2017 Wellington Airport Regional Community Award finalists

Every year, Wellington International Airport, Wellington Community Trust, and the five local councils come together to recognise the work carried out by community groups in the wider Wellington region. The focus of the Awards is to celebrate volunteers for their valuable contribution to society.

The award winners and runner-ups will be announced at award ceremonies at each of the five council regions (Wellington City, Hutt City, Upper Hutt, Porirua and Kapiti) during July and August. The winning groups from around the region will then progress to the regional finals in late October.

Congratulations to the following groups who are finalists in the 2017 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards.

• 1918 Influenza Project Karori Cemetery
• 4 A Better City
• Age Concern
• Aotea Student Well-being Team
• Arms of Angels
• Arohanui Strings Sistema Taita
• Barbarian Productions
• Bellyful Porirua
• Belmont Playcentre
• Birthright Kapiti
• Birthright Wellington
• Bodysweat Fitness
• Business House Netball Club
• Camera Base Wellington Volunteers
• Cannons Creek School Garden to Table
• Cats Protection League Wgtn Inc
• ChangeMakers Refugee Forum
• Chrissy's All For Free
• Citizens Advice Bureau Lower Hutt
• Citizens Advice Bureau Upper Hutt
• City of Upper Hutt Cadet Unit
• Coastella Music Festival
• Collaborate
• Concerned Citizens Collective
• Diabetes Youth Wellington Incorporated
• Disability Information & Equipment Centre
• Drug-ARM Wellington Inc
• Energise Otaki
• Family Finances Service Trust - Upper Hutt
• Foster Hope Wellington
• Friends of Mana Island
• Friends of Tawa Bush Reserve
• Ghost Fishing New Zealand
• Golder Homestead Museum Society - Heritage Gardening Volunters
• Good Bitches Baking Trust
• Guardians of the Kapiti Marine Reserve
• Happy Wanderers
• Harbour City GymSports
• Heart Kids Wellington
• Heretaunga Boxing Club
• HUHA - Helping You Help Animals
• Hutt Rape Counselling Network
• Hutt Science
• Hutt Valley Derby Brats
• Hutt Valley Softball Association
• Hygiene For Homeless
• IHC
• Innermost Gardens
• JAM After School
• Johnsonville Antenatal Class
• Johnsonville Lions Club
• Kai Is Free Cannon's Creek
• Kapiti Basketball Association Incorporated
• Kapiti Womens Choir
• Kapiti Youth Support
• KASAGIP Charitable Trust
• Kids Cross Country Series
• Lane Park Church Community Garden
• LearnCoach Charitable Trust
• LFC Wellington
• Lions Club of Titahi Bay
• Little Sprouts Charitable Trust
• Lower Hutt Toy Library
• Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
• Maoriland Charitable Trust
• MEANWHILE
• Milky Way Library
• Mission for Youth
• MIX - Connecting, Creating, Living Incorporated
• Mount Victoria Vermin Trappers
• Musical Stars Performance Trust
• New Zealand Institute of Architects Wellington Branch / City Talks
• Newtown Community & Cultural Centre
• Newtown Tool Library
• Newtown Youth Programme
• NTrailZ Inc
• Olympic Hopes Boxing Club
• Oriental Cultural and Performing Arts Group Incorporated
• Otaki Historical Society
• Otaki Taekwondo Club
• Otaki Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Otaki Women's Community Club
• Outpawed Rescue Trust
• Pacifit
• Paekakariki Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Pallet Creations Porirua
• Paraparaumu College's Societal, Environmental & Animal Rights Action Group (SEAR)
• Partners Porirua Trust
• Pest Free Plimmerton
• Pinehaven Playcentre
• Plateau School
• Plimmerton Plunket Toy Library
• Polhill Protectors
• Porirua Bodysweat
• Porirua Little Theatre
• Porirua Schools Garden Club
• Read Write Plus
• Rimutaka Aikido Club
• Rimutaka Forest Park Trust
• Rimutaka Inline Hockey Club Inc
• River FM
• Salvation Army Upper Hutt
• Shri Ram Chandra Mission
• Skylight Trust
• Sola Power Throwing Academy
• South Wellington Seido Karate
• Special Olympics Wellington
• Sport Wainuiomata Inc
• Sri Lankan Dance Academy Inc.
• Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust
• Tawai Community Garden
• Te Ara Korawai
• Te Ara Moana Trust
• Te Motu Kairangi Ecological Restoration
• Te Newhanga Kapiti Community Centre Team
• Te Ra o te Raukura
• TEDx Wellington
• Test
• The Hobby Lounge creative studio
• The Hub
• The Kitten Inn
• The Major Minors Children's Choir
• The Outpawed Rescue Trust
• The Road Forward Trust
• The Treaty Thirty
• Titahi Bay Beach Festival
• Titahi Bay Surf Life Saving Club
• Tokelau Hutt Valley (Marlins) Sports and Culture Association
• Totara Park Softball Club
• Treaty Times Thirty
• United Sri Lanka Association
• Upper Hutt Animal Rescue Society
• Upper HUtt Community Bike Drive
• Upper Hutt Community Bike Library
• Upper Hutt Community Patrol
• Upper Hutt Community Rescue
• Upper Hutt Community Youth Trust
• Upper Hutt Dog Training Club
• Upper Hutt Floorball Club
• Upper Hutt Highlanders
• Upper Hutt Hockey Club Inc
• Upper Hutt Maidstone United Netball Club
• Upper Hutt Musical Theatre Inc
• Upper Hutt Parents Centre
• Upper Hutt Roller Skating Club
• Upper Hutt Spinners and Weavers
• Upper Hutt Stroke Group
• Upper Hutt Swimming Club
• Victim Support
• Victim Support
• Victim Support Kapiti
• Victim Support Porirua
• Victim Support Wellington
• Virtuoso Strings Charitable Trust
• Vogelmorn Community Group
• Waikanae Cameo Society Incorporated
• Wainui YMCA
• Wainuiomata FREE Dance Fit
• WELLfed
• Wellington Access Radio
• Wellington Boys' & Girls' Institute
• Wellington City Chorus
• Wellington City Mission - Mission for Independence Volunteers
• Wellington Down Syndrome Association
• Wellington Dragon Boat Festival
• Wellington Early Intervention Trust
• Wellington Group New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association
• Wellington Harriers Athletics Club
• Wellington Mountain Bike Club
• Wellington North Parents Centre
• Wellington Playcentre Association
• Wellington South Community Patrol
• Wellington SPCA
• Wellington Timebank
• Wesley Community Action
• Whanau Kotahi Porirua
• Whanau Kotahi Waihora
• Wharekai Pepe
• Whirlwind
• Wise Womens Group
• WORD - Wellington Off-Road Riding Department
• WorkerBe Oasis
• Youthline Wellington