Things to do in Wellington with kids

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Things to do in Wellington with kids

37 dated listings for school-age kids in Wellington in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.

Kids life in Wellington — the short version

If you're raising kids in Wellington, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 5, Wellington's feed lists 37 dated listings for this age — 7 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library (16) and Johnsonville Library (7).

Everything here is a real listing from Wellington's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Johnsonville Library and Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub.

Coming up for school-age kids in Wellington

Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.

The regular rhythm

These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Wellington parents actually plan around.

Wednesdays — Let's go LEGO® at Tawa Library · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 14, then Oct 21.

Fridays — Let's Go LEGO® at Johnsonville Library · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 16, then Oct 23.

Saturdays — Let's Go LEGO® at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 17, then Oct 24.

Sundays — LEGO® Time at Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 18, then Oct 25.

Good to know

By the numbers for this age in Wellington: 37 dated listings in the next 60 days; 16 run after school on a weekday and 17 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library with 16 of them.

Free, as marked in the feed: Raphael House School and Kindergarten Information Session. Those listings carry a free tag in Wellington's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.

Keep exploring

Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Wellington picks up where this one leaves off.

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Common questions

What's on in Wellington for school-age kids right now?

The feed lists 37 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Dec 5 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.

Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?

It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.

What's free for school-age kids in Wellington?

1 of the current listings are marked free in the feed; the Good to know section names them first.

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File:Circular window, Te Papa.- Wellington in 2010 — photo via Wikimedia Commons

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