WELCOME
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers was formed in 1962 to promote the art of change ringing in our two countries. There are currently around 400 members who ring at more than 70 bell towers throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Non-ringers might like this introduction to bellringing.
Ringers and potential ringers can contact our association's office bearers or local towers and ringers.
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Updated: 23 April, 2025
Yass rings out for Easter Sunday 2025 
Yass had its first post-COVID service ring with three new and one returning ringer joining two Goulburn ringers on Easter Sunday.
Reverend Luke Collings, of St Clement's, writes: I want to give my personal thanks to you all for your wonderful ringing on Sunday morning. I had several people comment to me how delightful it was to have ringing for this special day in our church life. I will be putting up some of the pictures up on our social media and website this week. We look forward to other occasions for the bells to be rung and hopefully we can entice more people from the Yass community to join up with the team.
The Rector and Ringers at Yass, Easter 2025
Christopher O'Mahony
ANZAB 2025 AGM
The agenda and pre-AGM booklet are both available via the ANZAB 2025 Festival page.
Prepare for the AGM
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you can register to join the meeting via Zoom. Please register via this link to have the Zoom details sent to you. Registration can occur anytime prior to the AGM starting.
Item 4
Some of the reports will be taken as read. Please read what you can beforehand and be ready with any questions at the AGM.
Item 6.1
Members, and interested Associate Members, are encouraged to consider the proposed changes to the ANZAB Finance Charter (agenda item 6.1) prior to the AGM. See the pre-AGM booklet for the proposal and some background information.
Streamlining Funding Approvals for Training and Workshop Travel
Not to be voted on at the 2025 AGM, but relevant to the proposed changes to the Finance Charter are some draft guidelines for streamlined approval of funding for travel to training and workshops. These may be accessed via the Members' section. Feedback to the is welcomed.
ANZAB 2025 Registrations have closed
Pre-festival media started with an article in the Goulburn Post.
Follow this link to the Festival web page, which has program details and links to the AGM agenda, the pre-AGM booklet with reports from office bearers, and the striking competition rules.
Registrations closed on 11 April 2025.
Bellringing Hymns
The ANZAB page with bellringing hymns, and links to hymns, found here, includes a new hymn, the first verse of which is shown left.
The words are by Clare Le Marie nee Masefield. Clare was in Australia and New Zealand for 18 months around 1965-66. She rang in all the major cities but her work was mostly based in Sydney where she remembers ringing at St Mary's Cathedral with Tom Goodyer.
Although written for the 80th anniversary of VE-Day you may find it suitable for ANZAC Day.
ANZAB Webmasters
15 April 2025
New Tower Maintenance Page
Information on tower maintenance, previously scattered across our website, now has a home. All information and links have been collected together in the new Tower Maintenance page.
As shown in the screen grab below, you can find the new page via Information > Useful Links.
The page includes a new section on replacing sliders from Richard Offen, the ANZAB Towers and Bells Advisory Panel Coordinator. This was particularly useful to St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne recently with damage caused by a clapper falling out (see top photo).
The page links to updated information about importing bellropes and there is a section answering the frequently asked question of which wood to use for stays.
ANZAB Webmasters
9 April 2025
ANZAB CPR Training and First Aid Assistance
ANZAB offers funding to all towers for ringers to train in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid, to a maximum of two ANZAB members per tower. Each tower is also being offered a free poster providing details of CPR.
Read more about the Assistance scheme, and how to apply, by following this link.
in brief
Updated: 22 April, 2025
Naremburn. St Leonard's
No Practice 23 April;
No Service ringing 27 April.
Maitland. St Paul's
Ringing for Heritage Festival, 15 June.
anzab diary
Updated: 15 April, 2025
2025
24-27 April
ANZAB 2025 Festival and AGM.
Goulburn+.
Information here.
Contact:
10 May
Claremont. WAANZAB AGM.
Contact:
30 May - 1 June
Victoria. Advanced Ringing Workshop.
Register here
Contact:
30 May - 1 June
Perth. Advanced Ringing Workshop.
Contact:
6-9 June
Adelaide. ANZAB 12 Bell Weekend.
Register here
Contact:
news archive
latest first
2025
Yass rings out for Easter Sunday 2025 - 23 April
Bellringing Hymns - 15 April
New Tower Maintenance Page - 9 April
Training at Bundaberg - 30 March
TC Alfred Damage at Lismore - 17 March
ASCY Visit - A Local's Experience - 7 March
Air Conditioning in Darwin - 4 March
Ringing Towers
Latest issue:
vol.79, no.2, Autumn 2025
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Daylight Saving Time (DST)
New Zealand and Australia
New Zealand: DST ceased on 6 April 2025 (UTC +12 hours).
New South Wales, A.C.T., Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: DST ceased on 6 April 2025 (UTC +10 hours, South Australia UTC +9.5 hours).
Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory: No DST.