Nau mai haere mai ki te Newtown Community Centre!

About the Centre

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We are a busy and vibrant Community Centre
in the heart of Newtown, Wellington.  We have been an integral part of the Newtown community since our Centre was established in 1977. 

The Centre is just a stone's throw from the Newtown shops, on the corner of Colombo and Rintoul Streets (opposite the Salvation Army Family Store). 

We host a variety of concerts, gigs,
theatrical performances, exercise and language classes, and cultural activities for our diverse Newtown community. 

We run regular school holiday programmes and activities for youth, and are home to a number of community services, including the Wellington Timebank, the Newtown Citizens' Advice Bureau and the Newtown Tool Library. 

We also manage Smart Newtown community computer hub, which is located in our Network Newtown building, and the Newtown Hall on Daniell St. 

We work with community groups to develop and deliver initiatives that benefit the people of Newtown and surrounding suburbs.  Please don't hesitate to talk to us about how we may be able to support your group within the community! 

Our Vision : Enriching community together.

Our Aim : To bring people together to make a great community.

Our Values :
  1. Welcoming, participating and celebrating the diverse vibrant people of our community
  2. Supporting each other to grow and achieve
  3. Have a community where everyone feels safe, involved and belonging

Our people

Renee Rushton
Community Centre Coordinator

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Renee is a coffee fiend and one day aspires to join the circus (not very realistically). She is passionate about community development (some would say that she's all things Newtown) and loves being part of the team at the Community Centre.
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Maddie Stanley
​Wellington Timebank Coordinator
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​Maddie is originally from the UK and moved to Wellington two years ago.  She comes from a youth and community work background and in her spare time she loves going bush walking and swimming in rivers and the sea, and hanging with her wee daughter, who is almost 2. She's super excited to have joined the Timebank team and will usually be here on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings.

Eryn Gribble
Community Centre Coordinator

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Eryn is the slightly scruffy punk of the Newtown Community Centre – a people person and passionate advocate. She’s got “mad aroha” for inclusion, art, community, music, conversation and laughter. As an artist she loves to make stuff, as NCCC coordinator she loves to make stuff happen!

Shannon Friday
Wellington Timebank Coordinator

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Shannon loves making stuff with other people, whether that's theatre shows, sewing up skirts, or building things out of cardboard and corflute.  
Originally from the USA, Shannon has lived in New Zealand for 10 years now, first in Gisborne and then Wellington for the last six years. Shannon is passionate about getting people together to teach and learn from each other, and experience joy while doing it.  

Phillip Bolton
Financial Officer

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Phil works his financial magic and keeps us entertained behind the scenes at the Community Centre. 

It is generally agreed that the
place would fall to pieces
without him.

Jonty Cook
Youth Worker

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​Jonty is the brand new Youth Worker in the team and is very excited about hanging out with the young people of Newtown!
Jonty is a proud Hamiltonian, and has only recently come to terms with the fact that Wellington is in fact a more interesting city than his hometown. He loves playing footy, jamming out on the piano and spending time out in the bush.

Chris Silvester
Youth Worker​

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Chris is our warm, friendly, borderline cheeky, coffee-appreciating youth worker.

He loves working with young people of all ages and runs our Newtown Mentors programme among other things.