Wellington Branch

Wellington branch is lively and engaged. Our 350-plus members range from renowned authors and emerging literary stars to aspiring writers, producing all kinds of work: non-fiction, literary through to speculative fiction, work for children and young adults, short stories, flash fiction, poetry and more. We enjoy our close connection with the Wellington Writers Walk. Our region includes the Hutt Valley, Wairarapa and Kāpiti Coast, and we welcome everyone who’s interested in writing and in our local writing community.

Branch Chair: Gigi Fenster
Secretary: Maya Cohen-Ronen
Treasurer: Tracy Farr
Regional Delegate: Tracy Farr

Meetings and events

We hold in-person and online branch events through the year. Please check out our Facebook page for event news.

2025 Branch AGM, 14 April

Thanks to all who attended our Wellington Branch AGM – in person and online – on Monday 14 April 2025, preceded by guest speaker Damien Wilkins. Thanks to our outgoing committee members, and welcome to our new committee for 2025. We’ll introduce the new committee in upcoming member newsletters – meanwhile, you can contact us at nzsawellington@gmail.com.

Next event: watch this space …

Watch this space (as well as social media and our member newsletters) for news of our next event.

Connect with NZSA Wellington

X/Twitter @NZSAuthorsWgtn

Facebook NZSA Wellington Writers

Instagram @nzsauthorswgtn

And we’re on Bluesky now, too @nzsauthorswgtn

Email nzsawellington@gmail.com

Contact Wellington Branch

Contact Wellington Branch

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Banner Image: Wellington Writers Walk.
Quote from Denis Glover (1912-1980)
From ‘Wellington Harbour is a Laundry’ in Come High Water, Dunmore Press, 1977

The harbour is an ironing board;
Flat iron tugs dash smoothing toward
Any shirt of a ship, any pillowslip
Of a freighter they decree
Must be ironed flat as washing from the sea.