YOUR SAFETY is our NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

We pride ourselves on our safety record and provide staff that are:

• First Aiders
• Equipped with mobile phones and emergency contact numbers
• Holders of New Zealand Firearms licences

Pukeora Paintball has:

• Public Liability Insurance
• Clean, well maintained equipment and masks
• First aid kits and Fire Extinguishers on site
• By far the best safe staging areas.

These
areas provide our guests with a shady area to take off their masks, have a drink of cool water, and safely watch the action outside.

Behaviour obligations

- Our aim is for everyone to enjoy their visit to Pukeora Paintball. This includes giving due respect to players on opposing sides, visitors, spectators and other customers. Special care needs to be taken to avoid harming wildlife or mountain bikers on the site.

Therefore in accordance with the Paintball Code of Practice, we must ensure that anyone who may be a potential source of danger to themselves or others is not permitted to participate in paintball games. In particular, we will not permit a person to play if that person is, in our reasonable opinion, under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. This site has a zero alcohol tolerance. Also no physical contact between players is permitted during paintball games.

Non-compliance with these expectations or staff directions may result in immediate exclusion from the site, without compensation.

Terms of Play

• No players under the age of 6
• No intoxicated players (alcohol and other substances)
• All Players must observe the following rules:-

Safety Briefings

Players
and Spectators will be required to undertake a Safety briefing prior to the beginning of ALL Games. The safety briefings will cover:

• Personal safety requirements
• Procedures for “On-Site” Emergencies
• Operation of Markers & Goggles
• Location of First Aid resources
• Safety requirements for each scenario
• Game Emergency Signal

Game Safety Rules

• All spectators and visitors to the site must stay in the designated Staging Area; if they need to enter playing areas they must use the appropriate safety equipment under the direction of our staff.

• Protective Safety Goggles is mandatory everywhere, and should be worn regardless. Participants and spectators MUST wear a pair of safety goggles before leaving the Staging Area or other designated safety zones. At no time are these goggles to be removed except under referee’s instructions.

• EMERGENCY ACTION - If your goggles are accidentally dislodged you must immediately close your eyes, put your hands over face and call for help

• No physical contact is permitted in the game, and players are ejected from games or the forest for breaking safety or playing rules

• All players and spectators should be aware of natural hazards, sharp sticks, falling branches, braches, logs, holes, uneven ground, creeks, swamps, blackberry, spiders etc.

• Players must ensure barrel plugs are used whilst games are not in progress or when they have been eliminated from the game.

• Players are not permitted to bring rental markers into a safety area or the compound.

• Paintball Goggles must be worn correctly at all times on or near the playing fields

• No shooting in the compound or safety zones.

• No deliberate head shots. This will result in players being eliminated from the game.

• Conduct that is deemed by management to be unsportsmanlike, such as abusive language or actions towards other players or spectators will result in a warning being issued and/ or penalty points and/ or removal from the venue.

• Safety rules must be adhered to at all times. Any person who behaves in such manner that threatens the safety of another person or themselves may be asked to leave the venue.

• Players must not pick up dirty paintballs or any other foreign objects and place them into your paintball marker.

• The game field is sign posted as well as playing areas which are clearly marked with boundary tape or rope. Do not go outside the boundaries.

• Respect for the equipment hired from us for today would be appreciated.

• Fun and safety go hand in hand, please observe these simple rules and you will have fun.

Additional Safety Rules

EASY STEPS TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL FIRING SQUAD

• Do not lift or remove your goggles out of the Staging Area w/o permission of the referee

• Bring a rental paintball gun into the Reception or Staging Area compound.

• Pick up dirty paintballs or other foreign objects and place them into the paintball gun.

• Cheat (wipe hits, shoot players from outside playing fields, or deliberately shoot players in the dead zone).

• No physical contact between players

• No climbing trees or jumping barricades

• No shooting mountain bikers or referees

• NEVER look down the barrel of a marker

• ALWAYS keep the marker pointed to the ground when not in use

• Treat the markers as you would a normal firearm

• DO NOT fire at anyone not wearing goggles

• DO NOT point the marker at anyone except during a game

• No dismantling or modifying rental equipment

• No eating, drinking or smoking on playing fields

• No swearing or other aggressive behaviour is permitted

• No player shall fire upon spectators, referees, wildlife, neutral or eliminated players

• Obey all signage on and around all fields and safe areas

Game Rules

Game Whistles

Field Calls

Hit -
This call is used when a paintball breaks open on contact with either
yourself or your gun leaving a paint mark. The player then calls out
"hit" to indicate that they are now out of the game whilst raising the
paintball marker in the air and proceeding to the dead zone. Remember,
the ball must break, if it does not break, you are not out.

Surrender
– You must call "SURRENDER" when a player is within 3 metres (10 feet) of an opponent whereby the opposing player is then instantaneously out
and must will raise their marker in the air and proceed to the nearest safety area in lieu of being hit by a paintball. If you shoot your opponent whilst within three (3) meters of them, the referee, will disallow the hit and remove you from the game instead.

Ref
- This call is used when a player requires assistance for any reason on the playing field to attract the attention of a referee. The referee's decision is final - THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. After all the refs need to have fun too!

Understand that you will be shot during the day - If your ego is going to be hurt by someone else shooting you, stay home and play your XBOX, especially if a woman outdoing you is going to offend your manly pride!