Wellington Airport Community Awards Local Finalists 2025

Congratulations to the local finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards from across the region.

Hutt City

Congratulations to the Hutt City Finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. Award winners and runners up will be announced at the awards function in early August.

  • Aotearoa Kī o Rahi
  • Arohanui Strings+
  • Bhartiya Samaj Lower North Island Trust
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wellington
  • Chance 4 Change
  • Crafting Threads of Aroha
  • Ellie's Canine Rescue and Rehome
  • Forest & Bird Lower Hutt Branch
  • Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand
  • Free Ride
  • Friends of the Emergency Department (FED) - Hato Hone St John
  • Hutt City FM
  • Hutt Timebank
  • Hutt Valley Saints Softball Club
  • Kai Share Whanau
  • Life Education Trust Hutt Valley
  • Lower Hutt Foodbank
  • Naenae Fruit & Vege Co-op
  • New Zealand Young Singers in Harmony Trust
  • Petone Beach Clean Up Crew
  • Petone Community House
  • Pito-One Harmony Singers
  • Puke Ariki Pest Free
  • Sew Good Collective
  • Spectrum Playgroup
  • Sri Lankan Dance Academy of New Zealand
  • Te Omanga Hospice
  • Team Naenae Knitting Natters
  • TEAM Naenae Trust (Te Mako Naenae Community Centre)
  • The Nest Collective NZ Charitable Trust
  • Tū Mātau Ora
  • Tūhura Tech
  • Ulalei Wainuiomata Netball
  • Waiwhetu Fruit and Vege Co-op
  • Wellington Coastguard
  • Wellington Punjabi Sports and Cultural Club

Kāpiti

Congratulations to the Kāpiti finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. Award winners and runners up will be announced at the awards function in early August.

  • Coastguard Kāpiti
  • Discover Kāpiti Heritage Group
  • Foundation for Equity and Research NZ
  • Hato Hone St John’s Ambulance – Waka Ora shuttle service
  • Home4all
  • Kāpiti Art Studio
  • Kāpiti Boating Club
  • Kāpiti Kindness Trust
  • Kāpiti Latin American Communities
  • Kāpiti Toy Library
  • Kāpiti Underwater Club
  • Kāpiti Women’s Centre
  • Kāpiti Women’s Triathlon
  • Life Education Kāpiti
  • Māoriland Charitable Trust
  • Multicultural Educational Campaign Horowhenua-Kāpiti Coast
  • Ōtaki Kids Market  
  • Ōtaki Market
  • Ōtaki Women’s Community Group
  • Our Lady of Kāpiti Youth Group
  • Paekākāriki Bike Library
  • Paekākāriki Sports Club
  • Paraparaumu Junior Rugby Club
  • Predator Free Waikanae
  • Projects for Good Kapiti (Lions and Rotary Clubs Kāpiti)
  • Raumati Scout Group
  • Salvation Army Kāpiti
  • Shed Project Kāpiti
  • Te Hāhi
  • The Nest Collective NZ Charitable Trust
  • Tū Mātau Ora
  • Waikanae Foodshare
  • WIDance Trust
  • Work Ready Kāpiti

Porirua

Congratulations to the Porirua finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. Award winners and runners up will be announced at the awards function in late July.

  • 41 (City of Porirua) Squadron Air Training Corps
  • Ahu Charitable Trust (Pukerua Bay Hub)
  • Āhuru Mōwai Trust
  • Bellyful
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters 
  • Cannons Creek Boxing Academy
  • Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand (FERNZ)
  • Friends of Taupo Swamp 
  • Heavy Hitterz
  • Holy Family Parish Porirua Youth Ministry
  • Malaga Sā
  • Mana Cycle Group
  • Mana Little Theatre Inc
  • Ole Nu'u Trust
  • Pallets for pickup & deliverys
  • Pataka Kai Porirua Youth
  • Plimmerton Boating Club
  • Porirua City Aquatics Learn to Swim Programme
  • Porirua Montessori School
  • Sense Rugby NZ
  • Stockdale Farm
  • Tautua Dance Company
  • The Nest Collective
  • Titahi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club
  • Titahi Bay Winter Run Club
  • Tū Mātau Ora
  • Vibe4Life
  • Waitangirua Market
  • Whitireia Park Restoration Group

Upper Hutt

Congratulations to the Upper Hutt Finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. Award winners and runners up will be announced at the awards function in late July.

  • Age Concern Wellington
  • Golder Cottage Museum Society
  • Heretaunga Bookfest Charitable Trust
  • Heretaunga Scout Group
  • HUHA
  • Hutt Valley RDA
  • Hutt Valley Singers
  • LaddersUp
  • Life Education Trust Hutt Valley
  • Love in a Shoebox
  • Mahinga Kai Composting (4 A Better City Trust)
  • Natural Leaders
  • Orongomai Marae
  • Pinehaven Potters Club
  • Pinehaven Progressive Association
  • Pinestream Quilters
  • Rachel's KittyCat Rescue
  • Red Cross Meals on Wheels Upper Hutt
  • Reload Bootcamp
  • Silverpine Scout Group
  • St. Joseph's Upper Hutt Parish
  • Stockdale Farm
  • Te Heke Mai
  • UHub Upper Hutt
  • Upper Hutt Autism Group
  • Upper Hutt Community Patrol
  • Upper Hutt Hockey Club
  • Upper Hutt Housing Trust
  • Upper Hutt Maidstone United Netball Club
  • Upper Hutt Repair Cafe Trust
  • Upper Hutt Toy Library
  • Upper Hutt Women's Centre
  • YMCA Parkinson's Movement Class

Wellington City

Congratulations to the Wellington City finalists for the 2025 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. Award winners and runners up will be announced at the awards function in late July.

  • 1st Island Bay Scouts
  • Aro Valley Community Preschool
  • Arohanu Strings+
  • Athletics Wellington Officials Group
  • Autism Experiences Wellington
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wellington
  • Capital Theatre Trust
  • City Suburbs Girls and Women's Cricket Community
  • Collective Community Hub
  • Community Fruit Wellington
  • Compassion Soup Kitchen 
  • Cricket Wellington Umpires and Scorers
  • Diabetes New Zealand
  • EkeRua ReBicycle (ReBicycle Charitable Trust)
  • FAB
  • FEET with Heat Dance Studio
  • Foundation for Equity and Research New Zealand
  • Gen Z Aotearoa
  • Ghost Diving New Zealand
  • Glenside the Halfway
  • Greater Brooklyn Residents Association
  • Inzpire Creative Arts Youth Trust (Society Entertainment)
  • Island Bay Marine Education Centre
  • Island Bay Softball Club
  • Jane Austen Society of Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Johns Run Club
  • Kauri Theatre
  • Kumutoto Stream Restoration Project
  • Mary Potter Hospice
  • Narukami Taiko
  • Natraj School of Dance
  • New Zealand Literacy Association
  • New Zealand Red Cross
  • Newlands Community House and Foodbank
  • Newtown Community Centre
  • Ngaio Crofton Downs Resident's Association 
  • North City Cricket Club
  • Orange Sky Aotearoa - Wellington Service
  • Otari Predator Free
  • Ōwhiro Bay Residents Association 
  • Parent Help 
  • Predator Free Ngaio
  • Project Full Circle Trust 
  • Rotary's Lifting the Lid
  • Samaritans of Wellington
  • SHAREBOX
  • Special Olympics Te Whanganui-a-Tara
  • Swimming Wellington
  • Take 10 
  • Tapu Te Ranga Trust
  • The Circus Hub
  • The House of Grace Trust
  • The Nepalese Society of Wellington
  • The Nest Collective NZ Charitable Trust
  • Te Tiriti is Us
  • Trelissick Park Group
  • TSKF-ISKF Wellington Dojo
  • Tū Mātau Ora
  • Tūhura Tech
  • VietKidsNZ
  • Vinepa Trust
  • Voice of Aroha
  • Waitangi parkrun
  • Wellington City Cadet Unit
  • Wellington Fire Brigade Operational Support Unit
  • Wellington Hospitals Foundation
  • Wellington Japan Festival Trust
  • Wellington Nakano Education Society
  • Wellington Pride Parade
  • Wellington Repertory Theatre
  • Wellington School of Drawing
  • Wellington Street Skate
  • Wellington Women's House
  • Wellington Young Actors
  • Whakamaru Wellington City Mission
  • WIDance Trust
  • World Marudào Karate Organisation