Thanks to some of our generous members who are happy to donate their time and effort, we have several active and vibrant local groups around New Zealand who organise regular events for our members and anyone else who’s interested in humanism, rationalism and atheism.
Here are our regional groups that are currently running regular events, and the next month’s worth of events for each of them.
Auckland
04
June2025
Post-viral SyndromesPatsy Spicer will start the discussion off with a fascinating talk about Post-viral Syndromes
ME/CPS/Long COVID/FM – if you don’t know what these acronyms mean, come along and find out more…
Rationalist House (64 Symonds Street Grafton, Auckland 1010)
25
June2025
Movie Night – Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2002)Come and join us watching Louis Theroux spending time with ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the sensitive areas of the West Bank.
Rationalist House (64 Symonds Street Grafton, Auckland 1010)
26
June2025
North Shore Meeting – followed by a social lunch
East Coast Bays Community Project (2 Glen Road Browns Bay, Auckland 0630)
29
June2025
NZARH 2025 AGM + Guest Speaker Ella HenryOur AGM for NZARH members runs from 11am to Noon.
All are welcome to join us from 12.30 to hear Ella Henry will speak on Māori Rationalism: Te kore, ki te pō, ki te ao mārama. The pursuit of enlightenment. Ella’s talk will be followed by Q & A.
We’ll be serving a light lunch.
Rationalist House (64 Symonds Street Grafton, Auckland 1010, New Zealand)
02
July2025
Auckland Topical Discussion Evening
Rationalist House (64 Symonds Street Grafton, Auckland 1010)
Wellington Humanists Meeting: My Voice, Their Silence: A Personal Reflection on Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan A talk from Dr. Qaisar Abbas FatimiJoin us to hear Dr. Qaisar Abbas Fatimi speak from personal experience about living under the shadow of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, particularly the far-reaching and often deadly consequences of Section 295-C. Alongside his reflections, he will trace the historical and political development of these laws, unpack their legal and social implications, and explore how they threaten not just freedom of speech, but personal safety and justice.
