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'''New Zealand''' has had a [[New Zealand Natcon]] since 1979. The [[FFANZ]] fan fund aims to send fans to and from [[Australia]]; and [[GUFF]] and [[DUFF]], from [[Australasia]] to [[Europe]] and the [[US]]. It received a big tourist boost in the 2000s from fans of the [[Lord of the Rings]] films shot there.
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(Were you looking for [[KiwiFan|Roger Horrock’s fanzine''KiwiFan'']]?)
  
It was to have held its first [[Worldcon]], [[CoNZealand]], in 2020, but the [[Covid-19]] pandemic meant it had to be held online.  
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'''New Zealand''', home to the '''Kiwifen''', has held a [[New Zealand Natcon]] since 1979, but [[fandom]] existed there as early as the 1950s (and [[Aubrey MacDermott on the Origins of Fandom|Aubrey MacDermott]] claimed a New Zealander belonged to the [[Golden Gate Scientific Association]] in 1930). The country received a big tourist boost in the 2000s from admirers of the [[Lord of the Rings]] films shot there, but we have no word on their impact on '''Kiwifandom'''.
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[[Wellington, NZ]], was to have hosted the nation’s first [[Worldcon]], [[CoNZealand]], in 2020, but the [[Covid-19]] pandemic meant it had to be held online.  
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[[NASF]] was a New Zealand national [[club]] founded in 1976 yielding in the early 2000s to [[SFFANZ]]. It bestows the [[New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Awards]]. There are also the [[Sir Julius Vogel Awards]]. Other clubs: [[Auckland Science Fiction Club]], [[Stella Nova Science Fiction and Fantasy Club]],  [[Phoenix Science Fiction Society]], [[Christchurch Science Fiction Club]], [[Upper Hutt Science Fiction Club]], [[Auckland University Science Fiction Society]], [[The SpecFicNZ Society]].
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New Zealand and [[Australia]] together are [[Australasia]]. Fans in the rest of the world tend to treat New Zealand as a kind of Australian suburb (much the way they relate [[Canada]] to the [[US]]). The [[FFANZ]] [[fan fund]] sends fans to and from [[Australia]]; and [[GUFF]] and [[DUFF]], between Australasia and [[Europe]] and [[North America]]. [[ANZAPA]] is the Aussie-New Zealand [[apa]]. 
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Kiwi [[BNF]]s have included [[Roger Horrocks]], [[Lyn McConchie]], [[Nigel Rowe]] and [[Renaldo]]. Horrocks [[published]] the [[fanzine]] ''[[KiwiFan]]'' in the 1950s. Rowe [[pubbed]] ''[[Timeless Sands — a History of Science Fiction Fandom in New Zealand]]'' and ''[[The History of Science Fiction Fandom in ... New Zealand ....]]''
  
  
 
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Revision as of 02:15, 20 June 2021

(Were you looking for Roger Horrock’s fanzineKiwiFan?)

New Zealand, home to the Kiwifen, has held a New Zealand Natcon since 1979, but fandom existed there as early as the 1950s (and Aubrey MacDermott claimed a New Zealander belonged to the Golden Gate Scientific Association in 1930). The country received a big tourist boost in the 2000s from admirers of the Lord of the Rings films shot there, but we have no word on their impact on Kiwifandom.

Wellington, NZ, was to have hosted the nation’s first Worldcon, CoNZealand, in 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic meant it had to be held online.

NASF was a New Zealand national club founded in 1976 yielding in the early 2000s to SFFANZ. It bestows the New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Awards. There are also the Sir Julius Vogel Awards. Other clubs: Auckland Science Fiction Club, Stella Nova Science Fiction and Fantasy Club, Phoenix Science Fiction Society, Christchurch Science Fiction Club, Upper Hutt Science Fiction Club, Auckland University Science Fiction Society, The SpecFicNZ Society.

New Zealand and Australia together are Australasia. Fans in the rest of the world tend to treat New Zealand as a kind of Australian suburb (much the way they relate Canada to the United States). The FFANZ fan fund sends fans to and from Australia; and GUFF and DUFF, between Australasia and Europe and North America. ANZAPA is the Aussie-New Zealand apa.

Kiwi BNFs have included Roger Horrocks, Lyn McConchie, Nigel Rowe and Renaldo. Horrocks published the fanzine KiwiFan in the 1950s. Rowe pubbed Timeless Sands — a History of Science Fiction Fandom in New Zealand and The History of Science Fiction Fandom in ... New Zealand ....



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