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Dunedin Workers’ Educational Association Te Wāhi Ākoranga o Ōtepoti Incorporated (DWEA)
The WEA (Workers’ Educational Association), set up in 1915, is the longest established provider of adult education in New Zealand.
Dunedin Workers’ Educational Association Te Wāhi Ākoranga o Ōtepoti Incorporated (DWEA) is a non-profit incorporated society, and is a member of the Federation of WEAs in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The principal objective of the society is the advancement, encouragement and provision of community education that promotes a just and equitable society, in accordance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
DWEA operates from the South Dunedin Community Network rooms at 278a King Edward Street, South Dunedin.
A group of local people got together in late 2019, following the Dunedin Art Show, to discuss the possibility of establishing a group that would advance, encourage and promote the provision of adult and community education in Dunedin.
Southland Education (WEA) was originally the umbrella organisation but Dunedin Workers’ Educational Association Te Wāhi Ākoranga o Ōtepoti Inc, is now an autonomous independent organisation, registered with the Charities Commission.
President: Mary Geary
Secretary: Judy Currie
Treasurer: Kirsty Clark
Committee members: Barbara Fogarty, Kirsty Lewis, Nick Orbell, Ron Esplin, Sue Cheer, Lesley du Mez
