Welcome to Hibiscus Coast U3A
Join us for fun, learning and friendship
Join us at our next general meeting on 18 May!
10 am St Johns Catholic Church Hall, 189 Centreway Road, Orewa.
Main speaker Bernadette Stockman. Two club speakers yet to be confirmed plus morning tea.
All welcome to come along and see what U3A is all about.
Bernadette Stockman
Mercy Ships is an international charity that brings hope and healing to the world's forgotten poor through state-of-the-art hospital ships. Since 1978, our volunteer crew—made up of medical professionals and skilled workers from over 60 nations—has delivered free surgeries and medical care to over 2.8 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa, transforming lives one patient and one port at a time.
Bernadette, formerly the principal of St Mary's College, is the academic co-lead of Mercy Ships NZ.
Celebrating U3A in Action
Auckland Event 25 July 2026
This annual event will take place on 25 July at 18 Allbright Place Mt Wellingon from 9.30 am to 2.30 pm. Lunch provided. You can register here at https://www.u3a.nz/register
There are two illustrious main speakers and four club speakers presnting 12 minute talks.
The morning speaker is Dame Wendy Pye, a premier educational pulisher specialising in early literacy.
The afternoon speaker is Shamubeel Eaquab, an economist who makes economics easy and fun.
Our bi-monthly general meetings
Members are invited every second month to our General Meetings which will be held in St Johns Catholic Chuch Hall in Orewa in 2026.
Dates for 2026 are:
January 19th
March 16th
May 18th
July 20th
September 21st
November 16th
At these meetings we have an address by the president, a guest speaker and two club speakers talking about their groups. Click on Speakers under About Us to see the range of speakers we have had over the last two years.
Members of the public who would like to join U3A are welcome to come along and see what we are about.
Volunteers/Subscriptions
U3A Hibiscus Coast is entirely run by volunteers. Our Group Convenors and our Management Committee are all volunteers. Many of our meetings are held in the Pohutukawa Room at the Whangaparaoa Library, and in other local venues. Our fees are low: $35 per person per year, or $60 for a couple per year. For this members can join any or all of our 25 groups, some of which meet fortnightly and some monthly. Some of us also meet to watch a recently released movie or go on field trips
Monthly Schedule of Groups
Please note that Cinematique and the Short Film Group meet when there is a film to watch or a film under production. Click the Group Descriptors button above to find information about each group.
Photo of the month
A captive audience at our 16 March general meeting listening to a talk by heart researcher Julian Paton