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=== National Paintball League ===

Actions Paintball Sports Arena was one of the founding field operators involved in the original New Zealand National Paintball League, which began competition in 1997.

The NPL was developed by Ian Southern and Dave Pellet to provide a structured competition system for New Zealand paintball teams.

The original participating operators were:

* Splatman, operating four Auckland fields
* Strategy Tag, operating a field in Whangārei
* Actions Paintball Sports Arena, operating an Auckland field

Under the league's original structure, participating fields hosted competitions on a rotating basis to distribute the costs of supporting tournament paintball.[1]

The NPL operated with two divisions.

First Division incorporated major tournaments already established on the New Zealand competition calendar, including the New Zealand Nationals, Queen's Birthday tournament and Northland Open.

Second Division provided regular competitions for developing teams, with matches hosted at participating commercial paintball fields.

The original league arrangement continued until 1999, when it lost the support of participating field operators.

According to a historical account preserved by Mercenaries Star, Kyn Jackson subsequently inherited responsibility for the remaining NPL structure and discontinued Second Division. The remaining First Division became an association of existing tournaments under a common banner.[1]

This early NPL was a separate organisation from the New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL) that operated during the 2010s.