Level 5, 150 Cuba Street
PO Box 27 022
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: +64 (4) 913 6480
Fax: +64 (4) 913 6489

Useful Contacts

日本大使館広報文化センター
Japanese Embassy - Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Wellington

Videos, books, documentaries, magazines, textbooks for all ages, cassettes, CDs and CD-ROMs on all manner of topics, available to be borrowed.

Japan Information and Cultural Centre
Japanese Embassy
PO Box 6340, Level 18 Magestic Centre, 100 Willis Street
WELLINGTON
Phone: (04) 472 7807
Fax: (04) 472 3416
Email: Japan Info & Cultural Centre
Website: www.japan.org.nz

日本領事館
Consulate-General of Japan, Auckland

Level 12 ASB Bank Centre
135 Albert Street
PO Box 3959
AUCKLAND
Phone: (09) 303 4106
Fax: (09) 377 7784
Email: info

大使館駐在員事務所
Consular Office of Japan, Christchurch

Level 5, Forsyth Barr House
764 Colombo Street
PO Box 13748 Armagh
CHRISTCHURCH
Phone: (03) 366 5680
Fax: (03) 365 3173
E-mail: Consular office

NZ Association of Japanese Teachers (NZAJLT)

NZAJLT has its own website http://www.japanese.ac.nz/. This website has links to cultural and language sites, photo essays in Japanese (some with sound), on-line dictionaries and some language practice activities.

Members of NZAJLT also get their own user name and password to the NZAJLT teachers' website which is for sharing resources and ideas. Membership is by school, so the access details can be shared by all teachers at the school. Membership is $35 per annum ($20 Intermediate teachers, $15 for student teachers).

Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education

Sasakawa Fellowship Fund has some special Awards for teachers of Japanese such as:

Contact details:
Ms Naomi Collins, Office of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Massey University
Private Bag 11222
PALMERSTON NORTH
Phone:(06) 350 5578
Fax: (06) 350 5626
E-mail:Sasakawa
Website: http://sasakawa.massey.ac.nz/

Asia NZ Foundation

Website: http://www.asianz.org.nz/

Schools can apply to the NZ/France Friendship Fund for financial assistance if they are planning exchange visits with school groups from France. Applications are normally required by the middle of March for the following year.

NZ Association of Language Teachers (NZALT)

Website: http://www.nzalt.org.nz/