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4 August 2026

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Latest News

For latest news, see https://gonatural.co.nz/news/

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Older News

June Campbell-Tong In The News

June, a member of the Wellington Naturist Club, will I am sure be known to most naturists in New Zealand, and of course, many around the world. June has recently celebrated her 60th year as a naturist, and I can tell you from experience, June has been involved in every aspect of looking after the naturist ethos that she can.

When I first contacted June, she was the Secretary of the NZNF, and I was due to return from Australia with my family in 1977 and I wrote (yep, no
email) to the Secretary of the NZNF (June) to enquire which would be the best club to join - we were going to be living in Waiouru.

Palmerston North Sun Club was the answer, and we subsequently joined up.

So, it is not about me. June has once again been in the news with a great article about her naturist journey.

A great article June, but it is about time you got back to the club and worked on the gardens don't you think.

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Holidays NZNaturally

The Holidays NZNaturally guide to naturist holiday destinations in New Zealand is being updated, once again. This document was first started by the Taranaki Naturist Club way back in the 70's, I remember getting a copy when I returned from Australia in 1977. Over the years, it has been kept up to date and until only a few years ago, this was done by Kay Hannam. Everyone knows Kay of course, a stalwart of the naturist community and an ideal person to reformat the guide as in an earlier life, Kay was a desktop publisher.

I have emailed all the entities listed in the guide and making changes as I get responses. The latest to update their listings are the Palmerston North Sun Club and also Katikati Naturist Park.

The guide has, in the past, been made available in hard copy at a very reasonable price. Today, it is free, but only available in soft copy (that is, online). If you wish to download a copy and print it for yourself, have at it.

I must stress, while I make every effort to ensure the information is correct, it is always prudent to contact the club or business in the first instance if planning a visit.

The URL is https://gonatural.kiwi/holidays/HolidaysNZNaturally.pdf

If you know of an establishment that offers naturist holidays that is not listed, please get them to contact me. Listings are free. holidays@gonatural.kiwi is the address to use.

Thanks,

Murray Nash

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June CT (WNC) celebrates 60 years as a naturist

June who is a member of the Wellington Naturist Club has been a naturist for 60 years and this has been celebrated with members of the WNC, including a few long time naturists from other clubs too. June has been involved in the naturist movement for all of that 60 years and has been on the NZNF executive and the Wellington Naturist Club committee several times also.

June is an avid gardener and many of the garden areas around the club are there because of her foresight over the years. There are of course other gardeners which look after areas too, and there is even a garden club. All of this makes the club look a pretty picture when these flowers are in bloom, and many visitors and members alike are astounded how pretty the club looks.

Being a staunch naturist and always looking at ways to promote the gonatural brand - in fact naturism in general, a fellow member of the WNC purchased a Nitro polo shirt and a visor as a gift for June. The photo is her modelling these gonatural items.

Some highlights of Junes 60 years.

~ Joined Pineglades in late 1963 with her husband, Bruce.

~ Left Pineglades in 1977 for Wanganui where June went on the committee. June left Wanganui for Wellington and joined the Wellington Sun Club in 1980.

~ June was also the delegate for NZ in Korvesada Croatia where she innocently asked what was involved with hosting a Congress. The result of this query was that the 2016 Congress was hosted at the Wellington Naturist Club in 2016.

~ June did so much else including applying for grants for Wellington Naturist Club, starting off with the swimming pool fence, the children's playground, the petanque piste, clearing out the streamside clearing and replanting, and prepaid envelopes from NZ Post in 2009. The assistance provided to the NZ Post resulted in June's photo being on the front page of the NZ Post annual report the following. year.

~ June is currently in discussions with a journalist from Australia and a feature article will be going in the magazine called Lucky Break here in New Zealand and Take 5 in Australia. Hopefully there will be some good positive publicity out of that for woman's naturism.

Thanks June.

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NZNF AGM held at WOS on December 30, 2020

This is a quick update on the AGM, when the official minutes come out this will be updated with anything that has been missed.

The AGM kicked off at 9am, attended by many delegates from the various affiliated clubs. There were no contentious issues, there rarely are, so we were pretty much finished by 12.30pm. Thanks to the NZNF and the delegates for another excellent AGM.

As always, WOS were fantastic hosts and looked after all the attendees very well, and the meals, entertainment and games we played were all excellent. Thanks WOS, you are superstars!

Rallies/Festivals (I am going to use Festival going forward)

By now everyone knows that the Southern Fare festival which was to be held at Southern Naturally this Christmas/New Year had to be postponed due to Covid-19, and the uncertainties whether anyone could actually attend or travel. In the end, it was a good call to postpone the event for 12 months. The Southern Fare festival will be going ahead, Covid-19 dependent, over the Christmas/New Year period 2021/22. The registration form is already on the gonatural website.

Looking further ahead, the Wellington Naturist Club has put their hand up to host the following 2022/23 festival. I am sure everyone that has attended a Wellington festival will agree, they are always a very well thought out event, with great food, accommodation, entertainment and of course, friends. Further information on this at a later date.

NZNF Sporting Events

There were a couple of sporting items discussed at the AGM. There is a new sport emerging, 3-Down (Corn Hole), and there are several naturist clubs already playing it, WOS and WNC, to name a couple. WOS put forward a motion to include 3-Down as an official naturist sport to be played at NZNF festivals, with medals awarded. It was decided that the younger generation could play this sport on a level footing with adults, so just one competition was envisaged, 3-Down Open. Looking on the internet, there are many links to information on this game, and several companies in New Zealand actually sell the boards and other equipment.

Further on sports, someone (no names, no pack drill) suggested that some of the more ‘obscure’ sports could be dropped, such as Tenniquoits. It was pointed out that the NZNF is actually a member of the World Tenniquoits Federation, and previously some of our winners were world ranked. Tenniquoits stays of course!. However, it was agreed to get the NZNF Sports Coordinator to look at all of the sports in our rule book, look at how many actually enter each sport, and what sports might be dropped from our events. Each event costs a bit of money if there are several competitions, with medals for each winner. More on this at a later date.

Presentations

There were several awards presented, as follows:

Pat Trott Trophy

Murray Nash was awarded the Pat Trott trophy for services to naturism in New Zealand. Murray was also awarded this trophy in 2010. Looking at some of the names on the trophy, there are many that have done fantastic things for the naturist fraternity in New Zealand.

Mowlem Trophy

The Mowlem Trophy is awarded to the club that has had the biggest increase in membership. This is based on the percentage which gives the smaller clubs the same odds of winning the trophy. This year, NUDVAN were announced the winners - well done NUDVAN.

Media Award

The Waikato Outdoor Society won a media award and received a $100 prize. More information will provided when the minutes come out.

- Murray Nash

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gonatural Magazine

It is with a heavy heart that after 64 years of publication, the NZNF has decided to end production of the printed and digital versions of the gonatural magazine. The magazine has been making a loss, and been financially supported by the NZNF for quite some time and this is no longer sustainable.

The NZNF is going to produce a gonatural Nudeletter that will come out every two months or so and it will be free to all members of NZNF-affiliated organisations. If you are not a member of an NZNF-affiliated organization but would like to receive the Nudeletter, a notice will be placed on this page what you need to do to receive your copy. While the new Nudeletter will not be anywhere as ‘flash’ as the gonatural magazine, we hope that it will be newsworthy, have lots of interesting articles, photos, and input from our members. This Nudeletter will also be a great avenue for the NZNF to keep in touch with naturists, not only within New Zealand but further afield.

All subscribers of the magazine will have received advice from the magazine business manager, Noel, on the next steps. There is an option to receive a refund if you are owed one, or you can simply donate your paid subscription to the NZNF.

The NZNF wishes to thank the many subscribers over the years for your support of the magazine while it was in publication.

New Zealand Naturist Federation