Island of Misfits Community

17/06/2026

Community meeting about the new Gate Pā Community Centre, exciting 🥰

We are excited to send you this newsletter and keep you up to date with the developments with our community centre which is due to be completed in December 2026. In the newsletter is a QR code to the Community Pulse Survey that we would love you to complete.
I hope to see you at our community day on 4th July in Anzac Park. Please come and learn about the centre and meet the trustees.
We are in the process of appointing a manager and then building a volunteer team. There are exciting times ahead for our community and we look forward to your ideas.

17/06/2026

Had an awesome networking event and workshop with Piritahi Youth Collective, at the yacht club- so cool to meet so many organisations passionate about our beautiful rangitahi 🥰 Looking forward to more opportunities for connection and collaboration! BOP Youth Development Trust Youth Voices Action (YVA) Te Aranui Youth Trust - Emma

16/06/2026

Dungeons and Dragons event for intermediates and teens! 🥰 So cool!!

New Event: Paragons D&D School Holiday Sessions.

​​Bookings are now open. Feel free to share with your networks. 😊

16/06/2026

Yeah Scott!

What an awesome day it was at YouthFest with Youth Voices Action - YVA 🥰🥰🥰 Love these spaces to gather people and create community

15/06/2026

Happy National Volunteer Week!

Island of Misfits has so many amazing volunteers 🥰 There are too many to post pictures of! From hosting groups, to facilitating discussions, to helping set up and pack down at events, to helping in the kitchen at workshops/events. So thankful for all of you and all the hard work and love you pour out into this community ❤️🥰

09/06/2026

This looks fun! 🥰 20 years is a great achievement!

🎉 1 WEEK TO GO!
Help us celebrate Papamoa Community Centre & Library turning 20! 🥳
Join us Monday 15 June from 10am for a day of FREE fun for all ages – bring the whole family along!

🎨 Face painting
✨ Harpist performance
🤖 Robot play!
🎭 Local groups showcasing activities
🎨 Kids’ colouring competition (6 Baywave vouchers up for grabs!)
…plus heaps more to enjoy!

Haven’t grabbed a flyer yet? Pick one up to see everything happening on the day or visit
👉 https://ow.ly/WtZe50Z94Mo

08/06/2026

Exciting news: Paragons NZ Board Game sessions are back!! Board games for intermediates, teens and their caregivers! 🥰❤️ So much fun!! ♾️ At Merivale Community Centre

New Event: Board Game Sessions

Hi everyone,
Please see details of our next Board Game afternoons.
Please feel free to share this with your networks.

Have a great week. 😊

07/06/2026

Road trip!! 🚗 🚙 Kayla, Scott and I had so much fun volunteering at Elevate Family Camp this past weekend, it was cool that 3 of us from Tauranga were there! It’s an amazing camp for families who have kids with disabilities/neurodivergence! Each family is assigned a volunteer to help them/their kids out for the weekend and hang out. So great being in a space with so many likeminded people 🥰

Would highly recommend coming along to this camp next year as a family or a volunteer, it’s such a special space with families who get it! Elevate also has an amazing National camp coming up in October this year for all ages!

Thanks Elevate Christian Disability Trust for such a special weekend!

(This pic is from when we stopped in Morrinsville on our way home, not camp haha) -Emma