Taranaki Swiss Club

04/06/2026

Last minute tickets available, great music, ride the bull, supper included, byo drinks and snacks. Text 0273308510 tickets $25, Otakeho hall. Friday 5 June 7pm

29/05/2026

Full house for the Fondue dinner on May 23 at the Kaponga Clubhouse. Thanks to all the committee and cooks in the kitchen

12/05/2026

The Taranaki Swiss Club is hosting the Swiss Society Cowbell Competition together with the Annual General Meeting at King’s Birthday Weekend. We need bookings by the 23rd of May, and would really appreciate
your support.

Saturday evening May 30 – dinner with social evening. $20.00 per person for the meal and a cash bar.

Sunday – Sports competitions at 10.00am (kegeln, shot put and jassen) with lunch provided by the Taranaki
Swiss Club. The AGM will be held at 2.00pm. A catered dinner will be served at 6.00pm at a cost of $40.00 per person. A tombola (raffle) will be held, and a cash only bar.

This is a great weekend to mix and mingle with Kiwi-Swiss from all over New Zealand. Please support our club and enjoy a great, fun weekend.

08/04/2026

The Taranaki Swiss Club held their 74th AGM on 2nd March 2026. Save the dates for the club events for 2026-2027.

31/03/2026

Sat 7 March 2026 Multi-Ethnic Parade in New Plymouth and performances at the racecourse. Switzerland placed 2nd in the parade. Taranaki Multi Ethnic Council

22/02/2026

22/02/2026

We are posting this message on behalf of our colleagues in New Zealand:

Call for NZ Candidates – Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA) 🇬🇸

"We are currently still without a representative for the Council of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) and invite members of the wider Swiss community in New Zealand to consider putting their name forward. If you:
▶️are a Swiss citizen living in New Zealand
▶️speak at least one Swiss national language
▶️maintain regular ties with Switzerland
we would love to hear from you.
Please send a short introduction about yourself to the election facilitator, Trudi Fill-Weidmann (President of the Swiss Society of New Zealand), at [email protected]."

SwissCommunity.org Taranaki Swiss Club Auckland Swiss Club

22/02/2026

10/02/2026

Article from August 2022

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/472306/alphorn-group-adds-music-to-swiss-national-day-celebrations-in-taranaki?fbclid=IwVERDUAP4lyBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeQJZR4C-1NYBV2pFLl4_P7sV4XFed24Njd8XG1TQkjQ3pAtmtiW6_CmL2M2c_aem_0JicQY0mu3KXmMDs2qUHXQ

In the early 20th Century more than half the Swiss living in New Zealand lived in Taranaki; now a new generation is celebrating its Swiss heritage by taking up the traditional alpine instrument.

10/02/2026

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360946335/taranaki-locals-get-grips-swiss-wrestling

The Olympics feature Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling and Japan is famous for sumo – but in South Taranaki it is schwingen that rules supreme.