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The '''AUSFS''' was a student [[club]] of the University of [[Auckland]], in [[New Zealand]].  Founded in 1979 and officially ran through 1987, at which point several prominent members moved permanently to the [[UK]]. In 1994 a much delayed eighth issue of [[Aeons]] was published to coincide with a visit of former club members to attend the [[New Zealand Natcon]] ''[[Silicon]]'' being held in Dunedin that year featuring prominent club member [[Tom Cardy]] as [[GOH]].

An official ''2000's era'' club meeting was held with seven original members at infamous club drinking spot, Auckland's ''The Hotel De Brett'' in January 2018. And later, after several regular successful virtual reunions during the [[Covid-19]] pandemic, club Alumni announced plans to publish a ninth issue of [[Aeons]].

Club meetings included visits and speaking engagements with several notable [[SF]] writers and prominent foreign fans, including [[Joe Haldeman]], [[Fred Pohl]], [[David Brin]], [[A. Bertram Chandler]], [[Ted White]], [[Ed Bryant]], [[Hal Clement]] and [[Roger Weddall]].

The official club engraved nameplate from the University of [[Auckland]] Student Union Clubs and Societies bulletin board is in storage with plans to permanently attach it to a suitable remembrance wall at some future point. An active, private Facebook group keeps the club's traditions alive and in [[2020]] ''AUSFS'' celebrated forty one years of active and virtual club activities. 

[[Fanzine]]: ''[[Aeons]]''

==Well-Known AUSFS Members==
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*[[Jeff Leddra]]
*[[Bryony Hassan]]
*[[Martin Harvey]]
*[[Josef Hurtubise]] - ed.
*[[Andrew Stewart]] - ed.
*[[Sue Dickie]]
*[[Nigel Rowe]]
*[[Michael Kowalski]] - ed.
*[[Tom Cardy]]
*[[Graham P. Collins]]
*[[Duncan Lucas]]
*[[Peter Hassall]]
*[[Dean Haskell]] - ed.
*[[Malcolm Stenersen]] - ed.
*[[Paul Colley]]
*[[Bruce Grenville]]

-ed denotes editors of ''AEONS''
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This is ''not'' the the [[Auckland Science Fiction Club]].

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