U3A Manawatu offers a comprehensive programme of learning groups. Annual membership provides access to all groups, subject to the availability of places. Note that some groups incur small charges for venue hire, materials etc.
Click for the latest version of the detailed 2024 Programme (PDF) which shows the aims, venues, times, coordinators, and contact details for each group. The document is updated with changes as the year progresses. If you wish to join a group, you should contact the group coordinator.
Click for the latest 2024 Learning Groups Monthly Schedule.
New groups can be added at any time. Click for guidelines in setting up a U3A group. Venues for larger groups can also be found here: https://www.pncc.govt.nz/Community/Venues-for-hire.
COVID-19: Group participants must meet current social distancing and mask wearing requirements.
New Groups 2024
| All About Gardening | Ageing Well |
| Exploring Religion | European Fascism to 1945 |
| Film Group | Making sense of the current debates on the Treaty of Waitangi |
| Russia and the West | Opera |
| SCI-TECH | |
Established Groups
| 10-Pin Bowling | Music Appreciation |
| Art Appreciation | New Zealand History |
| Biography | Oral History (was Recording and Broadcasting) |
| Book Discussion Group | Philosophy |
| Book Group 1 | Photography |
| Book Group 2 | Poetry for Pleasure |
| Classic Ballet | Railway Travel |
| Comedy | Silver Screen Selections |
| Cryptic Crossword Beginnings | Sketching |
| Cryptic Crosswords 1 | TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) |
| Cryptic Crosswords 2 | Travel |
| Cryptic Crossword Challenges | Travel Writing |
| Current Affairs | Understanding Te Reo Māori |
| For the Love of Plants | WFPB Lunch |
| Hidden Memories: Writing our Memoirs 3 | Write our Memoirs Too |
