On the 21st of July 1883, Jules Verne, Louis Pasteur and other illustrious visionaries from all walks of life, designed the structure for the Alliance Française as it is: a network of local associations created upon the initiative of the local community to encourage the exchanges of cultural and linguistic values.

With approximately 1,000 centres worldwide today, the Alliance Française still contributes to the gathering of thousands of women and men who hold those values and wish to offer a cultural alternative to globalization.

In New Zealand, our 10 Alliance Française centres keep building bridges between the local people and the French-speaking communities. They all offer social as well as cultural activities with 7 of them (in Auckland, Dunedin, Hamilton, Nelson, Palmerston North and Wellington) also providing French language classes.

But we offer much more than language courses. People who come to our classes are fuelled by a passion for mutual enrichment and are eager to share and thrive in our cultural differences.

It is as true today in New Zealand as it was in July 1883 in Paris.

Alliance Française contact details:

Auckland

9A Kirk Street, Grey Lynn
PO Box 78329, Auckland
Ph: (09) 376 0009
information@alliance-francaise.co.nz
www.alliance-francaise.co.nz

Auckland (North Shore)

Ph: (09) 410 66 82
afnorthshore@gmail.com

Christchurch

913 Colombo Street
Ph: (03) 365 8370
enquiries@afchristchurch.org.nz
www.af-christchurch.co.nz

Dunedin

15 Bond Street
PO Box 334, Dunedin
Ph: (03) 487 9776
info@afdunedin.org.nz
www.afdunedin.org.nz

Hamilton

PO Box 4079, Hamilton 3216
Ph: 027 392 6256
alliancefrancaisehamilton@gmail.com
www.afhamilton.org.nz

Nelson-Tasman Bays

Ph: 027 38 19791
info@af-nelson-tasman.org.nz
www.af-nelson-tasman.org.nz

Palmerston North

Square Edge, First Floor / 47 The Square
PO Box 1071 Central
Palmerston North 4440
Ph: 06 560 0749
info@french.org.nz
www.french.org.nz

Timaru

Ph: (03) 686 2196
shonajohn@xtra.co.nz

Wellington

78 Victoria Street
Level 3, Old Dominion Building
PO Box 11141, Manners Central
Wellington CBD
Ph: (04) 472 12 72
alliance@french.co.nz
www.french.co.nz

Whangarei

PO Box 412, Whangarei 0140
Ph: (09) 432 93 00
franceprevost@xtra.co.nz
www.afwhangarei.org.nz