Family Joining Fee Discount

We are thrilled to announce that this initiative is now ready. If you would like your family to be part of the club, read on to find out how current financial members can generate and send first-degree relatives a referral, enabling them to sign up without paying the joining fee.

It's easy to do, just generate a referral link from your members portal, email it to your first-degree relative and when they use the link they won’t have to pay the $150 joining fee when they sign up. This means rather than paying $252, they will only need to pay $102 for their first years annual subscription. First-degree relatives are your parents, siblings or children.

This discount has been specially designed to make it easier and more affordable for families of our existing members to join the club.

Why is the discount only by referral link?
All applicants for membership must agree to certain conditions before they can become a member, and that includes your relatives! And there are far too many members for a manual referral system. Therefore, we have built this benefit so that you can self-refer your first-degree relatives, and they can utilise the online application form. Because you add a link to your own email, your relative will know it is legitimate, you can customise the message you send them, and you can easily check that the email was sent.

Understanding the Terms of the Family Joining Fee Discount

This benefit is only available to the first-degree relatives of current financial members. First-degree relatives are your parents, siblings or children.

If requested by NZMCA you must, within 5 working days, provide documentary proof of the first-degree family relationship. If you take longer than 5 working days to provide the proof, your membership, and that of your relative shall be suspended until such time as it is provided.

If a breach of the criteria for eligibility is established, your membership, the membership of your relative and the membership of any other relatives you have referred shall be terminated.

Before referring your first-degree family member, please ensure you read, understand and agree to the terms of the Family Joining Fee Discount as per Bylaw 3.11e

FAQs

These are your parents, siblings or children (includes legally adopted). Remember: Documentary proof of the first-degree relationship will need to be presented if requested.
Yes, but be aware that you will need to generate a new code for each family member as codes can only be used once. Tap/click the ‘Copy Joining Fee Discount Link’ button to generate a new code. You will need to accept the terms each time.
Yes! This will help your family get on the road and find out about motor homing until such time as they are ready to purchase their own vehicle. When they are using your motor caravan, just make sure to swap out your financial window card with theirs and that their wings are affixed to a piece of card displayed through the front windscreen as per Bylaw 3.13 (see link below). Of course, you will also need to check that they are covered by your insurance policy.
Yes, if they are NZ permanent residents you sure can. If they aren’t a NZ permanent resident, then they will need to meet the criteria in Bylaw 3.11d (see link below) which requires overseas applicants to be a current financial member for a minimum of twelve (12) months of one of our listed overseas partner clubs.
No, there is no minimum length of time. As an existing financial member you can refer your first-degree relative, so long as you understand and agree to the terms.
No, the referral link to the discounted application form is digital only. This streamlines the process, empowers you to refer your family at any time of the day or night (without limiting to office hours) and ensures acceptance of the terms of the discount.
When applying for membership, applicants usually pay a one-off joining fee of $150 and their first years annual subscription of $102, being a total of $252. When using the Family Joining Fee Discount the joining fee is waived, so the initial cost is only $102. To continue being a member, each year a further annual subscription will be payable. You will receive an email letting you know when your renewal is approaching and how much is due.

Ready to make a referral?

Generate your referral from your Members Portal here. 

Or from the NZMCA App, go to the Membership tab and tap 'View Membership Details', scroll down and tap 'Family joining fee discount'. See image below if you're unsure.

If you are unclear of anything above, please email your query to the Membership Services Team ([email protected]), remembering to include your name and membership number.

Note: The FAQs above are subject to change. 
As we get feedback and questions we will add updates here, come back to check it out!

Important Links

How to find the Family joining fee discount referral link