RNZPBA President Iain Blakeley 2024 has not been “business as usual” for the Association. The Management Group met early November to start the process for…
Chris Stevens28 November 2024
Congratulations to Allister Macgregor who received his MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) on Friday for services to pipe bands. Allister was…
Liam Kernaghan10 September 2024
Life Member, Former National President, Centre President, Board Member and National Contest Supervisor John (“Jock”) McQuarrie I want to begin by acknowledging the passing of…
Chris Stevens31 August 2024
The final draw for the 2024 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships and approved dispensations for Eligible Band Officers to play in higher grade bands are…
Liam Kernaghan15 February 2024
Current Promotions Group Leader, Liam Kernaghan, has been elected to the Management Board of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands' Association (the Association) by its…
Chris Stevens22 December 2023
Geoff Hallberg The Board of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Bands' Association would like to announce the appointment of Geoff Hallberg as the new Group…
Liam Kernaghan28 May 2023
Adapt and Evolve Welcome to the new RNZPBA website! We are so pleased to introduce you to a space where we can connect with you…
Stuart McHale28 November 2021
Changes to RNZPBA Contest (and other) Rules are promoted through the annual Remit process, which allows a member band, Board member or Management Group leader,…
Allister Macgregor9 November 2021
Review 2021 - Looking into 2022 On the 7th of November, the Board and Management team had our annual Planning Day in Christchurch. We were…
Stuart McHale7 November 2021
