another busy year.
We hope you are all fit and well and ready to enjoy the many motoring ventures ahead.
We finished 2025 with another lovely pot luck Xmas dinner preceded by a special meeting and the monthly Dec meeting.
How nice it is to drive up to our club rooms to a freshly cleaned and painted entrance.
We began the year with a great turn out for our picnic at Ruth Reid’s awesome beach cove, 23 members and 2 visitors, maybe new members?
The weather was kind & the sea flat, which enabled many of us to enjoy the warm(?) water.
Thanks to all those that contributed to this occasion.
Next stop…
Murray and Chris Squire’s February Captain’s rally on the 21st. Mark this date on/in your calendar’s please.
Steve is to represent the club in Christchurch for the annual Executive meeting which is a week before the Nelson rally, then he and Steph will be joining us in Nelson for the rally.
And then it will be a ‘migration’ south for 7 couples from our club heading for the Vero International Rally in Nelson - a big trek for us all.
Remember too - if you have any interesting places or spots about the Far North that you’d like to share for mid-week ventures, we’re all interested!
Due to there not being enough time for our camping weekend planned for February, we will leave this for another time.
Marg D.
Omnium gatherum…
Wishing you all the best 2026 can bring your way.
Remember to reach out to members of the club if you need a second pair of hands, a chat, support in anyway, mechanical knowledge- we have plenty of that to share or a seat for rally drive.
Someone will help out.
“Circumstances bow to determined focus.”
“Naps deserve Nobel Peace prizes.”
Far North Caffeine & Classic
Still For Sale from our Parts Shed
Holden Hub Caps
We have so many ‘treasures’ in the shed. Finding someone who might need them, is a challenge.
Please, when talking to enthusiasts who have Holdens, let them know there are hub caps available.
Contact Claude: 0274791697 or any of our Committee to organise a sale.
Austin Parts
SallyandKenfromKerikeriwiththeir1965 HumberSceptreMk1a,wonthespotprize.
Lots of great photos from the Kaikohe Museum Fund Raiser in early December.
Old people are just exhausting.
