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Yoga for all ages and stages - with a relaxed vibe. Parents with babies welcome. Expect some noise and interruptions! Koha/Donation. *** Last Day For 2024: 17/12/24. First Day For 2025: 21/01/24. ***

Improve your fitness and balance, for those with some tai chi experience. (If you are new to tai chi, we recommend you start with the Friday class.) Recommended donation $5. *** Last Day For 2024: 17/12/24. First Day For 2025: 21/01/25. ***

Come and see a friendly local JP to get your documents certified and more. FREE. Available every weekday from 10:30am - 12:30pm. *** Last day for 2024: 17/12/24. First day for 2025: 16/01/25 ***

Classes designed to help Seniors maintain and build strength and flexibility. Contact Age Concern for more details: www.acwellington.org/nz / (04) 499 6646. $3/class *** Last Day For 2024: 17/12/24. First Day For 2025: 21/01/25. ***

Part of a free Te Ao Māori programme, open to everyone! Rongoā Māori, Māra kai, Korowai, Whakapapa, Raranga and more. Facilitated by Te Waka Whaiora. For more information and to register, please contact Stan Hune, 0226574498 stan@tww.org.nz

Lindy Hop is a Black American social partnered dance. Learn the foundational rhythms, shapes, and lead/follow concepts to get you swingin out on the dance floor! Or if you already swing dance, it s a great chance to practice your fundamentals. Check out www.sugarfootstomp.co.nz/classes for details, prices, and registration. *** Last Day For 2024: 19/11/24. First Day For 2025: 21/01/25. ***

Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday. Toastmasters is an opportunity to help members develop their Public Speaking and Leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment. Meetings are free to attend as a visitor. Check out www.newtown.toastmastersclubs.org *** Last Day For 2024: 26/11/24. First Day For 2025: 28/01/25. ***

Ready for the next step? Take a deeper dive into connections, rhythms, and concepts to really make your partnered Lindy Hop dance shine! Check out www.sugarfootstomp.co.nz/classes for details, prices, and registration. *** Last Day For 2024: 19/11/24. First Day For 2025: 21/01/25. ***

Yoga for everybody! Koha/donation. Blocks/Mats provided. *** First Day For 2025: 12/02/25 ***

Come and see a friendly local JP to get your documents certified and more. FREE. Available every weekday from 10:30am - 12:30pm. *** Last day for 2024: 17/12/24. First day for 2025: 16/01/25 ***

Free confidential legal advice with a rōia / lawyer from Community Law. No appointment necessary. First and third Wednesday of the month ONLY. *** Last Day For 2024: 04/12/24. First day for 2025: 12/02/25. ***

Drop into the new Newtown Tool Library to join up, borrow or return tools. For more info visit their website www.newtown-tool-library.com or contact them here: newtown.tool.library@gmail.com *** Last day for 2024: 18/12/24. First day for 2025: 18/01/24. ***

The twelve steps are at the core of the NA program; these steps are a set of concepts outlining a practical approach to recovery. Call 0800 NA TODAY (0800 628 632) for more information.

Balfolk run 6-week class blocks - contact them to see if classes are happening at the moment: wellingtonbalfolk@gmail.com. A social dance event that brings people of all ages and walks of life together through group and partner dances to have fun and connect. It's a friendly, social and energising space. Find out more at www.balfolk.co.nz/wellington *** First day for 2025: 12/02/25. ***

A gentle yoga class focusing on breathing and relaxing for mid-week relaxation and healthy sleep. Feel free to request from your teacher anything that you want, and it will be built into the class. All levels welcome. Hatha yoga, mats provided. Any questions? Contact the Koha Yoga Newtown Facebook page: www.facebook.com/kohayoganewtown *** Last day for 2024: 04/12/24. First day for 2025: 12/02/25. ***

The first Wednesday of every month join Lucine Sounds for a Sound Bathing session. A relaxing and revitalising Sound Bathing community series that facilitates emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. Prices are $10.00 unwaged/$25.00 waged (cash or bank transfer). Yoga mats provided, but feel free to bring a pillow, eye mask and a blanket for comfort. For more info contact Lucine Sounds on Facebook or email Lucinesounds@gmail.com . *** First day for 2025: 02/04/25. ***

Contact improv/dance. We start with some skill exercises then move into a jam. Please arrive on time, particularly if it's your first time. All welcome! Cost is $10 (or what you can afford). *** First day for 2025: 12/02/25 ***

Yoga for all ages and stages. Koha/Donation *** Last day for 2024: 12/12/24. First day for 2025: 23/01/25. ***

Come and see a friendly local JP to get your documents certified and more. FREE. Available every weekday from 10:30am - 12:30pm. *** Last day for 2024: 17/12/24. First day for 2025: 16/01/25 ***

A fun group using storytelling and drama to keep the mind active and creative! Sessions are full of play, laughter, and connection. Experience the games and exercises of improvisation theatre. Step gently out of your comfort zone and stimulate the mind, the voice, and the body. For more info, contact Austin on 022 011 7217 or email austinharrisontheatre@gmail.com (Programme does not run in school holidays.) *** First day for 2025: 16/01/25. ***

Part of a free Te Ao Māori programme, open to everyone! Rongoā Māori, Māra kai, Korowai, Whakapapa, Raranga and more. Facilitated by Te Waka Whaiora. For more information and to register, please contact Stan Hune, 0226574498 stan@tww.org.nz

Our goal is for students to learn to sing, dance and act. Through our classes they will build their confidence, make new friends, and above all, have fun! Price: $150 per term. www.spotlightperformingarts.co.nz *** First day for 2025: 13/02/25. ***

Our goal is for students to learn to sing, dance and act. Through our classes they will build their confidence, make new friends, and above all, have fun! Price: $250 per term. www.spotlightperformingarts.co.nz *** First day for 2025: 13/02/25. ***

Hatha yoga with Hari – all levels, beginners welcome, bring a mat / blocks if you like - some provided! *** First day for 2025: 16/01/25. ***

Obsessed with food? In Addictive Eaters Anonymous, members have found recovery from binge eating, anorexia, bulimia, other forms of addictive eating & compulsive exercise. For more info visit: www.addictiveeatersanonymous.org or email aeawellington@gmail.com

Learn the basic forms of tai chi. Recommended donation $5. *** First day of 2025: 17/01/25. ***

Come and see a friendly local JP to get your documents certified and more. FREE. Available every weekday from 10:30am - 12:30pm. *** Last day for 2024: 17/12/24. First day for 2025: 16/01/25 ***

Every fortnight the Tū Ora team is here to help our community to get protected with the latest immunisations. They offer a comprehensive schedule of government-funded immunisations and vaccinations, including essential protection against COVID-19, flu, measles, tetanus, and shingles. Check the Facebook event here for dates and more details: bit.ly/newtownclinic2025 *** First day for 2025: 31/01/25. ***

Come get to know your community over a bowl of FREE hot soup (vegetarian/vegan available). All welcome. *** First day for 2025: 17/01/25. ***

First Friday of the month only. The hottest, coolest, happiest, wildest comedy show in Newtown, bringing you an hour of near-dangerous levels of hilarity and laughter so hard it could dent a car! For more info visit: airhorn.nz *** First day for 2025: 07/02/25. ***

Monthly on the first Saturday. Free, legal and confidential drug checking services and harm reduction advice. Check it B4 you neck it! No cops, no names, no judgement. Just information. *** First Day for 2025: 01/02/25. ***

Drop into the new Newtown Tool Library to join up, borrow or return tools. For more info visit their website www.newtown-tool-library.com or contact them here: newtown.tool.library@gmail.com *** First day for 2025: 18/01/24. ***

A queer and trans focused self-defence class! No experience needed. Suggested donation $5-10. More information at instagram.com/energiadefence

Monthly on the second Saturday only! At a Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Death Café is not a grief support group. This is a place to discuss death without expectations. Contact info@newtowncommunity.org.nz for more information. *** First day for 2025: 12th April 2025***

On the second Saturday of the month. Meetups fostering community, empathy and connection. Snacks provided and no prior knowledge of philosophy necessary. *** First day for 2025: 08/03/25. ***

Ecstatic dance is a freeform movement practice where participants move their bodies freely to music in a judgement free, sober space. Get out of your head and into your body! Sliding scale tickets, $15-30. Tickets available here or on the door: bit.ly/3REcQEu

On the last Sunday of every month. A gathering for Astrologers, Enthusiasts and the Astro Curious - All Welcome. There will be a different presentation each month - $20 entry. Contact erikaegrant@gmail.com for more info. *** First day back for 2025: 23/02/25. ***

Fortnightly only. A board game and tabletop game club for the LGBTQ+ community and women. Find more information and dates at: www.facebook.com/groups/743347600064093 *** First day for 2025: 19/01/25. ***

Discover the transformative effects of sound therapy with this 1-hr gong bath experience. During this session, participants will be surrounded by the resonant vibrations of gongs, carefully designed to induce deep states of relaxation and calm. Tickets $20 and for more information contact erikaegrant@gmail.com . *** First day for 2025: 19/01/25. ***