The New Zealand Rocketry Association is a model rocket

Model rocket

A model rocket is a small rocket that is commonly advertised as being able to be launched by anybody, to, in general, low altitudes and recovered by a variety of means....

ry organisation based in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand. The NZRA holds launches and meetings bi-monthly at its Taupiri launch site, an hour south of Auckland, and has an annual launch day. Launch clearance from the Civil Aviation Authority 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 4169.2 m (13,678.5 ft) on 2 February 2003 and by Phil Vukovich at 8378 metres (27,486.9 ft) on 6 September 2008.