SAVE THE DATE! You are invited to the NZSA Wellington Branch 2025 Annual General Meeting, to be held at Waitoa Victoria St on Monday 14 April 2025 from 6.00–7.30pm.
We’re excited to announce that our guest speaker for the evening will be Damien Wilkins, Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters Te Pūtahi Tui Auaha o Te Ao. Damien’s latest novel, Delirious, is a finalist for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Read more about Damien here.
We will send an agenda, with minutes of the previous AGM, to all NZSA members in our Wellington-Wairarapa region, the week before the 2025 AGM. We’ll also send details at that stage of how to join the formal AGM procedures via Zoom.
What: AGM – free event, light vege and vegan snacks provided; drinks (including low- and no-alcohol) available to purchase
Date: Monday 14 April 2025
Where: Waitoa Victoria St, 175 Victoria Street, Te Aro
Timing:
6.00–7.00pm Guest speaker Damien Wilkins (in-person only)
7.00–7.30pm Formal AGM commences (in-person and via Zoom)
Call for nominations
At our AGM, we will be voting on a new committee to carry us through to 2026. While the majority of our current committee members have indicated they will stay on committee, we’re inviting anyone interested in volunteering their time to support our branch to get in touch.
We particularly encourage and warmly invite expressions of interest from NZSA members in Wairarapa.
If you are interested in joining the committee, you will need two people to support your nomination (please contact us if you need assistance with this). These can be any members of NZSA in Wellington Branch. Email Gigi Fenster c/- nzsawellington@gmail.com if you have any questions about the committee, and/or if you wish to stand for office.
Nominations can be accepted right up until the AGM begins.
With thanks to our hosts, Waitoa Victoria St.
Accessibility: Waitoa Victoria St is fully accessible (it’s also dog-friendly and child-friendly!). Please contact us beforehand if you have any questions.
Two paid parking spots restricted for mobility parking are located close to the door (outside Speedy Signs at 181 Victoria St, on the little feeder road/lane from Victoria to Ghuznee).
As always we welcome anyone who chooses to wear a mask, and we ask that if you are unwell you stay home and stay safe.
Transport and travel: Waitoa Victoria St is near the corner of Victoria and Ghuznee (close to where Left Bank pops out onto Victoria if you’re walking from Cuba Mall). Bus routes 7, 17 and 25 all travel along Victoria St (closest stops); other (including high frequency) routes stop on Manners Street. Paid street parking is available in the area, including on the little feeder road/lane from Victoria to Ghuznee.
Questions: If you have any queries, please email nzsawellington@gmail.com