What is happening in your community during the Winter School Holiday?
Stuck on what to do these school holidays? Check out some of the school holiday events and programmes listed in your community
Library School Holiday Programmes
Kāpiti Libraries: School holiday events
Porirua City Library: Events
Upper Hutt Libraries: U-Play event schedule
Wellington City: Events for preschoolers, ages 0-5
Wellington City: Events for school-aged children, ages 5–13
Wellington City: Events for teens, ages 13+. Or, you can browse the Wellington City Libraries Events Calendar
Recreation Centres
Khandallah: Nairnville Recreation Centre
Karori: Recreation Centre
Kilbirnie: Ākau Tangi Sports Centre
Tawa: Tawa Recreation Centre
Out and About across Wellington
Akatarawa Valley, Upper Hutt: Staglands Wildlife Reserve
Central Wellington: Fun at Te Papa
Central Wellington: The cable car
Central Wellington, Queens Wharf: Capital E
Kelburn, Botanic Gardens: Discovery garden
Lower Hutt: The Dowse Art Museum
Newtown, Wellington Zoo: Fun at the zoo
Ōtari-Wilton's Bush: The open air museum
Porirua: Pātaka
Upper Hutt: Whirinaki Whare Taonga events for children
Find playgrounds and play areas in Wellington City, or Kāpiti.
What about a cycling or trail adventure? Consider the Remutaka Cycle Trail or the Great Harbour Way
Know of any other activities our tamariki can engage in? Post them below for your neighbours to see!
A riddle to start the festive season 🌲🎁🌟
I'm a fruit. If you take away my first letter, I'm a crime. If you take away my first two letters, I'm an animal. If you take away my first and last letter, I'm a form of music. What am I?
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post if you know the answer and the big reveal will be posted in the comments at 2pm on the day!
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Think you can spot a scam from a mile away?
You might be surprised. Scammers are getting slicker, sneakier, and a whole lot more convincing, and they’re targeting everyone from students to grandparents.
Before you brush it off with “I’d never fall for that,” give your scam radar a quick tune-up! Test yourself with Netsafe’s fun new Scam Spotting Quiz or try our online module for even more skill-building.
Scams can catch anyone — even the careful ones.
Keep your wits (and your wallet) about you!
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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