Joining SeniorNet

Benefits of SeniorNet Wanaka membership

• Guidance to master your electronic device at your level and at your speed

• Learning in small friendly workshops

• Fun and fellowship

• Social connection with time for coffee and a chat

• Monthly talks on topics of general interest to our members

• Problem-solving with tutors who have a broad range of experience

• Support to keep up to date with advances in technology and new developments

• Access to Senior Hangouts - a networking platform that provides resources online

• Purchasing discounts from our sponsors

• Meeting Notes and slides from the meeting on the website

Our History 

The Wanaka Rotary Club sponsored a meeting on 20 October 1999, attended by approximately 35 residents from the Wanaka area, to establish a SeniorNet in Wanaka. SeniorNet Wanaka became an Incorporated Society on 27 October 1999 and received tax-exempt charitable status on 22 November 1999.

Telecom NZ Ltd offered a $1500 sponsorship, along with two no-charge telephone lines and a subscription to Xtra free of charge once SeniorNet Wanaka had its own rooms and computers. In the interim, Mount Aspiring College provided access to their computer suite after school finished on Friday.

In its first 6 months SeniorNet Wanaka grew to 60 financial members, of whom 40 had started or completed a series of Word Processing classes. The tutors were members who used manuals provided by SeniorNet Wellington and paid for by the Wanaka Rotary Club.