NZ International Comedy Festival & NZ Comedy Trust is a festival organisation listed at 321/325 Queen St, Crown Hill, Auckland, with a Google rating of 4.7. Its website describes the trust's purpose as championing the craft of comedy, so that everyone can share a laugh.
According to its website, the NZ International Comedy Festival runs each May, and the New Zealand Comedy Trust, a not-for-profit charity, has showcased New Zealand and international comedians at it since 1995. The site says the festival started in 1993 at the Watershed Theatre in Auckland and that more than 75,000 people experienced live comedy at the 2025 festival. Year-round, the trust supports awards and trust-produced shows, artist programmes such as workshops, and advocacy for the comedy community. The website also has a newsletter sign-up for festival news.
For comedy fans in Auckland and across Aotearoa, the NZ Comedy Trust is the organisation behind the annual festival, and its website is the place to check dates.