The high jump was contested in the first modern Olympics in 1896. It was also among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games.
At the World Masters Athletics Champs, the event only became available to women from 1977.
| Wellington | North Island Champs | South Island Champs | NZMA Champs | NZ National | NZ Indoor | Oceania Champs | World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M35 | 1.90 Tony Newport | 1.70 Mark Tinkle(2023*) *2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 1.65 K Clough (2007) | 1.85 Tony Newport (1997) | 1.85 Tony Newport (1997) | 1.63 Jacob Potgieter (2019) | 1.74 John Turner NZL (2006) | 2.31 Dragutin Topic SRB (2009) Jamie Nieto USA (2012) | 2.30 Dragutin Topic SRB (2008) |
| M40 | 1.75 John Turner (2009) | 1.80 Peter Galliven (2008) | 1.61 Stephen McKee (2004) | 1.78 Peter Ranginui (2010) | 1.92 Simon Poelman (2005) | 1.55 Arvinda Maharaj (2015) | 1.82 Evan McLean AUS (2019) | 2.28 Dragutin Topic SRB (2012) | 2.10 Dwight Stones USA (1994) Dalton Grant GBR (2008) |
| M45 | 1.69 Kelvin Berryman | 1.68 Brian Curry (2007) | 1.62 Tony Aikenhead (2003) | 1.72 A Stringer (1996) | 1.72 A Stringer (1996) | 1.60 John Turner (2016) | 1.78 Matthew Muell AUS (2010) | 2.05 Charles Austin USA (2014) | 2.04 Dennis Lewis USA (2006) |
| M50 | 1.55 Mark Macfarlane (2014) | 1.55 Stephen Te Whaiti (2017) | 1.50 Wayne Doyle (2014) | 1.69 R Fletcher (1992) | 1.75 Ho Young Do (2013) | 1.55 Stephen Te Whaiti (2016) 1.55 Andy Richardson (2019) | 1.65 Ho Young Do NZL (2012) Brian Curry NZL (2012) | 1.98 Thomas Zacharas GER (1997) | 2.00 Thomas Zacharas GER (1997) |
| M55 | 1.50 Gary Rawson (2015) | 1.64 Brian Curry (2017) | 1.44 Pat Timings (1984) | 1.67 David Blackford (2021) | 1.67 David Blackford (2021) | 1.50 Stephen Te Whaiti(2019) | 1.66 Brian Curry NZL (2018) | 1.91 Marco Segatel ITA (2017) | 1.88 Bruce McBarnette USA (2013) |
| M60 | 1.45 William MacIntyre (1989) | 1.40 Rob McGregor (2000) | 1.41 Pat Timings (1991) | 1.45 Pat Timings (1989) W McIntyre (1989) | 1.55 Ho Young Do (2021) | 1.45 James Thomas (2019) | 1.50 John Hunt AUS (2002) | 1.81 Vladimir Kuntsevich RUS (2012) | 1.78 Oleg Fedorko UKR (2018) |
| M65 | 1.35 William MacIntyre 1.35 Jim Blair | 1.30 Jim Blair (1998) Rob McGregor (2006) Murray Andersen (2014) | 1.33 Georg Ludwig (2021) | 1.36 David Anstiss (2015)Tuariki Delamere (2017) | 1.45 Tuariki Delamere (2017) | 1.35 Tuariki Delamere (2017) | 1.45 Gordon Gourlay AUS (1994) | 1.67 Dusan Prezeli SLO (2014) | 1.68 Dusan Prezelj SLO (2015) |
| M70 | 1.31 Jim Blair | 1.28 David Anstiss (2018) | 1.16 Colin O’Brien (2001) William Newton (2001) Lance Smith (2014) | 1.37 Murray Andersen (2020) | 1.37 Murray Andersen (2020)David Anstiss (2017) | 1.31 David Anstiss (2019) | 1.36 David Anstiss NZL (2018) | 1.60 Dusan Prezeli SLO (2020) | 1.59 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2009) |
| M75 | 1.24 Jim Blair (2008) | 1.22 Jim Blair (2007) | 1.10 William Newton (2007) | 1.31 David Anstiss (2021) | 1.35 David Anstiss (2022) | 1.21 Jim Blair (2008) | 1.23 Rudi Hochreiter AUS (2002) | 1.49 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2013) | 1.52 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2013) |
| M80 | 1.15 Jim Blair (2011) | 1.15 Jim Blair (2011) | 1.07 Alistair Mackay (2008) | 1.08 Jim Blair (2016) | 1.15 Jim Blair (2011) | 1.10 Jim Blair (2012) | 1.13 Jim Blair NZL (2012) | 1.38 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2017) | 1.40 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2019) |
| M85 | 1.12 Jim Blair (2017) | 1.05 Jim Blair (2017 & 2018) | 0.91 Jim Blair (2020) | 1.05 Jim Blair (2018) | 1.12 Jim Blair (2017) | 1.08 Jim Blair (2017) | 1.05 Jim Blair NZL (2019) | 1.28 Carl-Erik Sarndal SWE (2022) | 1.22 Nils-Bertil Nevrup SWE (2012) |
| M90 | no record | no record | 0.98 Jim Blair (2023*)*2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023 | 0.71 Frank Cox (2002) | 1.00 Jim Blair (2022) | no record | 0.80 Alistair Mackay NZL (2018) | 1.11 Donald Pellman USA (2005) | 1.07 Emmerich Zensch AUT (2010) |
| M95 | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 1.00 Emmerich Zensch AUT (2015) | 0.96 Leland McPhie USA (2009) |
| M100 | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 0.90 Donald Pellmann USA (2015) | no record |
| Wellington | North Island Champs | South Island Champs | NZMA Champs | NZ National | NZ Indoor | Oceania Champs | World | World Indoor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W35 | 1.32 P Workman | 1.35 Vanessa Story (2010) | 1.33 S Mene (1987) | 1.55 Carolyn Wills (2009) | 1.63 Helena Dinnissen (2020) | 1.35 Veruschka Drotsky (2016) | 1.65 Veronique Boyer PYF (2008) | 2.01 Inga Babakova UKR (2003) Ruth Beitia ESP (2014) | 1.98 Ruth Beitia ESP (2016) |
| W40 | 1.40 Sahar Lin (2023) | 1.43 Joanne Andersen (1994) | 1.50 Lyn Osmers (2001) | 1.51 Lyn Osmers (2002) | 1.57 Lyn Osmers (2002) | 1.35 Faith Firestone (2019) | 1.53 Lynette Smith AUS (2014) | 1.87 Iryna Myhalchenko UKR (2012) | 1.94 Venelina Veneva-Mateev BUL (2015) |
| W45 | 1.13 G Dick | 1.55 Lisa Trow (2017) | 1.29 Gail Kirkman (2001) | 1.45 Carolyn Wills (2019) | 1.55 Lisa Trow (2017) | 1.30 Phillipa Green (2017 & 2018) | 1.58 Lenore Lambert AUS (2019) | 1.76 Debbie Brill CAN (1999) | 1.67 Alison Wood USA (2019) |
| W50 | 1.17 G Dick | 1.25 Nancy Bowmar (2003) | 1.30 Gail Kirkman (2003) | 1.40 Gail Kirkman (2002) | 1.41 Lyn Osmers (2011) | 1.25 Phillipa Green (2019) | 1.45 Marie Kay AUS (2012) | 1.68 Julia Machin GBR (2021) | 1.60 Petra Bajeat FRA (2019) |
| W55 | 1.15 Veronica Gould (2007) | 1.21 Yvonne Simeon (1998*)*1997 Champs held in calendar year 1998 | 1.18 Lois Anderson (2003) | 1.47 Hee Sun Kim (2021) | 1.47 Hee Sun Kim (2021) | 1.20 Karen Hulena (2019) | 1.33 Alex Lloyd AUS (2014) | 1.55 Florence Picaut FRA (2008) | 1.55 Wendy Laing GBR (2018) |
| W60 | 1.17 Heather May | 1.15 Anne Delerois (2011) | 1.14 Lois Anderson (2008) | 1.27 Gail Kirkman (2013) | 1.30 Gail Kirkman (2013) | 1.17 Heather May (1983) | 1.26 Margaret Taylor AUS (2008) | 1.48 Frauke Viebahn GER (2022) | 1.50 Frauke Viebahn GER (2020) |
| W65 | 1.10 Judy Hammond | 1.15 Nancy Bowmar (2015) | 1.18 Gail Kirkman (2018) | 1.18 Nancy Bowmar (2017) | 1.25 Gail Kirkman (2018) | 1.15 Nancy Bowmar (2017) | 1.18 Wilma Perkins AUS (2015) | 1.42 Weia Reinboud NED (2015) | 1.39 Weia Reinboud NED (2016) |
| W70 | 1.08 Judy Hammond (2008) | 1.07 Margaret Crooke (2017) | 1.05 Lois Anderson (2017) | 1.13 Gail Kirkman (2022) | 1.13 Gail Kirkman (2022) | 1.05 Margaret Crooke (2017)Anne Deleiros (2018) | 1.15 Margaret Taylor AUS (2019) | 1.32 Weia Reinboud NED (2022) | 1.30 Ursula Stelling GER (2012) |
| W75 | 1.06 Judy Hammond (2013) | 1.05 Judy Hammond (2012) | no record | 1.04 Judy Hammond (2013) | 1.06 Judy Hammond (2013) | 1.03 Judy Hammond (2014) | 1.08 Gwen Davidson AUS (2000) | 1.24 Carol LaFayette-Boyd CAN (2018) | 1.25 Kathy Bergen USA (2016) |
| W80 | 0.99 Judy Hammond (2018) | 0.98 Judy Hammond (2017) | no record | 0.94 Judy Hammond (2018) | 0.99 Judy Hammond (2018) | 0.93 Judy Hammond (2017) | no record | 1.15 Kathy Bergen USA (2020) | 1.20 Kathy Bergen USA (2020) |
| W85 | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 0.95 Rosa Pedersen DEN (2015) Christia Bortignon CAN (2022) | 0.92 Florence Meiler USA (2022) |
| W90 | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 0.88 Rosa Pedersen DEN (2022) | 0.77 Olga Kotelko CAN (2013) |
| W95 | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | no record | 0.75 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014) | 0.78 Olga Kotelko CAN (2014) |