The New Zealand Rocketry Association is a

model rocket A model rocket are small rockets designed to reach low altitudes (e.g., for model) and be recovered by a variety of means. According to the United States National Association of Rocketry (NAR) Safety Code, model rockets are constructed of ...

ry organisation based in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...

, New Zealand. The NZRA holds launches and meetings bi-monthly at its

Taupiri Taupiri is a small town of about 500 people on the eastern bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is overlooked by Taupiri mountain, the sacred burial ground for the Waikato tribes of the Māori people, located ...

launch site, an hour south of Auckland, and has an annual launch day. Launch clearance from the

Civil Aviation Authority A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...

is required for all launches, to ensure there are no aircraft flying through the area. New Zealand altitude records for single engine experimental class rockets have been set at the launch site by Martin van Tiel at on 2 February 2003 and by Phil Vukovich at on 6 September 2008. Martin Aspell and Joel Schiff hold the current NZ altitude record of

References

External links

NZRA website
Clubs and societies in New Zealand Model rocketry {{Rocket-stub