Thread: NZDA worth joining.

Originally Posted by stug

When I was 16 I joined the Waikato branch of NZDA, they were bloody awesome. This was well before the Hunts programme etc. They had a hunt every month, a social meeting every month with a guest speaker. Really great bunch of guys.
I joined the Canterbury/Christchurch branch back in the late 1990's. The monthly meeting was correspondence in and out etc, basically a committee meeting that everyone went to, very strange. They did have regular hunts though, went on a few of those and they people on them were great.
But I haven't belonged to NZDA for nearly 20 years now.

Napier's club nights are much the same, bor-fucker-ring, that's what committee nights are for. Never going to attract or keep new members like that. I have been to a couple of Hastings meetings and their vibe is a whole lot better.