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Put down that phone and pick up a pencil!

Starting on the 6th of October, Wellington public are invited to exercise their creative brains on the train and at Wellington Station with Squiggla by Train.

Between 4-6pm on weekdays, you can pick up a free Squiggla travel journal and make art on your journey home. On the weekend, attend free mark making workshops at the Wellington Railway Station between 12 and 4pm where you are invited to use dots, lines and squiggles to respond to the historic architecture and your train journey.

Your work can contribute to the giant network map with the option to get your work projected up large within the station.

Squiggla by Train, at the Wellington Railway Station, October 6th - 24th.

Free drop-in workshop sessions 12-4pm, Saturdays October 10, 17 and 24, Sunday October 11.

No bookings required.

The Upper Hutt Repair Cafe is having their next event on Saturday 10 October, 10am - 2pm, at the Upper Hutt Baptist Church hall.

Anyone can bring in their broken household items to be repaired for free or koha by volunteers, to help reduce landfill waste and poverty.

Think the Repair Shop tv show.

Items we can help you repair: wooden, mechanical, electrical, bicycles, sewing/clothes, jewellery, frames, kids toys, porcelain dolls, clocks, sewing machines and everything in between.

Join Justice for Palestine and allied organisations for this year’s “Hīkoi for Palestine”, as we stand united to mark three years of the genocidal intensification of the occupation’s decades-long ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

When: Saturday 10 October, 11 AM

Where: We will mobilise on Parliament Lawn, then hīkoi to Te Ngākau/Civic Square.

At Te Ngākau there will be action stations, a solidarity market, kai and music of liberation.

Our final gig in this series is a multi-stage, packed line-up, afternoon, whānau-friendly extravaganza at Vogelmorn, this Sunday the 11th from 2-8pm.

Join us for an afternoon/early evening of beautiful music, dancing, kai and speeches from local MPs and activists, as well as an enrolment station (bring your unenrolled friends!) Kai will be provided as an option to add on to your ticket for $12 for a NACHO/BURRITO STATION!

Music will span over two stages; come listen to some of Pōneke's best:

• BANJO BEN AND THE BREEZE
• GEORGE YOUNG
• MANU
• BRIO TRIO
• BOY BAND
• EMILY ALICE
• THE MOKOS
• MATARIKI BENNET (poet)

Speeches by Tamatha Paul, Rowan from DCM & Hugo from E tū Musicians Union.

Tickets are Koha (recommended $25 adults, $20 students & $10 kids ) + Kai ($12), there is also the option for a ticket with no kai included. We will have a donations bin there to drop off kai, cleaning supplies, blankets, etc.

So far we have raised I approx over 5k for the charities and 3 huge boxes full of donations of kai, and other essential items.

Come and support Brain Injury Association Wellington at their movie fundraiser on Thursday, 29 October, featuring Pressure, starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott.

Brain Injury Association Wellington works in our community to support people living with brain injury and their whānau.

Enjoy a great movie, catch up with friends, and help them continue this important work. There are fantastic raffle prizes up for grabs!

For tickets and details, visit the Brain Injury Association Wellington Facebook page or email wellington@brain-injury.org.nz today!

Enjoy a jam-packed day with inflatables, lawn games, a magical fairy grotto, live performances, a delicious BBQ and bake sale, market stalls, raffles, and so much more. There's something for every age, from the littlest tamariki to the grown-ups.

Entry is free, with activities and food available to purchase throughout the day. All funds raised go directly back to our school community.

Whether you're a school family or just looking for a fun Wellington Saturday, we'd love to see you there.

For more information look up Paparangi School family Fun Day 2026 on Facebook.