Bar or pub
All languages
Queenstown Language Exchange at Beech Tree
🗓 Every two to three weeks, evenings around 19:30
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Language cafés and meetups
Community centre
Māori
He Pukapuka, He Waina, He Reo at Te Atamira
🗓 Fortnightly during school terms, 19:00–20:30
Bar or pub
JapaneseEnglish
Wellington Japan Meetup
🗓 Irregular nomikai (drinks) evenings and outings, roughly monthly
Other
JapaneseEnglish
Kiwami Social Club – Japanese and English Exchange
🗓 Irregular: international friends nights and English conversation cafés at changing venues
Café
All languages
Christchurch Language Explorers
🗓 Saturday early afternoons, roughly every three weeks
Library
French
iPolyglot French Conversation Group at Auckland Central City Library
🗓 Every second Friday at 18:30; plus monthly Sunday meetups at Rendez-vous French Restaurant
Café
Chinese – MandarinEnglish
Auckland Mandarin Corner at Patch Cafe
🗓 Wednesdays and Fridays at 19:00
Café
EnglishPersian
English Conversation Meetup at Gilli Café
🗓 Mondays at 18:30, roughly fortnightly
Café
French
Wellington French Conversation at Home Cafe
🗓 Saturdays at 11:00; also a monthly French reading group
Library
Chinese – Mandarin
Mandarin Conversation Club at Fendalton Library
🗓 Every Wednesday 5:30–6:30 pm
Library
Spanish
Spanish Conversation Club at Matatiki Hornby Centre
🗓 First Tuesday of the month, 5–6 pm
Library
French
Bonjour Hamilton French Conversation Café
🗓 First Sunday of the month, 10:30 am–12 pm
Dance venue (tango, salsa …)
All languages
Viva Sunday Socials
🗓 Every Sunday evening (listing: 8–11 pm)
Library
JapaneseEnglish
English and Japanese Conversation at Botany Library
🗓 Every third Sunday, 3-4 pm
Bar or pub
All languages
Auckland Social and Language Exchange at The Occidental
🗓 Every Friday from 5:30 pm
Bar or pub
All languages
Auckland International Friends at The Claddagh
🗓 Every Saturday from 7:30 pm