The Fukuoka Friendship Garden was installed at Auckland Zoo in 1989 in honour of the sister city relationship between the city of Fukuoka in Kyushu and the former (pre-Super City) Auckland City. It is with regret that I write about its removal, which came about at the behest of the Auckland City Council despite the … More Sad loss of an undervalued treasure

Hello and welcome to the Auckland JETAA year 2014. To briefly recap 2013, some of the highlights included: work on our new Returnees’ Pack, which is close to completion; changes in our monthly meeting schedule and locations; the Rotorua Ekiden for the fourth year in a row; Oceania Conference in Brisbane; and as always, the … More Message from the JETAA President

Would you like to find out more about the JET Programme? Come along to one of our information sessions below; Auckland Information session at AUT University When: Tuesday 24 September, 5:30pm to 7pm Where: WT802 Information session at Massey University Albany Campus When: Wednesday 25 September, 12pm to 1:30pm Where: Atrium Building, Room AT1 Information … More JET Programme Presentations

Applications for the December 2013 JLPT are open. The test will be held on Sunday, 1st December and applications close Friday, 13 September. Applications are available at the Japanese Consulate, Level 15, AIG Building, 41 Shortland Street (note new address) or if you send a stamped, self-addressed A4 envelope to the same address, consulate staff can send … More Applications for JLPT are open

Teaching opportunity – mid-August to mid-September, teaching Japanese University graduates one-on-one. Monday to Friday afternoons, about 8 positions available. Call Grant on 021 0293 0520

Call for submissions: JETAA New Zealand Country Representative This is an exciting opportunity for any JETAA members interested in contributing to the JETAA community to become the New Zealand Country Representative (CR). You are invited to apply for the following Country Representative (CR) role. The CR role is a 2-year position, requiring a few hours per week, an active interest … More Call for submissions: JETAA New Zealand Country Representative

Exciting news, Tokyo is a candidate city for the 2020 Olympic games alongside Madrid and Istanbul. The International Olympic Committee will elect the host city on 7 September 2013. Ganbare Japan!    

Hello and welcome. I hope you enjoy reading about what JETAA Auckland members have been up to these last few months. The Chapter has been busy from the get go with the first event of the year being our Annual General Meeting. This was an election year and at the AGM we welcomed a new … More Update from the 2013 JETAA Auckland President

First Impressions of Japan Following are a few thoughts from participants who departed in 2012 about their impressions on first arriving in Japan. We hope to catch up with them later this year to hear about what life is like a year later. Nick – Hyogo Prefecture, Shinonsen-Cho From my brief experience of Yumura (Shinonsen-cho) … More First Impressions of Japan

Greetings! Welcome to our new look website. We have changed the site to reflect more about who we are and what we do as an organisation. In terms of social media access and areas to post relevant material such as photos please do so by logging into our Facebook group page. At the bottom of our new … More 2012 – An exciting year for JETAA Auckland