Community news & events

IHC Art Awards Exhibition 2025

550+ artworks. One unforgettable exhibition.
Art is available for purchase online now: www.ihc.org.nz/gallery2025

Step into a world of creativity and inspiration at the 2025 IHC Art Awards Exhibition.
Since 2004, the IHC Art Awards have provided a national platform for artistic expression, celebrating creativity and inclusion.

This year’s exhibition features over 550 artworks – and you can vote for your favourite in the Forté Recruitment People’s Choice Award.
This stunning showcase features original artworks by talented New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities. Every piece is for sale, and every dollar goes straight to the artist.
Bold, vibrant, moving – there’s something here for everyone.

25 July – 13 August 2025
Webb’s Wellington, 23 Marion Street, Te Aro, Wellington
This event is free and wheelchair accessible.

Vogelmorn 10 Year celebration

Way back in 2015, a charitable trust of dedicated locals took over the land and buildings of the former bowling club with the vision of creating a multi-use community space. It’s now 2025 and the Vogelmorn precinct is a thriving, creative community hub!

Join us to mark the last 10 years of Vogelmadness in a mini-festival spanning 10 hours. Experience a range of workshops and performances celebrating the eclectic range of happenings that take place at Vogelmorn, from music and martial arts to theatre and trampolining!

Enjoy drinks from our UPSTAIRS bar and kai from Smoked & Pickled and bread and dips from Damascus. BYO ingredients to make pizza in our very own pizza oven!

Midday until 10pm

Saturday 2^nd of August

Vogelmorn Bowling Club, 93 Mornington Road, Brooklyn

Wellington Access Radio is the station that is BY, FOR and ABOUT our communities. We exist to remove barriers to broadcasting and to make sure that everyone in our community gets a voice. However, it’s getting harder to keep our space accessible to everyone. This year we’re facing increased costs – transmission, rent, insurance and more – but we have no extra funding.

One thing we really don’t want to do is pass on these increased costs to our amazing group of over 200 programme-makers, who create over 80 diverse radio shows and podcasts in over 20 different languages. We’re very aware that increased costs can create barriers to those who need this space the most.

This July we need your support to keep community voices on air. All money raised will go directly to covering the broadcasting costs of shows that range from Pasifika health, to disability news, high school student shows, local arts, music and culture, refugee and migrant voices, LGBTQIA+ shows, and so, so many more.

Any small amount that you can give this month would be hugely appreciated by all of us at the station, as well as our many programme-makers who work hard to create essential community content.
To donate – please head to our givealittle