This is the home of the Model Flying New Zealand National Championships.

The 2027 79th MFNZ Nationals will be held from the 1st to 8th January 2027.
Control Line Events will be held in New Plymouth at the dedicated Control Line Site.
All other events will be based around Waipukurau in the Southern Hawkes' Bay.
Like last year, you will need to book your own accommodation, so get in early for a good spot. We had a few camping on RC1 last year, and we expect a few more this time. Contact the admin team on nats@mfnz.org to find out more about camping on RC1

At the last Nationals we had some great prizes for early bird entries. A big thanks to HOTRC for their support. We will be doing it again !! Register early to get in the draw, registration will open on the 1st November.

Check out the Event Programme to see whats on and where. Add the ones you're interested in to My Events. And then sit tight until the registration opens.

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October 2026.
Breaking news ... there will be NO registration fee at this years nats !!
We've done this to encourage first timers to come and have a go.
Registering for only one or two events was a pretty expensive exercise at previous nationals.
Event fees have been increased to take into account all the costs of running the nats, but if you are a regular nats goer, and you fly the same events you did last year, for most of you it will work out about the same as it always did, or slightly cheaper.
If you are a nats fanatic, and you enter 20+ events (yes there are a few of these guys that walk amongst us) the news is good for you too ... the entry fees are capped at $250. A bit like an all you can eat buffet, only with more flying, and less cake.
And if you've never been to a nats before, and you want to have a go at just one event ... now you can for as little as $9 !!!!

The moment is here – confirmed dates for the CL SIG events of the 79th MFNZ National Championships:
1st to 4th of January, 2027 at New Plymouth MAC CL circles.
It’s basically the same arrangement as last year, but with a few small adjustments:
1. Midge and Phantom deleted due to lack of entries.
2. The AGM will be held as an online meeting at a later date.
3. F2D Combat will also serve as a CLWC team trial.
4. F2A and F2G Speed are included as part of Percentage Speed, but may be run as individual events if there are sufficient entries committed before registration opens.
5. CL Scale and F4B are run by the FF/CL Scale SIG and they’ll confirm arrangements later.
The provisional CL events schedule can be seen via this link and it will update automatically if there are changes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS4ehpJW3FSW_8kIhCaBsgTGx-wLjpZRC1RYsXPe-CbEtkZ0Oa72x_Lby2D1zjAieMej09ZOoaF1do3/pubhtml
The schedule and timing is intended to maximise the opportunity for people to attend the rest of the Nats in Central Hawkes Bay. Other SIGS are still working on their schedules and venues, so if you’d like to enter other events, make your interest known to the SIGs in question so that they can plan.