Aotearapa

A New Zealand APA founded 1979 by Greg Hills. It was published bi-monthly, with interest peaking in the early 1990s, with issues exceeding 180 pages. After 167 issues, the paper version ceased in July 2007 and in January 2008 it was resurrected as a bi-monthly electronic mailings of pdf and text files.

Nigel Rowe pubbed Aotearapa: The First 10 Years Anthology.

Apazines that have appeared in mailings include:

• Amoeba edited by James Dignan
• Sizar edited by Bruce Burn
• Ye Olde Silver Anniversarie Statystickal Round Up edited by Simon Greenfield
• Bombed Budgie Journal edited by Greg Hills
• The Longford Gazette edited by Andrew Ivamy
• Panopticon edited by Dan McCarthy
• Nickronomicom edited by Nicholas Smeaton
• Moa Bone Stew edited by Rex Thompson

OEs:

• 1979-1980: Greg Hills
• 1980-1983: Tom Cardy
• 1984-1985: Julie Stigter
• 1986-1987: Dan McCarthy
• 1988-1990: Keith Smith
• 1990-1993: James Dignan
• 1993-1995: Murray MacLachlan
• 1995-1997: Tim Jones
• 1997-2001: Simon Greenfield
• 2001-2003: Dan McCarthy
• 2003-2007: Nicholas Smeaton
• 2008- : Rex Thompson

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