What We Offer
Upcoming Events & Initiatives in Hobsonville & Whenuapai
There’s always so much going on here in Hobsonville and Whenuapai from Easter Egg Hunts to Hobsonville Heroes to Movie Nights, Family Fun Days, and Street Gatherings to Film Festivals, Community Meals and Newcomer Evenings. Keep an eye on this page or our Facebook Page for what’s upcoming and get involved with your community!
Happy Hobbys' Playgroup
Our Hobsonville Point playgroup meets at the Headquarters Building every Wednesday during school term from 9.30-11am and is for babies through to pre-schoolers and their caregivers. The playgroup involves music, free play, and interactive activities. There is currently no charge.
• Movement & Core Strength
• Cooking nutritious and easy meals (even for one!)
• Fall Prevention
• The big wide world of public transport
• …and more!
NZ Mountain Film Festival
The 2025 festival lineup being shown in Hobsonville involves 7 short films, over 2 hours of the Pure NZ selection, including 4 award winners. Shown in the Sunderland Lounge with free popcorn and earlybird price of just $10pp, this is a night to remember!
Our local Hobsonville Emergency Response Group is a awesome group of local volunteers that help our community prepare for and stand up in an emergency that impacts our community, providing emergency shelter and/or community response. Please sign up to the Hobsonville Emergency Response Group Facebook page to ensure that you get latest updates during and prior to emergency events that affect us locally. If you’d like to volunteer, please click here.
Host a street or block gathering with a free $100 food voucher
“Hobsonville Let’s Reconnect” is being facilitated again by Connected Neighbourhoods Trust and will finish in June 2026. We provide $100 local food vouchers to any streets, laneways or blocks in the Hobsonville area that want to get together for a neighbours’ gathering. Minimum of 10 households (although a $50 voucher available for between 5-10 households).
We’ve also got an awesome street resource kit that you can book for free for your gathering. More info here.
C'mon Hobby, Let's Eat
We reckon there’s nothing quite like eating together and making new friends, or chatting with existing ones….especially on a cold, wintery night. “Let’s Eat” is a great opportunity to do just that and to enjoy a range of yummy food too!
We provide the venue & rice (big thanks to Indian Summer) and we just need you to bring a mains dish to share + spread the word and invite others. The night is free but RSVP is required. Open to anyone living in the Hobsonville area.
Our current winter series has now finished and our next Let’s Eat will be on Friday 29 August 2025.
Art Exhibitions in Headquarters
‘Taking Flight’ is a free historic photography exhibition from the Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection. It is displayed throughout the Headquarters Building inbetween other seasonal art exhibitions such as our “Schools – Art on Point” exhibition or Youth Exhibitions.
Come and have a look at our current displays, 9am – 3pm, Monday to Thursdays (except school holidays).
English Group For Migrants
This group is about learning and practicing English together while making new friends and having fun together. Open to all migrants, no matter where you’re from or how much English you have. We all help each other and you can join anytime.
Our sessions run on Thursday mornings, 10am to 11am, at the Headquarters Building during term time.
Supporting community initiatives
We believe that a strong, resilient and well connected community is one where a wide range of groups and individuals are contributing to generating a strong sense of belonging.
We provide practical support, insight and resourcing to groups and initiatives that want to help make a positive contribution to the Hobsonville and Whenuapai area. Whether it’s a clothes swap event that help makes our community more sustainable or a new way to bring people together, let us know if you need help and we will support however we can.
Street Resource Kit
Connected Neighbourhoods Trust has an amazing street resource kit that is available for community events, block/street parties and other community gatherings. The kit is free to use and is made possible through our community funders. NB: It is not available for private functions.
Advocacy and support
Since the early beginnings of Hobsonville Point, Scott Point and the new development in Whenuapai, we have had a focus on helping our communities to be well informed and their needs advocated for. We help with connecting residents and groups with potential new partners, sources of knowledge, and resourcing.
We provide support to those struggling and are passionate about growing community resiliency and well-being.
Community Connection and Well-Being
Connected Neighbourhoods Trust hosts a range of connection points for our community from summer fun in the park to barn dances, movie evenings and newcomers gatherings through to our weekly coffee & chat and social indoor bowls. We adapt to the needs of our community working closely with a range of partners, Auckland Council, Upper Harbour Local Board and community groups.
