Membership

Criteria

Any person can be a member of the Society. New members usually join one of the affiliated groups and pay an annual group membership fee that includes the Society subscription of $35.

All members of affiliated caving groups are members of the Society.

Fees

The single membership fee includes a subscription to the newsletter "Tomo Times" and the NZ Speleological Bulletin.

Second or subsequent adult members of a family living at the same address can become family members by paying an additional $25 rather than the full $35.

Members under the age of 18 can become youth members for an additional $5 each. Family and youth members do not receive copies of the Society's publications.

Publications membership provides individuals or organisations with NZS Bulletins and Tomo Times. This membership class has no other benefits and does not include voting rights. Publications subscription is the same as single member subscription.

Membership form

• Download the application for membership form (pdf).
• Click here for the Membership Coordinator on the Contact page.

Membership information

Membership Information

1. Fees are due from 1 September each year. Members will receive a full year's set of publications if they join before March 1st.
   • For new members only, half the normal fee applies from 1 March to 30 June.
   • If a new member joins in July or August their subscription also covers the whole of the following year.
   • Family membership does not apply to non-relationship flatmates or adult siblings.
2. NZSS publications are sent to single and publication members only.
3. Donations made to the NZSS Search & Rescue or Conservation funds are used only for those funds.
4. Privacy Act: Information NZSS collects about members is for the purposes of the NZSS dealing with those members. Members are entitled to reasonable access to and correction of information held about them.
5. Unless stated by you, publishing of your membership details for the purposes such as NZSS and/or group membership lists, (paper or electronic), will be deemed as accepted.

NZSS and your caving group may provide copies of the membership list, (paper or electronic) to Waitomo Caves Discovery Centre, Department of Conservation, and other entities deemed as appropriate.

Life Membership

Life Membership of the Society can be conferred on a member of the Society by Council in recognition of meritorious achievement in caving at a national level.