78th Nats Announcement

Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay Nationals !!! Rego Day – 3rd Jan 2026 – Nats starts on Jan 4th to 8th Jan

We are endeavouring to gauge interest for the next 78th Nationals. If you intend to come to the 78th Nationals or even think you might, we would appreciate filling out the following form… it also allows us to keep you up to date with details as they come to hand… form here

View an information pack on the 78th nationals.

Events Programme … what’s on and when ???

The events programme is a work in progress, we are adding events as the SIGS finalise their details. In fact its nearly all done !!

Click here for the Events Program

Registration will be open soon

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Previous Nationals

Well the 77th Nationals are a distant memory some of which the competitors would prefer to forget from a flying point of view. Apparently the weather has been some of the worst of any Nationals. Many events were washed and/or blown out although some risked high winds just to fly. The event schedule had to be modified to fit in events when the weather was good.

Dogs

If you own a dog and want to take it to any events on a Nationals Farmers field you need permission. You need to be aware of the requirements. Contact Kevin Botherway on 027 557 0470 if you require clarification.

 

Paying your Nationals Fees via the internet

For those who will be paying their Nationals fees via internet banking there is a remote possibility that you will be prompted to enter the Payee name when you setup and pay the MFNZ. The Business name for the MFNZ Nationals account is ‘NEW ZEALAND MODEL AERONAUTICAL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED’ and the account number is  38 9022 0288253 01. The MFNZ bank with Kiwibank and your bank may have introduced the “Confirmation of Payee” service.  Westpac could not tell me when the service would be introduced even though it was in theory introduced on the 1st December 2024. If you do have an issue paying your fees via internet transfer, please contact your bank in the first instance.

Countdown to Registration (T minus):

 

The MFNZ nationals are held every year to allow MFNZ members to compete against each other in various disciplines at a nationals level. Typically they are held in early January each year to take advantage of the long summer days and the end of the Christmas/New Year holidays. Usually competitors number between 110 to 150 and come from all areas of New Zealand… and sometimes overseas. There are a number of trophies that competitors compete for and there are champions for the various disciplines and then the champion of champions.

The nationals require a lot of organisation as there are normally around 90 events which are flown over 5 flying fields, over 5 days. Each event can have from 3 to 30 entries so it’s quite a bit of work to get them to run smoothly.

Note that if you enter events which you subsequently can’t fly, and advise us at registration, we will give you a refund if you have already paid for those event(s) via the internet.

All MFNZ members are welcome to come and even compete, even if you haven’t been before, it’s a great experience.