NZA – New Zealand Award

1. Available to all radio amateurs. All NZ Amateur Radio bands and modes may be used.
2. Repeater and Internet enabled contacts are not accepted.

Requirements:

A total of 101 contacts which must have been made after December 8, 1945.
You need:

•  35 contacts with ZL1 call signs,
• plus 35 contacts with ZL2 call signs,
• plus 20 contacts with ZL3 call signs,
• plus 10 contacts with ZL4 call signs,
• plus 1 contact with a ZL ‘territory’ with a ZL callsign. A New Zealand callsign operating from an Antarctic base, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, or Campbell Island.

ZL6 callsigns are used for clubs and special event stations on the New Zealand mainland. They are only valid as ZL1, ZL2, ZL3 or ZL4 contacts for the NZA award, depending where the station is located. For example, ZL6LH is a ZL1 station, ZL6QH is a ZL2 station. ZL6 stations that cannot be located to a specific region will not be accepted as valid contacts for the award.

You must have one contact with a ZL ‘territory,’ a ZL callsign operating in Antarctica, Chatham Islands ZL7, Kermadec Islands ZL8, or Campbell Island ZL9. There has not been a ZL ham station at Scott Base in Antarctica for many years. But if you have a contact with a ZL callsign operating from Scott Base or any base on Antarctica, I will accept it.

ZL1CT/4 would be counted as a ZL4 station. ZL1/PA0MIR would be counted as a ZL1 station.