maker –noun 1. a person or thing that makes. Finally! A Wellington meetup dedicated to digital fabrication & digital making. The focus of this meetup is firstly to cater for those who use or want to use the web to make or create items/objects/art & more and secondly to facilitate the sharing of experiences had by those realizing digital projects whilst also meeting like minded individuals who would like to do "more" with the web. The format will be informal with some regular aspects such as pre …

This group is for all developers working with the SilverStripe CMS. We can use it to organise hackathons, meetups, and informal get-togethers.

The Wellington Drupal user group meet-up, taking place on the first Tuesday of the month and potentially alternating between formal presentations and informal gatherings. Catalyst hosts the meet-ups at Level 4, 150 Willis St. Sparks Interactive are sponsoring beer & pizza and the meetup.com fees for now - but further sponsors are welcome!

This group has been created for those in the Wellington area who suffer from a range of anxiety disorders, depression and other forms distress. It is a peer led support group that encourages and supports those in a friendly, easygoing and non judgmental way. It is a place to share experiences, to offer advice and to comfort those who feel isolated and alone when times are difficult. It is also an opportunity to have some fun, to form friendships and to meet some new like minded and understanding …

Wellington's Atlassian User Group serves the Wellington area, with the following objectives: Share and learn Atlassian product knowledge, best practices, and case studies with fellow current and prospective users. Address the needs of both Atlassian product system administrators as well as novice and experienced product users. Network and socialize with fellow Atlassian product users. Meet four times a year on a Tuesday afternoon / evening in locations throughout Wellington. This user gro …

Wellington's EA User Group serves the Wellington area, with the following objectives: Share and learn product knowledge, best practices, and case studies with fellow current and prospective users. Address the needs of both Enterprise Architect administrators as well as novice and experienced product users. Network and socialize with fellow Enterprise Architect users. Meet every other month on a Thursday afternoon in locations throughout Wellington. This user group is open to all current a …

Hi All This is a group to get those people who do shift work (and any other normal work people) together for a bit of mountain biking in and around wellington and beyond. There is a great range of mountain biking in this little old city of ours from flat beginner stuff to crazy downhill stuff if thats your cup of tea during the day and at night. Plus its just about all free! Anyone keen to find a riding buddy shift worker or not is open to join.

A free barcamp style workshop for discussion of Java related technologies, tools, frameworks, languages etc. A barcamp is: an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event. (from barcamp.org) The topics are determined by the participants at the start of the workshop kick-off on Friday night.  As an indication of the types of topics, in M …

This group is open to IIBA members and non-members in the Wellington region, interested in knowledge sharing around the profession of Business Analysis and mingling with fellow Analysts. Please Note: Every other month our event is for Members only. If you would like to join us for all of our events please consider joining the IIBA.

Poetry in Motion is an inclusive community of writers, poets, musicians and anyone else who is passionate about promoting spoken word poetry in Wellington. We will be hosting monthly poetry events on the 1st Wednesday of the month. All welcome.

Toastmasters teaches public speaking and leadership skills. By learning to effectively express your ideas, you open an entirely new world of possibilities. You’ll be more persuasive and confident in job interviews and business meetings, and you’ll improve your one-on-one dealings with others. Peninsula Presenters is a small, suburban Toastmasters club with a relaxed, informal atmosphere. You are welcome to come along to any meeting and see what we do. You can have a go at speaking or just watch. …

It is the Shambhala view that every human being has a fundamental nature of goodness,warmth and intelligence. This nature can be cultivated through meditation, following ancient principles and it can be further developed in daily life, so that it radiates out. In the course of our lives this goodness, warmth and intelligence can easily become covered over by doubt, fear and egotism. The journey of becoming fully human means seeing through our fear and egotism and waking up to our natural intelli …

Inspired by the work of DataKind. Data Without Borders NZ is gathering a network of non-profits, data scientists, and eager volunteers to change the world.  We're looking to get together a group of like mined people to explore ways that data analysis and technology can help NGOs accomplish their mission

This is an experiment in Boot strapping a social life in Wellington. I'll post events I am hosting and these are open for anyone to attend. Please check your negativity at the door.

A friendly and fun group that aims to overcome some of the negatives of being single - such as eating alone! This is for single adults in the Wellington area, as that's where most events take place. We will be having brunches, going for walks, horse trekking, holidaying, catching a movie - we're open to suggestion! The activities are designed to enable you to interact with other single people with the view that you might want to continue seeing each other outside the group. Flirting is encourage …

Open to LGBTQ community members in the Wellington region. Our activity options are as diverse as the community and open to suggestions. Looking for people to go to a gig with you? Want to try your chances in a bake off? Drag race anyone? Day trip you've been dreaming about? With endless possibilities, we'll always keep it fresh ;) Some meetups are for Fresh Fruit members only mainly due to the venue/type of activity. Other meetups will have the option to bring a guest who may or may not be LGBTQ …

this group is to encourage any musician and/or singer/songwriter to collaborate and jam alongside a variety of other talented musos in the wellington region, with the hope that this creates a healthy and supportive music community. also, it's objective is to share skills, knowledge and experience in a variety of music instruments and/or songwriting. This is open to any music level..... however, with a main requirement of.... Passion for music.

Road cycling, mountain biking, trail running, road running, swimming or kayaking - pick up to 3! This group is for people who've do, or thought about doing triathlons, duathlons, multisport, mtb, road cycling, like a bit of speed, maybe want to enter a few events, but aren't averse stopping at the end of a ride for a pint and bowl chips. We're not trying to be an elite training group with hardcore training sessions, but more just a group of friends who meet up regularly for rides, swims, runs, a …

Check our upcoming screenings, rsvp and come along! This is an open community of people interested in all manner of design. Always keen to find and screen more high-quality design-related films. Let us know what you're keen to see, whether it is listed here or not. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Design Cinema is part of the Design Meetup community. You may also like: Adobe Creative Suite Meetup Creative Skills Meetup Design Pro Meetup Design & Thinking Meetup …

This group has been formed to celebrate the spirit and fun of scooter riding. Welcoming all riders - whether you're new to scooting or experienced, with any make of scooter, moped or motorbike, new or old. Bigger bikes welcome too but the main group will be going about 50kph! Come along to one of our meets, or plan a ride yourself and we'll join you! Scooting adventures will fall into two categories, scooting about and then going to a cafe somewhere for a coffee/lunch/ or having a packed lunch o …

If you're running lean product development within your organisation, then this groups for you. Come along and share your experience with Lean Startup. Learn from others in a similar situation. http://leancoffee.org/ How it works Each session will have a facilitator who will be responsible for timekeeping to ensure everything runs smoothly. The first 10 minutes will be general chit chat, during this time anyone can propose a topic by writing it on a sticky and putting it on the wall. Everyone o …

Have you got to the stage where you are interested in new ideas or adventures and are looking to connect with like minded individuals from 55 to 95! First and foremost, we are not a dating service. You may be married or single and would like to join in activities that keep you young. This group will develop opportunities where you can meet other like minded people interested in socialising over dinner or attending sporting events, joining a group or friend in travel, going to a movie or whatev …

Do you keep meaning to read more of the great classics of literature but don't get around to it all that often? Then this book group is for you. I'm a novel lover who reads mainly new releases, but I want to start working my way through the classic books that I'm yet to read. From To Kill a Mockingbird to A Tale of Two Cities, Anna Karenina to Slaughterhouse 5, Catch 22 to the Great Gatsby, they'll all be novels that have stood the test of time, whether they were written in 1780, 1880 or even 19 …

A series of fortnightly lunchtime talks for anyone interested in data science: the intersection of  statistics, machine learning, analytics, data-based  programming, and all that good stuff. The bright and shiny things that interest us here at Dragonfly Science.

This group is dedicated to facillitating meditations for our own benefit and for the benefit of all beings everywhere. Through various meditation practices we cultivate inner peace, loving kindness, internal energy flow, mindful awareness and open ourselves to insight. Though sessions have generally been guided by Gabe (an off and on Buddhist-centred meditator for 20 years), other members are encouraged to guide meditations if they feel so inspired. Following our meditations we often have a chan …

Want to learn basic Mandarin? Fascinated about Chinese Culture and History? Curious about whether Chinese Martial Art really works or not? Wonder what's hot in China now and how does the real China different to your imaginary one? Want to travel to China in the future....If your answers are yes, then this will be the right meetup group for you. This is a group for anyone interested in learning chinese language, old and modern Chinese culture, and many odd facts of being a Chinese. All skills lev …

Focus is on Lean & Kanban for Software Development, IT and knowledge work. Open to other groups and complementary ideas. The goal of the group is to bring the value that Lean and Kanban offers to Wellington organisations by building a community with knowledge and experience to share.