FTAANZ Inc is the peak body for fair trade in Australia and New Zealand. You can get involved in FTAANZ as a member with full voting rights, as an associate with member benefits except voting rights, or you can join our mailing list for occasional news and events mailouts.

Become a member
Through joining the FTAANZ you will meet other individuals and organisations involved in fair trade in Australia and New Zealand. You can benefit from the coordination of fair trade campaigns and from the research conducted and compiled in order to develop useful educational and promotional materials. The FTAANZ is responsive to its members in helping them to access and promote fair trade products in Australia and New Zealand.

You also get a range of benefits, including access to members only areas and information on this website, access to member discussion forums and online community features, invitations to member only workshops and events, member newsletters, and other benefits as offered from time to time.

Also, in joining FTAANZ, you get an active voice in the development and future direction of fair trade activities in Australia, New Zealand and the region, through the Annual General Meeting, general meetings with members, and opportunities to serve on the Executive Committee and various working groups and sub-committees.

There are several categories of membership for organisations, with varying investments asked of you to become a member and support fair trade depending on your status and capacity to pay.

Download the membership form - which provides details on categories of membership - complete it, and return it to the address specified.

Apply to become a member (Australia) (92KB doc)

Apply to become a member (New Zealand) (30KB doc)

Become an associate
An alternative to becoming a member for businesses and other organisations which wish to be less involved but still have access to the newsletter and other information about fair trade is to become an associate.

This is also a great way for individuals to become involved and be part of the full mailing lists and receive most of the other benefits of being a member, except without voting rights.

Apply to become an associate (Australia) (85KB doc)

Apply to become an associate (New Zealand) (86KB doc)

Sign up to the email list
The third alternative is to sign up to our email list. This is free, and while you don't get the newsletter or other benefits members or associates receive, you will receive occasional emails with news and events. To sign up to our email list, please send an email to:

Australia: aust@fairtrade.com.au with your email address and postcode (so we can link you up to local events);

NZ: info@fairtrade.org.nz with your email address and city.