75th Anniversary Gala Dinner

Come celebrate with us, 75 years of Gliding New Zealand and 116 years of New Zealand gliding history!

Saturday June 14th, 2025

Tickets on sale now!

Seats are limited and ticket sales close June 1st

WHERE: Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Ballroom, 181 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina

WHEN: Saturday evening, June 14th.

• 6.00pm - 7.00pm: arrive for pre-dinner drinks and canapés in the Dinghy Locker bar.
• 7.00pm - 7.30pm: All guest to be seated in the Ballroom. GNZ Awards.
• 7.30pm - 10.00pm: Dinner, dessert and formal entertainment between meal service - (six guest speakers with incredible stories from the past - the people, the passion, the flights)
• 10.00pm - Midnight: Post dinner socialising for those that want to hang around and talk.

PARKING: Plenty of free public parking available between the white lines (yellow lines for Squadron members only)

THEME: Dress in your best 1950's dinner attire

PRICE: Ticket price is $95 per person

HOW TO PURCHASE: Direct Deposit into bank account:

02 0568 0304955 000 GLIDING N Z INCORPORATED

Use reference "Gala Dinner" and name of attendees as the particulars.

NZGA letterhead designed in recognition of Dick Georgeson, Dave Speight & Bruce Drake after they set a World Goal and Free Distance record of 1,254 km in New Zealand in 1978 flying 3 x Nimbus-2 gliders

The evenings entertainment will include music, pictures, video and stories from our rich history. Check out this gem from the archives. Gliding in the McKenzie basin, 1955.