Community news & events

Māoriland Film Festival

Māoriland Film Festival is Aotearoa’s international Indigenous Film Festival, held each March in the vibrant community of Ōtaki.

Māoriland Film Festival is now in its twelfth year and continues to grow both in size and influence. Over 130 feature films, short films, video works, and documentaries will be screened from 26 to 30 March 2025.

See films you won’t see anywhere else in Aotearoa. It’s a chance to learn about a different culture, celebrate your own, or simply enjoy world-class storytelling.

Go to mff.maorilandfilm.co.nz for more info and the festival programme.

CubaDupa is back on March 29^th and 30^th

CubaDupa is Wellington’s free street festival. It’s a festival of colour, art, music, theatre, dance, food and thousands of artists.The festival is all about communal joy as familiar city streets are transformed into a vibrant celebration. Every corner of the Cuba Quarter will transform into a playground. We welcome you to a world of at and culture lurking right here in Pōneke!

Go to cubadupa.co.nz for more info and the amazing lineup of performances!

Whakamaru, Wellington City Mission

Struggling with the Cost of Living? Get in contact with Whakamaru, the Wellington City Mission.

If you need immediate or ongoing assistance with food support, our Social Supermarket can help. We understand the challenges of juggling bill payments, housing costs and being able to put food on the table for you and your whānau.

In a shift from the traditional City Mission food parcel model the Mission’s Social Supermarket, puts shopper experience and choice at its heart. Instead of collecting a pre-selected food parcel, you will be able to choose your own grocery items from a wide selection of food and essentials in a normal supermarket environment.

The Social Supermarket is open and free to anyone across the Wellington region in need of some extra help.

If you want to shop at the Social Supermarket you can book an appointment time by visiting The Mission’s main reception at Whakamaru, 4-8 Oxford Terrace, Mount Cook. Or if you’d like to make an enquiry about visiting the Social Supermarket, please email: referrals@wcm.org.nz

The supermarket is open Monday-Friday 9.30am-4.30am, and Saturdays 9am-3pm.

If you are interested in donating food or making a financial donation to the supermarket, got to wellingtoncitymission.org.nz

Richter City Roller Derby

Join Richter City Roller Derby for the 2025 Home Brew Series where the freshly brewed teams ‘Stone Cold Classics’ and ‘Craft Heads’ go helmet-to-helmet over three action-packed events.

This year we celebrate 10 years of partnership between Richter City Roller Derby and the rad crew at Garage Project, who will be slinging brews rink-side.

Each event will feature a rapid round in which our emerging talent will play a snappy 40 min game, followed by a regulation round where more experienced players will face off in standard derby format.

See you at 5pm for rapid round kick off, and 6.30pm for our regulation players to take the track.

Brace yourself for a jam-packed night!!!

Saturday 5 April, 5pm

Kilbirnie Recreational Centre

Neighbours Aotearoa

Wanting to make connections in your community?
From the 1st to the 31st of March, @neighboursaotearoa focuses on creating stronger, connected neighbourhoods across the country.

The theme for this year is ‘Let’s Celebrate!’
Head on https://neighboursaotearoa.nz/lets-celebrate for helpful resources or to share any tips or ideas on how to celebrate connectedness in your area