Things to do in Wellington for teens

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Things to do in Wellington for teens

22 dated listings for teens in Wellington in the next 60 days — youth nights, drop-ins, courses and volunteering, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.

Teens life in Wellington — the short version

If you're raising a teenager in Wellington, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 8 and Dec 5, Wellington's feed lists 22 dated listings for this age — 7 different programs, covering youth nights, drop-ins, courses and volunteering. Most of it runs at Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub (6) and Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library (6).

Everything here is a real listing from Wellington's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 13–18 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub and Karori Library.

Coming up for teens 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.

Game On! : Teen Edition (11+)

Fri, Oct 9 · 10:00 AM · Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub
Game On! : Teen Edition (11+) in Wellington
Photo: wild_wind · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Friday, Oct 9: Game On! : Teen Edition (11+) at Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub, Wellington. Family-friendly.

Teen Crochet Club

Thu, Oct 15 · 3:45 PM · Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub
Teen Crochet Club in Wellington
Photo: QFSE Media · CC BY-SA 3.0 nz · via Wikimedia Commons

Mark Thursday, Oct 15: Teen Crochet Club at Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub, Wellington. Bring the kids along.

The regular rhythm

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

Thursdays — Page Turners Teen Book Club at Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 22, then Nov 5.

Thursdays — Page Turners Teen Book Club at Newtown Library · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 22, then Nov 5.

Thursdays — Teen Crochet Club at Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Nov 5.

Fridays — Teen Knitting Club at Tawa Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Nov 13, then Nov 27.

Saturdays — Youth Night at Karori Library · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 17, then Nov 21.

Good to know

By the numbers for this age in Wellington: 22 dated listings in the next 60 days; 0 start in the evening and 4 land on a weekend — teen programming keeps teen hours; the busiest single venue is Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub with 6 of them.

On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Wellington's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.

Drop-in or sign up? The ones whose own description mentions registration: Try an RPG : Pathfinder for teens (14+) Registrations required — for those, the listing link is the place to book before the day.

Keep exploring

Things to do in Wellington

Library programs in Wellington

Common questions

What's on in Wellington for teens right now?

The feed lists 22 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 8 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 teens in Wellington?

None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.

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

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