Australia-New Zealand Congress and Summer school – Auckland, New Zealand (10 – 19 January 2020) The 2020 Congress and Summer school was held at St Francis Retreat Centre, 50 Hillsborough Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand. Our special guests were Duncan Charters, the new president of UEA, and Stefan MacGill, a famous author and ex-vice-president of UEA (2013–2019). Among the program items were a games evening, a whole-day excursion to beautiful natural locations close to the city, a guided tour […]
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Congress & Summer School 2020
1 – 19 January 2020, in Auckland, New Zealand Information and registration on the Congress page
Four full days in Esperantoland
By Terry Manley (Armidale, NSW) (English translation of an article originally published in Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco, vol. 26[2], no. 135, June 2019) I arrived at Esperanto House on Tuesday, 23 April, and met Franciska, who also came to help with the archive at Esperanto House. After a bit of a chat we went shopping and, returning to the club, had dinner. Dmitry had left a mattress and sheets for me on the upper floor where I slept. It […]
Three-day archive working bee
Between 24th and 26th April, Jonathan Cooper (Gosford, NSW), Heather Heldzingen (Melbourne), Sandor Horvath (Adelaide), Franciska Toubale (Melbourne) and Terry Manley (Armidale, NSW) participated in the archive working bee at Esperanto House, Sydney. Alan Turvey (Wyong, NSW) also participated on the 25th. We started ordering books, scanned about 800 photos and discussed at length how to organize our books, magazines and other things. Some results will hopefully appear soon on our website. Of course, there is much more to do, […]
Esperanto Winter School 2018, Adelaide
9, 10 June 2018, 10am–3pm The Box Factory, 59 Regent St, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 (Google maps) Contact: (08) 8297 6125 or 0422 221 824 Email: esperantosouthaus@gmail.com
Ilia Sumilfia Dewi’s Bekasi report
Report on the Second Three-country Congress in Bekasi, Indonesia From 28 March to 2 April 2018 the second three-country congress took place in the city of Bekasi, which is located 55.6 km from the international airport in Jakarta. Most congress participants from other countries have never heard of the city and have no idea what it is like. However, I proposed the city to the other organisations from Australia and New Zealand because there are young people in this second […]
Second Tri-nation Congress 2018
The 2018 tri-nation congress in Bekasi has concluded. This page describes what happened. Indonesia / Australia / New Zealand BEKASI, INDONESIA : 28 March – 2 April 2018 HORISON HOTEL JI. KH. Noer Ali, Kayuringin Jaya, Bekasi Sel., Kota Bks, Jawa Barat 17148, Indonesia See reports, comments and photos SPECIAL GUESTS Heidi Goes (b. 1976, Belgium) graduated in African languages and cultures with a dissertation on the Esperanto movement in Africa (1999). She is a co-compiler of the Indonesian language […]
Esperanto promoted in Maitland, NSW
On Saturday 10 February 2018, several Esperantists (four wearing special green t-shirts) went to the Maitland Riverlights Multicultural Festival. Eckard Roehrich demonstrated wooden word-blocks, which he made for teaching the language. The team also taught many people at the “Language Lounge”. When we offered propaganda material, some people said, “I’m good”. Certainly. But I think they would be better if they accepted the booklets. 😄 Some children requested many booklets – very formally. Lastly, after sunset, little lights were sent […]
Free Language Festival in Hunters Hill (NSW)
The Language Festival Association is hosting a free language festival on Saturday, 15 July 2017, at Gladesville Road Community Centre, Hunters Hill. The purpose of this language festival is to promote awareness of language diversity, by providing “tasters” of multiple languages and cultures in a fun environment. A highlight will be a fascinating presentation by Australian linguist, Dr Gregory Cooper, on ‘Accents and Pronunciation’. In the early 1980s Dr Cooper travelled to remote north-western Pakistan to study an as-yet unwritten […]
Free Language Festival in Liverpool (NSW)
The Language Festival Association is hosting a free language festival on Saturday, 6 May 2017, at Liverpool Library. The purpose of this language festival is to promote awareness of language diversity, by providing “tasters” of multiple languages and cultures in a fun environment. A highlight will be a fascinating presentation by Australian linguist, Dr Gregory Cooper, on ‘Accents and Pronunciation’. In the early 1980s Dr Cooper travelled to remote north-western Pakistan to study an as-yet unwritten language. Just by interacting […]