Wellington is known as the culinary capital, famous for it's tucked-away bars, quirky cafes, award-winning restaurants, curly fries and really good coffee. This group is for Wellingtonians old and new: - new ones who have moved here from another country, or moved here from another part of New Zealand, as well those who have always called Wellington home. Joining our group is free. It's all about enjoying great events, meeting new people and tasting delicious Wellington food!

This group is for people who are interested in getting out and exploring this incredible country, Aotearoa-New Zealand. From short weekend jaunts to month-long road trips, use this group to find other travel buddies to join you in exploring these isles from North to South, from Westland to East Cape. MeetUps will be held in Wellington for you to meet and network with other people keen to explore the country. You can then sort out details with each other, or use the Message Boards (link above) to …

Meet fellow creative professionals, learn stuff, share stuff Specifically for Design & Interface Dev professionals, these monthly get-togethers bring interesting & interested creative folk together for talks, workshops, design and technology insights, sharing cool stuff and generally getting to know each other.

Bringing local web industry pros together socially now and then in warm bars around town. Meet like-minded folk in the industry over a drink! Pop along if you're footloose & fancy free.

Get together, meet and exchange ideas and stories about technology entrepreneurship. If you are in Wellington, and are interested in starting a tech start-up, or already in one, you should join our meetups. I can imagine us talking about things like Cassandra, NoSQL, Start-ups, Agile Development, Lean Startups, etc. It will be a good forum as well to connect with like-minded people and maybe spark collaborations.

Wellington French Meet up group was created to help French speakers and learners find people to practice French with and to anyone to share their interest in French culture with like-minded people. It is a cultural melting pot of Francophone (native French Speakers or not) and Francophiles in Wellington. Come and Meetup with others who are also interested in all things French and Francophone. All ages and levels of French proficiency are welcome! We can hold French conversation meetings, outdo …

Wellington is a great city, full of wonderful things! This group goes, does, sees, feels, enjoys those wonderful things. Join us as we explore the wonders of this great city of ours.

This group has been started to gather photographers of all ages, styles and experience on an irregular basis to share photos and share knowledge.

We just had to 'borrow' this idea from our good friends at the Auckland Theatre Company - what a great way to connect with those people who love the theatre but find it difficult to organise themselves to go or have trouble rounding up people to go with. A Meetup Group makes it simple, just sign up and then show up! Once you are a member of the Circa Theatre Meetup Group, you can RSVP for any of the events posted. Sometimes we attend the opening night of a new play and then go to the fun after …

Pensive Faust Book club is a reading group that meets in Wellington CBD. W e aim to bring together wit, wisdom and offer a new cultural revolution to the Wellington scene. Fuse lively, creative events with brain-teasing and mind-expanding food for thought in the form of discussions, events and exploration of books and music. We usually read contemporary fiction but are not limited to literary genre, being fond of good discussions and a fulfilling read we at times choose something completely d …

Welcome to OUR SYSTEM. This group is dedicated to intelligent discussion of our systems of justice, economics, organisation and society with a view to understanding how we can improve them. We have stimulating discussions in cafes and people's homes, sharing our thoughts and our ideas on every subject under the sun (and beyond). Come along!

This group is all about hiking and tramping and exploring further afield than Wellington. We plan to organise day and weekend tramps and welcome experienced trampers to organise and guide. For tramping, hiking and other activities in Wellington, be sure to check out Adventure Wellington.

maker –noun 1. a person or thing that makes. Finally! A Wellington meetup dedicated to digital fabrication & digital making. The focus of this meetup is firstly to cater for those who use or want to use the web to make or create items/objects/art & more and secondly to facilitate the sharing of experiences had by those realizing digital projects whilst also meeting like minded individuals who would like to do "more" with the web. The format will be informal with some regular as …

This group is for those who'd like to meet other runners and enjoy discovering new/rediscovering old routes around the greater Welly. The idea is to meet semi-regularly or whenever someone comes up with an interesting route and RUN! Road/offroad/rave/rogue runners ALL welcome! :-)

This is a group for sewers, dressmakers, tailors, crafters, and all other fabric hoarders to get together and chat about current projects, share ideas and advice, learn about dressmaking from each other, and generally get to know other people who love making things out of beautiful fabrics. New people always welcome, whether you've sewn all your life or haven't ever touched a sewing machine! It'll be nice to start off with some chats over coffee/wine/beer to decide what we all want from th …

Anything to do with food captures our interest. We love to eat it, grow it, source it, shop for it, travel for it, understand the nutrition it provides, PYO. Raw food, fresh food, all types of cuisines; if it involves food we're all in. There might be enough food related activities to keep us going for a lifetime! There are a lot of people who share our passion so join up and enjoy, explore and generally immerse yourself in the culinary delights of the Wellington region. Anyone who has a passion …