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55 William Street
Raahui Pookeka Huntly
Open Mon-Fri 9am-3:30pm
Pop in for a cuppa and a chat.
55 William Street
Raahui Pookeka Huntly
Open Mon-Fri 9am-3:30pm
Pop in for a cuppa and a chat.
Friendship House Huntly, originally an outreach arm of St Paul’s Church, has blossomed over the past decade into a cornerstone of community support and connection. Open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3:30pm, Friendship House offers a vibrant array of activities that cater to all ages and interests.
Join one of our many awesome clubs like Craft, Strong & Steady, Tiny Tots Playgroup, Huntly Art, Ukulele, and more, there’s plenty to do and people to meet. Swing by for a cuppa, a chat, or dive into one of our fun activities.
What's On At Friendship House
Activities for the whole community!
Fruit & Vegetable Co-op | Food Together
$15 gets you a bag full of seasonal, fresh fruit and vegetables!
This is available to anyone and you can order as many as you like.
Pick up from Friendship House each Wednesday, with orders needing to be made and paid for by each Monday.
Weekly Activities
Computer, internet and Skinny Jump Modems available for use.
Monday:
- Craft Club: 9:30am – 11:00am
– bring along your project to work on and share a cuppa with morning tea. - Strong & Steady: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
– strength and balance exercise classes, followed by biscuits and a cuppa.
Tuesday:
- Al-Anon Family Meeting: 7:00pm
- Community Lunch: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
– Everyone is welcome! Enjoy a lunch with your community members. - Ukulele Club: 5:30pm – 6:30pm.
– Join in with the music with the Ukulele Club.
Wednesday:
- Tiny Tots Playgroup: 9:30am – 12:00pm – during school terms
– Preschoolers, babies and caregivers get together for playtime, chatter and kai. - Huntly Art Club: 1:00am
– Every Wednesday The Huntly Art Club meet to work on their own projects in many different mediums. - Fruit & Vegetable Co-op: $15 for a box of seasonal fruit & vegetables
- Girls Brigade: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
– For girls 5yrs – 18yrs, join us for crafts, sports, cooking, and more.
Phone Wendy on 021-0849-2533 for more information. - Friendship Circle: 2.00pm – Every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Join us for a guest speaker and afternoon tea. Phone Myra on 07 8287180 for more information
Thursday:
- Morning Tea: 10:00am – 12:00pm
– Our amazing volunteers host a beautiful morning tea for the community. - Rainbow Youth Group: 5:30pm – 8:30pm – Monthly
– Each session is made up of arts/ craft/ games/ chill out and kai. Supported by a facilitator.
Friday:
- Mosaic Club: 10:00am
– The club meet weekly to work on their own mosaics and can share their skills with you. - Hapori Parenting Sessions: 10:00am during school term. These sessions offer practical, down-to-earth learning for parents and caregivers of young tamariki. Each session focuses on real-life topics — from nutrition and screen time to play, wellbeing, and connection — giving whānau tools, confidence, and a supportive space to learn together. In partnership with Waikato Family Centre
Hosted Services
Friendship House acts as a hub for other services within our community.
Our objectives are to help our North Waikato Community to live inclusively, be independent, and sustain a healthy lifestyle by getting them to health appointments. We have a roster of Volunteers and support people who will pick up clients from their homes and take them to their much-needed medical appointments.
There are no criteria for using the health shuttle; all we need is 48 working hours’ notice and a Koha/Donation.
Anyone can access the service, especially those with disabilities or who are bound to a wheelchair—those who are not allowed to drive because of a medical condition, procedure, or age. We even support those troubled with driving in Hamilton because of anxieties or struggle with parking in the hospital parking lot.
If you know someone who may need to use our service, please give them our phone number: 0800 828 865 to make a booking.
Bellyful nourishes and connects communities by cooking and delivering free meals to whānau with babies or young children, who need support.
Having a new baby, or young children, can be really, really hard work! And having a good support network is one of the main ingredients for getting through those early stages.
Bellyful’s main criteria are simply that the whānau we support have babies or young children, and don’t have others available to do what we do – cook and deliver free meals.
North Waikato Rainbow Community is for all LGBTQIA+ people living in the Northern Waikato region.
NWRC host a monthly youth group for teens and young adults between the ages of 12 and 24.
2026 Dates – 5th February, 5th March, 2nd April, 7th May, 4th June, 2nd July, 6th August, 3rd September, 1st October, 8th November, 3rd December.
Each session is made up of arts/ craft/ games/ chill out and kai. Supported by a facilitator.
Whānau Āwhina Plunket is a charity and Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest support service for the health and wellbeing of tamariki under-five and their whānau.
Get in touch with your Whānau Āwhina Plunket nurse or local clinic to book an appointment, or call us free on 0800 184 803. If you need support between appointments, you can call PlunketLine on 0800 933 922. You can also contact your nurse or local clinic, they may be able to book an extra appointment.
Contact Us Friendship House
55 William Street Huntly 3700, New Zealand
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community.
Supporting our community to wellbeing.
Working together with the people of our community and building capability and capacity.
Raahui Pookeka Community Centres Trust operates centres that offer a variety of workshops and services throughout the community of Raahui Pookeka Huntly.
