Tawa U3A is part of an international organisation for people who are no longer in fulltime employment to share creative, cultural, physical and leisure interests.

We organise interest groups in many areas such  as art, music, crafts, games and a range of physical activities.

There are discussion groups where you can express your point of view, and sometimes listen to a speaker.

We cooperate with other U3A groups and share sessions.

In total, we offer more than 40 learning and social opportunities at minimal cost.

Click HERE to see available activities

Click HERE to enrol

Click HERE to see the latest newsletter

You are certain to find some activities that are of interest to you. 

Website Updated on 18/5/2025

All Course information on these pages is now the 2025 program. 
Members should have enrolled before now.  If you wish to enrol now you will need to contact the coordinator for each course and ask if you can be included.

A copy of the certified Finantial Accounts for 2024 is posted on the Newsletters page.

The  February 2025 Tawa u3a Newsletter is available on the Newsletters /  Historical Newsletters page and also the 2025 Full Course Details (18 pages) and the Summary of Courses 2025 (5 pages) if you wish to read or print them. 

The Porirua u3a (formerly Mana) is available on  https://www.poriruau3a.nz

This is version 5 submitted.

The following is helpful information about the process.

Why do we have to fuss about a constitution?

There has been an international problem about people setting up false community groups, sometimes charities, sometimes community groups, through which they have laundered money made from drug selling etc.

So to prevent this they have passed a law in 2022 which demanded certain ways of behaving in an incorporated society to prevent such dubious uses.

A government department, MBIE, (I am not sure what the initials stand for) designed a online tool to help us write our constitution.

A .pdf version 5  is available  on the Newsletters page.
A .doc version is available by clicking Constitution below.

Joining U3A Tawa can be done with a minimum of fuss. An easy way is to ring or email one of our Committee members whose names and contacts appear in the Contact Us page of this site.  You can also use our ENROL page or contact info email at the bottom of this page. The bank account numbers for paying the annual sub are also in the Contact Us page or you can pay to a Committee member. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Welcome to U3A Tawa.

You become a member of U3A Tawa by informing us of your name, address, phone number (and email if you have one) and paying the annual subscription.  You can cease being a member either by asking us to remove your name from our list or by not paying the subscription before May each year.