About the New Zealand Esperanto Association, Incorporated.

Contact details

Postal Address: P.O. Box 8140, Symonds Street, Auckland 1035, New Zealand

Email address: nzea@esperanto.org.nz

Telephone: 0800 350 781

NZEA is one of the oldest Esperanto associations in the world and is responsible for promoting Esperanto in New Zealand, providing learning material, answering queries from the public about Esperanto, and organising the annual NZEA conference.

If you would like to become a member of NZEA, please contact the Association via one of the above contact methods. The membership application forms are printable in English or in Esperanto.

New Zealand Esperanto Conference

Every year a national conference is held in New Zealand, or occasionally in Australia jointly with the Australian Esperanto Association , with which NZEA has a close working relationship. In recent years it has been held in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland.

Want to learn Esperanto?

Courses are organised when enough people express interest. However, there is also a free introductory correspondence course organised by the New Zealand Esperanto Association. This makes it easier to study Esperanto at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. Other courses are available from beginners to advanced level. There are also classes offered over the Internet .

Publications

NZEA works in conjunction with the Australian Esperanto Association to produce a bi-monthly magazine, Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco (Esperanto under the Southern Cross). This magazine is mostly in Esperanto and partly in English and contains reports on club activities, articles on matters of interest affecting Esperanto, book reviews, grammar queries, and reports on upcoming events.

Books and magazines

NZEA offers a service where you can order books, magazines, compact disks, tapes, stamps, almost anything produced in or about Esperanto. It’s very easy. Payment can be made in New Zealand dollars and your order can then be sent overseas.

There are also books in or about Esperanto in most major public libraries throughout New Zealand.

Several New Zealand authors have been translated into Esperanto, including Samuel Butler, Katherine Mansfield, John A Lee, and Maurice Shadbolt.

Universal Esperanto Association

NZEA is affiliated to the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA), the largest Esperanto organisation in the world. You can become a member of UEA and take advantage of its many services including: lists of Esperantists across the globe, the Esperanto movement’s largest book and magazine service, world conferences, regular magazines, and a service which puts you in touch with Esperanto penfriends across the world. Several members took part in the 1997 World Esperanto Congress, which was held in Adelaide, Australia. Following world congresses:

• 1998 Montpellier, France
• 1999 Berlin, Germany
• 2000 Tel Aviv, Israel and Youth Congress in Hong Kong
• 2001 Zagreb, Croatia
• 2002 Fortaleza, Brazil
• 2003 Gotenburg, Sweden
• 2004 Beijing, China
• 2005 Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2006 Florence, Italy
• 2007 Yokohama, Japan
• 2008 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2009 Bialystok, Poland

Links to UEA congresses and youth congresses, both current and future.

Famous New Zealand Esperantists

New Zealanders are fairly well-known in the Esperanto-speaking world. Some have worked at the world headquarters of the Universal Esperanto Association in The Netherlands, whilst others have written books in Esperanto or have translated New Zealand literature into Esperanto.

As New Zealanders tend to travel a lot, many Esperantists from throughout New Zealand have had the chance to travel abroad using Esperanto. For example, it’s not uncommon for a New Zealander in the middle of France or China to simply call the local Esperanto contact to ask for assistance or find out details on the local club’s next meeting.

Esperanto Club activities

There are Esperantists in most of the main cities of New Zealand. There are regular club meetings in Christchurch, Wellington, Masterton and Auckland.

Clubs meet usually once a month or more often and have various activities. Sometimes they include language courses, sometimes people talk about their experiences travelling around the world using Esperanto, or sometimes they might present a talk on a topic of general interest. Clubs are a good opportunity to practice speaking Esperanto.

Let us know if you want to make contact with local Esperantists.

All inquiries to NZEA at the addresses at the top of this page.