Events

We offer a range of sporting and non-sporting events and health and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year. Find out what’s coming up.

Events, courses, and programmes

Get involved in our one-off events and try something different. We also offer a range of one-day courses, multi-day programmes, and workshops.

Women's Only Opportunity series

Join our 2025 fitness and wellbeing series to help you gain confidence lifting weights and correctly performing exercises. Gain knowledge on how to further improve your fitness and wellbeing.

Women's self-defence workshops

University Recreation Wellington holds regular self-defence courses. These are open and free to all self-identifying women and non-binary people.

Gain more confidence in your everyday life—learn ways to be strong and safe in a variety of situations. These courses teach you hits, kicks, holds, and escape techniques, as well as providing tips to help keep you safe.

To register your interest for our next course email university-recreation@vuw.ac.nz.

Round the Bays

Congratulations to all those who took part in Round the Bays 2025 and joined team Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. We hope you all enjoyed the day, and we look forward to seeing you back in 2026.

Rec-Fest

Your introduction to University Recreation, Rec-Fest, runs during the Trimester 1 orientation. Giving you a taste of everything that clubs, sports, and fitness have to offer.

Find out more about the Rec-Fest.