New Zealand Antarctic Society was formed in 1933 by New Zealand businessman Arthur Leigh Hunt and Antarctic explorers Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Sir Douglas Mawson.

[1] Its aims are: Since 1956 it has published a quarterly magazine, Antarctic.

[2] A set of Ross Dependency postage stamps celebrated the society's 50th anniversary in 1983.

[3][4] The national office is now in Auckland.

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