Welcome
We have a new website!
Please proceed to quakers.nz.
The content on this site is no longer being maintained, and is provided for archival access only.
Most links now lead to the new website.
This is the website for and about Quakers (The Religious Society of Friends) in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our worship is generally silent, with some spoken ministry. Everyone is welcome at our worship. We are organised into nine Monthly Meeting areas, and you can access information for each of these from the map and list on the left of this page. You can expand the map to see the exact location of Worship Groups. Quakers (we often refer to ourselves as "Friends") are often involved in a range of current social issues.
Our new website is now live. Please contact your clerk if you have not received instructions on how to access it.
- In the dropdown menus above, you can locate most pages in this site:
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- About Quakers:
- history, structure, testimonies, accommodation, FAQ
- Quaker Concerns:
- peace, social justice, environment, Treaty issues
- Groups:
- QPSANZ, QIET, Quaker Settlement, Young Friends, etc
- Activities:
- Yearly Meeting, Summer Gathering, seminar programmes, Quaker Lecture
- Publications:
- YM Statements, various Quaker texts, Quaker Book Sales, Newsletter articles, etc
- Contact Us:
- location/times of worship meetings, contact people for groups and meetings, etc
There are about 1400 people (adults and children) associated with Quakers in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and a Quaker Settlement in Whanganui (see aerial photo from 2004 below):
Recent news of Quakers.