The then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir Joseph Ward and George Fowler M.P.
[2] In 1983, the Inland Revenue Department granted NZEA the status of charitable organisation.
About every fourth year NZEA has a combined congress with the Australian Esperanto Association, either in New Zealand or Australia.
The official journal of NZEA is called Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco.
NZEA publishes a member newsletter called Arĝenta Filiko, usually twice a year.