Committee Members for 2025-2026
Chairman Wayne Hullen 027-3726263
Vice Chairman Owen Duthie 021-2942158
Secretary Barry Anderson 027-4852032
Treasurer Robert Todd 027-4440186
Club Captain
Parts Department
Bill Ryan 689-7063
Richard Terry 022-6375813
Club Room Convener Steve Dyson 027-4907861
Newsletter Barry Anderson 027-4852032
b.r.anderson@outlook.co.nz
January
24th KickstartRally Waimate
28th MidweekRun Waimate
February
14th WallabyRally Waimate
28th Nifty50ScooterRun Waimate
Next Meeting : No Meeting December
Next Meeting 15th January 2026 7.30pm clubrooms
Chairmans Report November 2025
Xmas parade 7th February meet 12 at St Pats car park
We had a good turnout for the November meeting with about 25 % of the membership present.
Senior Citizens trip postponed till February
Fund Raising ideas needed,
The Christmas party is coming up, on the 29 attending will be in for a very enjoyable time , both on the run, and, at the meal at the Cave pub.
Updated list of members vehicles and phone numbers needed
It was good to see that the North Otago branch swapmeet was well supported. The squall that blew through shortened the event somewhat though.
Hall Convenor Heat pump to be looked at. Mens toilet floor
fixed, Dance Clubs Finishing up this month restarting February
We will endeavour to have the clubrooms open every Wednesday morning, for the summer months at least, and this will allow us to get some of our maintenance work done and hopefully create a bit more socializing time for our members. So come along and have a cup of tea and a natter and we will see if we can get a few jobs ticked off as well.
Parts
The Waimate Christmas street parade is on again on the 7 up at the Basilica from 12:00 for the parade to start at 1:00 pm. Please bring your cars out and support this great local event.
Bill Ryan donated scrap and wheels sold to wayne,
General Business
Our vehicle register needs to be updated so during the next couple of months we will see if we can get this sorted.
Proposed to open Club rooms every Wednesday for a cuppa
The next club meeting is not until 15th January 22 so enjoy Christmas and keep safe on the roads out there.
Garage Raid $25 fuel vouchers to the two non members Garages visited
Xmas Run to Cave 29th Meeting at club rooms for run and numbers attending to be advised to Owen
For nearly two decades in the mid made a determined effort to bring cutting nology to the American heartland through a program called the Parade of Progress. And nothing personified that spirit more than the shiny red 1940 GM Futurliner. The Futurliner was a behemoth, 33 feet long, 9 feet wide and more than 11 feet tall, weighing 15 tons. Sporting eight spiffy white mum speed as stated at 55 mph, although some sources suggest they couldn they sure looked speedy, giving off a Buck Rogers vibe. With a backlit stylized art deco GM logo on the nose, they looked like
Scooter run 28th February 2026
Wallaby Rally 14th February Barry to email entry forms out
Trevor completing short run, Peter the long run
Committee meeting 18th December to discuss rally
Meeting Closed at 8.45 no meeting December
Next meeting 15th January 2026
Dated 20th November 2025
Welcome Wayne Hullen
Present 17 members as per attached
Apologies Robert, Suzanne, Sandra, Maureen, Lorraine
Moved they be accepted John Seconded Peter carried
Minutes Minutes of the October 2025 meeting have been circulated taken as read and confirmed
moved Peter seconded Trevor carried Correspondence
Inwards
SC VCC Mount Cook Rally Cancelled
Rally’s Otago Moped, Cromwell Motorcycle, North Otago Windsor Rally, Ashburton.
Minutes October Management Meeting
Revised Draft By Laws
Chairmans Report November 2025
We had a good turnout for the November meeting with about 25 % of the membership present.
The Christmas party is coming up, on the 29th of November, and I am sure that all those attending will be in for a very enjoyable time , both on the run, and, at the meal at the Cave pub.
It was good to see that the North Otago branch swapmeet was well supported. The squall that blew through shortened the event somewhat though.
We will endeavour to have the clubrooms open every Wednesday morning, for the summer months at least, and this will allow us to get some of our maintenance work done and hopefully create a bit more socializing time for our members. So come along and have a cup of tea and a natter and we will see if we can get a few jobs ticked off as well.
The Waimate Christmas street parade is on again on the 7th December, the program is to line up at the Basilica from 12:00 for the parade to start at 1:00 pm. Please bring your cars out and support this great local event.
Our vehicle register needs to be updated so during the next couple of months we will see if we can get this sorted.
The next club meeting is not until 15th January 22 so enjoy Christmas and keep safe on the roads out there.
For nearly two decades in the mid-20th century, General Motors made a determined effort to bring cutting-edge science and technology to the American heartland through a program called the Parade of Progress. And nothing personified that spirit more than the shiny red-and-chrome 1940 GM Futurliner. The Futurliner was a behemoth, 33 feet long, 9 feet wide and more than 11 feet tall, weighing 15 tons. Sporting eight spiffy white-wall tires, the Futurliner had a maximum speed as stated at 55 mph, although some sources suggest they couldn’t top 40. But they sure looked speedy, giving off a Buck Rogers vibe. With a backlit stylized art deco GM logo on the nose, they looked like… the future.
What a great day. About 20 members assembled at the club rooms for a cuppa .About 12 cars set off on a car run heading to Cave. Traveling the inland back roads to Otio then down the main road to Pareora River Road, where a few questions had to be answered for the rest of the way . A stop at Southburn resulted in one car (a FORD escort)refused to start. Alot of different ideas of what was wrong with it, but as it turned out it needed a rest, then after a few tries it burst into life, (so did Steve he had a worried look on his face).On our way again taking the back road and down the Armstrong Zigzag then into Cave hotel.
A couple of drinks a natter then lunch, it was awesome. The winner of the day was Lindsay Anderton and his wife. A 40 dollar fuel voucher, Congratulations Guys. Cave hotel was another great place to hold a Function, very welcoming, Reasonably priced and well organized with the whole 20 meals coming out at once. Thank you to those guys.
At About 3 to 3.30 we started to depart Cave to make our way home
Thankyou to those members that took part I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. And thanks to Peter Bland for helping me to organize the run. Till next year. Cheers
Owen Duthie
Saturday 14th February 2026 At 10.00am Entries to Wallaby Rally Organiser Waimate VCC 4 Harris Street Waimate 7924
MIDWEEK RUN 29th
4 Cars and 1 motorbike (on its first outing ) after a get together and lunch at the Royal Hotel went for a short run up to the Whitehorse Monument on a very hot afternoon. The view for the monument was very impressive not a clear and still day.
From the Whitehorse we carried on to Butlers Café for afternoon cuppa.
No midweek run in December next run is on the 28th January 2026
Hi all on Thursday the 6th of November Chris and I set out for Blenheim in the Range Rover to do the Nelson VCC Molesworth run .We spent a night in Kaikoura then on to Blenheim Friday night we meet up with fellow trip people at the VCC rooms at Brayshaw park we picked up our Rally packs .Saturday moring we all met up to start the trip .Heading south we went over Taylers Pass then turned up towards Molesworth a long but interesting drive with plent of interesting sights and dust stopped for lunch at the old sod house at Molesworth then on and on to Hanmer amazing sights and history .The next day Sunday after a good sleep we set out up Jacks pass and turned west we continued on over very interesting country a lunch stop before the first locked gate after the gate on the Molesworth / Rainbow boundry we continued on great sights fast running rivers and steep hills the road had been cleared for us and was pretty good, some fords and rough bits but the old Range Rover handled it ok then next thing we were at St Arnard ice cream and a walk around then off to Murcherson .We were served a great meal there by some very good local ladies a good nights sleep in a good motel .The next day we met up and headed over the Maruia saddle a very nice drive then on to a early lunch stop at Reefton then a quick look at a private car collection then on around the back of Lake Brunner and on to Hokitika we had a trip to the river mouth to empty some sea water we had all taken from the start a bagpiper played and we all headed off for a very nice meal at a local hotel ,By now it had rained so the cars got a wash .The next day Chris and I headed home all and all a very well run trip thanks to Nelson VCC for running it and letting all vcc cars to join in .
Ross Brown
