Wellington Airport Community Award Local Finalists 2024

Congratulations to the finalists for the 2024 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 2023 Regional Supreme Award Winner Everybody Eats. The public will also have an opportunity to vote for a People’s Choice Award.

Upper Hutt

The winners of the Wellington Airport Community Awards for Upper Hutt will be announced on Thursday 11 July.

• Citizens Advice Bureau Upper Hutt
• dsport - World Wheelchair Rugby Paralympic Qualification Tournament  
• Every Body is a Treasure Trust
• Freedom Philosophy Society
• Golder Cottage Museum Society
• HUHA NZ
• Hutt Valley Singers
• Kickstart
• LaddersUp
• Luo Community NZ
• Menzshed Upper Hutt
• Natraj School of Dance
• Nepalese Culture and Tourism Promotion Forum NZ
• Pinehaven Potters Club
• Reload
• Silverstream Lions Club
• Te Kāhui o Ngā Hau e Whā
• The Hub Social
• The Moonshine Table Tennis Club
• The Nest Collective
• The Y Upper Hutt - Parkinson's Exercise Class
• Uhub Upper Hutt
• Upper Hut Autism Group
• Upper Hutt Community Patrol
• Upper Hutt Community Rescue NZRT 9
• Upper Hutt Floorball Club
• Upper Hutt Housing Charitable Trust
• Upper Hutt Roller Skating Club
• Upper Hutt Sewing Group - Family Works
• Upper Hutt Toy Library
• Upper Hutt Womens Centre Inc
• Wellington Severe Weather Reports

Wellington City

The winners of the Wellington Airport Community Awards for Wellington City will be announced on Wednesday 31 July.

• Anglican Chinese Mission Lion Dance Troupe
• Asian Events Trust for the Wellington Lunar New Year Festival
• Bellyful Wellington South
• Brooklyn Kindergarten
• CanSurvive Dragon Boat Club
• Capital Theatre Trust
• Capital Wolves Volleyball Club - Beach Volleyball Programme
• Capital Zone Basketball Trust
• Cashmere Heights Re-Opening team
• Coastguard Wellington
• Collective Community Hub Trust
• Community Patrol
• Diabetes New Zealand
• dsport
• FAB
• Feeling Fab Foundation - Wellington
• Feral Nation
• Flag Football Wellington
• Free for All
• Friends of Tawa Bush Reserves
• Good Bitches Baking
• Hikitia Maritime Heritage Trust
• House of Science Wellington
• HUHA
• Inverlochy Art School
• Inzpire Creative Arts Youth Trust (Society Entertainment)
• Island Bay Marine Education Centre
• Island Bay Scouts
• Johnsonville Lions
• Karori West Scout Group
• Kauri Theatre Company Inc
• Khandallah Arts Theatre [KAT]
• Kilbirnie Tennis Club
• Mākara Peak Supporters
• Mary Potter Hospice
• Miramar Prison Garden
• Mother's Network
• Natraj School of Dance
• New Zealand Centre for Digital Connections with India
• Newlands Paparangi Tennis Club
• Newlands Toy Library
• Nuku Ora
• NZ Federation of Multicultural Councils
• Old Boys University Rugby Football Club
• Orange Sky New Zealand Ltd
• Pablos Art Studio
• Paparangi Scout Group
• Penguins Inline Hockey Club
• Pest Free Tawa
• Project Jonah New Zealand
• Quick Kai
• Radio Heritage Foundation
• Radioactive.fm
• Rāroa Normal Intermediate Volunteers
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Smart Newtown
• SPCA
• Special Olympics Te Whanganui-a-Tara
• Starjam
• Swimming Wellington
• Take 10 Arvo's (Vulnerable Support Charitable Trust)
• Taskforce Kiwi - Wellington Volunteers
• Tautua Dance
• Te Toi Mahana Kaitiaki
• The Brain Garden Trust
• The Free Store Wellington
• The Kindness Collective
• The Nest Collective
• The Portrait Club Wellington
• The Stroke Foundation of New Zealand Limited
• To the Front Pōneke
• Travelling Kitchen
• Tū Mātau Ora
• Tūhura Tech
• Tumanako (Abundant Life Church)
• Ukrainian Associate of New Zealand (Wellington)
• United Sri Lankan Association
• VietKidsNZ
• Vogelmorn Community Group (VCG) Trust
• Voice of Aroha
• Wellington Access Radio
• Wellington Astronomical Society
• Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust
• Wellington Cadet Centre Trust
• Wellington City Mission
• Wellington Community Choir
• Wellington Free Ambulance
• Wellington Mission Auxillary
• Wellington Mutamizh Sangam
• Wellington Operational Support Unit
• Wellington Pickleball Club
• Wellington Racqueteers
• Wellington Salvation Army Independent Living
• Wellington Timebank
• Wellington Women's Health Collective
• Wellington Women's Refuge
• Wellington Young Chinese Association
• Wesley Community Action, Rangatahi Services
• WJC Wellington Jazz Cooperative
• Women's Football Centre
• World Marudào Karate Organisation
• Y Greater Wellington (YWCA Wellington)
• Yes for Success

Hutt City

The winners of the Wellington Airport Community Awards for Hutt City will be announced on Thursday 12 September.

• Age Concern Wellington Region
• Anglican Social Services Hutt Valley
• Birthright Hutt Valley
• Cancer Society Volunteers
• Capital Zone Basketball
• Free Ride
• Gallery Music Centre
• Good Bitches Baking
• He Puawai Trust
• Hindu Council of New Zealand (Central)
• HUHA Haywoods Sanctuary
• Hutt City FM
• Hutt Valley Irish Society
• Hutt Valley RDA
• Hutt Valley Ukulele Orchestra
• Junior Touch JAM Festival on behalf of Atawhai Charitable Trust
• Kai, Kōrero, Kēmu - Lower Hutt
• Keep Hutt Valley Beautiful Trust
• Kokiri Marae Pataka Kai
• Lower Hutt Foodbank
• Miro
• Multiples Hutt Valley
• Natraj School of Dance
• Nourish Trust
• Outpawed Rescue Trust
• Petone Amateur Swim Club
• Petone Beach Clean Up Crew
• Randwick Rugby League Club
• Sands Wellington-Hutt Valley
• Seeds to Feeds
• Sola Power Throwing Academy
• Stokes Valley Foodbank
• Te Mauri - Whakamana Māori Whānau With Cancer
• Te Omanga Hospice
• The Nest Collective
• Tū Mātau Ora
• Ulalei Wainuiomata Sports
• Valley Rovers
• Wainuiomata Rugby Club
• Wellington Punjabi Sports and Cultural Club
• Women of Worth 
• Youth Search and Rescue Trust - Wellington

Porirua

The winners of the Wellington Airport Community Awards for Wellington City will be announced on Tuesday 16 July.

• ATAMU Incorp
• Cannons Creek Business Owners Collective
• Capitl Zone Basketball Trust
• Change Makers Resettlement Forum
• City of Porirua Cadet Unit
• Coastguard Mana
• Graeme Dingle Foundation Wellington
• Le Moana Arts
• Paremata-Plimmerton Rugby Football Club Inc
• Pest Free Whitby
• Porirua Heat Basketball Club Incorporated
• Porirua Rowing Club
• Porirua Women's and Family Centre
• Pushing Weightsnz
• Stockdale Farm
• The Nest Collective
• The Whitireia Foundation
• Titahi Bay Fruit and Vegetable Co-op
• Titahi Bay Surf Life Saving Club
• Wellington Northern Region Polyfest Trust
• Wellington Regional Amputee Society
• Wellington Riding for the Disabled

Kāpiti

2024 Wellington Airport Community Award Finalists for Kāpiti will be announced later in June/early July.