Andre Yamin

andreyamin@gmail.com

In Brazil and worldwide, choro is famous as a form of community sharing and celebration. The typical setting is to gather around a table, open invitation to anyone, and each person plays as much or as little as they feel experienced to play. Dancing and group singing is also encouraged.

Choro Study Group Wellington Facebook Page

Richard Croad 

richard.croad@gmail.com 

www.wellington.classicalguitar.org.nz

Classical guitar ensemble playing by members, solo playing by members, and sometimes a short concert by an invited guest or members of the Society.

The purposes of the Society are to:
(a) Provide a forum for people of all ages who enjoy classical guitar to meet, play, and listen to classical guitar music through Member’s meetings, performances, concerts, courses, workshops, and the like;
(b) Assist, establish, and promote performances, speakers, concerts, and workshops by local, national, and international artists;
(c) Give Members opportunities to broaden their classical guitar skills and knowledge;
(d) Provide an environment to play and learn about other instruments compatible with classical guitar, including voice;
(e) Assist, establish, and promote competitions and examinations for guitarists;
(f) Foster contact with other guitar societies and organizations;
(g) Undertake other activities helpful to the above purposes.

Maddie Bowles - mabbie.bowles@gmail.com

This is a knitting group where you can do some knitting, eat some biscuits, have some chats, make some friends, more information here; www.meetup.com/Good-Yarns/ 

Neil Ballantyne

neil.ballantyne@justiceforpalestine.nz

A Wellington Workers Education Association (WWEA) reading group exploring the fundamentals of socialist, anarchist and feminist thought.

Readings are made available from of Facebook group; www.facebook.com/groups/littleredreading

Neil Ballantyne

neil.ballantyne@justiceforpalestine.nz

Anyone can join from this page: https://www.joinit.org/o/justice-for-palestine

Justice for Palestine is a human rights organisation working to promote justice, peace and freedom for the Palestinian people. We organise meetings, rallies and cultural events, and work with others, to raise awareness about the Palestinian cause and to advance Palestinian human rights.

www.justiceforpalestine.nz

www.facebook.com/tacticalsurvival.co.nz

www.tacticalsurvival.co.nz

We teach people awareness, de-escalation, legal rights/responsibilities, fitness, conditioning, how to fight back, how to use your voice, how to escape various holds, grabs, weapon threats, gang attacks, robbery, sexual assault...etc. We offer this training in an upbeat, friendly, open and welcoming, supportive and fun club culture and environment. We offer the most experienced, most pressure-tested and realistic self-defence training in all of Wellington. Operating since 2008.

Students who are interested are encouraged to join at the start of each school term. Please see www.tacticalsurvival.co.nz for dates.

www.capoeiraangola.co.nz

www.facebook.com/semente.nz

Teaching the Brazilian dance and martial art known as Capoeira. We are part of an international school called 'Semente do jogo de Angola' which is run by Brazilian master, Mestre Jogo de Dentro.

Dr Stephan Yan: 0211875654 chinzanz@gmail.com

Beginner and intermediate level Tai Chi classes. Tai Chi is a wonderful way to improve your health, wellbeing, self confidence and learn self-defence. Come and join us!

Heta Timu

htimu@hotmail.com

021 503 512

Participants are guided to listen to and sense their bodies and give expression to their own individual movements, to dance the dance that only they can dance. A great variety of music and rhythms will inspire slow and internal dances as well as wild and exuberant ones. Doing this together creates community, an opportunity to commune with self and with each other – getting to know yourself a bit better and having fun along the way. Come play! No experience necessary, every 'body' is welcome.

Ingrid Kölle

dance@coreconnexion.co.nz, 021 265 9027

Website, Facebook, Meetup

Lauren Strpko

lauren@laurenstrpko.com, 022 073 8551

Website

Chris Prosser

capviolin@hotmail.com

021 076 5572