Not all NZ content is on this instance, so I thought it would be helpful to create a list of NZ focused communities (with some level of filtering) to help people find what they are looking for.

Links are handled a bit weird at the moment in Lemmy. These communities will be linked to the Lemmy.nz page for the community, to make it easier for our users to subscribe. If you’re on another instance, the page will give you a community address to copy to the search bar of your instance, e.g. “[email protected]”. Copy this to the search form, click search, and wait 5-10 seconds for it to show up (quicker if someone else has searched before you).

Communities marked as (new) may not have much content yet.

General

• [email protected] - share posts about Aotearoa. For NZ related posts that don't fit better in another community.
• !offtopic[email protected] - For memes, random thoughts, or discussion of international news for NZers.
• [email protected] - For posts about NZ politics or where the government is central to the article.
• [email protected] - Ask for help on Lemmy.nz, also used for announcement posts
• [email protected] (new)

Regional discussion

• !auckland[email protected] - Auckland, or top half of North Island
• [email protected] - Wellington, or bottom half of North Island
• Te Wai Pounamu / South Island - South Island

Sport

• [email protected] - Discussion about Black Caps (new).

Outdoors

• [email protected] - Photos and other content about NZ wildlife.
• [email protected] - Post about NZs outdoors.
• [email protected] - Posts about hunting and fishing, tips and trips (new).

Other

• [email protected] - Discuss trees and shrooms for medical and therapeutic use (new).

If you have found any others that are starting to get traction or would make a good complement to these, then reply below!