Events

This page lists upcoming model railway events around the country. If you’re organising an event, please contact us and we will list it here.

Are you attending the events below? You can post your pictures in this group.

Model train shows:

Date	Location	Details
30 August – 1 September	Cambridge	GWRM Model Railway and Hobbies Show – Cambridge Town Hall, Cambridge, Waikato. Details here.
28 – 29 September	Whanganui	Wanganui Model Railway and Engineering Society – Wanganui Model Railway Expo. Wanganui City College Hall, 84 Ingestre Street, Wanganui.
12 – 13 October	Auckland	Auckland Marklin Club model train show, 10am – 4pm, Whangaparaoa Hall – corner Whangaparaoa Road and Main Street Whangaparaoa – adjacent to the Plaza Shopping Centre. Details here.
12 – 13 October	Christchurch	The BIG Model Train Show – Cowles Stadium, 170 Pages Rd, Wainoni, Christchurch. Details here.
26 – 28 October	Hamilton	Hamilton Model Railway Exhibition, Hamilton Gardens, Hungerford Cresent, Hamilton 3216. Details here.
26 – 27 October	Invercargill	Great Little Train Show – Surrey Park, Invercargill.
16 – 17 November	Wellington	RailEx Walter Nash Centre, 22 Taine St, Taita, Lower Hutt, Wellington. Details here

NZR modellers events:

Local get together and events bringing modellers of the NZR prototype together:

Date	Location	Details
Last Sunday of the month	Auckland	NZR Modellers get together – “Westies” – Western Districts Model Railway Club, Ranui, Auckland. Details are here
7 – 10 November	Pokaka	Pokaka Cultural Convocation 2024 – Pokaka no. 40! Details are here.
Monthly	Bay of Plenty	Bay of Plenty modelling days – first Sunday of the month, Tauranga, Rotorua and other BOP locations. Contact Russell Jones: russell@hdb.org.nz for this month’s details
Last Sunday each month	Christchurch	Christchurch get-together – Contact colin.barry48@gmail.com
Third weekend of August	South Island	TRAINZ weekend – project by the 80% group. Contact: Tim Marshall