New Zealand Go Society

The New Zealand Go Society:

• publishes Go news to kiwis
• organises the annual NZ Go Congress competition
• maintains a points system for members^[1]
• sends a NZ representative to the World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC) annually
• runs a bookshop (selling boards, stones, books) with special deals for members
• is a member of the International Go Federation
• monitors the progress of the Go Kichi Trophy
• has developed its own web site at https://go.org.nz
• now has an email list for announcements and discussions

Membership of the NZGS runs from 1 July to 30 June the following year. The membership fee is currently $10 per annum (half price for non-earners).

Contacts for the New Zealand Go Society include:

President: Kevin Liu (gliu389@gmail.com)
Secretary: Colin Grierson (coling@ihug.co.nz)
Treasurer: Huang Zhou (David) (jhaccounting@gmail.com)
Enquiries:  enquiries@go.org.nz

We use the New Zealand Rules.^[2]

You'll find Kiwi Go players in the KiwiGo room on KGS. Best times are probably evenings (NZ local time).

New Zealand Go Clubs:

• Auckland Go Club
• Wellington Go Club
• Christchurch Go Club
• Dunedin Go Club

[1] Harleqin: Does anybody have a description of this rating system?

Corrin: Acutally, there is currently no national rating system although Auckland still mantains a regional one. The points system is used to keep track of WAGC points in order to decide who will represent NZ.

[2] (Sebastian:) Do the NZ rules owe their existence to KiwiGo?

mgoetze: Do you mean the magazine? If so, the answer is no. See this link.