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 | Approaching End of Life |
| Exploring Religion | European Fascism to 1945 |
| Friends of the Listener | Film Group |
| Russia and the West | Opera |
| SCI-TECH | Sampler Short Course Humanism #101 |
Established Groups
| 10-Pin Bowling | Music Appreciation |
| Art Appreciation | New Zealand History |
| Biography | Oral History (was Recording and Broadcasting) |
| Book Discussion Group | Philosophy |
| Book Discussion Group (on-line enabled) | Photography |
| Book Group 1 | Poetry for Pleasure |
| Book Group 2 | Railway Travel |
| Classic Ballet | Silver Screen Selections |
| Comedy | Sketching |
| Cryptic Crossword Beginnings | TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) |
| Cryptic Crosswords 1 | Travel |
| Cryptic Crosswords 2 | Travel Writing |
| Cryptic Crossword Challenges | Understanding Te Reo Māori |
| Current Affairs | WFPB Lunch |
| For the Love of Plants | Write our Memoirs Too |
| Hidden Memories: Writing our Memoirs 3 |
