Tolkien New Zealand is a fairly new organisation started in 2024. We are aiming to slowly grow and have regularly online and offline events.
Other New Zealand Organizations
Welly-moot
Welly-moot has been run by Jack Machiela since 2011. It grew from his NZ Noldor blog which was covering the filming of the Hobbit movies in Wellington
- Welly-Moot – Occasionally updated
- Welly-Moot on Facebook – Updated more regularly
- The Noldor Blog – no longer being updated
Palmy-Moot
Jack Machiela from Welly-Moot now lives closer to Palmerston North so he setup Palmy-Moot at the start of 2025
- Palmy-moot – Facebook page
Australian Organizations
Tolkien Fellowship Australia
This is the umbrella organisation for Tolkien in Australia. It is also known as Hern Ennorath and is a Smial of the Tolkien Society.
The Organisation runs a monthly Hern Ennorath meeting over Zoom that is open to anyone from Australia or New Zealand to join. They are also running an annual OzMoot conference in conjunction with Signum University.
- Tolkien Followship Australia’s Website
- Hern Ennorath Australia – Facebook group
- A sample Hern Ennorath announcement or ( See Events in Canberra Fellowship’s Facebook )
- OzMoot 2025 held in January 2025
Brisbane Tolkien Fellowship
Canberra Tolkien Fellowship
Melbourne Tolkien Fellowship
Sydney Tolkien Fellowship
This is in early stages. Contact Tolkien Fellowship Australia for more information
International Organisations
The Tolkien Society
The Tolkien Society is the main International Fan organisation. The hold regular meetings both Online and Offline and publish two magazines and other content.
Membership is relatively cheap and includes subscriptions to the magazines (paper or online) as well as access to online back-issues going back over 50 years.