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A group for movie buffs who enjoy watching award winning films and foreign films with English subtitles. Meeting at 11.30 am, we watch the chosen film and finish with refreshments in the village cafe. Please contact the convener if you wish to join us at the movies! All are welcome.
| Convener: | Margaret Marsh | |
| Phone: | 07 281 2408 | |
| Venue: | Beach House, Pacific Coast Village, 210 Maranui Street, Papamoa |
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| Meetings: | 4th Tuesday of the month | |
| Time: | 11.30 am | |
| To join this group - please contact the Convener | ||
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Meetings are held fortnightly in the theatre at Bethlehem Shores Retirement Village. Usually two hour sessions. We cover all aspects of classical music including operatic, symphonic, classical and modern dance, church music, composers and singers. Using the significant facilities at the Shores Theatre, members are invited (optionally) to present items of specific interest to them. The feedback from existing members is excellent. They find the sessions enjoyable, entertaining and informative.
| Convener: | Vaughan Chetwynd | |
| Phone: | 027 565 7724 | |
| Venue: | Bethlehem Shores Retirement Village | |
| Meetings: | 2nd Thursday of the month | |
| Time: | 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm | |
| Vacancies | Yes | |
| To join this group - please contact the Convener | ||
Group News:
2025-03-13 MM My Favourite Music
2025-02-27 - Carol's Favourites
2024-12-04 - From Russia with Love-Part 2
2024-11-14 - Janice and Derek Fowler-Wilde - Links from their Favourite Music presentation
2024-10-24 - Alexander Borodin - A Life of Music
2024-10-10 - Medieval-to-Baroque
2024-04-11 - The Natural World
2023-08-10 - REPRISE! MUSIC FROM 2022
2023-07-27 - LIVELY & BRIGHT, PEACEFUL & CALM
2023-07-13 - DANCE IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
2023-Jun Classical Music Rip-Offs
2022-Oct: Around the world in 80 minutes
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In recess until 22 May 2025
This group is continuing writing their own memoirs. Members share their latest story with the group and others may positively comment. Listening to others' experiences often prompts our own memories.
| Convener: | Jean Akers | |
| Phone: | 027 695 5660 | |
| Venue: | Mainly Tauranga | |
| Meetings: | 4th Thursday in the month | |
| Time: | 9.45 am – 12 noon | |
| To have your name added to a waiting list for this group, please contact the Convener | ||
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This group is for you if you would like a fun afternoon of playing and singing, have the basic ukulele skills, that is, know a few basic chords, even improve your playing, by joining a great, music loving , mixed group of varying abilities people.
| Convener: | June Pharo | |
| Phone: | 027 302 4543 or 07 5423 114 | |
| Co-convener | Denise Smith | |
| Phone: | 021 0906 5657 | |
| Venue: | BOP Vintage Car Club, 29 Cliff Road | |
| Cost | $3.00 to cover the venue | |
| Meetings: | Every Monday | |
| Time: | 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm | |
| To join this group please contact the convener | ||
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We meet once a month to view movies selected by group members on a rotational basis. Following the movie, members meet at a local café to discuss the movie.
| Convener: | John Russell | |
| Phone: | 021 118 5588 | |
| Venue: | Luxe cinemas, Papamoa, Excelsa Centre, 4 Golden Sands Drive, Papamoaa | |
| Meetings: | The 1st Saturday of the month | |
| Time: | Afternoons | |
| To have your name added to a waiting list for this group, please contact the convener | ||
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This group meets once a month to view movies selected by group members on a rotational basis. Following the movie, members meet at a local café to discuss the movie..
| Convener: | John Russell | |
| Phone: | 021 118 5588 | |
| Sub Convener: | Christine Denne | |
| Phone: | 07 543 9483 | |
| Venue: | Rialto Theatre, 21 Devonport Road | |
| Meetings: | 4th Wednesday of each month | |
| Time: | Mornings - subject to movie time | |
| To join this group - please contact the convener | ||
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Any U3A member can come anytime to sing songs new and old, learn something new and enjoy fellowship and fun. Not a choir, just a group blending in song.
| Convener: | Judith Keys | |
| Phone: | 07 579 1935 | |
| Venue: | Elizabeth St West. Community Hall | |
| Meetings: | 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month | |
| Time: | 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm approx | |
| Cost: | $5.00 per visit – venue cost | |
| To join this group please contact the Convener | ||
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This group will visit specialist growers, nurseries and interesting gardens around the area, meeting beforehand in a local café for lunch.
| Convener: | Eileen Amman | |
| Phone: | 021 026 90802 | |
| Assistant: | Marlene McLaren | |
| Phone: | 021 255 2465 | |
| Venue: | Tauranga district | |
| Meetings: | 2nd Wednesday of the month | |
| Time: | 12.30 pm - 3.00 pm | |
| To have your name added to a waiting list for this group, please contact the Convener | ||
2024-10-09 : Westview Place, Tauriko
2022-11-09 - November - Maynard Homestead
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Our group is for those who are reasonably accomplished on their chosen instrument and enjoy fun jamming and singing together. Instruments could include ukulele, banjo, guitar, mandolin for example. Come along and try us out - solo singers welcome too. Please contact the convener for further information.
| Convener: | Chris Ingram | |
| Phone: | 021 234 6197 | |
| Venue: | St Enochs Church Hall, 16th Avenue | |
| Meetings: | Every Tuesday | |
| Time: | 1.15 pm – 3.30 pm | |
| Cost: | $4.00 | |
| To join this group - please contact the convener | ||
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Click here for information on groups that meet in the Omokoroa / Katikati area
For a group with No Vacancies, contact the coordinator for details of any waiting list. Please note: you must be a financial member of U3A to have your name added to a waiting list.
Co-ordinator groups A to C .
Margaret Marsh email
phone 07 281 2408
Groups, A to C
- Acoustic Music Group
- Ancient History
- Art History 1
- Art Practical
- Ballet Appreciation
- Book Lovers 1
- Book Lovers 3
- Buildings and Cities
- Café Book Lovers 1
- Cafe Book Lovers 3 - Any Book Book Club
- Camera Club
- Classical Music Lovers A
- Classical Music Lovers B
- Computer Support for Windows
- Current Events A
- Current Events D
- Cycle Group
Co-ordinator groups D to H.
Pat Goldstiver email
phone 021 491 652
Groups, D to H
- Dining Group 1
- Dining Group 3
- Dining Group 5
- Festival and Foreign Films
- Five Hundred - Card Game
- French Conversation 1
- French Conversation 2
- French Conversation 3
- Garden Ramblers 1
- Garden Ramblers 2
- Geology
- Global Issues
- Health Improvement
- Hikers 1
- Hikers 2
- History A
- History B
- History of New Zealand
Co-ordinator groups I to P.
Linda Clifford email
phone 027 552 2819
Co-ordinator groups R to Z.
Margaret Down email
phone 07 562 3655
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Group members give presentations on any topic of historical interest from the dawn of civilisation to the fall of Byzantium in 1453. To join the waiting list for this group, please contact the convener.
| Convener: | Chris Hector | |
| Phone: | 027 434 3493 | |
| Venue: | Members homes | |
| Meetings: | 2nd and 4th Tuesday | |
| Time: | 09.45 am - 12 noon | |
| To join the waiting list for this group, please contact the Convener | ||
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Monday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Cafe Book Lovers 3 -Any Book book club | 4th | 1.30 - 3.00 |
| Cafe Book Lovers 1 | 4th | 1.00 - 3.00 |
| Camera Club | 1st | 10.00 - noon |
| Computer Support for Windows | 1st | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| iPad & iPhone | 1st | 2.00 - 3.30 |
| Shakespeare Group A | 2nd & 4th | 1.30 - 3.45 |
| Te Reo Maori | 1st & 3rd | 1.00 - 2.30 |
| Ukulele | Every Monday XPH | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| *XPH = Except Public Holidays |
Tuesday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Acoustic Music | Every | 1.15 - 3.30 |
| Ancient History | 2nd and 4th | 10.45am |
| Book Lovers 3 | 4th | 2.00 - 4.00 |
| Current Events A | 2nd & 4th | 10.00 - noon |
| Health Improvement | 1st | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| History of New Zealand | 1st | 10.00 - 12.00 |
| Money Matters | Ist | 1.00 - 3.00 |
| Oceanside Music Group | 1st & 3rd | 10.00 - noon |
| Photography | 3rd | 9:30 - 12 noon |
| Science Today 1 | 2nd | 9.45 - 12 noon |
| Singing for Joy | 1st & 3rd | 1.00 - 3.00 |
| The Seas and Oceans | 2nd | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| Yoga 2 | Weekly | 9.30 - 10.30 |
Wednesday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Art History 1 | 3rd | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| Ballet Appreciation | 1st | 1.00 pm |
| Book Lovers 1 | 1st | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| Classical Music Lovers A | 1st & 3rd | 1.15 - 4.00 |
| Current Events D | 2nd & 4th | 9:45 - noon |
| Garden Ramblers 1 | 2nd | 12.30 - 3.00 |
| Garden Ramblers 2 | 4th | 10am |
| Hikers 1 | 1st & 3rd | Whole day |
| History A | 1st & 3rd | 9.45 - noon |
| History B | 2nd & 4th | 9.45 - noon |
| Tauranga Luxe Cinema | 4th | late morning |
| Science Today 2 | 3rd | 10.00 - noon |
| Wordsters (Katikati) | 3rd | 1:30 - 3:30 |
Thursday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Buildings and Cities | 2nd | 9.45 - noon |
| Classical Music Lovers B | 2nd & 4th | 2.00 - 4.00 |
| Cycle Group | 1st & 3rd | 9.30 |
| French Conversation 1 | 1st & 3rd | 10.00 - 11.45 |
| French Conversation 3 | 2nd & 4th | 10:00am |
| Geography | 2nd | 1.00 - 3.45 |
| Geology | 1st & 3rd | 1.00 - 2.30 |
| Global Issues | 2nd | 1.30 - 3.30 |
| Hikers 2 | 2nd & 4th | Whole day |
| International Affairs | 3rd | 2.30 - 4.30 |
| Mini Hikes | 2nd & 4th | Varies |
| Philosophy 1 | 3rd | 9.45 - noon |
| Philosophy for today | 3rd | 9.45 - noon |
| Website Development | 1st and 3rd | 9.30 - 11.30 |
| Writers' Inc | 4th | 9.45 - 12.00 |
| World Affairs (Katikati) | 4th | 2.00 |
| Yoga | Weekly | 9.25 - 10:25 |
Friday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Art Practical | 2nd & 4th | 9.30 - 12 noon |
| Dining Group 1 | 2nd | 6.30 |
| Dining Group 3 | 4th | 1.00 |
| Dining Group 5 | 3rd | 6.30 |
| Five Hundred - Card Game | 1st & 3rd | 1.00 - 4.00 |
| Jazz, Blues andd Beyond | 4th | 1.00 - 3.30 |
| lazy Lunches (Katikati) | 4th | Noon |
| Luncheon Group 2 | 4th | Noon |
| Mah Jong | 2nd & 4th | 12.30 - 4.00 |
| Philosophy & Philosophers | Ist | 10.00 - noon |
Saturday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
|---|---|---|
| Weekend Walkers | 2nd & 4th | Departure varies |
| Tivoli Luxe Cinemas | 1st | Afternoon |
Sunday
| Group: | Week of Month: | Time: |
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