The New Zealand Harp Society has been running since the mid 1980s, with the first journal being published in 1987. To date we publish three journals a year (full of profiles, information and events) and have an informative website and (at times, active) online harp forum.

We are a small harp society of 140 members spread across New Zealand. The majority of our members are lever harp players with increasing numbers of pedal harpists in each of the major centres. We are able to direct you to a harp teacher or teachers in Bluff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Hamilton and Auckland, and harp makers in Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Whangarei and Kerikeri.

Natalia Mann 
Classical pieces, Samoan folk song, Turkish tunings, and jazz are just some of the things you might hear at a Natalia Mann concert. The professional harp player is currently touring churches in support of Bic Runga. Natalia describes the far-flung places the harp has taken her. http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/nrmtalk/mann,_natalia

Natalia can also be listened to on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AP1ap1jyG4

Please send any information you would like to include  in the upcoming  journal.  There will be news on the upcoming tour by Ingrid Bauer, deets for the Australian Harp Festival in September, and other dates of harp happenings around New Zealand