Web pages for Upper South Branch and Canterbury don't appear on the Menu until after login. Also needed to view any of those pages is that distict is checked in your Profile [between City and Country] if you live there, or checked in 'View OTHER District pages' if you don't live there.

General

1.  The Upper South Region Branch covers generally a line from above the Waitaki River to Haast, north to Cook Strait in the South Island. Post codes go from 7000 to 8999.

2.  The Upper South Branch has a Chairperson [currently vacant]. The Upper South Branch has it's own bank account as a suffix of the Sappers Association [NZ] Inc main bank account [see para 9].

Districts

3. The Upper South Branch has five Districts as listed below. Also listed are recent social functions attended by four people or more. This is shown in the format of date # number attended [login is needed for names & venue];

(a)  Canterbury District.

(b)  West Coast District

(c)  Nelson Tasman District.

(d)  Marlborough District:

(e)   Chatham Islands District

4.  There is a District Moderator position for each District. Districts have their fundraising displayed on separate lines within the Upper South Branch audited annual accounts showing Performance and Position [see para 9].

Sappers Day

5.  Sappers Day Church Parade is held on 15 October each year at Christchurch. It normally starts at 0545 hours. All Sappers welcome. Medals, Jacket and Tie please.

6.  Some Districts hold Sappers Day on the actual day with a public Event published a month beforehand and notified a week before [login needed for over a month before to read the District web page].

Kindred Organisations

7.  The 3rd Field Squadron RNZE at Burnham Military Camp.

8.  Reserved.

Finance

9. See [=_3 horiz lines] > Sappers > All RNZE > paragraph 3 for Upper South Branch finances in the Companies Office under 'Branches Summary'. For more finance detail on 'ring fencing' District fund raising, login and read web page Upper South Region > Upper South Branch > paragraph 11.

31 Jul 2026 last updated