Annual General Meeting information 2017

Notice of the 96th AGM and herd tour to be held in the Northland area Tuesday 18th April to Friday 21st April 2017 TUESDAY 18th: 2.00pm onwards ;Visits to Davie-Martins herd (Martinvale and Puketi) at 62 Taylor Road, Waiotira. If you are driving North, turn off at Maungaturoto. Dinner is offered here so please let Don and Judy know numbers. Ph 094329087 or email; mvfarms@ihug.co.nz. Make your own arrangements for accommodation in Whangarei or Dargaville on Tuesday night. Suggest Kingsgate Hotel, Whangarei (Ph 09 4380284) WEDNESDAY 19th: 10.00am -Meet at Richard & Helen Alspach, 2185 Pukehuia Rd,Dargaville Lunch at Nina Walkers (Houto herd) 1404 Houto Road, Tangiteroria Visit to Ian Beattie’s bull lease operation Make your own way to Omapere with suggested visits to Dargaville’s ship wreck museum and/or Waipoua Kauri forest. ACCOMMODATION; (Wednesday night) Copthorne Hotel , St H’way 12 Omapere Ph 09 4058737. $179 per night (double) Group Breakfast at $20 per head available 7.30pm: EXECUTIVE MEETING at Copthorne Hotel THURSDAY 20th: 9.00am start: Travel to Rawene to catch car ferry and head north to Kaitatia area. Brief stop allowed at Kohukohu! Ged Thomson’s Herd—6519 St H’way 1, Victoria Valley Lunch at Robin and Gena Shepherd’s (Rangitihi herd). 7152 St H’way 1. Optional visits to local places of interest –Matthews Museum, Kauri Kingdom or Te Ahu Centre 5.00pm: Helmsman Sale at Taipa Resort ACCOMMODATION and ANNUAL DINNER (Thursday night) RAMADA RESORT REIA TAIPA BEACH Ph 09 4060656 or reservations@ramadataipa.co.nz $170 per night or $195 beachfront (double) FRIDAY 21st: 9.30am; ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the NZ Red Poll CattleBreeders Assn to be held in the Conference Room of the Ramada Resort. ACCOMMODATION: Robin Shepherd has booked rooms at the Copthorne Hotel, Omapere and the Taipa Beach Resort. Please ring these hotels to book one of these rooms for yourself. Say you are with the Red Poll Breeders and mention Robin’s name. Please do this by 20th March NZ RED POLL CATTLE BREEDERS ASSN INC 282 Woodside Road,R.D.21 Geraldine.7991 New Zealand Ph: 03 6938862 E-mail: redpolls@slingshot.co.nz Contacts: Tour Organiser Robin Shepherd: 09 4084192 Email: rlshepherd@orcon.net.nz Anne McSweeney: 03 6938862 (Sec/Treas) 027 6938861 Please contact Robin to confirm your attendance for catering numbers For a printable PDF version of this notice click here

Make this an enjoyable event and catch up with friends - see you at Northland