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An absurdist homage to the humanist Iranian films of Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi, relocated to an alternative universe somewhere between Teheran and Winnipeg. (2024)
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Rhythm ‘n’ Fun
French with Shelley – Beginners
French Class for beginners
French With Shelley – Next Step after Beginners
Confidence Builder – Class for those who have completed the 10 week beginner course.
French with Shelley – Advanced
French with Shelley – Advanced
French with Shelley – Intermediate
For those who enjoy speaking French, then this is the class for you
NLP (Neuro Linguistic programming)
If you want to have more self-awareness, have less fear, be more confident and less judgmental then this course is for you.
Behind the Scenes – Terminus Exhibition
A guided tour of this otherworldly universe.
Embossed Copper Filigree (Cut-Out) Artwork Workshop
Take home your completed, handcrafted copper canvas
Making a Metal Embossed Notebook Cover
Completed Handicrafted Notebook to Take Home
Workready Skills – Free Course
Boost Your Employment Potential
Household Success -Free Course
Take Charge – Save $$$$
Free Cloth Nappy Workshop
Getting started !
Acting Workshop for Adult Beginners
A Perfect Introduction
Learn to Draw Animals 2020
New Classes with Inklings Art !
Mindful Spanish Classes
Communication beyond language.
Social Economics: Going Deeper
Hosted by Leo Murray
Tauranga Waste Free Living Workshop
Why should you care ?
Waste-Free Parenting Workshop with Kate Meads
Humourous, informative and inspirational !
Marine Radio Operator Certificate
a legal requirement to operate a VHF radio
Merino Wool & Silk Felted Bowl Workshop
with Fibre Artist Caroline Burton
Artery Print Club
Calling all print artists
Tauranga Model Aircraft Club
All ages welcome
Free Computing Courses
Toi-Ohomai
Prenatal Yoga with Nic in Bethlehem
For women at least 14 weeks pregnant
Birdcalling ID Training
Come listen to bird songs !
Gut Health Workshop to Improve Your Wellbeing
The journey to improved wellbeing starts with good gut health
Learn to Draw the Face 2020
Enter a Beginner – Exit a Winner
Decoupage Heart Workshop
Two Projects to Take Home !
Paint Me Vintage Transfer Workshop
Create your own hanging shiplap sign
Iron Orchid Moulds & Decor Stamp Workshop
Create a bespoke cross or heart to take home
Uncensored Clay
Hand build a ceramic piece
Tauranga Film Society
For film buffs wanting a break from the mainstream
The Northern Horde -Medieval Combat, Sport & Culture
Medieval re-enactment group
Community Bible Study
Considering scripture together – non-denominational
Natural Health & Homeopathy
Alternative & Holistic Health
Sustainable Living Workshops
For a healthy you and a healthy environment
Oil Painting Workshop with NEMESH
Find your own unique style.
Sewing, Knitting, Crochet Classes
Plus knit, chat and craft nights
Free Financial Capability Workshops
with the Tauranga Budget Advisory Service
Events
Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Online “Cloth Nappies & More” Course
Course price: $27 per household. (Includes 1 x Cloth Nappy Trial pack worth $100 delivered free!)
Limited spaces available! Sign up to avoid missing out on this terrific opportunity.
Details are HERE
Register through our secure system, and you’ll be emailed the instructions to view right away! Then, once you’ve completed the course your cloth nappy pack will be dispatched.
This program is for Tauranga City Council residents only and your gift pack will only be dispatched if it is within the Tauranga City Council area.
The Course: This online course is designed for you to complete at your own pace. You can sit down and work your way through the modules all at once, or you can do it bit by bit when you have the energy – it’s your call!
The topics for this course include:
- Intro/What’s the problem?
- Landfill
- Recycling
- Waste Water
- Products: Feeding & Baby Food
- Products: Cloth Nappies 101
- Washing Cloth Nappies
- Products: Extra for experts
The coolest bit? Not only do you get the most up-to-date and effective waste minimisation education out there, but you are also sent out a goodie bag full of cloth nappies and other waste minimization products worth $100 so that you can take your brand new knowledge and inspiration and put it into action!
Leave your kids on a nicer planet, it’s as easy as “Doing 1 Thing”. Take this online course and be inspired, entertained, and educated. Kate will give you lots of laughs and encouragement and may challenge your thinking when it comes to what you need when you become new parents.
The question is… Why do we have a waste issue? Can we continue to think it is not our problem? Or will you take the challenge and change one small thing to make a difference?
In order to turn back the clock, even just a fraction, we need to do something… but what is it and where do we start? We start with doing ONE thing!
“Kate does not preach she inspires. I learned so much and she made me realize there is no need to be perfect we just need to all do something”
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
Read Kim’s Latest Newsletter
Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
BOOK HERE
“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com
Daytime Line Dancing sessions at the same venue on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.
NOTE: Please contact Pat before coming to your first class.
No classes during during School Holidays & Public Holidays
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Inachord Women’s Chorus
Do you like to sing in the shower, entertain a crowd singing with friends or enjoy the challenge of some moves to accompany your singing ?
Then join us !
We are a fun loving group of women of all ages, who enjoy entertaining. Our musical director is Andrew Braid, a Vocal Coach, with many years’ experience.
We meet every Tuesday night at 7pm-9pm at the Community Church, 183 Moffat Road in Bethlehem.
For more info: contact Julie
Phone: 0210 252 6805
Writing Course for Aspiring Novelists
This term will focus on aspects of writing such as flashbacks, fight scenes, micro-plotting, pacing and themes.
Carol Garden offers a weekly class for people writing (or aspiring to write) novels.
The class will operate during school terms throughout the year. Those interested can join the class at any time.
Now on her third novel (this time adult crime), Carol has created a course from all the learning she’s done in recent years.
Carol Garden: Manuscript assessment, mentoring, writing coaching.
When: Wednesdays 9.30am – 12 noon (during school term time)
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Email Carol to find out more:
Email: carol.garden45@gmail.com
Website: www.carolgarden.co.nz
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
The guild meets:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10am – 2.30pm, and 7.00pm – 9.30pm.
Location: Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Contact: Carol 0273 485 875 or 07 466 0075
Email: taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangaembroiderersguild
Happy people say:
* A great place to meet new like minded people & learn new stitches.
Annual membership fee $100 ( equates to about $2 per week).
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
Kawhe-whawhe Tauranga
Nau kake mai, nau haere mai ki te Kawhe-whawhe!
He reo Māori tāu? Kei te kimi koe I tētahi wahi anō ki te kōrero māori?
Koinei te kauapa tika māu!
Outside of wānanga and marae it can feel difficult to find a safe space to use and speak Te Reo Māori. The library is here for you.
Kawhe-whawhe is an initiative aimed to provide learners and proficient speakers of Te Reo with a comfortable environment to share whakaaro, have fun, play games, learn something new and kōrero with each other in Te Reo.
Some activities included are- wanānga whakatauki, kahoot, wetewete korero, learn sentence structures, learning games and just have a korero!
Hot beverages and biscuits provided.
No bookings are required.
So come along, have a korero and meet new people
E ngā kākā waha nui, e nga manu pīkoko ki te reo rangatira, nau kake mai nau haere mai ki te whakawhiti kōrero, ki te takaro i ngā kēmu māori me te wānanga I ngā kaupapa maha
Tukua tō reo kia rere!
He Puna Manawa (Tauranga library)
Wednesdays from 12:30 noon-1:30pm
Pāpāmoa Library
Fridays from 12 noon-1pm
Tauranga Film Society : “Universal Language”
This week’s film is “Universal Language”
TAURANGA FILM SOCIETY – END OF YEAR CELEBRATION
Final screening for 2026. Film “Universal Language” to start at 6.30pm
Chance to meet fellow film lovers & celebrate the years films.
Nibbles & a glass of Prosecco 5.30 – 6.30pm, 11 November 2026 in Luxe Cinema Foyer
RSVP for catering purposes by 4/11/26
This week’s film is “Universal Language”
When: Wednesday 11th November 6.30 pm Film starts
Where: Luxe Cinema, 21 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-373fptEXI
and the reviews below.
Kickstart Toastmasters
Nervous about speaking in public ?
Whether you are giving a business presentation, proposing a wedding toast, or being your best in a job interview, Kickstart Toastmasters can help you address any speaking situation with confidence.
See your skills blossom – in a safe, fun, supportive club environment. If you have butterflies in your stomach, Toastmasters will help them fly in formation.
Kickstart Toastmasters holds a weekly club meeting where everyone gets a chance to improve their public speaking, listening and leadership skills. We always have a laugh and the café upstairs opens at 6:00 am giving you time to buy a coffee and/or breakfast that can be enjoyed during the meeting.
Guests welcome – we offer three free attendances per person before signup, giving you a really good chance to find out what Toastmasters and our club is all about. No pressure to speak so come along and enjoy the atmosphere.
Day: Thursday
Time: 07:00am – 8:00am
Venue: Base Station – Babbage Room, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
Contact Phone/Txt : 022 390 2216 (Stan)
Website: http://www.kickstarttoastmasters.co.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kickstart.Toastmasters.Club/
For other Toastmaster groups in the Bay of Plenty:
https://letslearn.nz/toastmasters/
Free Conversational English
English Classes
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
When: Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tutor: Mark
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: : 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: Multicultural Tauranga
Also at the Multicultural Centre:
- Newcomers Networking Mornings: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Conscious Breathing Session (Individual)
Your soul is but a breath away…
Receive the gift of you!
Conscious breathing invites you to a deep connection and integration with soul. Allow to experience feeling connected in awareness and presence with all that you are. May support to move beyond of mental worry and spiritual searching, into deep trust and love of all you are.
These sessions are for those who are choosing to awaken to living as a divine human on earth in this lifetime.
The sessions are Tauranga based.
For more information on times or for an individual session, please contact:
Marie
Email: marie@connekt.co.nz
Mobile : 021 210 5929.
Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus
Keynotes Women’s Chorus sings a variety of songs in 4 part harmony.
Keynotes is a four part, a cappella barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women. We love to sing in the community and share our love of singing with others. We regularly sing at retirement villages, and other events. We would love for you to join us!
We’re looking for new members, especially if you love to sing the high notes. Come along to our practice night and see what we’re all about. Singing is very good for your brain and your soul !
When: Thursdays 7pm
Where: Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
For more details:
Phone: Bernice 576 4848 or 0274 221 133
Email: keynotesbarbershop@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeynotesBarbershop
Tauranga Herb Society: Traditional Chinese Medicine & Herbs in Spring
Guest Speaker : Ayen Chen, Holistic Acupuncturist
In Traditional Chine Medicine (TCM), spring is the season of emergence, when nature’s energy shifts from winter’s storage to renewal and growth.
Discover common spring herbs, their TCM properties and how they can support your body’s natural renewal in spring.
When: Thursday 12 November 7pm – 9pm
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
You can attend meetings without being a member of the Society. There is a $5 charge for non-members.
Please bring cash for raffle & Sales Table.
Check out the Upcoming Programme
The Herb Society meets on the 2nd Thursday of the Month. Most meetings are held at Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga.
You’re also welcome to bring items for the sale table (herbs, produce, preserves etc…)
LIBRARY meetings are held on the 2nd DAY of every month except January (9:30am – 11:30am). Herbal Library takes place at Herbal Health Clinic, 75 Keenan Road, Tauranga.
For more information please contact Tauranga Herb Society on:
Email: tgaherbsoc@gmail.com
Phone: 029 206 6525 (Helen)
Cost: $5 for non-members
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Boundaries – A Course for Women
This 8 session course for women aims to provide participants with:
A greater understanding of how to build, or rebuild, relationships based on healthy boundaries.
An appreciation of some of the motives that cause people to become “people-pleasers” and how to address the internal and external resistances to setting healthy boundaries.
Skills to become “lovingly direct” in their relationships.
An understanding of the importance forgiveness plays in emotional well-being, and the difference between being a forgiving person and giving people a license to continue hurting you.
The ability to recognise clear boundaries others have set, and when we may have crossed these.
While some time is set aside for participants to share individually this course is not designed to operate as a therapy group.
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators to create a safe environment for women only.
Weekly morning tea and end-of-course celebration lunch provided.
This course runs in Term 2 and Term 4 for 8 weeks
Start Date: Friday 16th October 2026
Time: 9:30am-12.15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: $40 per person for the entire course
This course is for women only.
Spaces on this popular course are limited, please register your interest online and we will contact you when enrolments open:
BOOK HERE
Wine & Clay: Friday Open Night
Interested in clay ?
Everyone welcome. Bring a friend. No experience necessary.
Looking for a great new hobby and the opportunity to meet with others? Designed to work in with a busy schedule and to develop your skill. Make it a regular “thing” and you can work on more complicated projects.
At the Pottery Studio, we indulge in social pottery making. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. During the 2 hours you can expect to make something and underglaze it so that it will have colour in the finished item. We will fire it and add a clear glaze.
The cost includes a glass of wine or juice.
Where: The Pottery Studio, 109 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: Adults $48 per person, Children (8 to 14) $35
Click Here to book your workshop
Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe
Tauranga Psychic Café – This New Spiritual and Healing Centre for the 21st century is run Cafe Style. The Psychic Café opens every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at the Greerton Community Hall, Greerton, Tauranga. It has over a dozen practitioners in all areas considered Spiritual, Healing or Psychic.
The psychic café is the largest regular Spiritual Meet in the B.O.P. It caters for all ages, gender, race and beliefs; hopefully without being patronising and condescending. There are regularly from 20 up to 30 practitioners covering all the things you will expect under the umbrella of Spiritual and New Age and Alternative! Please feel free to chat with them, share and discuss, learn or teach, make friends and be surrounded with like minds.
You pay $20 to get in and after that – everything is FREE FREE FREE – even the homemade refreshments we provide for you.
Check it out! – there’s nothing else out there like this!
A Spiritual Meet, Café style!
Opens 6.30pm. Starts 7pm.
Includes refreshments. Kid friendly.
www.psychiccafe.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepsychiccafe
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
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Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
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Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Achieve Toastmasters
We are a friendly group of like minded people working together to foster confident communication in a supportive atmosphere.
Everybody is welcome join us for our meeting and find out how you can develop your skills in speaking and leadership in a fun way and in a safe environment!
Every meeting we have several speeches lined up! Next to that, we have Word of the Evening, the famous Toastmasters Table Topics and of course lots of fun and laughs.
Anybody is welcome to visit the club and see what it’s all about. You can even give it a try if you wish during our Table Topic session! You will receive very constructive feedback you can take away and practice on.
We start at 7:30 pm sharp, so come along 10-15 minutes early so we can welcome you and you can settle in before it begins.
Please send us a message in case you wish to receive more information about Toastmasters and our club.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Day: 1st, 3rd & 5th Monday of every month
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: St Stephens Church Hall, 9 Brookfield Terrace, Otumoetai, Tauranga
Phone Contact: La Verne 027 318 5575
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
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“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com
Daytime Line Dancing sessions at the same venue on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.
NOTE: Please contact Pat before coming to your first class.
No classes during during School Holidays & Public Holidays
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
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Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Inachord Women’s Chorus
Do you like to sing in the shower, entertain a crowd singing with friends or enjoy the challenge of some moves to accompany your singing ?
Then join us !
We are a fun loving group of women of all ages, who enjoy entertaining. Our musical director is Andrew Braid, a Vocal Coach, with many years’ experience.
We meet every Tuesday night at 7pm-9pm at the Community Church, 183 Moffat Road in Bethlehem.
For more info: contact Julie
Phone: 0210 252 6805
Writing Course for Aspiring Novelists
This term will focus on aspects of writing such as flashbacks, fight scenes, micro-plotting, pacing and themes.
Carol Garden offers a weekly class for people writing (or aspiring to write) novels.
The class will operate during school terms throughout the year. Those interested can join the class at any time.
Now on her third novel (this time adult crime), Carol has created a course from all the learning she’s done in recent years.
Carol Garden: Manuscript assessment, mentoring, writing coaching.
When: Wednesdays 9.30am – 12 noon (during school term time)
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Email Carol to find out more:
Email: carol.garden45@gmail.com
Website: www.carolgarden.co.nz
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
The guild meets:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10am – 2.30pm, and 7.00pm – 9.30pm.
Location: Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Contact: Carol 0273 485 875 or 07 466 0075
Email: taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangaembroiderersguild
Happy people say:
* A great place to meet new like minded people & learn new stitches.
Annual membership fee $100 ( equates to about $2 per week).
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
Tauranga Book Chat
On the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Tauranga Library.
Choose from one of two sessions:
- 10.30-11.30am
- 5.30-6.30pm
Discover new parts of your library with these monthly themes:
1
Wednesday 19 July
Past travels through a book
Wednesday 16 August
Fatal attraction
Wednesday 20 September
Into the future we go (science fiction)
Wednesday 18 October
Move elsewhere and write about it
Wednesday 15 November
‘Faction’ (fiction based on a true story)
Wednesday 20 December
Open slather (any book you have read in 2023 and highly recommend)
Other library book groups:
Mount Maunganui Book Group: 4th Tuesday 10am-11am
Contact: Gail on 574 3376
Pāpāmoa Book Group: currently in recess but if you are interested in joining contact Betty on 542 4322
Greerton Book Group: 3rd Monday 10.30am-11.30am
Contact: Marian on 544 2624
Monthly Friends of the Library general meeting: 4th Thursday of the month at 10am
Monthly guest speaker and morning tea.
Contact Pam on 571 2566
Newcomers Networking Morning
Free morning tea held fortnightly Wednesday 10.00am-12pm
An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
When: Wednesdays 10.00am – 12.00pm
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: www.trmc.co.nz
Also at the Centre:
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Kawhe-whawhe Tauranga
Nau kake mai, nau haere mai ki te Kawhe-whawhe!
He reo Māori tāu? Kei te kimi koe I tētahi wahi anō ki te kōrero māori?
Koinei te kauapa tika māu!
Outside of wānanga and marae it can feel difficult to find a safe space to use and speak Te Reo Māori. The library is here for you.
Kawhe-whawhe is an initiative aimed to provide learners and proficient speakers of Te Reo with a comfortable environment to share whakaaro, have fun, play games, learn something new and kōrero with each other in Te Reo.
Some activities included are- wanānga whakatauki, kahoot, wetewete korero, learn sentence structures, learning games and just have a korero!
Hot beverages and biscuits provided.
No bookings are required.
So come along, have a korero and meet new people
E ngā kākā waha nui, e nga manu pīkoko ki te reo rangatira, nau kake mai nau haere mai ki te whakawhiti kōrero, ki te takaro i ngā kēmu māori me te wānanga I ngā kaupapa maha
Tukua tō reo kia rere!
He Puna Manawa (Tauranga library)
Wednesdays from 12:30 noon-1:30pm
Pāpāmoa Library
Fridays from 12 noon-1pm
Kickstart Toastmasters
Nervous about speaking in public ?
Whether you are giving a business presentation, proposing a wedding toast, or being your best in a job interview, Kickstart Toastmasters can help you address any speaking situation with confidence.
See your skills blossom – in a safe, fun, supportive club environment. If you have butterflies in your stomach, Toastmasters will help them fly in formation.
Kickstart Toastmasters holds a weekly club meeting where everyone gets a chance to improve their public speaking, listening and leadership skills. We always have a laugh and the café upstairs opens at 6:00 am giving you time to buy a coffee and/or breakfast that can be enjoyed during the meeting.
Guests welcome – we offer three free attendances per person before signup, giving you a really good chance to find out what Toastmasters and our club is all about. No pressure to speak so come along and enjoy the atmosphere.
Day: Thursday
Time: 07:00am – 8:00am
Venue: Base Station – Babbage Room, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
Contact Phone/Txt : 022 390 2216 (Stan)
Website: http://www.kickstarttoastmasters.co.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kickstart.Toastmasters.Club/
For other Toastmaster groups in the Bay of Plenty:
https://letslearn.nz/toastmasters/
Free Conversational English
English Classes
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
When: Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tutor: Mark
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: : 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: Multicultural Tauranga
Also at the Multicultural Centre:
- Newcomers Networking Mornings: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Conscious Breathing Session (Individual)
Your soul is but a breath away…
Receive the gift of you!
Conscious breathing invites you to a deep connection and integration with soul. Allow to experience feeling connected in awareness and presence with all that you are. May support to move beyond of mental worry and spiritual searching, into deep trust and love of all you are.
These sessions are for those who are choosing to awaken to living as a divine human on earth in this lifetime.
The sessions are Tauranga based.
For more information on times or for an individual session, please contact:
Marie
Email: marie@connekt.co.nz
Mobile : 021 210 5929.
Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus
Keynotes Women’s Chorus sings a variety of songs in 4 part harmony.
Keynotes is a four part, a cappella barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women. We love to sing in the community and share our love of singing with others. We regularly sing at retirement villages, and other events. We would love for you to join us!
We’re looking for new members, especially if you love to sing the high notes. Come along to our practice night and see what we’re all about. Singing is very good for your brain and your soul !
When: Thursdays 7pm
Where: Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
For more details:
Phone: Bernice 576 4848 or 0274 221 133
Email: keynotesbarbershop@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeynotesBarbershop
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Boundaries – A Course for Women
This 8 session course for women aims to provide participants with:
A greater understanding of how to build, or rebuild, relationships based on healthy boundaries.
An appreciation of some of the motives that cause people to become “people-pleasers” and how to address the internal and external resistances to setting healthy boundaries.
Skills to become “lovingly direct” in their relationships.
An understanding of the importance forgiveness plays in emotional well-being, and the difference between being a forgiving person and giving people a license to continue hurting you.
The ability to recognise clear boundaries others have set, and when we may have crossed these.
While some time is set aside for participants to share individually this course is not designed to operate as a therapy group.
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators to create a safe environment for women only.
Weekly morning tea and end-of-course celebration lunch provided.
This course runs in Term 2 and Term 4 for 8 weeks
Start Date: Friday 16th October 2026
Time: 9:30am-12.15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: $40 per person for the entire course
This course is for women only.
Spaces on this popular course are limited, please register your interest online and we will contact you when enrolments open:
BOOK HERE
Wine & Clay: Friday Open Night
Interested in clay ?
Everyone welcome. Bring a friend. No experience necessary.
Looking for a great new hobby and the opportunity to meet with others? Designed to work in with a busy schedule and to develop your skill. Make it a regular “thing” and you can work on more complicated projects.
At the Pottery Studio, we indulge in social pottery making. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. During the 2 hours you can expect to make something and underglaze it so that it will have colour in the finished item. We will fire it and add a clear glaze.
The cost includes a glass of wine or juice.
Where: The Pottery Studio, 109 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: Adults $48 per person, Children (8 to 14) $35
Click Here to book your workshop
Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Tauranga Death Café
Time to gather again for more robust death dialogues. Talking about death and dying does not make it happen sooner, it makes it happen better!
Everyone is welcome to this open, relaxed and spontaneous conversation on dying and death. This is a friendly space where you can share stories, question reality and hear new voices, as we ponder the mystery of dying and death.
Death Café’s are not grief or bereavement support groups, but rather interesting and inviting gatherings held all over the world to increase our awareness of life as we ponder what we know of death. There is no agenda, objectives or themes, it is a simple open conversation, which is gently facilitated and group lead. To date we have had many moving and lively discussions. Meet, eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.
The group meets b-monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month
Day: The group meets b-monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month
Time: 1pm – 2.30pm
Place: Grindz Cafe, 50 First Ave, Tauranga
• What to bring
Your own kind of wonderment, perhaps an open mind, open heart, sense of humour..
• Important to know
Order your favourite drink and treat at the counter before joining us in the middleroom. Please arrive 15 minutes early as the cafe is busy.
For info:
Email: taurangadeathcafe@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaDeathCafe/
Tauranga Woodcrafters’ Guild
We are a group of hobby woodworkers – men and women – keen to share our love of wood and skills with anyone keen to join us. We live in a land with beautiful timbers and with a long tradition of do-it-yourself creativity.
We have been active since 1987 and in any given year we have 80 – 100 members of all ages and skill levels.
We have a purpose-built Workshop located at 3 – Cherokee Place – Mount Maunganui in Tauranga which is well-equipped with lathes, bandsaws, bench saw, mitre cut-off saw, buzzer, drill press, scroll saws and all the associated hand tools.
Our Carving, Turning, Scrollsaw, Toy Making & Open Workshop Groups all meet each month.
On the 3rd Saturday of every month at 1.30pm we have a general meeting plus demonstration & refreshments. Visitors are welcome. Check out our facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/taurangawoodcrafters/
Men and women are all invited to join us.
Online “Cloth Nappies & More” Course
Course price: $27 per household. (Includes 1 x Cloth Nappy Trial pack worth $100 delivered free!)
Limited spaces available! Sign up to avoid missing out on this terrific opportunity.
Details are HERE
Register through our secure system, and you’ll be emailed the instructions to view right away! Then, once you’ve completed the course your cloth nappy pack will be dispatched.
This program is for Tauranga City Council residents only and your gift pack will only be dispatched if it is within the Tauranga City Council area.
The Course: This online course is designed for you to complete at your own pace. You can sit down and work your way through the modules all at once, or you can do it bit by bit when you have the energy – it’s your call!
The topics for this course include:
- Intro/What’s the problem?
- Landfill
- Recycling
- Waste Water
- Products: Feeding & Baby Food
- Products: Cloth Nappies 101
- Washing Cloth Nappies
- Products: Extra for experts
The coolest bit? Not only do you get the most up-to-date and effective waste minimisation education out there, but you are also sent out a goodie bag full of cloth nappies and other waste minimization products worth $100 so that you can take your brand new knowledge and inspiration and put it into action!
Leave your kids on a nicer planet, it’s as easy as “Doing 1 Thing”. Take this online course and be inspired, entertained, and educated. Kate will give you lots of laughs and encouragement and may challenge your thinking when it comes to what you need when you become new parents.
The question is… Why do we have a waste issue? Can we continue to think it is not our problem? Or will you take the challenge and change one small thing to make a difference?
In order to turn back the clock, even just a fraction, we need to do something… but what is it and where do we start? We start with doing ONE thing!
“Kate does not preach she inspires. I learned so much and she made me realize there is no need to be perfect we just need to all do something”
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
Read Kim’s Latest Newsletter
Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
BOOK HERE
“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com
Daytime Line Dancing sessions at the same venue on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.
NOTE: Please contact Pat before coming to your first class.
No classes during during School Holidays & Public Holidays
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Inachord Women’s Chorus
Do you like to sing in the shower, entertain a crowd singing with friends or enjoy the challenge of some moves to accompany your singing ?
Then join us !
We are a fun loving group of women of all ages, who enjoy entertaining. Our musical director is Andrew Braid, a Vocal Coach, with many years’ experience.
We meet every Tuesday night at 7pm-9pm at the Community Church, 183 Moffat Road in Bethlehem.
For more info: contact Julie
Phone: 0210 252 6805
Writing Course for Aspiring Novelists
This term will focus on aspects of writing such as flashbacks, fight scenes, micro-plotting, pacing and themes.
Carol Garden offers a weekly class for people writing (or aspiring to write) novels.
The class will operate during school terms throughout the year. Those interested can join the class at any time.
Now on her third novel (this time adult crime), Carol has created a course from all the learning she’s done in recent years.
Carol Garden: Manuscript assessment, mentoring, writing coaching.
When: Wednesdays 9.30am – 12 noon (during school term time)
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Email Carol to find out more:
Email: carol.garden45@gmail.com
Website: www.carolgarden.co.nz
Portraiture – Tauranga Society of Artists
Portraiture with Robin Purllant
The aim of the class is to encourage with positive, constructive information, with critique and sharing. The class is open to all those interested in portraiture. We are a friendly lot, there is no pressure and all work at their own level.
Robin spent 4 years at Art School in London, and then went into advertising, working as Art Director for two of the biggest advertising agencies in London. He spent many years involved in “big-name” accounts and his knowledge of all mediums is extensive.
Every Second and Fourth Wednesday Morning of each month
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
The guild meets:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10am – 2.30pm, and 7.00pm – 9.30pm.
Location: Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Contact: Carol 0273 485 875 or 07 466 0075
Email: taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangaembroiderersguild
Happy people say:
* A great place to meet new like minded people & learn new stitches.
Annual membership fee $100 ( equates to about $2 per week).
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
Kawhe-whawhe Tauranga
Nau kake mai, nau haere mai ki te Kawhe-whawhe!
He reo Māori tāu? Kei te kimi koe I tētahi wahi anō ki te kōrero māori?
Koinei te kauapa tika māu!
Outside of wānanga and marae it can feel difficult to find a safe space to use and speak Te Reo Māori. The library is here for you.
Kawhe-whawhe is an initiative aimed to provide learners and proficient speakers of Te Reo with a comfortable environment to share whakaaro, have fun, play games, learn something new and kōrero with each other in Te Reo.
Some activities included are- wanānga whakatauki, kahoot, wetewete korero, learn sentence structures, learning games and just have a korero!
Hot beverages and biscuits provided.
No bookings are required.
So come along, have a korero and meet new people
E ngā kākā waha nui, e nga manu pīkoko ki te reo rangatira, nau kake mai nau haere mai ki te whakawhiti kōrero, ki te takaro i ngā kēmu māori me te wānanga I ngā kaupapa maha
Tukua tō reo kia rere!
He Puna Manawa (Tauranga library)
Wednesdays from 12:30 noon-1:30pm
Pāpāmoa Library
Fridays from 12 noon-1pm
Kickstart Toastmasters
Nervous about speaking in public ?
Whether you are giving a business presentation, proposing a wedding toast, or being your best in a job interview, Kickstart Toastmasters can help you address any speaking situation with confidence.
See your skills blossom – in a safe, fun, supportive club environment. If you have butterflies in your stomach, Toastmasters will help them fly in formation.
Kickstart Toastmasters holds a weekly club meeting where everyone gets a chance to improve their public speaking, listening and leadership skills. We always have a laugh and the café upstairs opens at 6:00 am giving you time to buy a coffee and/or breakfast that can be enjoyed during the meeting.
Guests welcome – we offer three free attendances per person before signup, giving you a really good chance to find out what Toastmasters and our club is all about. No pressure to speak so come along and enjoy the atmosphere.
Day: Thursday
Time: 07:00am – 8:00am
Venue: Base Station – Babbage Room, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
Contact Phone/Txt : 022 390 2216 (Stan)
Website: http://www.kickstarttoastmasters.co.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kickstart.Toastmasters.Club/
For other Toastmaster groups in the Bay of Plenty:
https://letslearn.nz/toastmasters/
Free Conversational English
English Classes
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
When: Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tutor: Mark
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: : 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: Multicultural Tauranga
Also at the Multicultural Centre:
- Newcomers Networking Mornings: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Conscious Breathing Session (Individual)
Your soul is but a breath away…
Receive the gift of you!
Conscious breathing invites you to a deep connection and integration with soul. Allow to experience feeling connected in awareness and presence with all that you are. May support to move beyond of mental worry and spiritual searching, into deep trust and love of all you are.
These sessions are for those who are choosing to awaken to living as a divine human on earth in this lifetime.
The sessions are Tauranga based.
For more information on times or for an individual session, please contact:
Marie
Email: marie@connekt.co.nz
Mobile : 021 210 5929.
Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus
Keynotes Women’s Chorus sings a variety of songs in 4 part harmony.
Keynotes is a four part, a cappella barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women. We love to sing in the community and share our love of singing with others. We regularly sing at retirement villages, and other events. We would love for you to join us!
We’re looking for new members, especially if you love to sing the high notes. Come along to our practice night and see what we’re all about. Singing is very good for your brain and your soul !
When: Thursdays 7pm
Where: Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
For more details:
Phone: Bernice 576 4848 or 0274 221 133
Email: keynotesbarbershop@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeynotesBarbershop
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Boundaries – A Course for Women
This 8 session course for women aims to provide participants with:
A greater understanding of how to build, or rebuild, relationships based on healthy boundaries.
An appreciation of some of the motives that cause people to become “people-pleasers” and how to address the internal and external resistances to setting healthy boundaries.
Skills to become “lovingly direct” in their relationships.
An understanding of the importance forgiveness plays in emotional well-being, and the difference between being a forgiving person and giving people a license to continue hurting you.
The ability to recognise clear boundaries others have set, and when we may have crossed these.
While some time is set aside for participants to share individually this course is not designed to operate as a therapy group.
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators to create a safe environment for women only.
Weekly morning tea and end-of-course celebration lunch provided.
This course runs in Term 2 and Term 4 for 8 weeks
Start Date: Friday 16th October 2026
Time: 9:30am-12.15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: $40 per person for the entire course
This course is for women only.
Spaces on this popular course are limited, please register your interest online and we will contact you when enrolments open:
BOOK HERE
Wine & Clay: Friday Open Night
Interested in clay ?
Everyone welcome. Bring a friend. No experience necessary.
Looking for a great new hobby and the opportunity to meet with others? Designed to work in with a busy schedule and to develop your skill. Make it a regular “thing” and you can work on more complicated projects.
At the Pottery Studio, we indulge in social pottery making. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. During the 2 hours you can expect to make something and underglaze it so that it will have colour in the finished item. We will fire it and add a clear glaze.
The cost includes a glass of wine or juice.
Where: The Pottery Studio, 109 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: Adults $48 per person, Children (8 to 14) $35
Click Here to book your workshop
Tinkd Makerspace : Repair Café
The perfect opportunity to have broken belongings assessed or repaired is right around the corner.
Tauranga hoarders, tinkerers and holders of broken gadgets can rejoice, as Tauranga’s Repair Café pop up opens up on the last Saturday of each month at 148 Durham Street, Tauranga. Get your objects fixed for free! Volunteers try to repair items destined for landfill. Get your objects fixed for free!
Repair Cafés are described as “free pop-up events” where local people can bring in their “broken or damaged belongings” to local volunteers, who do their best to repair or assess them.
Tauranga is joining the global movement with its own Repair Café with a volunteer driven initiative as part of Tinkd Makerspace.
According to a spokesperson, Repair Cafés aim to reduce waste and overconsumption.
They also encourage and foster the “do it yourself” spirit and strengthen social connections by bringing different members of the community together.
“The purpose of these events is two-fold: to try to change our “throwaway culture” and to bring people in the community together. An added bonus is that it saves people money,” says founder of Tinkd Makerspace, Steven Vincent.
“If their item can be repaired they don’t need to replace it, pay for more expensive repairs elsewhere, or send it to the landfill. If the item can’t be repaired, then at least we’ve tried!
For more information and tickets to the next Repair Café event, visit the Tinkd website.
When: Last Saturday of the month
Time: 9.30am – 11.30am
Where: Tinkd Makerspace, 148 Durham St Tauranga
The organisers are looking for more volunteer repairers with different skill sets to add to the events. It’s free to attend with an item but pre-booking an item is preferred as it allows the organisers to prepare for any repairs.
Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Ukulazy Sunday
Join us in The Creative Campus’ garden and picnic area on the last Sunday of the each month for Sunday Ukulele Sessions!
What a beautiful way to spend a little time on a Sunday with friends or family or some new ukulele friends!
All welcome! Open to beginners and experience players, ages 7 and up.
Your facilitator and conductor, Sue Chung is a master of so many disciplines! She is a multi-instrumentalist, artist of many different mediums with two fine art degrees. She is also likely to have made the clothes you see her in!
When: Last Sunday of the month 11 am
Where: Creative Campus Garden, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Where: Creative Campus Garden, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
Read Kim’s Latest Newsletter
Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Achieve Toastmasters
We are a friendly group of like minded people working together to foster confident communication in a supportive atmosphere.
Everybody is welcome join us for our meeting and find out how you can develop your skills in speaking and leadership in a fun way and in a safe environment!
Every meeting we have several speeches lined up! Next to that, we have Word of the Evening, the famous Toastmasters Table Topics and of course lots of fun and laughs.
Anybody is welcome to visit the club and see what it’s all about. You can even give it a try if you wish during our Table Topic session! You will receive very constructive feedback you can take away and practice on.
We start at 7:30 pm sharp, so come along 10-15 minutes early so we can welcome you and you can settle in before it begins.
Please send us a message in case you wish to receive more information about Toastmasters and our club.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Day: 1st, 3rd & 5th Monday of every month
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: St Stephens Church Hall, 9 Brookfield Terrace, Otumoetai, Tauranga
Phone Contact: La Verne 027 318 5575
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
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“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com
Daytime Line Dancing sessions at the same venue on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.
NOTE: Please contact Pat before coming to your first class.
No classes during during School Holidays & Public Holidays
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
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Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Inachord Women’s Chorus
Do you like to sing in the shower, entertain a crowd singing with friends or enjoy the challenge of some moves to accompany your singing ?
Then join us !
We are a fun loving group of women of all ages, who enjoy entertaining. Our musical director is Andrew Braid, a Vocal Coach, with many years’ experience.
We meet every Tuesday night at 7pm-9pm at the Community Church, 183 Moffat Road in Bethlehem.
For more info: contact Julie
Phone: 0210 252 6805
Writing Course for Aspiring Novelists
This term will focus on aspects of writing such as flashbacks, fight scenes, micro-plotting, pacing and themes.
Carol Garden offers a weekly class for people writing (or aspiring to write) novels.
The class will operate during school terms throughout the year. Those interested can join the class at any time.
Now on her third novel (this time adult crime), Carol has created a course from all the learning she’s done in recent years.
Carol Garden: Manuscript assessment, mentoring, writing coaching.
When: Wednesdays 9.30am – 12 noon (during school term time)
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Email Carol to find out more:
Email: carol.garden45@gmail.com
Website: www.carolgarden.co.nz
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
The guild meets:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10am – 2.30pm, and 7.00pm – 9.30pm.
Location: Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Contact: Carol 0273 485 875 or 07 466 0075
Email: taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangaembroiderersguild
Happy people say:
* A great place to meet new like minded people & learn new stitches.
Annual membership fee $100 ( equates to about $2 per week).
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
Newcomers Networking Morning
Free morning tea held fortnightly Wednesday 10.00am-12pm
An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
When: Wednesdays 10.00am – 12.00pm
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: www.trmc.co.nz
Also at the Centre:
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Kawhe-whawhe Tauranga
Nau kake mai, nau haere mai ki te Kawhe-whawhe!
He reo Māori tāu? Kei te kimi koe I tētahi wahi anō ki te kōrero māori?
Koinei te kauapa tika māu!
Outside of wānanga and marae it can feel difficult to find a safe space to use and speak Te Reo Māori. The library is here for you.
Kawhe-whawhe is an initiative aimed to provide learners and proficient speakers of Te Reo with a comfortable environment to share whakaaro, have fun, play games, learn something new and kōrero with each other in Te Reo.
Some activities included are- wanānga whakatauki, kahoot, wetewete korero, learn sentence structures, learning games and just have a korero!
Hot beverages and biscuits provided.
No bookings are required.
So come along, have a korero and meet new people
E ngā kākā waha nui, e nga manu pīkoko ki te reo rangatira, nau kake mai nau haere mai ki te whakawhiti kōrero, ki te takaro i ngā kēmu māori me te wānanga I ngā kaupapa maha
Tukua tō reo kia rere!
He Puna Manawa (Tauranga library)
Wednesdays from 12:30 noon-1:30pm
Pāpāmoa Library
Fridays from 12 noon-1pm
Kickstart Toastmasters
Nervous about speaking in public ?
Whether you are giving a business presentation, proposing a wedding toast, or being your best in a job interview, Kickstart Toastmasters can help you address any speaking situation with confidence.
See your skills blossom – in a safe, fun, supportive club environment. If you have butterflies in your stomach, Toastmasters will help them fly in formation.
Kickstart Toastmasters holds a weekly club meeting where everyone gets a chance to improve their public speaking, listening and leadership skills. We always have a laugh and the café upstairs opens at 6:00 am giving you time to buy a coffee and/or breakfast that can be enjoyed during the meeting.
Guests welcome – we offer three free attendances per person before signup, giving you a really good chance to find out what Toastmasters and our club is all about. No pressure to speak so come along and enjoy the atmosphere.
Day: Thursday
Time: 07:00am – 8:00am
Venue: Base Station – Babbage Room, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
Contact Phone/Txt : 022 390 2216 (Stan)
Website: http://www.kickstarttoastmasters.co.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kickstart.Toastmasters.Club/
For other Toastmaster groups in the Bay of Plenty:
https://letslearn.nz/toastmasters/
Free Conversational English
English Classes
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
When: Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tutor: Mark
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: : 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: Multicultural Tauranga
Also at the Multicultural Centre:
- Newcomers Networking Mornings: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Conscious Breathing Session (Individual)
Your soul is but a breath away…
Receive the gift of you!
Conscious breathing invites you to a deep connection and integration with soul. Allow to experience feeling connected in awareness and presence with all that you are. May support to move beyond of mental worry and spiritual searching, into deep trust and love of all you are.
These sessions are for those who are choosing to awaken to living as a divine human on earth in this lifetime.
The sessions are Tauranga based.
For more information on times or for an individual session, please contact:
Marie
Email: marie@connekt.co.nz
Mobile : 021 210 5929.
Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus
Keynotes Women’s Chorus sings a variety of songs in 4 part harmony.
Keynotes is a four part, a cappella barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women. We love to sing in the community and share our love of singing with others. We regularly sing at retirement villages, and other events. We would love for you to join us!
We’re looking for new members, especially if you love to sing the high notes. Come along to our practice night and see what we’re all about. Singing is very good for your brain and your soul !
When: Thursdays 7pm
Where: Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
For more details:
Phone: Bernice 576 4848 or 0274 221 133
Email: keynotesbarbershop@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeynotesBarbershop
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Life Drawing Sessions
Come along to our Life Drawing bi monthly Life Drawing Session
Life Drawing Session Friday (first and third Friday of the month)
Where: 171a Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
Koha: $10.00 for Society Members, $15.00 for Guests
Life Drawing, Figure Drawing… the act of drawing a living person.
It’s one of the most challenging and interesting ways to develop your drawing skills. Skills that translate to all aspects of art making.
It’s also a great way to escape into your own world for a little while.
This is an untutored session, however, we won’t leave you completely alone if you are new to it and need a little help getting started. It is a very friendly, mixed level, session and you will be surprised what you can learn and achieve with a little encouragement.
If you are an experienced artist or student a Life Model will give you unlimited inspiration and a chance to experiment with your technique, materials and style. And we all appreciate and are inspired by new approaches.
We always take time for a feedback session before we leave. This is a positive and invaluable part of the session. It is inspiring looking at what worked during the session and why; sometimes the less obvious “works” provide the most interesting insights. There is always something to learn.
Bring your own drawing/painting gear (any media is fine), there is usually sugar paper available for sale at the Art Room. We do have some easels at the rooms, but they are limited. If you have your own please feel free to bring it along.
Please turn up in time to assist with set up, and stay on to assist with pack down. We are a self supporting group and if everyone helps it is very quick and easy.
PS: If you are interested in modelling and are available please feel free to PM me. We love experienced Models, but are happy to use a sprinkling of “new” models… so don’t be reluctant if you haven’t done it before.
Boundaries – A Course for Women
This 8 session course for women aims to provide participants with:
A greater understanding of how to build, or rebuild, relationships based on healthy boundaries.
An appreciation of some of the motives that cause people to become “people-pleasers” and how to address the internal and external resistances to setting healthy boundaries.
Skills to become “lovingly direct” in their relationships.
An understanding of the importance forgiveness plays in emotional well-being, and the difference between being a forgiving person and giving people a license to continue hurting you.
The ability to recognise clear boundaries others have set, and when we may have crossed these.
While some time is set aside for participants to share individually this course is not designed to operate as a therapy group.
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators to create a safe environment for women only.
Weekly morning tea and end-of-course celebration lunch provided.
This course runs in Term 2 and Term 4 for 8 weeks
Start Date: Friday 16th October 2026
Time: 9:30am-12.15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: $40 per person for the entire course
This course is for women only.
Spaces on this popular course are limited, please register your interest online and we will contact you when enrolments open:
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Wine & Clay: Friday Open Night
Interested in clay ?
Everyone welcome. Bring a friend. No experience necessary.
Looking for a great new hobby and the opportunity to meet with others? Designed to work in with a busy schedule and to develop your skill. Make it a regular “thing” and you can work on more complicated projects.
At the Pottery Studio, we indulge in social pottery making. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. During the 2 hours you can expect to make something and underglaze it so that it will have colour in the finished item. We will fire it and add a clear glaze.
The cost includes a glass of wine or juice.
Where: The Pottery Studio, 109 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: Adults $48 per person, Children (8 to 14) $35
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Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Online “Cloth Nappies & More” Course
Course price: $27 per household. (Includes 1 x Cloth Nappy Trial pack worth $100 delivered free!)
Limited spaces available! Sign up to avoid missing out on this terrific opportunity.
Details are HERE
Register through our secure system, and you’ll be emailed the instructions to view right away! Then, once you’ve completed the course your cloth nappy pack will be dispatched.
This program is for Tauranga City Council residents only and your gift pack will only be dispatched if it is within the Tauranga City Council area.
The Course: This online course is designed for you to complete at your own pace. You can sit down and work your way through the modules all at once, or you can do it bit by bit when you have the energy – it’s your call!
The topics for this course include:
- Intro/What’s the problem?
- Landfill
- Recycling
- Waste Water
- Products: Feeding & Baby Food
- Products: Cloth Nappies 101
- Washing Cloth Nappies
- Products: Extra for experts
The coolest bit? Not only do you get the most up-to-date and effective waste minimisation education out there, but you are also sent out a goodie bag full of cloth nappies and other waste minimization products worth $100 so that you can take your brand new knowledge and inspiration and put it into action!
Leave your kids on a nicer planet, it’s as easy as “Doing 1 Thing”. Take this online course and be inspired, entertained, and educated. Kate will give you lots of laughs and encouragement and may challenge your thinking when it comes to what you need when you become new parents.
The question is… Why do we have a waste issue? Can we continue to think it is not our problem? Or will you take the challenge and change one small thing to make a difference?
In order to turn back the clock, even just a fraction, we need to do something… but what is it and where do we start? We start with doing ONE thing!
“Kate does not preach she inspires. I learned so much and she made me realize there is no need to be perfect we just need to all do something”
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Spiritual Centre Psychic Cafe
Tauranga Psychic Café – This New Spiritual and Healing Centre for the 21st century is run Cafe Style. The Psychic Cafe opens every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at the Greerton Community Hall, Greerton, Tauranga. It has over a dozen practitioners in all areas considered Spiritual, Healing or Psychic.
$20 entry but once inside free psychics, healers and spiritualists. Please feel free to chat with them, share and discuss, learn or teach, make friends and be surrounded with like minds.
Opens 6.30pm. Starts 7pm.
Includes refreshments. Kid friendly.
www.psychiccafe.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepsychiccafe
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
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Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
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Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Achieve Toastmasters
We are a friendly group of like minded people working together to foster confident communication in a supportive atmosphere.
Everybody is welcome join us for our meeting and find out how you can develop your skills in speaking and leadership in a fun way and in a safe environment!
Every meeting we have several speeches lined up! Next to that, we have Word of the Evening, the famous Toastmasters Table Topics and of course lots of fun and laughs.
Anybody is welcome to visit the club and see what it’s all about. You can even give it a try if you wish during our Table Topic session! You will receive very constructive feedback you can take away and practice on.
We start at 7:30 pm sharp, so come along 10-15 minutes early so we can welcome you and you can settle in before it begins.
Please send us a message in case you wish to receive more information about Toastmasters and our club.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Day: 1st, 3rd & 5th Monday of every month
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: St Stephens Church Hall, 9 Brookfield Terrace, Otumoetai, Tauranga
Phone Contact: La Verne 027 318 5575
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
BOOK HERE
“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com
Daytime Line Dancing sessions at the same venue on Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays.
NOTE: Please contact Pat before coming to your first class.
No classes during during School Holidays & Public Holidays
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
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Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Inachord Women’s Chorus
Do you like to sing in the shower, entertain a crowd singing with friends or enjoy the challenge of some moves to accompany your singing ?
Then join us !
We are a fun loving group of women of all ages, who enjoy entertaining. Our musical director is Andrew Braid, a Vocal Coach, with many years’ experience.
We meet every Tuesday night at 7pm-9pm at the Community Church, 183 Moffat Road in Bethlehem.
For more info: contact Julie
Phone: 0210 252 6805
Writing Course for Aspiring Novelists
This term will focus on aspects of writing such as flashbacks, fight scenes, micro-plotting, pacing and themes.
Carol Garden offers a weekly class for people writing (or aspiring to write) novels.
The class will operate during school terms throughout the year. Those interested can join the class at any time.
Now on her third novel (this time adult crime), Carol has created a course from all the learning she’s done in recent years.
Carol Garden: Manuscript assessment, mentoring, writing coaching.
When: Wednesdays 9.30am – 12 noon (during school term time)
Where: Wesley Church, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Email Carol to find out more:
Email: carol.garden45@gmail.com
Website: www.carolgarden.co.nz
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
The guild meets:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10am – 2.30pm, and 7.00pm – 9.30pm.
Location: Tauranga Rowing Club, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Contact: Carol 0273 485 875 or 07 466 0075
Email: taurangaembroiderersguild@gmail.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangaembroiderersguild
Happy people say:
* A great place to meet new like minded people & learn new stitches.
Annual membership fee $100 ( equates to about $2 per week).
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
New members can come along for 2 weeks FREE to see if they like it.
Morning Tea provided but people share a plate.
Bring Your Own Lunch.
Kawhe-whawhe Tauranga
Nau kake mai, nau haere mai ki te Kawhe-whawhe!
He reo Māori tāu? Kei te kimi koe I tētahi wahi anō ki te kōrero māori?
Koinei te kauapa tika māu!
Outside of wānanga and marae it can feel difficult to find a safe space to use and speak Te Reo Māori. The library is here for you.
Kawhe-whawhe is an initiative aimed to provide learners and proficient speakers of Te Reo with a comfortable environment to share whakaaro, have fun, play games, learn something new and kōrero with each other in Te Reo.
Some activities included are- wanānga whakatauki, kahoot, wetewete korero, learn sentence structures, learning games and just have a korero!
Hot beverages and biscuits provided.
No bookings are required.
So come along, have a korero and meet new people
E ngā kākā waha nui, e nga manu pīkoko ki te reo rangatira, nau kake mai nau haere mai ki te whakawhiti kōrero, ki te takaro i ngā kēmu māori me te wānanga I ngā kaupapa maha
Tukua tō reo kia rere!
He Puna Manawa (Tauranga library)
Wednesdays from 12:30 noon-1:30pm
Pāpāmoa Library
Fridays from 12 noon-1pm
Kickstart Toastmasters
Nervous about speaking in public ?
Whether you are giving a business presentation, proposing a wedding toast, or being your best in a job interview, Kickstart Toastmasters can help you address any speaking situation with confidence.
See your skills blossom – in a safe, fun, supportive club environment. If you have butterflies in your stomach, Toastmasters will help them fly in formation.
Kickstart Toastmasters holds a weekly club meeting where everyone gets a chance to improve their public speaking, listening and leadership skills. We always have a laugh and the café upstairs opens at 6:00 am giving you time to buy a coffee and/or breakfast that can be enjoyed during the meeting.
Guests welcome – we offer three free attendances per person before signup, giving you a really good chance to find out what Toastmasters and our club is all about. No pressure to speak so come along and enjoy the atmosphere.
Day: Thursday
Time: 07:00am – 8:00am
Venue: Base Station – Babbage Room, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
Contact Phone/Txt : 022 390 2216 (Stan)
Website: http://www.kickstarttoastmasters.co.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kickstart.Toastmasters.Club/
For other Toastmaster groups in the Bay of Plenty:
https://letslearn.nz/toastmasters/
Free Conversational English
English Classes
- Conversational English: Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. A free, friendly class with tutor Mark, focused on practising speaking and listening skills. Walk-ins are welcome.
When: Thursdays 10am – 12 noon
Where: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Tutor: Mark
For details:
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Tuesday to Thursday
Ph: : 022 380 6483 (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: Multicultural Tauranga
Also at the Multicultural Centre:
- Newcomers Networking Mornings: Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. An opportunity for newcomers to meet others, make connections and participate in community activities.
- JP Services: Thursdays, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Walk-in service available.
Conscious Breathing Session (Individual)
Your soul is but a breath away…
Receive the gift of you!
Conscious breathing invites you to a deep connection and integration with soul. Allow to experience feeling connected in awareness and presence with all that you are. May support to move beyond of mental worry and spiritual searching, into deep trust and love of all you are.
These sessions are for those who are choosing to awaken to living as a divine human on earth in this lifetime.
The sessions are Tauranga based.
For more information on times or for an individual session, please contact:
Marie
Email: marie@connekt.co.nz
Mobile : 021 210 5929.
Keynotes Women’s Barbershop Chorus
Keynotes Women’s Chorus sings a variety of songs in 4 part harmony.
Keynotes is a four part, a cappella barbershop chorus of enthusiastic women. We love to sing in the community and share our love of singing with others. We regularly sing at retirement villages, and other events. We would love for you to join us!
We’re looking for new members, especially if you love to sing the high notes. Come along to our practice night and see what we’re all about. Singing is very good for your brain and your soul !
When: Thursdays 7pm
Where: Wesley Church Hall, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
For more details:
Phone: Bernice 576 4848 or 0274 221 133
Email: keynotesbarbershop@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeynotesBarbershop
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Wine & Clay: Friday Open Night
Interested in clay ?
Everyone welcome. Bring a friend. No experience necessary.
Looking for a great new hobby and the opportunity to meet with others? Designed to work in with a busy schedule and to develop your skill. Make it a regular “thing” and you can work on more complicated projects.
At the Pottery Studio, we indulge in social pottery making. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. During the 2 hours you can expect to make something and underglaze it so that it will have colour in the finished item. We will fire it and add a clear glaze.
The cost includes a glass of wine or juice.
Where: The Pottery Studio, 109 Devonport Rd, Tauranga
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: Adults $48 per person, Children (8 to 14) $35
Click Here to book your workshop
Tauranga Radio Sailing Club
Come and see what it’s all about.
Meeting Times:
Saturdays 11am until 4pm
Wednesdays 1pm until 4pm approx
Venue: Scoria Close, Lake Taurikura, Tauriko, Tauranga
Email: tgarsc@gmail.com
Falun Dafa
Purify the Body and Calm the Mind
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is a traditional self-cultivation practice based on the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. Easy to learn, the practice includes four gentle standing exercises to purify the body and a seated meditation to calm the mind.
Around the world, millions of people from all walks of life and all ages have taken up the practice and report dramatic health improvements, clarity of thought, more energy and a deeper spiritual awareness.
True health comes from cultivating both mind and body.
Free to learn.
Please join our Free, Easy to Learn Exercise Sessions in the Parks as follows:
Exercises 1 to 4 only. Duration – 1x hour. Look for the Blue and White Banner.
1st and 2nd Sundays – Memorial Park by the fountain, enter from Devonport Rd
3rd Sunday – Papamoa Domain near car park below Bluebiyou Restaurant
4th Sunday – Marine Parade, near cenotaph opposite Pacific Ave.
Winter Hours – @ 10:15am
Summer Hours – @ 9:45am
Change at Daylight Saving time.
Please call / text Judy for any alternative arrangements.
Please phone or text 021 0425 398 for directions.
Email: judystauranga@protonmail.com
Quakers in Tauranga
You are invited to explore your spiritual journey with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Meet a supportive group while meditating in an hour of silence and contemplation.
Our purpose is to promote a peaceful and sustainable world. Our values are peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, community and care of our planet.
We welcome newcomers.
In the spirit of manaakitanga we offer one another support and encouragement on our inner journey.
What to expect?
You will be welcomed with a cup of tea or coffee. We then spend an hour in meditation and personal contemplation. This is followed by an opportunity for you to introduce yourself, to listen and to share.
When: Sundays from 10am to 12
Where: In the hall behind Brain Watkins House, corner of Cameron Road and Elizabeth Street.
Cost: Free
ALL WELCOME.
Ph 02102742502 for further information.
Website: https://quakers.nz/
Maia wrote:
“Being part of a community of people who don’t tell you what to think or even necessarily ask you what you believe has been refreshing and a great strength to me starting in a new place
I have found myself accepted, encouraged, and welcomed”
Tauranga Creative Fibre Group
Enjoy learning new crafts.
Tauranga Creative Fibre meets every Monday, 9.30am, at 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga. Learn knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, felting & dying.
They also get together on the 2nd & 4th Thursday of the month at 6.30pm at the same venue.
Contact Person: Rosanne
Phone: 0275 752 175
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taurangacreativefibre
Adult Beginners Acting Classes
Are you interested in attending acting classes for adult beginners?
The classes are for adults (18 years plus) who would like to give acting a go and have little or no previous experience or training. Topics that will be covered include an introduction to stage-craft, playing a character, working with a script, and auditions. The classes are the perfect introduction to acting for community theatre.
They are a great deal of fun in a relaxed and encouraging environment.
Tutor: Kim Williamson. Kim is a theatre tutor, director, and actor with 25 years of theatre experience. She is employed by the Detour Theatre Trust.
If you have any questions please do contact the theatre at info@detour.co.nz
CLICK HERE TO ENROL
Two options. Don’t wait, do it now.
Tuesday Afternoon Option
Time: 12.45pm – 2.15pm
Monday Evenings Option
Time: 6.30pm – 8pm
Location: Detour Theatre, Historic Village on 17th Avenue West, Tauranga
Cost: $87.50 for seven sessions
Note: Detour Theatre also runs Teens’ Classes & Children’s Classes. Contact the Theatre for details.
Kim Westerskov Photography Tuition
Kim’s “Private Workshops” Programme
Yes, I’d love to start running normal workshops again but, importantly, I need to look after both “my photographers” and vulnerable members of my family, to make sure they don’t get Covid [Yes, it is still with us, and still not nice].
“Private Workshops” – sessions with just you – or you and a friend.
Below is a list of workshops I’ve run in recent years. Choose one you like and join me.
• “Beach Magic Photography”
• “Black and White Magic Photography”
• “Close-up Magic – with or without a macro lens”
• “Composition & Light” • “Exciting New Techniques”
• “Even more Exciting New Techniques” • “Forests, Ferns & Flowers”
• “Good photos, Great Photos – Anytime, Anywhere”
• “Great people photos” workshop. Portraits, kids, families, candid, travel, events, weddings • “Landscapes & Seascapes” • “Making your photos look great in Lightroom or Photoshop”
• “Photo Essentials” • “Photo Impressionism & Photo Art”
• “Photography 101”
• “Sea, Surf, Shore & Seabirds”
• “Slow, Smooth & Wonderful – Long Exposures”
• “Soul in your photos”
• “Travel photography – Your Next Big Trip”
• “Turning your Photos into Art”
• “Waterfalls, Ferns & Forests”
• “Wide Angle & Telephoto”
• “Zap, Zing, Wow! & Creativity” photo workshop
Private Tuition
it’s one-on-one with an experienced photographer and teacher.
This can be out in the field or at my studio, looking at your photos on my computer, going over your camera functions, looking into specific techniques, or all of the above and more – whatever you want to do.
Photographing Artworks, Photoshopping, Photo Restoration
As well as teaching photography and mentoring photographers, I also offer photo restoration, Photoshopping, and “Photographing your Artworks” services. Your precious old but not-in-good-shape photos? You’d be surprised how well I can almost always restore them. Email me the photos and I’ll give you a quote on what it will cost to restore them.
Contact: Kim Westerskov
Phone: 578 5138
Email: kimsworkshops@gmail.com
Website: http://kimwesterskov.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.westerskov
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Harmony a Plenty Barbershop Chorus
Come and Sing with Us
Have you always wanted to sing in a group but didn’t know where to start? We welcome potential members to come along and watch and listen as we go through our weekly rehearsal. If you already know some of the songs you can even join in! It’s great fun and not too scary, so why not pay us a visit ?
You are welcome to attend our chorus practice.
Day: Monday evenings
Time: Starting at 19:00 until about 21:30
Venue: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga
– enjoy free voice training
– meet really nice guys who love to sing
– feel free to come and be part of the harmony
– you’ll recognise us by our smiles and good humour.
Phone Errol: 0272 300 959
Tauranga Civic Choir
Male and female voice choir based in Tauranga. We perform a variety of works from traditional choral pieces to lighter modern works 3-4 times a year.
There are more than 60 people in our choir who love music and singing. We know this because they all turn up for rehearsal on Monday nights.
All voices welcome, especially tenors and basses.
The ability to read music will be an advantage for potential members.
When: Mondays 7.30pm
Where: Wesley Church 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: Julia 575 0538
Breathwork and meditation in the gallery with Camilla Drema
When: Tuesday mornings 7.30am – 8.15 am
Where: Tauranga Art Gallery
Cost: $Koha
BYO yoga matt, blanket & water
Fruit & Tea provided after the session
If you are new to Breathwork, here are just some incredible benefits:
- Unclutters our minds, leading to Heightened Presence
- Improves Brain Health & Cognitive Function
- Boosts Immunity (especially powerful during post covid times)
- Helps Create a Robust Nervous System which helps with our capacity to create lasting changes (think re-wiring & keeping to our productivity goals!)
- Proven to help us Live Longer
- Alleviates Mental Health issues such as Anxiety & Depression
- Creates mind to body connection leading to operating from a state of calm & response > reactionary and triggered states
- Creates mental health shifts immediately, perfect for morning routines
- Great for team-building exercises that involve something healthier
- Stimulates creativity & memory
- & many more!
Dr James Nestor has a famous quote: “No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how slim or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly” which sums up how integral the health of our breath is to us.
Experience the fusion of art & breathwork.
Breathe yourself free, become more present, grounded & calm in your life
BOOK HERE
“Attending Camilla’s breathwork and meditation class at the art gallery for the past six weeks or so has been absolutely amazing! It’s seriously become one of the highlights of my week. Right from the first session, I felt like I walked into a super cozy and welcoming space that Camilla effortlessly creates. She’s just so warm and caring, it’s impossible not to feel comfortable around her. And that vibe spreads to the whole group too, so we all end up feeling like one big supportive family.
The breathwork exercises themselves are seriously something else. They’re both energizing and relaxing at the same time, and every session brings something new. It’s like going on this incredible journey inside yourself, guided by Camilla’s immense talent and passion. Seriously, she’s a natural at what she does.
If you’re up for a beautiful and empowering experience, definitely give Camilla’s class a try. You won’t regret it!” – Sheryl
Tauranga Scrabble Club
Scrabble is a great mental stimulant. Take up the challenge. Find that top word and top score.
Club Scrabble is a fun activity that gives those brain cells a good workout. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned player, we cater for everybody in our friendly, relaxed club environment.
The Tauranga Scrabble Club meets every Tuesday morning at the Tauranga Citizens Club, 170 Thirteenth Avenue, Tauranga from 9.20 a.m. for three games of scrabble. Play commences at 9.30 a.m. There is a mix of competitive and casual games.
Weekly cover charge of $3 includes morning tea.
Contact:
Phone: Barbara 544 8372 or Pam Fulton 027 746 4850
Email: dunn.barbara44@gmail.com
Website: www.taurangascrabble.wordpress.com“
Model Railways
Come down to the Model Railway Club for a look and a play.
You’ll find them upstairs on the corner of Cross Road and Mirrelies Road at Sulphur Point. All welcome.
Club times are:
Tuesday mornings 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday evenings 7.15pm to 9.30pm
Email: tmrcsecretary@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaurangaModelRailway/
Rhythm ‘n’ Fun Line Dancing Tuesdays Tauranga
Come and enjoy learning to dance, making new friends, exercising your mind and body as well as extending your social life. Friendly classes. Newcomers and beginners welcome.
BUT you must contact Pat before coming to your first class.
If you need to know more…..
Tauranga
Day: Tuesday Mornings
Time:
10.00pm – 11.00pm Absolute Beginners
Venue: Wesley Methodist Church Hall, 100 13th Avenue, Tauranga
Phone: Pat Wilson on 544 2574 or 021 0271 2467
Email: patdancer01@gmail.com