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The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (NZPPA) was a national paintball organisation involved in representing players and industry interests, communicating with government agencies and developing tournament standards in New Zealand.

An incorporated society bearing the name was registered in 1992 and dissolved in 2000. A subsequent organisation using the NZPPA name was established in 2001. The legal relationship between these organisations has not been established. [1][2][3]

History

Original association, 1992–2000

The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494, was registered on 10 December 1992. A historical registration listing identifies Christchurch as its location. [1]

The society was dissolved effective 7 December 2000. Its name and registration number appeared in a dissolution notice published in the New Zealand Gazette on 14 December 2000 under section 28(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. [2]

Re-establishment in 2001

According to Martin Dannefaerd's published professional history, an organisation using the NZPPA name was established in August 2001 by players and paintball industry representatives. Dannefaerd described its objectives as supporting grassroots paintball and providing communication between the paintball community and government agencies. [3]

The association's contemporary website records that members of its interim committee met the New Zealand Police manager of Licensing and Vetting in September 2001. Its account describes discussion of paintball equipment, safety and the legal classification of markers, followed by preparation of a firearms information sheet intended to improve consistency of information supplied to players and arms officers. [8]

Development in 2002–2004

A new NZPPA website went online on 24 May 2002. On 4 June, the association published a request for proposals for a New Zealand tournament series in 2003. [8]

On 7 July 2002, the association reported that it had been included in Sport and Recreation New Zealand's list of national associations following discussions with SPARC. [8]

The 2002 annual general meeting was held at the Hawkes Bay Open in October. Its minutes, published online on 17 November, recorded the replacement of the interim committee, membership arrangements and decisions concerning tournament rules. [8][9]

Dannefaerd remained president in 2003, when an interview published by New Zealand Paintball Online discussed the association's objectives and activities. In February 2004, former secretary Rob Maddox published What has the NZPPA done for me?, describing its work on regulation, compressed-air equipment and tournament development. [4][5]

Organisation

Committee appointed in 2002

The number of nominations at the 2002 AGM matched the available committee positions. The nominees therefore took office unopposed, without a vote being required under the association's rules. [9]

Position	Name
President	Martin Dannefaerd
Vice-president	Aaron Quintal
Secretary	Rob Maddox
Treasurer	Wayne Hilliam
Committee member	Peter Hamilton
Committee member	Brendon Charles
Committee member	Dave Hancox
Committee member	Shane Tofts

The minutes thanked departing interim committee members Kris Spurling, Brian “B2” Thornley, Rik Goldsworthy and Peter Mumby. [9]

Membership and priorities

A member survey reported at the 2002 AGM ranked an organised tournament series as the leading priority, followed by refereeing standards and experience, and compressed-air cylinder certification. Consistent playing rules and tournament draws were additional suggestions raised at the meeting. [9]

Existing members were exempted from renewal fees for 2003, while new membership remained NZ$40. The minutes also emphasised an intention to work with players, operators, importers and retailers to develop consistent and safe paintball. [9]

Activities

Government and regulatory representation

The association's September 2001 account of its meeting with New Zealand Police documents an early effort to provide consistent information about paintball markers and their regulation. [8]

Maddox's February 2004 retrospective described regulatory matters and compressed-air cylinder requirements among the association's activities. These were also reflected in the priorities recorded at the 2002 AGM. [5][9]

Tournament rules and refereeing

At the 2002 AGM, a large majority voted to synchronise NZPPA tournament rules with the Millennium Series rules. The association's game-rules webpage subsequently stated that it used those rules. [9][10]

The AGM treated player and team classification as separate from the playing rules. A classification standard was proposed but had not yet been established at the time of the meeting. [9]

Proposed sanctioned series and event endorsement

The 2002 AGM discussed a proposed sanctioned series of three seven-player events per year. The minutes identified Rotorua Paintball Club as the only organiser to have responded positively to the proposal at that stage, requesting a sanctioned Rotorua event over Labour Weekend 2003. This was a proposed series structure rather than a record of three completed tournaments. [9]

A further request-for-proposal document was announced on the association's website on 29 July 2003. [8]

The association's 2004 events page invited organisers to apply for NZPPA endorsement. It also expressed an intention to work with players and tournament promoters towards agreed minimum standards for endorsed events. [11]

New Zealand Police Arms Code

The 2013 edition of the New Zealand Police Arms Code directed readers to the NZPPA for further information about paintball and listed paintball.org.nz in its contact directory. [6]

This documents the association's inclusion as an information contact, rather than establishing its legal or operational status in 2013.

Later history

A dissolution notice naming New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc. appeared in the New Zealand Gazette on 14 August 2008. The notice did not identify a society registration number, and its relationship to the society dissolved in 2000 has not been established. [7]

Dannefaerd's published professional history dates his involvement with the NZPPA through October 2010. This personal account and the separate dissolution notices do not establish a definitive date when the association ceased its activities. [3]

References

New Zealand organisations registered on 10 December 1992, InfoProff. Historical listing for New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494.
New Zealand Gazette, issue 166, 14 December 2000, pp. 4332–4337. Dissolution notice for society number 557494, effective 7 December 2000.
Martin Dannefaerd — professional profile, LinkedIn. Account of involvement with the NZPPA from August 2001 to October 2010.
Historical articles archive, New Zealand Paintball Online. Includes the 2003 interview with NZPPA president Martin Dannefaerd.
What has the NZPPA done for me?, Rob Maddox, New Zealand Paintball Online, February 2004. Listed in the historical articles archive.
New Zealand Police Arms Code, 2013 edition, pp. 39 and 62.
New Zealand Gazette, issue 127, 14 August 2008, p. 3290. Dissolution notice naming New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.
NZPPA news, notices dated September 2001–29 July 2003. Archived on 21 February 2004.
New Zealand Paintball Players Association Incorporated — Annual General Meeting 2002, October 2002; published online on 17 November 2002. Archived on 10 October 2004.
NZPPA game rules, archived on 18 December 2003.
NZPPA events, archived on 4 April 2004.

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+The '''New Zealand Paintball Players Association''' ('''NZPPA''') was a national [[paintball]] organisation involved in representing players and industry interests, communicating with government agencies and developing tournament standards in [[New Zealand]].
-'''New Zealand Paintball Players Association''' ('''NZPPA''') was a national [[paintball]] organisation in [[New Zealand]] involved in promoting the sport, representing paintball interests to government agencies and supporting the development of organised competition.
+An incorporated society bearing the name was registered in 1992 and dissolved in 2000. A subsequent organisation using the NZPPA name was established in 2001. The legal relationship between these organisations has not been established. [1][2][3]
-An incorporated society bearing the association's name was registered in 1992 and dissolved in December 2000. A subsequent organisation using the NZPPA name was established in 2001 by a group of players and paintball industry representatives, including [[Martin Dannefaerd]].
-During the 2000s, the association was involved in discussions concerning paintball regulation, equipment safety and tournament standards. It was also recognised as a paintball contact organisation in the New Zealand Police ''Arms Code''.
 == History ==
 === Original association, 1992–2000 ===
+The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494, was registered on 10 December 1992. A historical registration listing identifies Christchurch as its location. [1]
-The New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated) was registered as an incorporated society on '''10 December 1992''', under registration number '''557494'''.
+The society was dissolved effective 7 December 2000. Its name and registration number appeared in a dissolution notice published in the ''New Zealand Gazette'' on 14 December 2000 under section 28(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. [2]
-The society was registered in Christchurch. [1]
-The organisation's incorporation provides evidence of efforts to establish formal representation for New Zealand paintball players during the early 1990s.
-The original incorporated society was dissolved effective '''7 December 2000'''.
-Its dissolution was published in the ''New Zealand Gazette'' on 14 December 2000, under section 28(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. [2]
-The notice identified the association by its registered name and society number.
-The available records do not establish the original association's founders, officers or activities in sufficient detail to reconstruct its organisational history.
 === Re-establishment in 2001 ===
+According to [[Martin Dannefaerd]]'s published professional history, an organisation using the NZPPA name was established in August 2001 by players and paintball industry representatives. Dannefaerd described its objectives as supporting grassroots paintball and providing communication between the paintball community and government agencies. [3]
-In August 2001, a group of New Zealand paintball players and industry representatives established an organisation using the New Zealand Paintball Players Association name.
+The association's contemporary website records that members of its interim committee met the New Zealand Police manager of Licensing and Vetting in September 2001. Its account describes discussion of paintball equipment, safety and the legal classification of markers, followed by preparation of a firearms information sheet intended to improve consistency of information supplied to players and arms officers. [8]
-[[Martin Dannefaerd]], who was involved in founding the 2001 organisation, described its purpose as developing paintball at the grassroots level and providing a channel of communication between the paintball community and government agencies. [3]
+=== Development in 2002–2004 ===
+A new NZPPA website went online on 24 May 2002. On 4 June, the association published a request for proposals for a New Zealand tournament series in 2003. [8]
-The association sought to represent the interests of both players and commercial operators, particularly in matters affecting the sport nationally.
+On 7 July 2002, the association reported that it had been included in Sport and Recreation New Zealand's list of national associations following discussions with SPARC. [8]
-Its work included contact with the New Zealand Police, Customs and other regulatory authorities.
+The 2002 annual general meeting was held at the Hawkes Bay Open in October. Its minutes, published online on 17 November, recorded the replacement of the interim committee, membership arrangements and decisions concerning tournament rules. [8][9]
-Although an organisation bearing the NZPPA name had previously been incorporated in 1992, the legal relationship between that society and the organisation established in 2001 has not been confirmed.
+Dannefaerd remained president in 2003, when an interview published by New Zealand Paintball Online discussed the association's objectives and activities. In February 2004, former secretary [[Rob Maddox]] published ''What has the NZPPA done for me?'', describing its work on regulation, compressed-air equipment and tournament development. [4][5]
-=== Development during the 2000s ===
+== Organisation ==
-By 2003, Martin Dannefaerd was serving as NZPPA president.
-In an interview published by New Zealand Paintball Online that year, Dannefaerd discussed the association's role in promoting paintball, representing the sport to government authorities and encouraging greater recognition of paintball as an organised sporting activity. [4]
+=== Committee appointed in 2002 ===
+The number of nominations at the 2002 AGM matched the available committee positions. The nominees therefore took office unopposed, without a vote being required under the association's rules. [9]
-The association also supported the development of tournament competition and discussions about consistent national playing standards.
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Position
+! Name
+|-
+| President
+| [[Martin Dannefaerd]]
+|-
+| Vice-president
+| Aaron Quintal
+|-
+| Secretary
+| [[Rob Maddox]]
+|-
+| Treasurer
+| Wayne Hilliam
+|-
+| Committee member
+| Peter Hamilton
+|-
+| Committee member
+| Brendon Charles
+|-
+| Committee member
+| Dave Hancox
+|-
+| Committee member
+| Shane Tofts
+|}
-In February 2004, former NZPPA secretary [[Rob Maddox]] published an article titled ''What has the NZPPA done for me?''.
+The minutes thanked departing interim committee members Kris Spurling, Brian “B2” Thornley, Rik Goldsworthy and Peter Mumby. [9]
-Maddox described the association's involvement in regulatory matters, compressed-air equipment requirements, tournament rules and the development of the sport. [5]
+=== Membership and priorities ===
+A member survey reported at the 2002 AGM ranked an organised tournament series as the leading priority, followed by refereeing standards and experience, and compressed-air cylinder certification. Consistent playing rules and tournament draws were additional suggestions raised at the meeting. [9]
-His account provides contemporary evidence of the issues being addressed by the association, although it represents a former official's perspective rather than an independent assessment of its achievements.
+Existing members were exempted from renewal fees for 2003, while new membership remained NZ$40. The minutes also emphasised an intention to work with players, operators, importers and retailers to develop consistent and safe paintball. [9]
 == Activities ==
 === Government and regulatory representation ===
+The association's September 2001 account of its meeting with New Zealand Police documents an early effort to provide consistent information about paintball markers and their regulation. [8]
-An important part of the NZPPA's work was communicating with government agencies about legislation and regulations affecting paintball.
+Maddox's February 2004 retrospective described regulatory matters and compressed-air cylinder requirements among the association's activities. These were also reflected in the priorities recorded at the 2002 AGM. [5][9]
-The association engaged with issues involving the legal classification of paintball markers, importation requirements and the application of firearms legislation to paintball equipment.
+=== Tournament rules and refereeing ===
+At the 2002 AGM, a large majority voted to synchronise NZPPA tournament rules with the Millennium Series rules. The association's game-rules webpage subsequently stated that it used those rules. [9][10]
-Its representatives also sought to explain the differences between sporting paintball markers and conventional firearms.
+The AGM treated player and team classification as separate from the playing rules. A classification standard was proposed but had not yet been established at the time of the meeting. [9]
-The association's role was particularly relevant because paintball markers were regulated as airguns under New Zealand law.
+=== Proposed sanctioned series and event endorsement ===
+The 2002 AGM discussed a proposed sanctioned series of three seven-player events per year. The minutes identified Rotorua Paintball Club as the only organiser to have responded positively to the proposal at that stage, requesting a sanctioned Rotorua event over Labour Weekend 2003. This was a proposed series structure rather than a record of three completed tournaments. [9]
-The NZPPA also provided information to the paintball community about regulatory developments.
+A further request-for-proposal document was announced on the association's website on 29 July 2003. [8]
-=== Compressed-air equipment ===
+The association's 2004 events page invited organisers to apply for NZPPA endorsement. It also expressed an intention to work with players and tournament promoters towards agreed minimum standards for endorsed events. [11]
-The NZPPA was involved in discussions about the testing, certification and safe use of compressed-air equipment.
+=== New Zealand Police Arms Code ===
+The 2013 edition of the New Zealand Police ''Arms Code'' directed readers to the NZPPA for further information about paintball and listed paintball.org.nz in its contact directory. [6]
-By the early 2000s, high-pressure air systems were becoming increasingly common in competitive paintball.
+This documents the association's inclusion as an information contact, rather than establishing its legal or operational status in 2013.
-In his February 2004 account, Rob Maddox identified compressed-air cylinder requirements among the matters addressed by the association. [5]
-These issues affected the ability of players to use equipment imported from overseas and to participate in competitions using modern tournament markers.
-=== Tournament development ===
-The association supported the development of organised competitive paintball in New Zealand.
-Its activities included discussions about tournament rules, refereeing standards and consistency between competitions.
-Contemporary NZPPA material also referred to the development of an NZPPA tournament series. [4][5]
-The association sought to encourage participation by players and teams while promoting a more coordinated national competition environment.
-The surviving material does not provide a complete calendar or final standings for the proposed or organised NZPPA series.
-=== Recognition in the New Zealand Police Arms Code ===
-The New Zealand Police identified the NZPPA as a source of information about paintball in its official ''Arms Code''.
-In the section dealing with paintball airguns, the publication explained that organised paintball games were generally conducted at commercial fields operating under voluntary safety practices.
-The ''Arms Code'' directed readers to the New Zealand Paintball Players Association for further information. [6]
-Its contact directory also listed the NZPPA website at paintball.org.nz. [6]
-This provides independent evidence that the association was recognised by New Zealand Police as a contact point for the paintball community.
-The appearance of the NZPPA in later editions of the ''Arms Code'' should not, however, be taken as proof that the incorporated society remained legally active at the time of publication.
-== Organisation ==
-=== Martin Dannefaerd ===
-[[Martin Dannefaerd]] was among the founders of the organisation established under the NZPPA name in August 2001.
-He served as president during 2003 and was involved in communicating the association's objectives to players, paintball operators and government agencies.
-His account of the organisation's origins identifies grassroots participation, national development and regulatory representation as its principal objectives. [3][4]
-=== Rob Maddox ===
-'''Rob Maddox''' served as secretary of the NZPPA.
-In February 2004, he published a retrospective account of the association's activities, including its regulatory work, equipment safety discussions and efforts to develop competitive paintball. [5]
-The article provides a contemporary description of the association's work from a former officeholder.
 == Later history ==
+A dissolution notice naming '''New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.''' appeared in the ''New Zealand Gazette'' on 14 August 2008. The notice did not identify a society registration number, and its relationship to the society dissolved in 2000 has not been established. [7]
-A further dissolution notice naming '''New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.''' appeared in the ''New Zealand Gazette'' on '''14 August 2008'''. [7]
+Dannefaerd's published professional history dates his involvement with the NZPPA through October 2010. This personal account and the separate dissolution notices do not establish a definitive date when the association ceased its activities. [3]
-The notice was issued under section 28(1) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908.
-The available notice does not identify a society registration number, and the legal connection between the association named in 2008 and the original society dissolved in 2000 has not been established.
-Martin Dannefaerd's published professional history identifies his involvement with the NZPPA as continuing until October 2010. [3]
-The surviving records therefore document organisational activity and personal involvement extending beyond some of the available society dissolution notices.
-The association's eventual cessation of activities has not been independently established.
 == See also ==
+* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
 * [[Martin Dannefaerd]]
-* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
+* [[Rob Maddox]]
 * [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
-* [[New Zealand National Paintball League]]
 == References ==
+# [https://www.infoproff.com/nb/open-data/new-zealand/companies-list/founded-1992/december/10 New Zealand organisations registered on 10 December 1992], InfoProff. Historical listing for New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494.
-# [https://www.infoproff.com/nb/open-data/new-zealand/companies-list/founded-1992/december/10 InfoProff. "New Zealand organisations registered on 10 December 1992."] Historical registration listing identifying the New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), registration number 557494.
+# [https://library.victoria.ac.nz/databases/nzgazettearchive/pubs/gazettes/2000/2000%20ISSUE%20166.pdf New Zealand Gazette, issue 166, 14 December 2000], pp. 4332–4337. Dissolution notice for society number 557494, effective 7 December 2000.
-# [https://library.victoria.ac.nz/databases/nzgazettearchive/pubs/gazettes/2000/2000%20ISSUE%20166.pdf New Zealand Gazette. Issue 166, 14 December 2000, pp. 4332–4337.] Official notice recording the dissolution of New Zealand Paintball Players Association (Incorporated), society number 557494, effective 7 December 2000.
+# [https://nz.linkedin.com/in/dannefaerd Martin Dannefaerd — professional profile], LinkedIn. Account of involvement with the NZPPA from August 2001 to October 2010.
-# [https://nz.linkedin.com/in/dannefaerd Dannefaerd, Martin. Professional profile.] Identifies his founding involvement with the New Zealand Paintball Players Association from August 2001 and describes the organisation's objectives.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Historical articles archive], New Zealand Paintball Online. Includes the 2003 interview with NZPPA president Martin Dannefaerd.
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm New Zealand Paintball Online. Historical articles archive.] Includes a 2003 interview with NZPPA president Martin Dannefaerd discussing the association's objectives and activities.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm What has the NZPPA done for me?], Rob Maddox, New Zealand Paintball Online, February 2004. Listed in the historical articles archive.
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Maddox, Rob. "What has the NZPPA done for me?" New Zealand Paintball Online, February 2004.] Historical account by a former NZPPA secretary covering regulation, compressed-air equipment and tournament development.
+# [https://tsnz.nz/function/file/5077827B-3F62-4F6B-906C-B66F7347894D New Zealand Police Arms Code], 2013 edition, pp. 39 and 62.
-# [https://www.tsnz.nz/function/file/5077827B-3F62-4F6B-906C-B66F7347894D New Zealand Police. "New Zealand Police Arms Code." 2013 edition, pp. 39 and 62.] Identifies the New Zealand Paintball Players Association as an information contact for paintball.
+# [https://gazette.howison.co.nz/nzg/2008/issue/127/page/3290 New Zealand Gazette, issue 127, 14 August 2008], p. 3290. Dissolution notice naming New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.
-# [https://gazette.howison.co.nz/nzg/2008/issue/127/page/3290 New Zealand Gazette. Issue 127, 14 August 2008, p. 3290.] Dissolution notice listing New Zealand Paintball Players Association Inc.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20040221203059/http://www.paintball.org.nz:80/news.htm NZPPA news], notices dated September 2001–29 July 2003. Archived on 21 February 2004.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010100156/http://www.paintball.org.nz/agm2k2.txt New Zealand Paintball Players Association Incorporated — Annual General Meeting 2002], October 2002; published online on 17 November 2002. Archived on 10 October 2004.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20031218083702/http://www.paintball.org.nz:80/rules.htm NZPPA game rules], archived on 18 December 2003.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20040404083458/http://www.paintball.org.nz:80/events.htm NZPPA events], archived on 4 April 2004.
 == External links ==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.org.nz/ Archived NZPPA website]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.org.nz/ NZPPA website on the Internet Archive]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles.htm Historical New Zealand Paintball Online articles]
 * [https://is-register.companiesoffice.govt.nz/ New Zealand Incorporated Societies Register]

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