The New Zealand Rocketry Association is a model rocketry organisation based in Auckland, New Zealand. The NZRA holds launches and meetings bi-monthly at its Taupiri launch site,[1] an hour south of Auckland, and has an annual launch day.[2] Launch clearance from the Civil Aviation Authority is required for all launches, to ensure there are no aircraft flying through the area.[1]
The NZRA holds altitude records within New Zealand for each class of rocket motor, from A-N (except for M), for both single stage and multistage/cluster rockets. Every record, as of October 2023, is listed below:
Currently highest altitude record within New Zealand was set by Martin Aspell and Joel Schiff, of 10,275 m (33,711 ft), on 20 February 2011, with a N1000W motor.[3] The previous highest record was set by Phil Vukovich, of 8,378 m (27,487 ft), on 6 September 2008.[4]