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This is an archived site for the New Zealand in 2020 Worldcon bid. Since we won (yay!) we now have a new website for our convention, CoNZealand.
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Kiwi Admin is a main super admin user for this website. The account is administered by Norman Cates. In general, this account is not useful to be friends with... Maybe...

New Zealand in 2020 announces date change

July 1, 2018July 1, 2018 kiwiadminNews

We are announcing that the dates of our potential 78th Worldcon have been changed to Wednesday, 29 July through Sunday, 2 August 2020, due to the unavailability of one of the main facilities. This is two weeks earlier than our previous date of August 12th-16th 2020. The location is still in the same facilities in central […]

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Site Selection Voting for the 2020 Worldcon is now Open!

June 12, 2018July 8, 2018 kiwiadminNews

Voting forms for site selection of the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in 2020, are now available from the Worldcon 76 site. Site Selection Ballots Voting is open to all members of Worldcon 76 (whether full or supporting), and costs an additional USD$50 to cast a vote. This money is given to […]

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Decorated fences in New Zealand – via Amusing Planet

December 26, 2017December 22, 2017 kiwiadminFun, New Zealand

New Zealanders have a unique way of discarding their trash—they hang them on fences. Bras, boots, toothbrushes, bicycles, everything that has had their useful life over gets hung en masse on roadside fences. (Jump to Amusing Planet)

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The Kiwi accent at Christmas

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 kiwiadminFun

In this advert from Air New Zealand, Santa needs help understanding the Kiwi accent. Sorry, icksent….

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We will be at Smofcon 35

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance

SmofCon 35 is being held in Boston, MA, USA on December 1-3, 2017. New Zealand in 2020 will be there to learn and talk to fans and SMOFs… Norman Cates, Kelly Buehler, Dave Gallaher and Andrew A. Adams will be there to be inquisited…. Because no one expects the Fannish Inquisition… Er, well, actually we […]

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The Vote at WorldCon 76!

October 28, 2017November 22, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance, News

WorldCon 76 – San Jose 2018 This is the big one! This is where the VOTE happens! We are SO looking forward to this, come and support us!

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WorldCon 75 in Helsinki

August 28, 2017November 2, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance

We were at Helsinki! And we had a great if busy time. It was great to talk to everyone who came up to our table. The Kiwi’s Beak made it’s reappearance along with the pav’s and chocolates. And hopefully you enjoyed the silly games!

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SmofCon South 2016

December 10, 2016November 2, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance, News

In December 2016, to coincide with Smofcon in Chicago, we held the first ever Smofcon South. We had people from all round New Zealand and from Australia, come and participate in a terrific weekend of explanation and discovery. From that weekend we have started to set up our Board, including our Health & Safety Councillor, (thanks to new […]

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“The Kiwi’s Beak” opens at MidAmericon 2

August 28, 2016November 2, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance

The “pub” “The Kiwi’s Beak” with it’s signature mocktail, proved a huge hit, as did the magnetic darts game, where you had to hit a NZ icon and then identify it (Note: there were LOTS of clues given). The pavlovas disappeared rapidly, as did the chocolates. The bid table was constantly busy all the time […]

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Sasquan was SMOKIN’!!!!

August 25, 2015November 2, 2017 kiwiadminEvent Appearance

We had a terrific party in the consuite, lots of pav’s, lots of L&P. And LOTS of photo’s taken at the hobbit hole – check out our facebook page!

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  • New Zealand in 2020 announces date change
  • Site Selection Voting for the 2020 Worldcon is now Open!
  • Decorated fences in New Zealand – via Amusing Planet
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