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The Aro Valley Community Centre is a public space for the Aro Valley Community that is managed by the Aro Valley Community Council.
Our mission is to operate and manage a non profit charitable Community Centre, which recognises the changing needs of its community and provides a friendly environment where those diverse needs are met through instruction, example and participation. The Aro Valley Community Centre is managed by a volunteer group, the Aro Valley Community Council Inc. The Aro Valley Community Council Inc has been in existence since 1978 and is a registered charitable organisation run by elected volunteers from the Aro Valley. What's On !!!
Haya Cafe
Haya is a small cafe and delicatessen in Aro Valley with a BYO license 11am-11pm. We serve dinner on Friday nights only over winter. Most of what we sell is made on the premises- breads(focaccia, seed, maize meal etc), jams, savoury tarts, cakes soups, salads, chutneys and glazed hams. Our dinner menu is small but changes each week. It generally includes options for vegetarians and gluten free. Peoples coffee is served and additional seating is available in our sheltered, sunny garden. Please click here for more info. Dransfield House (restaurant in Willis St) Historic Dransfield House in Willis Street now a fine dining restaurantDransfield House caters to a Mediterranean menu prepared by chef Abdo Tammam who has cooked in some of the finest hotels in Europe. Please click here for more info. School of Divine Energy healing The school of Divine Energy Medicine was founded at 325 Willis Street at the beginning of this year. The school has a number of practitioners who provide natural therapies, which are detailed on our Therapies, Healing and Classes page. We have a range of classes held at the school, some of these include Reiki,Reiki Attunements, Healing Techniques, Flower Essences, Massage, Cultivating Consciousness, Ascension/5th Dimension We have therapy rooms for practitioners to rent by the hour and we also have group and seminar rooms available for rental If you would like more information on any of the therapies or classes or if you would like to make a booking please give us a call or send us an email. Please click here for more info. Aro Valley History on Screen Friday 27 April, 7:30pm at Aro Valley Community Centre A special screening of film clips depicting life in the Aro Valley since 1950s. Please click here for more info. Music Lessons A new music studio in Aro Valley. Saturday morning keybaord lessons, individual lessons in piano, flute, composition and theory. For more information visit www.aromusiclessons.com PRESS RELEASE – 13 April, 2012 A special screening of film clips depicting life in Aro Valley since the early 20th century, Aro Valley – History on Screen will be a delight to anyone interested in the history of Aro Valley and Wellington. Please click here for more info. School holiday programme time already! Click here to download the forms for the April Programme! Aro Valley Fair The Annual Aro Valley Fair will be held on Saturday 24 (Sunday 25 if wet) March 2012, 10am – 4pm, in the Aro Valley Community Centre and Aro Park, 48 Aro Street. The Fair will present a range of stalls, entertainment and food, and locals are invited to come and enjoy the Fair and their community. The Fair encourages local, hand-made, sustainable and healthy goods. Aro Valley Preschool and Te Aro School will both be holding stalls and fun fund-raising activities, along with a wide range of stalls selling clever crafts and interested artefacts. Stall applications are available from www.arovalley.org.nz and from www.capitalproductions.co.nz . Enquiries to arofair@capitalproductions.co.nz . The Fair is produced by the Aro Valley Community Council. Postponements and cancellations will be on (04) 384-1998 from 6am on the morning of the event only. For more info please click here Wellington Bus Review Monday 27 February 2012 7:30PM Speakers are Brent Efford, Daran Ponter and Paul Bruce. Have your say! For more info please click here Aro Valley Christmas Trees Our 2011 fundraiser starts on Saturday the 3rd of December and runs through to Christmas Eve. For more info please click here Enrolments open now for January School Holiday Programme 2012 For more info please click here Meet the candidates for Wellington Central Don't miss Wellington's interactive 'meet the candidates' opportunity . Arrive early for refreshments and a good view of the action. For more info please click here Concert at Aro Valley Community Centre 'Chanterelle'. Great songs from the last 600 years. Come along and enjoy music from the royal court of 15th century Italy, Elizabeth England, and on through the ages to 20th century USA. For more info please click here Aro Park - a night to reminisce Wednesday 5 October 2011 7.30
An evening of history at Aro Valley. Celebrate the beginnings of our park 35 years ago. Hear the stories. All welcome BYO, refreshments available. Bring your photographs, stories, help to identify some of the people in our photos Aro Park was saved from development by community action - we want to share and collect the history. There will be an oppotunity for filming of individual recollections - we hope to produce a film at a later stage with this information. October School Holiday Programme bookings open now. Please click here Friday Film Night at the Aro Valley Community Centre
On Friday 23rd September at 7pm we will be showing The Last Resort, a film about the battle to save a half-century old public campground from being sold off and multimillion dollar mansions built for a few wealthy owners. Film makers Errol Wright and Abi King-Jones, who went on to make Operation 8, used this story to explore the complexities and contradictions of “21st century New Zealand where the land wars still rage and 'colonisation by corporation' leaves us tenants in our own home.” “The Last Resort is an indigenised budget version of The Corporation. If you delighted in that tale of white collar-crime then you should be fascinated if not a little concerned at the level of greed exercising deceit behind the scenes in Godzone.” - Mark Orton, Otago Daily Times. “The Last Resort is a hell of an achievement: A subtle but fiercely angry film that refuses to simplify its themes for mass-media consumption […] if you live in New Zealand, no matter what your politics or preconceptions, you owe it to yourself to see this film at least once.” - Graeme Tuckett, Dominion Post/RadioNZ The Last Resort is especially relevant now that asset sales are once more on the agenda, houses and parks are being grabbed for motorways that mostly benefit road freight, and the special character of the Aro Valley itself looks threatened by property developers. Read more about the film at www.cutcutcut.com Entry is by koha and refreshments will be available for purchase. We hope to make film nights at the Aro Valley Community Centre a regular event, so come along and show your support. Click here Should the Aro Valley Shopping Centre be bigger?
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Aro Valley Community Centre
48 Aro Street, Aro Valley Coordinator Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30am - 2:30pm Email: community@arovalley.org.nz Phone: 04 384 8499 Facsimile: 04 384 8498 |
