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Membership gains you:

• a subscription to the quarterly New Zealand Skeptic, which provides articles, analysis, comment and clippings on items of skeptical interest, both local and international
• access to the full online archives of the New Zealand Skeptic, which covers a decade of debate, discussion, news and views
• membership to the Skeptics Video Lending Library so you can view the best and worst television has to offer
• membership to the Skeptics Lending Library, which holds books you are not likely to find in your local library - ones which critically examine the evidence for paranormal phenomena, alternative medicine and the like
• access to the opt-in email list to get up-to-the-minute news on items of skeptical interest
• fast answers to skeptical questions through national and international contacts and information resources
• advance notice of local meetings and national lecture tours - previous lecture tours have included noted evolutionist Dr Richard Dawkins, world-leading magician James "The Amazing" Randi and Dr Susan Blackmore, qualified parapsychologist and CSICOP Fellow
• the most educational and entertaining annual conference on the calendar
• a chance to nominate individuals or organisations for the annual Bent Spoon Award for the most gullible, poorly researched commentary or report of the year - past "winners" include Holmes, Consumer, the Listener, NZQA and Wellington Hospital
• a chance to nominate individuals or organisations for the Bravo Awards to recognise and reward journalistic excellence
• comfort in the knowledge that you are not the only one interested in asking questions about extraordinary claims