Member Discounted Ferry Rates

Bluebridge Ferries have partnered with us to support members crossing Cook Strait.

NZHGPA members can now get great discounted rates on ferry crossings. These are only available to full members and you MUST show proof of membership when you check in or the normal rates will apply. The full details and bookings can be found here https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/nzhgpa

Southern Fun NZ 2019

          The Southern Fun Paragliding 2019 Competition

Once again Tim Brown, Louis Tapper and friends are presenting a Fun paragliding competition for new, novice and experienced xc pilots. The competition will be based out of Wanaka, Otago.

Dates:          27th -30th December 2019.
Location:    Wanaka / Queenstown and vicinity.

This competiton will be an FAI Cat2 ( although application is currently pending).
Over the last two years this has been a most successful competition flying from new, and not usually flown sites, in the Wanaka / Queenstown / Alexandria region. This year we may investigate flying near Omarama and Garston, to the south of Queenstown.

Registration is on a 'first-come-first served' basis and limited to 60 pilots.

For information  and registration:    Southern Fun 2019

Paragliding Competition rule book now officially at v21

The New Zealand Paragliding Competition Rulebook is now officially updated to version 21.

You can download it here.

The major changes can be described, thus:

* Overseas FAI Cat2 Competitions can no longer be declared as overseas leagues
* The infamous 4.4.3 "Nomination Rule" is now gone. Pilots can retrospectively inform the PCC regarding an overseas FAI Cat2 competition up until two months after the WPRS scores for the comp are calculated. The NZPRS score for this comp will then be calculated according to the exchange rate factor, the same as before. A maximum of two FAI Cat2 Overseas Comps can count towards a pilot's NZPRS ranking at any time, regardless of which season they occurred in.

Please note that for this season only, and for comps that have already been flown, the two month deadline is being waived.


What does this mean?

It mean that, if, since April 2019 you have flown in an overseas FAI Cat2 competition then you should tell the PCC about it (preferably as soon as the WPRS score has been calculated) and it will probably improve your position on the national ranking system.
Please use this email address to inform the PCC of any comps: nzhgpapcc@googlegroups.com

New Paragliding Competition Rule Book for Review (v21)

The PCC has released a new version of the New Zealand Paragliding Competition Rule book which is now available for review and will become official on the 1st of August 2019 unless there is a significant objection.

You can download the draft version here: here.

A summary of the major changes:

1. Overseas FAI Cat2 comps can no longer be declared as Overseas Leagues

2. Changes to the infamous "nomination rule" in 4.4.3 - pilots can now inform the PCC about overseas FAI Cat2 competitions after the event to have them count towards their NZPRS score. The number of these that can be counted at any time is 2, irrespective of season.

3. To represent NZ at a team event (such as the World Championships) as pilot must have flown in a New Zealand sanctioned FAI Cat2 event within the last three years.

2020 PG Open Announcement

The location and dates of the 2020 PG Open are now finalised.

There will be only one round, which will be in Rotorua, using the Paeroas and Kaimai ranges. The first briefing is on Saturday 29th February 2020 and the flying dates are Sunday 1st March to Saturday 7th March inclusive.

Registration is not yet open, but is anticipated to open some time in the next month.

Details are available here: https://airtribune.com/newzealand2020