Clubs New Zealand Inc

The site of the organisation which represents over 300 chartered clubs.

Freemasons New Zealand

The Freemasons’ site provides an overview of the ideals and activities of the Masonic movement in New Zealand.

Greymouth beer boycott

This piece on NZHistory.net.nz discusses the origins of workingmen’s clubs on the West Coast in 1947 as a response to hotels raising the price of beer.

MENZSHED New Zealand

MENZSHED New Zealand was registered as a charity in 2013. Its locally based ‘sheds’ act as friendship hubs where men share practical skills and take on community projects

Report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies and Credit Unions, 2009

The registrar’s report gives good background on the role and scale of friendly-society activity in the 2000s (PDF, 87 KB).

Butterworth, Graham, and Susan Butterworth. Jaycee: developers of people, builders of communities. Wellington: Ngaio Press, 2007.

Ogilvie, Gordon. The shagroons’ palace: a history of the Christchurch Club, 1856–2006. Christchurch: Henry Elworthy for the Christchurch Club, 2005.

Parry, Gordon. Tradition and change: the first 150 years of the Dunedin Club. Dunedin: Dunedin Club, 2008.

Rolfe, Jack. In the club: a history of the chartered club movement in New Zealand. Auckland: Celebrity Books, 2000.