Paraparaumu Beach, North Island, New Zealand

Paraparaumu Beach

Designed by Alex Russell

Paraparaumu Beach is ranked T6 in New Zealand and T5 in North Island on The Golf List, with an average position of 6.50 across 4 of the 4 lists we aggregate, level with another course on the same average.

Watercolour of Paraparaumu Beach
Watercolour. Original image by AirSwing Media, from Top100GolfCourses.com
In New Zealand
T6
In North Island
T5 of 31
Average position
6.50
On lists
4 of 4

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Paraparaumu Beach on each published list
Golf ListCourseAvgT100 ’26NZ40 ’24AGD ’25GD ’26
T6T6Paraparaumu Beach6.5021077

Its best placing is 2 (Top100.com NZ 2026) and its worst is 10 (NZ Top 40 2024), a gap of 8 places. The lists differ moderately.

Edition on edition: Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 3 (Golf Digest NZ 2023) to 7 (Golf Digest NZ 2025); New Zealand's Top 40 moved it down from 6 (NZ Top 40 2022) to 10 (NZ Top 40 2024).

Range across the lists (1–50)

210

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club, via Top100GolfCourses.com

Ranking history

Every edition we hold for Paraparaumu Beach. Move compares each edition with the one before it; a green ↑ means the course rose.

Australian Golf Digest

Paraparaumu Beach in Australian Golf Digest editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Digest NZ 20257↓4
Golf Digest NZ 20233

Golf Digest

Paraparaumu Beach in Golf Digest editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Digest (US) NZ 20267

Top100GolfCourses.com

Paraparaumu Beach in Top100GolfCourses.com editions
EditionRankMove
Top100.com NZ 20262

New Zealand's Top 40

Paraparaumu Beach in New Zealand's Top 40 editions
EditionRankMove
NZ Top 40 202410↓4
NZ Top 40 20226

More in North Island

About Paraparaumu Beach's ranking

Where does Paraparaumu Beach rank in New Zealand?
Paraparaumu Beach is T6 on The Golf List consensus, averaging position 6.50 across 4 of 4 published lists.
Where does Paraparaumu Beach rank in North Island?
Paraparaumu Beach is T5 of 31 ranked North Island courses on The Golf List, and T6 in New Zealand.
Which golf course lists include Paraparaumu Beach?
Paraparaumu Beach is ranked on Top100.com NZ 2026 (#2), NZ Top 40 2024 (#10), Golf Digest NZ 2025 (#7), Golf Digest (US) NZ 2026 (#7).
Has Paraparaumu Beach moved up or down recently?
Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 3 (Golf Digest NZ 2023) to 7 (Golf Digest NZ 2025); New Zealand's Top 40 moved it down from 6 (NZ Top 40 2022) to 10 (NZ Top 40 2024).