About New Zealand PEN
The NZSA is the Aotearoa New Zealand PEN Centre, and affiliated to International PEN.
Pen International works on behalf of writers everywhere whose freedoms of speech and expression are threatened.
NZSA meetings have an Empty Chair on stage, to represent writers around the world who are persecuted and/or imprisoned for exercising their rights to free speech.
PEN INTERNATIONAL 2025 CASE LIST
The NZSA Writers in Prison Committee (WiP) writes hundreds of letters each year supporting writers who have been imprisoned for expressing their views.
A Guide to Defending Writers at Risk: PEN International’s campaigning handbook.