Should you be new to the drawing class you will be very welcome, with a number of ‘old hands’ happy and willing to share their skills.
MICHELANGELO quote: “Let whoever may have attained the power of drawing know that they hold a treasure.”
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Worm Composting Workshops
Composting kit included.
Recipe Swap Breakfast
Love Food Hate Waste
Pacific Coast Technical Institute
Evening and Day courses available
Seminar: Decision-making in Senior years
“All you need to know approaching senior years”
Pottery Lessons
Bethlehem Pottery Club, where potters create!
Tennis Coaching with Rod
For complete beginners through to people who want to improve their skills…
Silver Smithing & Jewelry Making with Alexandra Mostyn
Craft and Design
Get Your Money Fighting Fit
“Sorted” Seminar
Russian Language
It’s the world’s most difficult language but Marina makes it easy.
Psychic Cafe
Book in for a fun evening of psychic craft with Kevin
Barista Training
Barista Training in the Tauranga, Bay of Plenty and Waikato Regions.
Spanish with Sonia
Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
Tauranga Scrabble Club
New members welcome
Technologies Device Workshop
Book now for your lessons & learn the basics.
Sewing Connexion
Sew, share ideas, improve techniques in a fun environment
Tauranga Senior Net
Supporting & motivating people aged 50+ to use & enjoy technology
Tauranga Embroiderers’ Guild
New members & beginners welcome
Cake Decorating Classes
Learn cake decorating with buttercream or fondant icing
Calligraphy
Discover the different scripts
Tauranga Society of Artists
Regular meetings for like-minded people
Guitar / Ukulele for Beginners
Lessons tailored to the student’s needs
Events
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
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
The Incredible Years Free Parenting Course
Through the Incredible Years Parenting you will learn how to encourage positive behaviour, address challenging behaviour and build healthy relationships with your tamariki.
You will help your children develop self control skills and increase their academic, social and emotional competency.
The course is full of practical step-by-step suggestions to help manage the everyday situations parents face and to create a more enjoyable family life.
Why do a parenting course?
- Parenting is the most important job adults do.
- Many of us are not trained or prepared for the task.
- Challenging behaviour causes stress in families.
- Confident parents make a difference in families.
- Learning parenting skills in a supportive group is effective and fun.
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators.
Weekly morning teas and an end-of-course celebration are included.
The next course starts on 25th February 2026 and runs for 14 weeks
(no sessions during the school holidays).
St Peters House runs the Pre-School Programme focusing on strengthening parenting skills for parents and full time carers for children aged 3-6 years old.
Time: 9:30am-12:15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: No charge
Spaces on this popular course are limited, online pre-enrollment is essential:
For more information or to register your interest in attending see https://www.stpetershouse.co.nz/incredible-years-parenting.html
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
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Bromeliad Club
The BOP Bromeliad Club’s activities include garden visits, guest speakers and an annual bus trip away as well as the sharing of advice and tips on cultivating bromeliads. Visitors are welcome. Good sales table.
Club Meetings:
Date: Second Wednesday of each month.
Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Venue: Tauranga Yacht Club, Sulphur point, Tauranga
Phone: Lynley 576 7711 for more info.
NZ Bromeliad Website: http://bsnz.org/
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
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 1st May 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
Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group
Members of the group meet at the Art and Craft Centre , 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
Visitors are welcome.
Meets:- Second & Fourth Fridays; 10am – 3pm
For more information contact:
Email: taurangaquilters@gmail.com
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Tauranga Country Music Club
The Tauranga Country Music Club meets monthly:
When : 1pm on the 2nd Sunday of the month
Where : Senior Citizens Club, 14 Norris Street, Tauranga (behind Pak’n’Save)
Cost : $3
Contact : Merv Blue (07 571 6716)
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Pastel Painting – Tauranga Society of Artists
Pastel painters love the immediacy of drawing with a rich and painterly colouring power. If you haven’t used them before you may be surprised at how easily the essential techniques can be mastered. Learning to handle the pastels and the attractiveness of the work you can produce is very satisfying.
You are welcome to attend Mary’s sessions and see for yourself the versatility of this medium which is suited to either large, ambitious compositions right down to small quick sketches. The whole pastel process is one of ease and simplicity – no palette to organise, no canvas to prepare, no need for water or turps and no clean-up afterwards.
Mary is passionate about her medium and will welcome you to her sessions to share the pleasure of working with pastels and will show the various types of pastel available, their wide range of colours, subtle hints and textures.
First and Third Monday Mornings of each month – continued in the afternoon
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
Convenor is Mary McTavish
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
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/
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Orchid Society
The Tauranga Orchid Society would like to introduce you to the world of orchids.
They are the ultimate hobby plant!
Join us and we’ll do everything we can to help you grow and bloom the most fascinating, beautiful plants in the world.
The Society meets at the Wesley Church Hall, 13th Avenue, Tauranga at 7.00pm on the third Tuesday of every month.
Visitors are welcome.
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
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 1st May 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
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
Drawing For Pleasure: Tauranga Society of Artists
Second and Fourth Monday Mornings of each month
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Drawing for pleasure
Drawing for pleasure
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
A continuation of the morning sessions, as above, but with no tutor. The rooms are open and all members are welcome to bring their drawing work, in any medium.
Contact: Convenor – Carol Macintyre
What’s On at Your Library
From Knitting & Knattering to Chess, from Rummikub to Genealogy plus a host of activities in between, libraries are true community hubs. Check out what is on the programme and geared for adults in your area.
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/
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
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
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Marine Radio Operator Certificate Course
Are you aware that any person operating a maritime VHF radio must hold, as a minimum requirement, a Maritime VHF Radio Operator Certificate (unless transmitting in an emergency or a distress situation)?
On the course you will cover subjects such as the general features and functions of a maritime VHF radio, correct distress and urgency procedures for ‘Mayday’ and ‘Pan Pan’ calls, pro-words and phonetic alphabet, trip reports, weather services, callsigns, EPIRBS and other search and rescue equipment.
When: 7pm, Every 4th Wednesday and Thursday evenings (attendance required at both nights)
Please call to confirm date on (07) 578 5579
Where: Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard, Sulphur Point, Tauranga
Cost: $90 pp and payment in full required on booking
For more info:
Phone: 07 578 5578
Email: support@taurangacoastguard.co.nz
Website: www.taurangacoastguard.co.nz.
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group
Members of the group meet at the Art and Craft Centre , 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
Visitors welcome.
Meets:-
Second & Fourth Fridays; 10am – 3pm
For more information contact:
Email: taurangaquilters@gmail.com
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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.
Urban Sketching :
Next Sketch Up : TBA
Bruce marketedgenz@gmail.com 021 730 705
Sketch On !!
Urban Sketchers see the world one drawing at a time. Join us as we let our drawings tell a story of our surroundings, the places we live and the places we travel.
The essence of Urban Sketching is to draw on location, indoors or out, and capture what we see from direct observation.
All levels of sketchers are encouraged, from beginner to advanced, using whatever medium you prefer.
Sharing ideas and enjoying our drawing in a social, relaxed community of sketchers is what we are all about.
Please bring your own sketching materials and other items like sunscreen, hat, a seat, water, etc., as required for outdoor sketching. We will meet at a particular location at a specified time and then the choice of what subject to draw is yours. We will usually get together again after about 2 hours to share our work and socialise.
We love to share our work while observing the guidelines outlined in our manifesto.
Contact:
Phone: 021 730 705 (Bruce)
Email: marketedgenz@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Urban-Sketchers-Tauranga-111933961272856/
Phone: 021 730 705 (Bruce)
Email: marketedgenz@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Urban-Sketchers-Tauranga-111933961272856/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
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/
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.com
Tauranga Writers: Work in Progress
These evenings concentrate mainly on ‘work in progress’ with constructive feedback between us. We also exchange information about writing in general, and our own and Tauranga Writers’ ongoing projects.
MONTHLY WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Where: Wesley Community Centre, 100 13th Ave, Tauranga
When: first Thursday of the month 7pm – 9pm
Come along and check us out. You can attend a couple of sessions before committing to joining.
For details:
Tauranga Writers
Phone:07 549-3085
Email:taurangawritersnz@gmail.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/
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.
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
Pastel Painting – Tauranga Society of Artists
Pastel painters love the immediacy of drawing with a rich and painterly colouring power. If you haven’t used them before you may be surprised at how easily the essential techniques can be mastered. Learning to handle the pastels and the attractiveness of the work you can produce is very satisfying.
You are welcome to attend Mary’s sessions and see for yourself the versatility of this medium which is suited to either large, ambitious compositions right down to small quick sketches. The whole pastel process is one of ease and simplicity – no palette to organise, no canvas to prepare, no need for water or turps and no clean-up afterwards.
Mary is passionate about her medium and will welcome you to her sessions to share the pleasure of working with pastels and will show the various types of pastel available, their wide range of colours, subtle hints and textures.
First and Third Monday Mornings of each month – continued in the afternoon
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
Convenor is Mary McTavish
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
What’s On at Your Library
From Knitting & Knattering to Chess, from Rummikub to Genealogy plus a host of activities in between, libraries are true community hubs. Check out what is on the programme and geared for adults in your area.
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/
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
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
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Bromeliad Club
The BOP Bromeliad Club’s activities include garden visits, guest speakers and an annual bus trip away as well as the sharing of advice and tips on cultivating bromeliads. Visitors are welcome. Good sales table.
Club Meetings:
Date: Second Wednesday of each month.
Time: 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Venue: Tauranga Yacht Club, Sulphur point, Tauranga
Phone: Lynley 576 7711 for more info.
NZ Bromeliad Website: http://bsnz.org/
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group
Members of the group meet at the Art and Craft Centre , 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
Visitors are welcome.
Meets:- Second & Fourth Fridays; 10am – 3pm
For more information contact:
Email: taurangaquilters@gmail.com
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Tauranga Country Music Club
The Tauranga Country Music Club meets monthly:
When : 1pm on the 2nd Sunday of the month
Where : Senior Citizens Club, 14 Norris Street, Tauranga (behind Pak’n’Save)
Cost : $3
Contact : Merv Blue (07 571 6716)
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
Drawing For Pleasure: Tauranga Society of Artists
Should you be new to the drawing class you will be very welcome, with a number of ‘old hands’ happy and willing to share their skills.
MICHELANGELO quote: “Let whoever may have attained the power of drawing know that they hold a treasure.”
Second and Fourth Monday Mornings of each month
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Drawing for pleasure
Drawing for pleasure
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
A continuation of the morning sessions, as above, but with no tutor. The rooms are open and all members are welcome to bring their drawing work, in any medium.
Contact: Convenor – Carol Macintyre
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
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
Tauranga Bird Club Night
Interested in birds and breeding them ?
Want to learn more ?
The club has regular meetings on the second Monday of the month
Day: Meetings on Mondays
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Legion of Frontiersmen Hall, Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
Contact the Tauranga Bird Club:
Phone: Sheryl 027 216 3568
Email: taurangabirdclub@gmail.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/
Genealogy Support Tauranga Library
Want some help with Family History Research?
Call in at one of the Library Drop In Genealogy Help sessions hosted by local genealogy experts.
No booking necessary.
Bring along your laptop if you have one and any details you have already collected.
Genealogy Research Assistance
Tauranga Library
Where: Nga Wahi Rangahau Collection, 1st floor, Tauranga Library, Willow St, Tauranga
When: 2nd Tuesday of the month, 10am – 12noon
On call help
Give one of our genealogists a call to negotiate a time that suits.
- Morag Hughson
Phone: 022 185 3643
Email: moraghughson@hotmail.com - Joy Edmonds
Phone: 07 575 5820
Email: joyali@actrix.co.nz
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
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.
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Pastel Painting – Tauranga Society of Artists
Pastel painters love the immediacy of drawing with a rich and painterly colouring power. If you haven’t used them before you may be surprised at how easily the essential techniques can be mastered. Learning to handle the pastels and the attractiveness of the work you can produce is very satisfying.
You are welcome to attend Mary’s sessions and see for yourself the versatility of this medium which is suited to either large, ambitious compositions right down to small quick sketches. The whole pastel process is one of ease and simplicity – no palette to organise, no canvas to prepare, no need for water or turps and no clean-up afterwards.
Mary is passionate about her medium and will welcome you to her sessions to share the pleasure of working with pastels and will show the various types of pastel available, their wide range of colours, subtle hints and textures.
First and Third Monday Mornings of each month – continued in the afternoon
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
Convenor is Mary McTavish
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
Email: jhmemcts@gmail.com
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
What’s On at Your Library
From Knitting & Knattering to Chess, from Rummikub to Genealogy plus a host of activities in between, libraries are true community hubs. Check out what is on the programme and geared for adults in your area.
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/
Senior Net
Senior Net Classes
Learn from somebody your own age. SeniorNet is a community training network that supports and motivates people to enjoy and use technology in their everyday lives. Daytime classes Monday to Friday. Check out the timetable here.
We specialise in improving the computer skills for adults over 40 years of age, so that they have somewhere to go to meet other like-minded people who also want to improve or volunteer to assist others in learning about computers and hear about the latest computer technologies, through the regular courses and workshops that we offer.
We provide small, friendly and stress-free computer classes, where you will gain the necessary skills and confidence you need to get the most out of information technology.
Clubrooms: the Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact: The Secretary
Phone: 577 1912 or 021 277 1912
Email: tauranga@seniornet.nz
Website: www.taurangaseniornet.co.nz
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
Tauranga Orchid Society
The Tauranga Orchid Society would like to introduce you to the world of orchids.
They are the ultimate hobby plant!
Join us and we’ll do everything we can to help you grow and bloom the most fascinating, beautiful plants in the world.
The Society meets at the Wesley Church Hall, 13th Avenue, Tauranga at 7.00pm on the third Tuesday of every month.
Visitors are welcome.
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club
Tauranga Acoustic Music Club is a group of people who enjoy making music.
We grew out of the folk music club tradition: music of the people, by the people for the people – so pretty much anything goes!
Newbies are welcomed & encouraged!
Friendly get-together, all instruments, all levels of ability.
Blackboard Concert
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month we have a blackboard concert, where we set up a PA system, and you put your name(s) on the board, then take it in turns to get up and do a couple of songs. On the other Tuesdays we sit around a table and have a jam session.
When: Tuesdays 7pm
Where: Greerton Social Club 1334 Cameron Rd, Greerton
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
Volunteers at McLaren Falls Park
The society looks after the trees at McLaren Falls Park.
Meetups:
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 12 noon – about 4pm
Place: McLaren Falls Park Information Centre
We meet at the Information centre at noon on Wednesdays with our packed lunches. After lunch and a discussion about what’s on for the afternoon we set to it. Usually no more than three hours in total. We bring our own tools, and plenty of cheerful enthusiasm. The afternoon will be cancelled if the weather looks guaranteed to be wet.
The nature of the work is forever changing and can include planting, identification & GPS plotting location, or nursery work with trees from early February to mid-December.
A volunteer doesn’t have to be knowledgeable about trees, or be a competent gardener, just to be willing to follow instructions. One of our current members has said she loves coming, not just because the park is such a lovely place, but because she learns something every week.
Contact: Chris Reynolds (027 918 0589)
Email: raychrisreynolds@gmail.com
Marine Radio Operator Certificate Course
Are you aware that any person operating a maritime VHF radio must hold, as a minimum requirement, a Maritime VHF Radio Operator Certificate (unless transmitting in an emergency or a distress situation)?
On the course you will cover subjects such as the general features and functions of a maritime VHF radio, correct distress and urgency procedures for ‘Mayday’ and ‘Pan Pan’ calls, pro-words and phonetic alphabet, trip reports, weather services, callsigns, EPIRBS and other search and rescue equipment.
When: 7pm, Every 4th Wednesday and Thursday evenings (attendance required at both nights)
Please call to confirm date on (07) 578 5579
Where: Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard, Sulphur Point, Tauranga
Cost: $90 pp and payment in full required on booking
For more info:
Phone: 07 578 5578
Email: support@taurangacoastguard.co.nz
Website: www.taurangacoastguard.co.nz.
Society of Artists: Oil Painting
Karen Pritchard is Leader of the Thursday art group. We are a friendly bunch, interested in each other’s work and multiple media techniques. We have several artists skilled in the use of oil paint, acrylics and water colours.
The last Thursday of each month an artist in the group will share four of their pictures.
Learn about using a variety of art methods, advice and support with your art work is available.
The use of oil paints can require solvents and strong smelling liquids which do not suit everyone. We set aside this special time for our special members who love these smells and produce amazing works with their medium of oil paints. Come and join the oil painting group if this is you, every Thursday morning of each month. New members are always welcome.
When: Every Thursday morning
Where: Art Society Centre, 171 A Elizabeth Street West, Tauranga
For more details:
Karen Pritchard – 544 6574 or 021 197.3737
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.
Spanish with Sonia
Sonia provides classes for all levels. Contact her for details.
Time: Thursday evenings
Start Date: TBA
Venue: Multicultural Centre, Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Fee: $150 for 8 classes per term
Contact: Sonia Blair
Phone: 027 346 7723
Email: arsoniablair@yahoo.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/
Discover Your True Worth
A safe, empowering course that provides participants the opportunity to consider the way they see themselves and the impact on their self-worth. Topics include values, the effects of positive and negative thinking, grief, forgiveness, and much more.
Over the 8 weeks participants will:
Explore how the development of their own sense of self-worth has been impacted and how internal messages received in the past can be addressed.
- Explore how their self-worth has been impacted and how internal messages can be addressed.
- Take a closer look at their own strengths, abilities and resources.
- Be encouraged to consider how to appreciate their own worth including from a spiritual perspective.
- Gain an understanding of grief and loss and how it can impact us.
- Explore the process of forgiveness.
- Learn how to take responsibility for themselves, using the resources available both within and around them.
- Positively affirm who they are and acknowledge their value.
This course is available for women only, numbers are limited.
The next 8 week course starts 24 July 2026.
Time: 9:30am-12.15pm
Venue: St Peters Church, cnr Cameron Rd & Spring St, Tauranga
Cost: $40 per person for the entire course
The course is led by trained and experienced facilitators to create a safe environment for women only.
Weekly morning tea provided.
Weekly morning tea provided.
For more information or to register your interest in attending see https://www.stpetershouse.co.nz/your-true-worth.html
Tauranga Patchwork & Quilters Group
Members of the group meet at the Art and Craft Centre , 177 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga
Visitors welcome.
Meets:-
Second & Fourth Fridays; 10am – 3pm
For more information contact:
Email: taurangaquilters@gmail.com
ESOL English Classes
FREE ESOL English classess
Conversational English classes –Thursday from 10 am to noon – Walk in
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Friday 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
ESOL CLASSES
$40 per term – Vocabulary, reading, grammar and writing on Monday 6.30 pm -7.30 pm
To register for the English class, please email to enquiries@trmc.co.nz with your full name, phone number and which class would you like to attend.
For new students, first time for free then you need to pay $5 for each class after that, or $40 for the Term.
Venue: Historic Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga
Contact Multicultural Tauranga
Phone: 571 6419
Email: enquiries@trmc.co.nz
Website: http://www.trmc.co.nz/
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.
Urban Sketching :
Next Sketch Up : TBA
Bruce marketedgenz@gmail.com 021 730 705
Sketch On !!
Urban Sketchers see the world one drawing at a time. Join us as we let our drawings tell a story of our surroundings, the places we live and the places we travel.
The essence of Urban Sketching is to draw on location, indoors or out, and capture what we see from direct observation.
All levels of sketchers are encouraged, from beginner to advanced, using whatever medium you prefer.
Sharing ideas and enjoying our drawing in a social, relaxed community of sketchers is what we are all about.
Please bring your own sketching materials and other items like sunscreen, hat, a seat, water, etc., as required for outdoor sketching. We will meet at a particular location at a specified time and then the choice of what subject to draw is yours. We will usually get together again after about 2 hours to share our work and socialise.
We love to share our work while observing the guidelines outlined in our manifesto.
Contact:
Phone: 021 730 705 (Bruce)
Email: marketedgenz@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Urban-Sketchers-Tauranga-111933961272856/
Phone: 021 730 705 (Bruce)
Email: marketedgenz@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Urban-Sketchers-Tauranga-111933961272856/
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
U3A Groups 2026
The 2026 U3A handbook is on their website now
Have a look. You won’t believe the number of interest groups of all kinds that meet regularly in the wider Tauranga and Katikati area.
There are more than 70 ! so too many to individually list here.
Go to the Handbook. Join U3A and join a group.
Medieval Sword Fighting
The Northern Horde of Tauranga are a Medieval re-enactment group, we meet for combat training, archery, dance and crafts.
Learn to fight with swords, axes, spears etc in a controlled and safe environment.
Where: Memorial Park, Tauranga
When: Sundays 1.30pm
For info: Charlie: 021 296 0215
Welcome Bay Painters Group
The group is a casual group. All abilities welcome.
When: Every Monday except public holidays
What Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Where: Welcome Bay Community Church, 340 Welcome Bay Road.
Cost: $3 per session
Contact: Diane Riddler. 0276061827
Relax, chat, create, no pressure. All levels of skill welcome.
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
Free English Classes
These group classes provide free English tuition to all comers, whatever their immigration or visa status. The aim is to provide life based vocab and structures to improve communication skills so friendships can be formed in the wider community. All ages and all levels of English are welcome. Just turn up and find the level that suits you.
No classes during school holidays.
When: Mondays 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Venue: Holy Trinity Church, 215 Devonport Road, Tauranga
Email: Elizabeth Price e7price@gmail.com
Phone: 578 7718
Term 1 2025 begins on 10th February.
Drawing For Pleasure: Tauranga Society of Artists
Should you be new to the drawing class you will be very welcome, with a number of ‘old hands’ happy and willing to share their skills.
MICHELANGELO quote: “Let whoever may have attained the power of drawing know that they hold a treasure.”
Second and Fourth Monday Mornings of each month
Morning 9.30 – 12.00
Drawing for pleasure
Drawing for pleasure
Afternoon 12.00 – 4.00
A continuation of the morning sessions, as above, but with no tutor. The rooms are open and all members are welcome to bring their drawing work, in any medium.
Contact: Convenor – Carol Macintyre
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/