Website Updated on 31/3/2025

All Course information on these pages is now the 2025 program. 
Members should have enrolled before now.  If you wish to enrol now you will need to contact the coordinator for each course and ask if you can be included.

A copy of the certified Finantial Accounts for 2024 is posted on the Newsletters page.

The  February 2025 Tawa u3a Newsletter is available on the Newsletters /  Historical Newsletters page and also the 2025 Full Course Details (18 pages) and the Summary of Courses 2025 (5 pages) if you wish to read or print them. 

The Porirua u3a (formerly Mana) is available on  https://www.poriruau3a.nz

The speaker:
Ian Brown was educated at Tawa School, Tawa College and Victoria University. Ian retired in 2020 after a 46 year career as a research scientist in industry and Government.

Adventurers and Icons of Early New Zealand
Our story recounts the lives and exploits of two extraordinary people whose lives and deeds in pre-colonial and early colonial New Zealand contributed significantly to the history and development of the greater Wellington region.
Kahe te Rau o Te Rangi (1801-1871), the daughter of Ngatitoa chief Te Matoha, became one of the very few Māori women to sign the Treaty of Waitangi.  John Nicol (1809-1886) was a Scottish adventurer, sailor, whaler, sealer, trader, innkeeper and farmer.  They participated in and directly observed many defining moments in Wellington regional history.  Their lives and those of their children have greatly enriched our society.

To those members who remember Pat, she was active in U3A before moving up to the Kapiti Coast. 
Pat passed away on the weekend and her funeral service will be held locally at St Christopher's Anglican Church, Tawa at 11am on Monday 17th March.

This photo is with her grand daughter Claudia.

This is version 5 submitted.

The following is helpful information about the process.

Why do we have to fuss about a constitution?

There has been an international problem about people setting up false community groups, sometimes charities, sometimes community groups, through which they have laundered money made from drug selling etc.

So to prevent this they have passed a law in 2022 which demanded certain ways of behaving in an incorporated society to prevent such dubious uses.

A government department, MBIE, (I am not sure what the initials stand for) designed a online tool to help us write our constitution.

A .pdf version 5  is available  on the Newsletters page.
A .doc version is available by clicking Constitution below.

Tawa U3A is a group of people who are free during the day to gather for activities of interest.

We organise courses to teach subjects of interest like Art , Ancestry or Ukulele.

There are Discussion groups where you can express your point of view, and games both indoor and outdoor.

Talks are arranged on topics of interest like Health, History or Travel. We cooperate with other U3A groups and share sessions.

All up, we offer more than 40 learning and social opportunities at minimal cost.

You are certain to find some things that are of interest to you.  

You can email to any committee members on the "Contact Us" page

Joining U3A Tawa can be done with a minimum of fuss. An easy way is to ring or email one of our Committee members whose names and contacts appear in the Contact Us page of this site.  You can also use our ENROL page or contact info email at the bottom of this page. The bank account numbers for paying the annual sub are also in the Contact Us page or you can pay to a Committee member. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Welcome to U3A Tawa.

You become a member of U3A Tawa by informing us of your name, address, phone number (and email if you have one) and paying the annual subscription.  You can cease being a member either by asking us to remove your name from our list or by not paying the subscription before May each year.