 In New Zealand, an independent Society, the International Sailors' Society New Zealand Incorporated, coordinates the activities of six independent seafarers' welfare organisations (all registered charities) in the ports of Auckland, Bluff, Dunedin (Otago), New Plymouth (Taranaki), Bay of Plenty (Mt Maunganui) and (since 2011) Wellington.Another in Lyttelton recently (2009) went into recess.Sailors' Society in New Zealand is linked to Sailors' Society (UK) but is self-governing and self-supporting.