The soc.culture.new-zealand list of Frequently Asked Questions prepared by Phil Stuart-Jones 1994-1997, Lin Nah 1998 .
Links to Information on NZ Consulates and Empassies Overseas: http://www.mft.govt.nz/Overseas/index.htm
Alternatively look up a phone book. In countries where there are no New Zealand representatives, the UK representatives usually look after the interests of NZ nationals by agreement.
NZ Passport Office http://inform.dia.govt.nz/internal_affairs/businesses/doni_pro/pports_home.html
For callers in the U.S. the New Zealand Tourism Board has a 24 hour number; 1-800-388-5494. Leave your name, address and particular interests and lots of free information on New Zealand will be mailed to you. During regular California business hours it might even be possible to get a real person on the line.
TRADENZ NZ Consulate General NZ Tourist Board 780 Third Avenue, Suite 1904 New York, NY 10017-2024 Phone: (212) 832 4038 Fax: (212) 832 7602
They opened a couple of months ago. The NZ Tourism Board office at the same address has been open for business (to travel agents only) for several years. The office hopes to have full consular capacity "shortly". Currently it gives advice, dispenses forms and "aids distressed travelling Kiwis". The East Coast Manager is Anna Synolt and Peter MacDonald (pmac@pipeline.com.us) heads the office.
There's a new e-mail address for the New York NZ Consulate/TRADENZ et al.: tradenz@pipeline.com
It should be noted that the NY NZ Consulate only answers questions and distributes forms. All processing - issuing visas, renewing passports etc. - is performed at the Washington DC High Commission. The NY NZ Tourist Board deals only with travel agents etc. and will not answer questions from individuals.
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Subject: A2.2 How Do I Get News From Home?
Check the notes on ftp sites; some current news may be archived there.
Read soc.culture.new-zealand, and nz.general if you can get it. A weekly summary of NZ News - the WYSIWYG News - is compiled and posted to soc.culture.new-zealand by the generous Brian Harmer (usually on Sundays). These postings are all archived on the WWW at http://nz.com/nz/NZNewsArchive/. To get a personal e-mail copy of the postings, send mail to: majordomo@nz.com with the line: subscribe nznews <email-addr> in the *BODY* of the message. To check the details of this, read the end of a copy of the WYSIWYG news!
Online NZ Newspapers, Magazines and Publications
The Press (Christchurch) http://www.press.co.nz WYSIWYG News http://nz.com/NZ/News/WYSIWYG/ 7am News http://www.7am.co.nz/ http://www.7am.com/ One Network News http://www.tvone.co.nz/ Xtra News http://www.xtra.co.nz/xworld/news/ Radio New Zealand http://www.rnz.co.nz/ Waikato Times http://www.wave.co.nz/times/ The Evening Post http://www.evpost.co.nz/ (empty page still?) Otago Daily Times http://www.odt.co.nz/ Wairarapa Times Age http://www.times-age.co.nz NewsRoom Online http://www.newsroom.co.nz/ NZ Rugby News http://www.rugby.co.nz/ New Zealand News UK http://www.nznewsuk.co.uk/ City Voice http://www.cityvoice.co.nz/ INL Website http://www.inl.co.nz
NZ Computer/Internet News Infotech Weekly http://www.infotech.co.nz/current/ IDG/Computerworld http://www.idg.co.nz/ Aardvark http://www.aardvark.co.nz/
Political News and Commentaries Hard News http://nz.com/NZ/News/HardNews/ Ministerial Press Releases http://www.executive.govt.nz
Above and beyond all this, apparently you can read newspapers all over the world at: http://www.worldaccess.nl/~brien
"The New Zealander " is a new full colour weekly tabloid available in Australia for A$2.95. Like other publications we know of, the Dominion, and the Evening Post are among the sources of its articles, although it can presumably print articles verbatim.
(I'll be interested to hear what Australian WYSIWYG readers think - BH)
NewZgram There is a thing called a NewZgram. It's like an aerogram but is printed with excerpts of news about NZ, including sections about sport, health, business, etc. It's 4 sides of a page long, sent fortnightly).
Subscription Prices: 24 issues (12 months) NZ address surface NZ$36 Australia/Sth Pacific - air NZ$55 Rest of world - air NZ$67
The address is:
Peak Communications Ltd PO Box 54046 Mana Wellington New Zealand Phone/Fax 64/4/2399123
and/or???
Newzgram PO Box 3882 Christchurch, NZ Phone (+64 3) 3559222 Fax (+64 3) 3559337
New Zealand News UK New Zealand News UK is an Independent Weekly newspaper, covering NZ news/current events, United Kingdom jobs, NZ jobs, travel, migrating to NZ, shipping and accommodation/entertainment in London. There is apparently also a version called 'Overseas' with lots of info about visa requirements, etc. for Brits wishing to travel. Try calling NZ News on 0171 930 6451.
NZ news is available free in London and by subscription elsewhere. It does contain a fair bit of London specific news, but has some quite good features on Emigrating and NZ lifestyles for people thinking of making a move to NZ. Prices in Pounds Sterling.
3 Mths 6 Mths 1 Year UK # 15 # 28 # 52 Europe # 25 # 45 # 80 World # 350 # 65 # 120
Make your cheque payable to New Zealand News UK and send it to The Circulation Manager New Zealand News UK Direct, 3rd Floor, 80 Haymarket, London. SW1 4TE
Distribution: Louisa Sinclair - Ph: 0171 930 6451 Subscriptions: Wendy Pattison - Ph: 01289 306677 Fax: 01289 307377
Alternatively, there's a copy online which apparently has no pictures, but a good selection of sports news. http://www.nznewsuk.co.uk/
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Subject: A2.3 Expatriate Organisations
There's an organisation in HK called the New Zealand Society. Point of contact is either the NZ Consulate in Central HK (Jardine House) or Grant Baird at a restaurant called Landaus. They meet regularly and it's fairly social.
Check Jon Clarke's site: http://air.com.hk/~jonc
There's a Kiwi Club of New York for those interested in such things. Kiwi Club of New York c/o TRADENZ 780 Third Avenue, Suite 1904 New York, NY 10017-2024
Phone (212) 832-4038 x222 (Brenda Henderson)
The club's secretary is/was Beatrice Cheer at bcheer@panix.com who used to post occasionally in s.c.n-z.
Jeff Freeburg's site set up specifically for expatriates: http://www.expatforum.com
The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ, prepared by Phil Stuart-Jones 1994-1997, Lin Nah 1998.
Please POST any questions to soc.culture.new-zealand. Do not email Lin.
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