1st Wainuiomata Scout Group

08/08/2026

Talofa Kea families & whanau!

Tues 11th Aug, 4:00-5:00 pm meet at the Den to read maps and make Zoo Animal masks for Zone Kea Disco!

We have a keen cartographer in our Posse, so I’ll print oversized Zoo maps they can take home 😉

1. Horseshoe
2. Map game
3. Make Zoo Animal masks.
4. Kea call & home

Sun 16th Aug 3-5 pm at Belmont Den is our Zone Kea Disco! Zoo theme!

Yours in Keas & zoo fun,
Louise, Claire, Yvonne 🙂

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Kia ora Cub whanau & families!

Tues 11th Aug, 6:30-8:00 pm meet at the Den to learn the fast way to fold tents & for Hypothermia Burritos!

If you have a sleeping bag or little blanket bring one, I will bring spares.

1. Horseshoe
2. Pack up Scouts Winter Camp Comp tents
3. Game (Cubs agree on one)
4. Hypothermia burritos
5. Flag down

Yours in Winter Cubbing!
Kylie, Sheldon, Yvonne 🙂
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19/07/2026

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Morena Kea families & whanau!

Welcome back to Term 3!

Tues 21st July 4:00-5:00 pm at the Den, let's get do first aid with bandages & slings! 🙂

1. Horseshoe, Flag break.
2. Warmup game
3. First Aid - Physical vs Medical accidents. When should you call Wellington Free Ambulance.
5. Flag down.

Looking ahead:
Next Tues 28th we have Wellington Free Ambulance coming - Keas will join Cubs at the later time of 6:30-8:00 pm (or whenever your Kea gets tired).

Sun 16th Aug 3-5 pm at Belmont Den is our Zone Kea Disco! Zoo theme!

Yours in Winter Keas,
Claire, Louise, Yvonne 🙂
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Morena Cub families & whanau!

Welcome back to Term 3!

Tues 21st July 6:30-8:00 pm at the Den, let's practice working in small teams (Sixes) making shadow puppets!
Think ye olde string marionette and kebab stick cardboard creations. 🙂

1. Horseshoe, Flag break.
2. Warmup game
3. Making puppets and a story in Sixes.
4. Shadow theatre! (Thank you, we have donated sheets). 🙂
5. Award Ngahere/Bush badges, Flag down.

Looking ahead:
Next Tues 28th we have Wellington Free Ambulance coming.

Sun 2nd Aug 2-4 pm at Belmont Den is our Zone Cub Model Making Contest!
Mystery theme unveiled on the day, work in Sixes to make 3D models and story! Please bring a large cardboard box that a Cub might be able to fit into. 🙂

Yours in Winter Cubbing,
Kylie, Sheldon, Yvonne 🙂

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Kia ora Scouting families!
This Wednesday we'll meet at the Den for the first session for the term. The winter campers will be practicing their dinner and dessert recipes, the rest will have a mystery dish to make.
Looking forward to seeing everyone for the start of term
Yours in Scouting
Ben

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15/06/2026

Try Wainuiomata Guides and Scouts!

Guides are for girls-only, while Scouting is for all genders/identifications - the two are ‘sibling’ organisations. Pippins/Brownies/Guides have their equivalent in Keas/Cubs/Scouts.

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Scouting information:
Getting our youth Sc-Out and About!
Come try any first four Sessions free!

Keas - 5-7.5 years old, Tues 4:00-5:00 pm,
Cubs - 7.5-10.5 years old, Tues 6:30-8:00 pm,
Scouts - 10.5-14 y/o, Weds 6:30-8:15 pm.
Our Den, 2 Peel Place, at the end across the stream from Rotary Park Reserve, near Wainuiomata Primary School.
The Scouting Law is Respect, Do What is Right, Be Positive!
[email protected]
www.scouts.nz
0800 SCOUTS
0800 726 887
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Guiding information:
Building Girls' confidence and life skills with fun, adventures and friendships

Kai Arahi Wainuiomata
Pippins & Brownies
Louise Bilderbeck Hall
102 Main Road, Wainuiomata

Pippins: 5 - 7 y/o
Brownies: 7-9.5 y/o
Both on Mon 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Guiding lasts a lifetime! Nga Kohine Whakamahiri o Aotearoa.

www.girlguidingnz.org.nz
[email protected]
0800 222 292
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Across our five youth sections members will have fun and adventure, challenge themselves, learn leadership skills and gain self-confidence.

13/06/2026

Hallo Kea whanau & family,

Tues 16th June bring a glass/plastic jar with a lid for making Earthworm Observers!

I'll bring some earthworms, Keas will scavenge around the Den & garden to find the materials.

Keas with sports photos - we'll make a couple of spare observers and you can pick them up next week.

Yours in Kea garden lifecycles,
Louise, Yvonne 🙂
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Hallo Cub whanau & families,

This week Cubs is on MONDAY 15th June as we will join St Augustine's Cubs at their Den!

Cubs will design & paint their own individual Fabric Flag/Shield of arms!

6:30-8:00 pm at St Aug's Den, by the sports field, near corner of Udy & Kensington, Petone.

If you have a ditty bag, bring that along and we can sew it on/into a cutlery bag.

If you need help organising car pools, please let me know.

Yours in Cub fabric crafts with St Augs,
Yvonne, Kylie, Casey, & Jackie from St Augs. :)

11/06/2026

If you’re looking for a Tuesday night outing 30th June, how about a 2nd Lower Hutt scout fundraiser? 🙂

08/06/2026

Lower Hutt Kea Bikeathon at Avalon Park last Sunday was fabulous!

Many thanks to Free Ride & Pedal Ready for helping our Keas learn about helmet adjustment, gear checks, road rules and two-way-traffic practice!
😁

07/06/2026

Kia ora Cub whanau & families!

Tuesday 9th June, 6:30-8:00 pm at the Den we will have Cubs practice cooking skills making damper, then roti.
Roti = damper folded with oil like flaky pastry. 🙂

1. Horseshoe
2. Scout Maya's Game
3. Damper (oven bake)
4. Roti (gas rings)
5. Eat
6. Flag down.

Yours in Cub Cookery!
Kylie, Casey, Tessa, Maya, Sheldon, Yvonne :)

22/05/2026

Try Scouting - this week Kea Berry towers, Cub Geology, Scouts First Aid!

Keas Cubs Scouts in Wainuiomata!

Scouting for all genders, in School Terms:
Keas - 5-7.5 years old, Tues 4:00-5:00 pm
Cubs - 7.5-10.5 years old, Tues 6:30-8:00 pm
Scouts - 10.5-14 y/o, Weds 6:30-8:15 pm.

No waitlist, come try any first four Sessions free of obligation!

Our Den, 2 Peel Place, at the end across the stream from Rotary Park Reserve. is just near Wainuiomata Primary - go to the last roundabout where Main becomes Coast Rd, turn right into Burden and right again into Peel Place. 🙂

2026 Term Fees are $88 per youth (cover costs), $95 (supporting others) or $73 (National Levy Only) if you join as a Leader or every-time Adult Helper.
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Our Kea Motto is:
I will try to share my fun with others,
We share,
We care,
We discover,
We grow!

Our Cub & Scout Promise is:
I promise to do my best,
To help my Community, Country and World,
To help other people and To live by the Scout Law.

The Scouting Law is Respect, Do What is Right, Be Positive!

We look forward to meeting you all! 🙂
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This week:
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Kia ora Kea families and whanau!

Tues 26th May, 4:00-5:00 pm meet at the Den to create & plant compostable Strawberry towers to take home!
Bring cardboard toilet rolls if you have some.

Yours with Sustainable Keas
Claire, Louise, Yvonne 🙂

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Kia ora Cub whanau & families!

Tues 26th May, 6:30-8:00 pm meet at the Den for a Geology treat!

Bring a friend, bring rocks!

Chris D from the Mineral Club of Hutt Valley & Wellington will be with us from 7 pm for show & tell plus more!

Yours in rock 'n' rolling Cubs,
Kylie, Casey, Sheldon, Yvonne. 🙂

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Kia ora tatou Scouting families

This week we'll be in the den 6.30 to 8.15 to have a go at some first aid and rescue practice.

Yours in Scouting Ben.

17/05/2026

Try Scouting - this week Kea Seeds, Cub Firestarters, Scouts Mystery MasterChef!

Keas Cubs Scouts in Wainuiomata!

Scouting for all genders, in School Terms:
Keas - 5-7.5 years old, Tues 4:00-5:00 pm
Cubs - 7.5-10.5 years old, Tues 6:30-8:00 pm
Scouts - 10.5-14 y/o, Weds 6:30-8:15 pm.

No waitlist, come try any first four Sessions free of obligation!

Our Den, 2 Peel Place, at the end across the stream from Rotary Park Reserve. is just near Wainuiomata Primary - go to the last roundabout where Main becomes Coast Rd, turn right into Burden and right again into Peel Place. 🙂

2026 Term Fees are $88 per youth (cover costs), $95 (supporting others) or $73 (National Levy Only) if you join as a Leader or every-time Adult Helper.
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Our Kea Motto is:
I will try to share my fun with others,
We share,
We care,
We discover,
We grow!

Our Cub & Scout Promise is:
I promise to do my best,
To help my Community, Country and World,
To help other people and To live by the Scout Law.

The Scouting Law is Respect, Do What is Right, Be Positive!

We look forward to meeting you all! 🙂
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This week:
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Kia ora Kea families and whanau!

Tues 19th May, 4:00-5:00 pm meet at Poole Cres Community Gardens to plant seeds!

Bring gloves, trowel/fork.

I've got a pack of broccoli and carrot seeds and popsicle sticks we can use to label plants. 🙂

Yours in Kea gardens,
🙂 Claire, Louise, Yvonne
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Kia ora Cub families and whanau!

Tues 19th May, 6:30-8:00 pm meet at the Den to make firelighters!

The Firelighters will be for the next time we do food fires!

Bring toilet rolls/lint.

There is twine, paper, cardboard, wax at the Den that we can use. 🙂

*warm liquid handling - melted wax
*knife handling - whittling wood shavings.

Yours in Cubs staying warm,
🙂 Kylie, Yvonne

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Kia ora Scouting families!

This week we'll be in the den again. 6.30 to 8.15. We'll be doing some creative cooking with a mystery masterchef night. Bring an ingredient and prepare to get creative.

Yours in experimental cookery
Ben

12/05/2026

Kia ora Cub Families!

If your Cub wears their scarf tonight they can take home our own Wainuiomata Cub woggles. 🙂
No worries if you're away, I'm making a whole bunch. :)