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MEMBERSHIP

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.

JOINING PROCESS

Learn how to join the caving community and become a member of NZSS.

MEMBERSHIP FEES

Find out the costs of being a member of The New Zealand Speleological Society.

MEMBERSHIP CONDITIONS

Membership terms and conditions, criteria, and life membership.

HOW TO JOIN NZSS

The process begins by contacting the club that is most local to you. We suggest that you attend one of the monthly public meetings that each club has to introduce yourself. The local club can provide you with a membership form for signing up. Once you have filled out the form and paid your subscription to the club, you automatically become a registered member of the New Zealand Speleological Society.

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STEP 3

Contact your local club. Please check on the map below to find the club closest to you.

Attend one of the clubs monthly meetings. Every club holds a meeting once per month.

Fill out a membership form with you local club. You will automatically become a member of NZSS.

Contact Local Club

FIND YOUR LOCAL CLUB

Click on the curser of the nearest location to you to navigate to the local club.

MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION FEES

Annual fees of membership for NZSS membership. Please note that these fees are not inclusive of the local club fees that are applied when you sign up with NZSS.

MEMBERSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Terms and Conditions

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• 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.
• NZSS publications are sent to single and publication members only.
•Donations made to the NZSS Search & Rescue or Conservation funds are used only for those funds.
• 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.
• 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 that may require membership information.

Life Membership

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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.

Membership Criteria

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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.

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ABOUT NZSS

NEW ZEALAND SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Exploring and protecting caves

NZSS is the national speleological body in New Zealand, representing its members in all matters of speleology, and promoting the conservation of caves and karst.

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