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New Zealand Parklands Award

This Award is for Activating and/or Chasing gazetted Crown-owned Protected Areas or Regional Parks, henceforth referred to as ‘parks’.

Parks must have to be in the ZLP list, that is they have been assigned a ZLP/XX-#### reference.

To qualify for inclusion in the ZLP list the park must be:

  • Either:
    • listed in the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) protected areas database
    • Or: designated by a regional council or unitary authority as a regional park.
  • >=10ha in size
  • Not be classified as a ‘marginal strip’ or ‘local purpose reserve’

All qualifying ZLP parks are listed at: https://ontheair.nz/parks
As of May 2024, a total of 3,795 parks are included.

The general rules for all NZART Awards apply.

Use of internet-connected SDRs by Chasers is permitted so long as the SDR is located in the same DXCC as the Chaser

NZ PARKLANDS Award Rules.

  1. Four (4) contacts required to activate a park.
    Chasers only require one (1) contact for each Park.
    All contacts must be made within a single UTC calendar day. Contacts on different UTC days will count as separate activations when determining whether the minimum QSOs per activation has been achieved..
  2. Both activator and Antenna/s are to be within the Park Boundaries.
  3. Simplex only on any band within the activators license privileges. Ie. No repeaters but satellite contacts are permitted.
  4. Any Mode permitted. Certificates will be awarded for mixed modes, same band, same Mode,
  5. Multiple parks are allowable from the same location providing they are ZLP/xx-####
  6. Certificates will be issued for Activators and Chasers. Once a activator has earned their award then they can claim an award for “chasing” the same parks. (To clarify it does not matter in which order, Activating or Chasing, a Park is done.)
  7. Certificates will be issued for.
    Bronze 10 parks
    Silver 30 parks
    Gold 60 parks
    Merit 100 parks

    Merit Certificates will then be issued in multiples of 500 parks

ZLP/xx-#### Parks can be logged into the ontheair.nz website and this will be used to check logs submitted for Award Certificates.