Our Organisation
We regularly meet in Wellington, and have members throughout New Zealand.
We are affiliated internationally to the IHEU and the United Nations Association of NZ.
We are a non-profit society dedicated to Humanist thought and ideals in New Zealand.
We support ethics; giving the greatest possible freedom compatible with the rights of others; the constructive use of rational thought and scientific enquiry; democracy and human rights; personal liberty combined with social responsibility; a secular world based on observation, evaluation, and revision.
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Nursing patients during the Ebola Pandemic Ryan McLane, Humanist Society member and Humanist Marriage Celebrant was deployed as a nurse at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) outside of the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown. Working as part of the New Zealand...
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Letter to Hon. Michael Wood to stop anti-trans rally
On 19 March 2023 we wrote to Hon. Michael Wood, Minister of Immigration, to voice our concerns about the expected arrival of British anti-trans campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as Posie Parker, to Aotearoa. Over the weekend images showing far-right...
Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill – Humanist Submission and update
On 8 February 2023, Prime Minister Chis Hipkins stated that the Hate speech amending legislation is to be withdrawn to allow the law commission to take a closer look at the wider issue. This is in line with our recommendations in the submission we made on 2 February,...
Humanist NZ Newsletter August 2022
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