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News, events, new products and anything else news worthy in the kite-flying world.

28 07, 2023

Celebrating 50 Years of PETER LYNN KITES

2023-07-28T20:42:44+12:00July 28th, 2023|What's New??|

WOW 50 years!  It’s hard to believe Peter Lynn Kites has been going so long. It all started back in 1973 when Peter started making his own kites. Peters first kites were made in polystyrene (see photos). Peter would take these kites to the beach to test. People would [...]

27 06, 2023

Single Line

2023-06-27T17:44:08+12:00June 27th, 2023|What's New??|

Single line kite stability 2023 I’ve been trying to understand why kites don’t fly, ever since, as a smartarse young engineer, I expected to set the world of kitemaking to rights in short order when I made a kite for our first child in 1973. Ah, hubris! It didn’t [...]

11 05, 2023

MATARIKI – AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

2023-05-11T09:12:08+12:00May 11th, 2023|What's New??|

MATARIKI - Aotearoa New Zealand will get a new public holiday. The law creating a Matariki public holiday in New Zealand - set for June 24 2022 - has passed in Parliament. The law adds a 12th day of public holidays to New Zealand's working year, recognizing the Māori [...]

19 04, 2022

MATARIKI – AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

2022-04-19T14:46:33+12:00April 19th, 2022|What's New??|

MATARIKI - Aotearoa New Zealand will get a new public holiday. The law creating a Matariki public holiday in New Zealand - set for June 24 2022 - has passed in Parliament. The law adds a 12th day of public holidays to New Zealand's working year, recognising the Māori [...]

12 04, 2021

Kiting is on the way up!

2021-04-20T21:28:50+12:00April 12th, 2021|What's New??|

Show Kites on the way up! 2020 was a difficult year for many people, and is still a difficult time in many countries suffering from more out breaks and continual lockdowns, but slowly the world seems to be improving and people are starting to look at what they want to [...]

23 07, 2019

What damages your Show Kites

2019-09-27T23:00:20+12:00July 23rd, 2019|Uncategorized, What's New??|

I always find it interesting watching the extent some people go through to preserve the life of their Show Kite. The Show Kites we take to events are packed dry and that is about it. Our kites are designed to fly in the toughest of conditions.  It is not uncommon [...]

3 12, 2018

2018-12-03T01:09:49+13:00December 3rd, 2018|What's New??|

NEW NEW NEW: We now have some fantastic Camel Kites in stock designed by Dirk & Sonja Kruger. The Camel is available in 2 sizes, 1.6 meter and a 3 meter, available in Brown or Beige. Contact kitefacktory@plk.nz if you would like any more information. http://plk.nz/camel/

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