New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals

New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals to be held in Murchison in the South Island of New Zealand.

14/04/2026

Looking back at the Paeroas last month. Phil taking off.
Phil does. Hangliding Paragliding and also flys an Atos

05/04/2026

Hangglider’s and paragliders launching off the Paeroa ranges North Island New Zealand.

04/04/2026

Flying at the Paeroa rangers near Waikite Valley North Island New Zealand

04/04/2026

Day 2 of the Paeroa’s. The pilots have had two stunner days.

04/04/2026

Rick both Hanglides and paraglides today he’s in the PG. I’ll send the video of Rick taking off in the next post.
But your actually watch Dave Austin take off in he’s HG, beautiful take off Dave!

03/04/2026

New Zealand at its best! This site has been known to the community for at least 46 years.
1984 was the first time this site was used for the NZ National Hangliding competition.

03/04/2026

Waikite Valley is know for its hot pools.
So the lads took a dip after their flight of the day.
Rotorua is know for there thermal pools and mud pools which attracts tourists to the area.

03/04/2026

Yesterday Carlos
Flying at the Paeroa’s near Waikite Valley,
Nil wind landing for the day.

Reflecting on the last week, I think we can say we've had one of our best years of flying ever in Murchison. For 7 days ...
27/01/2025

Reflecting on the last week, I think we can say we've had one of our best years of flying ever in Murchison. For 7 days straight we had superb flying weather, big flights and great tasks. No one is going home without a story.

There is one important story for us to tell though, since not everything always goes right when flying. However when things don't go right you need to know someone's got your back in those circumstances. are a very important part of our competition and proved as much when we had a pilot, Derek McKee have an accident landing on our second practice day. The fact that that Derek had a satellite tracker and was able to activate the SOS button likely saved his life. He had a compound fracture in his femur, which for those who know represents a significant risk of bleeding to death. After Derek hit the SOS button, helicopter assistance was there within 10 mins, an unprecedented response and a welcome relief for Derek in his situation.

So a heartfelt thankyou from us all to for being there for our buddy when he needed it most!

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