Kiwis in Spain is a community for New Zealanders and those who have a connection with New Zealand, living in Spain, visiting Spain, or otherwise connected to life here.
Our website https://kiwisinspain.es/, WhatsApp groups (see list below), and in-person meetups exist to help people connect, share useful information, and build community.
By joining or participating, you agree to help keep the community respectful, inclusive, and useful for everyone. You can message kiwisspain@gmail.com to ask questions and join our WhatsApp community.
WhatsApp Community Guidelines
1. Be respectful and considerate
Be friendly, courteous, and considerate in how you speak to others. Disagreement is fine. Personal attacks, hostility, intimidation, or consistently rude behaviour are not.
2. Keep the community inclusive
Our community includes people of different ages, backgrounds, identities, beliefs, relationships, and life stages. Do not exclude, mock, stereotype, or belittle others.
3. Respect privacy and consent
Do not share screenshots, phone numbers, private messages, personal details, or photos of other members without permission. What is shared in the group should stay in the group unless those involved agree otherwise.
4. No harassment or unwanted contact
Harassment, bullying, discrimination, sexual comments, repeated unwanted messages, or behaviour that makes others feel unsafe or uncomfortable will not be tolerated; the person or persons will be warned and/or removed immediately.
5. Do not dominate the conversation
Avoid repeated walls of text, excessive posting, or turning the group into a one-person monologue. Make space for others and help keep discussion balanced and useful.
6. Keep posts relevant to any given group
Share questions, recommendations, information, and updates that are relevant to the group. Spam, scams, misinformation, repeated off-topic posting, and disruptive behaviour are not acceptable.
7. Be thoughtful about promotion, fundraising and politics
Do not use any group for advertising, selling, recruiting, self-promotion, or fundraising unless this has been clearly approved by the admins. There is one separate group for people that wish to debate or discuss politics.
8. Do not stir up conflict
Heated arguments, inflammatory behaviour, and repeated attempts to provoke others are not appropriate. Strong opinions are not a free pass to make the space unpleasant for everyone else.
9. Respect admin decisions
Volunteer admins help keep the community safe and functional. If an admin asks for a change in behaviour, a pause in discussion, or the removal of a post, members are expected to respect that decision.
10. Report concerns privately
If something in the group makes you uncomfortable, or you see behaviour that may breach this code, please contact an admin privately. Check the WhatsApp group for a list of admins in your community chat.
11. Breaches of this code
Breaches may lead to a reminder, warning, post removal, temporary restriction, or removal from the group or community. Serious issues may result in immediate removal.
12. Limits of the group
This is a community space, not an emergency service, crisis service, legal service, or professional advice forum. Members participate at their own discretion.
In short: be respectful, protect privacy, make space for others, and help keep the community welcoming and useful.
13. Acceptance of Group Guidelines
By remaining in a WhatsApp community group, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted all group rules. Continued participation, such as sending messages, reacting to posts, or viewing group content, constitutes your ongoing agreement to follow these rules. If you do not agree, you should exit the group immediately.
Kiwis in Spain – Admin Guidelines
These guidelines are for volunteer admins helping to moderate the Kiwis in Spain WhatsApp groups, and related community spaces. The aim is to help admins respond fairly, consistently, and calmly when issues come up.
Admins are volunteers and may not respond immediately, but concerns will be reviewed as soon as possible.
1. General approach
Admins should aim to be:
- Calm
- Fair
- Consistent
- Respectful
- Clear
- Firm when needed
The goal is to protect the community, not to win arguments or police every interaction.
2. What admins should do
Admins are there to:
- Help keep the space respectful and welcoming
- Step in when behaviour becomes disruptive, inappropriate, or unsafe
- Remove posts or messages where needed
- Respond to concerns from members
- Protect people’s privacy
- Apply the same standards to everyone
3. When to step in
Admins should consider stepping in when there is:
- Harassment, bullying, discrimination, or intimidation
- Aggressive or repeatedly rude behaviour
- Unwanted private messages or repeated boundary-crossing
- Privacy breaches, including sharing screenshots or personal details without consent
- Spam, scams, misleading content, or repeated self-promotion
- Excessive posting that overwhelms the group
- Arguments that are escalating or derailing the group
- Content that makes the space feel unsafe or unwelcoming
4. Possible actions
Depending on the situation, admins may:
- Keep an eye on it without intervening
- Post a short reminder in the group (see section 12. for message framing)
- Message someone privately
- Ask for a post to be edited or clarified
- Delete a post
- Give a warning
- Remove someone from the group
Not every issue needs a public response. In many cases, a private message is enough.
5. Removing posts
Posts may be removed if they:
- Breach the Code of Conduct
- Share private information without consent
- Are abusive, threatening, discriminatory, or sexually inappropriate
- Are spammy, misleading, or fraudulent
- Are overly promotional or not appropriate for the group
- Repeatedly derail the purpose of the group
- Create avoidable conflict or raise safety concerns
Where helpful, admins can briefly explain why a post was removed.
6. Handling conflict
When conflict arises, admins should:
- Avoid arguing in the group
- De-escalate rather than debate
- Move sensitive issues to private admin discussion where possible (there is a WhatsApp group for this)
- Contact members privately if needed
- Focus on behaviour and impact, not assumptions about intent
For more serious matters, it is best to check with at least one other admin before removing someone, where practical.
7. Escalation
For lower-level issues, the usual approach is:
- First issue – reminder or private message
- Second issue – clear warning
- Repeated issue – final warning or temporary pause
- Continued issue – removal
- All Admins must discuss and agree before removing a member
For serious issues, admins can skip steps.
8. Immediate removal
Immediate removal may be appropriate where there is:
- Threatening behaviour or harassment
- Hate speech or discriminatory abuse
- Sexual harassment
- Serious privacy breaches
- Scams or fraudulent behaviour
- Repeated unwanted contact after being asked to stop
- Behaviour that clearly puts others at risk
9. Admin alignment
Admins must stay aligned and back each other up. For anything more serious than a minor reminder, any admin must keep the other admins informed. All Admins must discuss and agree before removing a member. Admin discussions about incidents should stay private.
10. Record-keeping
For anything beyond a minor issue, it helps to keep a short note of:
- Date
- Name
- What happened
- Action taken
- Which admin dealt with it
This does not need to be formal – just enough to spot patterns and stay consistent.
11. Tone for admin messages
Avoid long back-and-forth exchanges. Admin communication should be:
- Brief
- Neutral
- Direct
- Respectful
- Non-argumentative
Below are the Kiwi Groups by region in Spain.
- Kiwis in Spain
- Kiwis in Madrid
- Kiwis in Barcelona
- Kiwis in Euskadi
- Kiwis in Malaga
- Kiwis in Valencia
- Kiwis in Alicante
- Kiwis in Andalusia
Below are our other groups for conversation
- Parent Hub
- Work-Visas-Banks-Driving
- Rugby Fans
- Next Rugby Tour
- Explore Spain
- Kiwi Artists & Musicians
- Autonomo Kiwis
- Politics Place
- Mens Health Chat
- Find Pet Sitters
- Foodies
- Best Fliks
- America’s Cup
- Admins Discussion
Join Kiwis in Spain Social Media Community Groups
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwisinspain
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwisinbarcelona
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwisinandalusia
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwisinvalencia
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/kiwisinmallorca
- https://www.facebook.com/kiwisinspain
- https://www.instagram.com/kiwisinspain
- https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9263490
Don’t hesitate to share your experience and feedback. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to message us or stay connected via our Facebook and Instagram pages.