Contents: * Apologies * Reports - Raffle results; November meeting; Wellington Conference; Plants displayed; Tarris McDonald's Trip to the North Island (Napier, Tauranga, Rotorua, Wellington Show, "Gold Coast")** and Competition plants. * Culture Notes - Cymbydium, Cattleya, young plants. * Notices - Tautuku trip and requirements; Christmas BBQ at Pourakino Valley; Calendars for Sale; Sale of Mrs Rosa Kerr's plants; Sale Item. Also: Thanks to Ann Du Mez

** Gold Coast may in fact be 'Kapiti Coast'.