AUCKLAND HUNGARIAN CLUB

When someone travels to New Zealand, they can encounter certain challenges that make them feel very alone. By this, I mean being far from family, friends, familiar places, smells, and routines. Of course, in today’s world, staying in touch online is almost always possible, but the large time difference can make even that difficult. And, of course, a video call is never quite the same as meeting in person. So what can a person do in such a situation? You have to start socializ

On Sunday, May 25th, in celebration of Children’s Day, the play Lúdas Matyi was performed with the participation of members of the Auckland Hungarian community. Rehearsals began in April, when we met once a week online; during that period, we primarily worked on writing the script. Since I was still unfamiliar with most of the community members and their previous stories, I decided that instead of sticking to the original Lúdas Matyi , we would create our own Auckland versio

On May 25th, the Richmond Road School classroom once again came to life as the Auckland Hungarian Club organized a special afternoon for the local Hungarian community of all ages. We had been preparing for this day for weeks, a day entirely dedicated to the children. The afternoon began with skill-based games: the kids completed seven activity stations, collecting stamps to earn their well-deserved reward – cotton candy. There were tasks like moving paper sheets with a straw,