Membership is available for anyone aged 14 or over.
Categories of membership:
Senior - any member aged 18 years or older at the beginning of the financial year Junior - any member aged 14 to 17 years at the beginning of the financial year Family - a partner, child or grandchild of a senior member. Pays no membership fee, but does not receive newsletters. Child or grandchild must be under 18 years of age at the beginning of the financial year (1 Mar). Superannuant – a senior member entitled to National Superannuation. Student – 18 years or older full time tertiary student. Must carry Student Identity Card valid for the whole year Associate – A person who wishes to maintain an association with the Branch, but does not participate fully in Branch activities.The fee structure is explained in the table below:
New Membership Fee Table - Mar 2009 - Feb 2010 New Member Joining Fee = $50. Range fees are payable on a user-pays basis.
Existing members must renew their membership annually at the full rate. See the membership form - attachment listed below - for full details.
So just what do you get for your money? (apart from a rifle range, a clubhouse and a bunch of new mates)
Hunter National Training Scheme (HUNTS) courses A national body to lobby government organisations to help protect your sport National photography, hunting, and shooting competitions New Zealand Hunting and Wildlife magazine and The Bugle national newsletter quarterly Monthly branch newsletters Branch party hunts Regular centrefire and rimfire shooting competitions at the local rifle range Escape from the suburban life into the New Zealand outdoors ‘The Bugle’ - a quarterly in-house national newsletter. $10 million liability insurance with a $1 extension under the Rural Fires Act and including exemplary and punitive damages A membership form can be downloaded and printed from the attachment at the bottom of this page. All correspondence about membership is to be addressed as below: The Membership Officer NZDA North Auckland Branch PO Box 71087 Rosebank Auckland 1384 General queries about membership can be sent to the Branch email box for a committee member to answer. nzda.northauckland@gmail.com |