Wellington Airport Community Award Local Finalists 2023

Congratulations to the finalists for the 2023 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards from across the region.

Local award winners and runners up will be announced at functions hosted by the five local councils in July/August. Later in the year a Regional Supreme winner will be selected by the regions’ mayors and 2022 Regional Supreme Award Winner Kiwi Community Assistance. The public will also have an opportunity to vote for a People’s Choice Award.

Hutt City Finalists

• Arohanui Strings
• Big 8s
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wellington
• Birthright Hutt Valley
• Capital Zone Basketball
• Citizens Advice Bureau Lower Hutt
• Citizens Advice Bureau Petone
• Creative Expression Through Dance (IHC)
• Dress for Success
• EVolocity Charitable Trust (EVolocity)
• Free Ride
• Hearth Trust
• Hutt City FM 
• Hutt Multicultural Council
• Hutt Valley Harriers and Amateur Athletic Club
• Hutt Valley Riding for the Disabled
• Mix Lower Hutt
• Natraj School of Dance
• Ngā Roopu Tuitui o Moera (Moera Knitting Group)
• Nourish @ Christmas
• NZRT18 – Hutt City Emergency Response Team
• Pacific Health Service Hutt Valley
• Predator Free Hutt Valley
• Project Village Charitable Trust
• Randwick Rugby League Sports Club
• Sew Good Collective
• SriChakra School of Fine Arts
• Super Grans Lower Hutt
• Super Maori Fullas
• Te Ngākau Kahukura o Te Awakairangi 
• TEAM Naenae Trust
• The Nepalese Society of Wellington
• The Remakery
• Thumbs Up Trust
• Tōku Reo Charitable Trust
• Touch Jam
• Ulalei Wainuiomata Sports
• Wainuiomata Fruit and Vegetable Co-op
• Waiwhetū Fruit & Vege Coop
• Wellington Punjabi Sports and Cultural Club Inc.
• Wellington Rugby Referees Association
• Wellington Senior Citizens Health and Happiness Association
• Youth Search and Rescue

Kāpiti Finalists

• Birthright Kāpiti
• Dementia Wellington
• Discover Kāpiti Heritage Group
• Ellie's Canine Rescue and Rehome
• Endo Warriors NZ
• Horowhenua Kāpiti Wellington Traffic Page 
• HUHA
• Kāpiti Art Studio
• Kāpiti Boating Club
• Kāpiti Community Foodbank Inc
• Kāpiti Concert Orchestra
• Kāpiti Fruit and Vege Co-op
• Kāpiti Kindness Trust
• Kāpiti Senior Singers
• Kāpiti Underwater Club
• Kāpiti/Horowhenua Parkinson's Action Group
• Mozhdeh Martial Arts
• Nourish @ Christmas
• Otaki Market (Otaki Women's Community Club)
• Paekākāriki Pride
• Sense Rugby NZ
• The Shed Project Creative Space
• Volunteer Kāpiti
• Waikanae Foodshare (at St Luke's)
• Waikanae Music Society
• Wakanae Community Market Incorporated Society
• Waunuiwhenua Paekakariki
• Whānau Wellbeing Hub
• Whareroa Guardians Community Trust
• WIDance
• Work Ready Kāpiti
• Zero Waste Ōtaki

Porirua Finalists

• Adding Value Trust
• Āhuru Mōwai Trust
• Atafu Tokelau Community Group
• B-ball in the Bay (Ahu ki Pukerua Bay Charitable Trust)
• Coastal Quilters
• Free for All
• Mark Ave FC
• Mary Potter Hospice
• NCPC Taniwha Cricket Team
• Ngāti Toa Kaumatua Council
• Nourish @ Christmas
• Oasis Community Cafe
• Pacific Connection
• Pallets for Pickup or Delivery
• Pataka Kai Porirua Youth
• Plimmerton Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Porirua Multicultural Council
• Predator Free Pukerua Bay
• Sense Rugby NZ
• Taumata Whitireia
• The Voyage  - Te Roopu Tiaki Rangatahi
• Wellington Northern Region Polyfest Trust
• Wellington Riding for Disabled
• YMCA Wellington

Upper Hutt Finalists

• #Hangout - Youth Health and Wellbeing
• Ellies Canine Rescue
• Every Body is a Treasure
• Family Finances
• Friends of the Mawaihakona Stream
• Nourish @ Christmas
• Rachels Kittycat Rescues NZ
• Rimutaka Baptist Church
• Rimutaka Baptist Church Food Pantry
• Rimutaka Lions Club
• Rimutaka Play Group
• Salvation Army Upper Hutt
• Te Marua Playcentre
• The Hub Social
• The Hutt Valley Singers
• Upper Hutt Autism Group
• Upper Hutt Charitable Housing Trust
• Upper Hutt Floorball Club
• Upper Hutt Rams Rugby Football Club
• Upper Hutt Repair Café Trust
• Upper Hutt Toy Library
• Wellington Severe Weather Report

Wellington City Finalists

• Arohanui Strings
• Asian Family Services
• Bellyful Wellington South
• Bowel Cancer Aotearoa Charitable Trust
• Buddies Peer Support Service
• Camp Quality (Wellington Central Districts)
• Cansurvive Dragonboat Club
• Capital Kiwi Trust
• Capital Theatre Trust
• Complex Chronic Illness Support Inc (CCI Support)
• Dance-a-holic
• DCM - Downtown Community
• Diversity Network
• Ekta NZ
• Embassy Theatre Trust
• Endo Warriors Aotearoa
• Everybody Eats
• Good Bitches Baking Wellington
• Horowhenua Kapiti Wellington Traffic Page
• Huetepara Park Committee
• HUHA - Helping You Help Animals
• Karen Louisa Foundation
• Little Miracles Trust
• Karori Community Centre
• Meals on Wheels
• MenzShed Wellington
• Miramar Prison Community Gardens
• Mothers Network
• Mountains to Sea Wellington
• Muddy Toes Playgroup
• New Zealand Indonesia Association
• New Zealand Remembrance Army
• Newtown Tool Library
• Northland Mainly Music Group
• Nourish @ Christmas
• Pablos Art Studio
• Paparangi Scout Group
• ParentLink - Ōwhiro Bay One Learning Community
• Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoa
• RadioActive.FM
• Rainbow Wellington
• Salvation Army Bridge
• Samaritans of Wellington Inc
• Seeds to Feeds
• Shut Up & Dance
• Sisters of Compassion Soup Kitchen
• South Coast Girls Academy
• Special Olympics Te Whanganui-a-Tara
• St. Peters Church
• Sustainability Trust
• Take 10 (Vulnerable Support Charitable Trust)
• Tanera Gardens Incorporated
• Tawa Lions
• Te Pokapū Hapori
• Te Tuhunga Rau and Raukawa Community Centre
• The Family Space
• The FreeStore
• The Japan Festival Wellington Trust
• The Nepalese Society of Wellington
• The Wellington Senior Citizens Health and Happiness Association
• Travelling Kitchen
• Tūhura Tech
• Victim Support
• VietKidsNZ
• Vincents Art Workshop
• Vogelmorn Bowling Club
• VUWSA
• Wellington Access Radio
• Wellington Astronomical Society
• Wellington City Cadet Unit
• Wellington City MenzShed
• Wellington Free Ambulance
• Wellington Land Search and Rescue
• Wellington Marine Conservation Trust
• Wellington Red Hackle Pipe Band Inc.
• Wellington Sculpture Trust
• Wellington Sexual Abuse HELP
• Wellington Timebank
• Wellington Volunteer Coastguard
• Wellington Volunteer Fire Support
• Wellington Young Chinese Association
• Wellington Youth Orchestras (Inc)
• Wellycon Incorporated
• WIDance
• Women's Refuge Wellington
• World Marudào Karate Organisation
• Y Central Inc