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# Microlights in Hawke's Bay NZ

The website of Hawke's Bay Microlight Aircraft Club

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [Microlighters' marketplace](https://microlight.org.nz/microlighters-marketplace/) - Advertising on this page is free. We welcome contributions from anyone offering a product or service, or discount, that would be useful to members of our club - or flying visitors to our region. Inclusion of any advertisement is at the Editor's discretion. Be sure to: - include phone number(s) and email address (plus a
- [Learning to fly](https://microlight.org.nz/learning-to-fly/) - This page is for young people who want to fly, and older people who understand that their all-too-brief stay on this planet is not a rehearsal for some other kind of flight. Fewer than five percent of the world's population have flown, and a fraction of that tiny number have flown an aeroplane as the
- [Microlight myths and realities](https://microlight.org.nz/microlight-myths-and-realities/) - You don't have to be a crazy, eccentric, outrageous adventurer to fly a microlight aircraft - but being slightly adventurous will help. Although often portrayed as lunacy by the media, modern-day microlighting makes sense. People who fly microlight aircraft are normal folk who love flying and have discovered that microlights are affordable to own and
- [News](https://microlight.org.nz/news/) - ATTENTION: All Members. On 31 July 2025 RAANZ released a new Exposition document (available on the RAANZ Website) which contains the rules that RAANZ operates under delegated authority from CAA.
- [Safety and ops info](https://microlight.org.nz/safety-and-ops-info/) - Here we offer some unofficial - but hopefully useful - advice about our region's aerodromes and local airspace, plus general stuff that might not appear in AIP Vol 4, or Notams. The club takes no responsibility for the accuracy of this information. Local aviators will let us know of local issues, and then we'll post
- [Owning a microlight](https://microlight.org.nz/owning-a-microlight/) - Buying a microlight is easier than buying a car, although there are not so many choices of make and model. There are some pitfalls, however, and some important details to be considered. Such as, it can’t be parked outside your house while you look for somewhere to store it. And having decided on a particular
- [It could get tricky in there...](https://microlight.org.nz/it-could-get-tricky-in-there/) - The Dome, near Patoka, a place that can quickly turn your life upside down
- [Porangahau. Don't land!](https://microlight.org.nz/porangahau-beach-dont-land-here/) - There's a perfectly good airstrip a few hundred metres from this beach...
- [Ruahine Corner...](https://microlight.org.nz/ruahine-corner/) - Not for the faint-hearted pilot (or pet - unless it's Damon Wise's dog named Sue)
- [Waikaremoana...](https://microlight.org.nz/waikaremoana/) - ... as seen from Tecnam Sierra KFA
- [Mount Ruapehu](https://microlight.org.nz/mount-ruapehu/) - Active volcano and highest peak in the North Island, seen from Tecnam Super Echo KMA
- [Welcome to our Bay...](https://microlight.org.nz/welcome-to-our-bay/) - A major feature is Te Waka, west of Napier (which is somewhere under those clouds)
- [Where the air is fresh...](https://microlight.org.nz/where-the-air-is-fresh/) - ... and there's plenty of it!
- [Backyard to blue yonder...](https://microlight.org.nz/from-backyard-to-the-wide-blue-yonder/) - Ian Sowman built this Subaru-powered Zodiac in his Napier garage

## Pages

- [About our club](https://microlight.org.nz/about/welcome-to-the-club/) - The Hawke's Bay Microlight Aircraft Club is based at Hastings Airport (Bridge Pa) just outside that city. The airfield is owned and operated by the Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club. Membership is a mix of aircraft owners, home-builders and ground-based enthusiasts who just enjoy the social side of belonging. Most are based in
- [Operations and Safety Guide](https://microlight.org.nz/about/welcome-to-the-club/ops-and-safety-guide-draft-for-member-discussion/) - A message from The Civil Aviation Authority HAWKES BAY MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CLUB INC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY GUIDE First published: February 2016 Last updated: May 2016 A printable PDF version can be downloaded: HBMC Ops and Safety Guide CONTENTS: DEFINITIONS A. OPERATIONS 1. General 2. Cross Country flights 3. Flight At Minimum Heights 4. Exemptions
- [Contact Us](https://microlight.org.nz/contact/) - If you would like to find out more about microlighting in Hawke's Bay. NOTE: Use the contact form below, or email your message to admin@microlight.org.nz
- [Hastings - Hub of Hawke's Bay light aviation](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/hastings-the-hub-of-hawkes-bay-light-aviation/) - Hastings is known for its Spanish-style architecture. There are many local attractions, including wine trails, cycle trails, Splash Planet for the kids and the gannets at Cape Kidnappers. Annual highlights are the city's Blossom Festival in September and the New Zealand Horse of the Year Show in March. This is the largest horse show in
- [Dannevirke - Freezing level low, hospitality high](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/dannevirke-freezing-level-low-hospitality-high/) - Dannevirke (population about 5600) is known for its Scandinavian heritage, which dates back to 1872 when 21 Danish and Norwegian families in search of an Arctic climate - and not amused to find that exiled Scots had beaten them to Dunedin - discovered the next-best place. They burrowed happily into the permafrost that lies a
- [The Club Rules](https://microlight.org.nz/the-rules/) - Constitution/Rules Introductory rules Name The name of the society is Hawkes Bay Microlight Aircraft Club Inc. (in this Constitution referred to as the ‘Society’). Charitable status The Society is not and does not intend to be registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005. Definitions In this Constitution, unless the context requires otherwise,
- [Napier - Art Deco Airport of the world?](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/napier-art-deco-airport-of-the-world/) - Ahuriri Hawke's Bay Airport (Napier) owes its existence to the major earthquake of 1931 which raised the seabed by about two metres. The earthquake also provided an opportunity to redevelop the flattened town as Art Deco Capital of the World. Napier scores top honours for that title on a Google search (New York comes a
- [Waipukurau - Passionate about flying since 1935](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/waipukurau-passionate-about-flying-since-1935/) - Waipukurau (population around 4700) is the commercial capital of Central Hawke's Bay, although administrative power is wielded from the hamlet of Waipawa (pop. 2300), five minutes' drive to the north. Early inhabitants of Central Hawke's Bay, like many rural people in the United States, had a visceral fear of power being concentrated in large urban
- [Wairoa - How New Zealand used to be, or perhaps not](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/wairoa-how-new-zealand-used-to-be-or-perhaps-not/) - Wairoa (population about 7800) is the gateway to the magical Lake Waikaremoana, one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, and its surrounding pristine forests of Urewera National Park. Wairoa is also the starting point for ventures to the Mahia Peninsula and the wonderful hot springs of Morere. On the tip of Mahia Peninsula
- [Welcome! You've landed in Hawke's Bay](https://microlight.org.nz/about/) - Well, you would have, but for this heap of clag. At this point, you are around 3500 ft, just west of Te Waka. Hastings and Napier lie somewhere underneath the clouds to the far right. Hopefully, the coast will be clear when you approach Hawke's Bay. You will have come to the right place for
- [By-Laws](https://microlight.org.nz/by-laws/) - HAWKES BAY MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CLUB (INC) BY-LAWS 1. The interpretation and administration of these By-Laws and of any hereafter issued shall rest entirely with the Committee whose decision shall be final. 2. The Committee may amend, alter, add to or revoke any of these By-Laws as may be considered advisable and all members shall be
- [Where we live and fly...](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/) - Hawke's Bay lies on the east coast of the country's North Island. Hawke's Bay is famous for its climate, its wines and its abundant food. The title is based on Captain Cook's name for the Hawke Bay. The region's most recognised coastline extends for 100 kilometres from the Mahia Peninsula to Cape Kidnappers but it
- [Events Calendar](https://microlight.org.nz/events-calendar/) - Diary of upcoming microlight events in the air and on the ground [table id=1 /]
- [Highlights in our history](https://microlight.org.nz/highlights-in-our-history/) - Ken McKee recalls some of the milestones since the club was established back in 1985: The inaugural meeting was held on May 19 1985 in Napier with 11 people attending; there were six apologies. The President of MAANZ attended, to help get the club formed. A committee of nine was elected and it was agreed
- [CAA price increases: Some facts](https://microlight.org.nz/caa-price-increases-some-facts/) - This article was written by Brian Mackie. The opinions expressed are his own The nation's journalists yawned in unison when a press release from Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee landed with a dull thud on their desks on August 28. This was an announcement designed to be a non-event and it got the treatment it
- [Kowhai - Superb strip in a great location](https://microlight.org.nz/about/about-hawkes-bay/kowhai-superb-strip-in-a-great-location/) - Kowhai nestles just over the road from the Waipawa River, and sits in a direct line between Dannevirke and Napier. This makes it an easy-to-find alternative if Napier, Hastings or (more often than not) Waipukurau are fogged in. The field is run by Bruce Worsnop, from his sheep and cattle breeding farm between Tikokino
- [Trevor rolling zero one. Roger, codger!](https://microlight.org.nz/trevor-rolling-zero-one-roger-codger/) - Is age is a barrier to flying? Not according to our club captain, Trevor Doig: That was my first question when - at nearly 71 - I went to “The Pa” to find out about flying. I had come from a sailing background, about 40 years on boats of some sort, fishing, scuba diving, coastal

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