On behalf of the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union Region 3 and the radio ama­teurs across Asia-Pacif­ic, I extend our warmest con­grat­u­la­tions to the New Zealand Asso­ci­a­tion of Radio Trans­mit­ters (NZART) on the occa­sion of its 100th Anniver­sary and Annu­al Conference.

This sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone is fur­ther dis­tin­guished by the par­tic­i­pa­tion of rep­re­sen­ta­tives of both the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU) Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil and IARU Region 3. Present at this his­toric cel­e­bra­tion are Tim Ellam, VE6SH, Pres­i­dent of the Inter­na­tion­al Ama­teur Radio Union (IARU), rep­re­sent­ing the IARU Admin­is­tra­tive Coun­cil; Wis­nu Wid­ja­ja, YBØAZ, Pres­i­dent of IARU Region 3; and Oscar Reyes, VK3TX, Mem­ber of the IARU Region 3 Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee. Their pres­ence reflects the strong and endur­ing rela­tion­ship between NZART and the glob­al ama­teur radio community.

For a cen­tu­ry, NZART has been the cor­ner­stone of ama­teur radio in Aotearoa New Zealand. From the pio­neer­ing oper­a­tors of 1926 to today’s inno­va­tors in dig­i­tal com­mu­ni­ca­tions, NZART has con­sis­tent­ly advanced tech­ni­cal excel­lence, safe­guard­ed ama­teur spec­trum allo­ca­tions, and pro­vid­ed invalu­able pub­lic ser­vice dur­ing times of emer­gency and nation­al need. The inter­na­tion­al ama­teur radio com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ues to rec­og­nize NZART’s lead­er­ship and con­tri­bu­tion, includ­ing its out­stand­ing sup­port dur­ing the Christchurch earth­quake and numer­ous oth­er emer­gency sit­u­a­tions where ama­teur radio com­mu­ni­ca­tions proved vital.

NZART’s ded­i­ca­tion to edu­ca­tion, men­tor­ing new gen­er­a­tions of radio ama­teurs, encour­ag­ing youth par­tic­i­pa­tion, and fos­ter­ing inter­na­tion­al good­will exem­pli­fies the val­ues that the IARU proud­ly pro­motes world­wide. Through its com­mit­ment to ser­vice, inno­va­tion, and friend­ship, NZART has demon­strat­ed that ama­teur radio remains a pow­er­ful force for com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment and inter­na­tion­al understanding.

As NZART cel­e­brates its first cen­tu­ry of achieve­ment, we look for­ward with con­fi­dence to its con­tin­ued lead­er­ship in spec­trum pro­tec­tion, tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ment, emer­gency com­mu­ni­ca­tions, and the pro­mo­tion of ama­teur radio through­out New Zealand and beyond.

May this cen­ten­ni­al cel­e­bra­tion and con­fer­ence inspire new gen­er­a­tions of radio ama­teurs and strength­en the spir­it of coop­er­a­tion and friend­ship that has defined NZART through­out its remark­able history.

On behalf of the IARU Region 3 Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee and the ama­teur radio com­mu­ni­ty across the Asia-Pacif­ic region, we extend our sin­cere con­grat­u­la­tions and best wish­es to NZART on this his­toric occasion.

73 and con­grat­u­la­tions on your centenary.

IARU Region 3
On behalf of the Region 3 Exec­u­tive Committee