Wellington 2026 committee reports

Wellington
#1

Treasurer’s Report

The balance of the Wellington regional account on 1 September 2025 was $6,165.34. The balance on 1 September 2026 was $5,528.40, giving a decrease of $726.94. The reason for this decrease is that, as noted in the previous financial report, we were partway through the project cycle for Consequence 4, and had collected $4,400 of revenue for it, without paying the related expenses. Before that project started, our bank balance was $1,766.11.

NZLARPS Wellington supported two major projects this year (Consequence 4 & 5), both of which made large profits ($1502.67 and $1,134.35 respectively). We also supported four smaller projects (Carnival Arcane, Down Comes the Night, Be Not Afraid, and The Weave), which were also profitable. We also received $250.49 in donations from “The Roswell Incident” and “Hotel Paradise”.

The level of larp activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels, and this has helped rebuild our finances to the level where we can now comfortably support games. We owe a huge debt to all the GMs - and particularly the Consequence team - for this. Looking forward, it looks like we will have an even higher level of activity, with two weekend campaigns and a host of smaller games. Not all of this will be done through NZLARPS, but we look forward to supporting it however we can.

A report in the same format as last year, showing transactions and a summary of the types of revenue and expenditure is attached.

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#2

Directors Report

LARP in wellington had a stronger year than previous as our activity levels increase. Two large weekend events were hosted, along with six smaller day games or theatreforms. This is in addition to other LARP events that are not offical NZ Larps projects providing even more activity.

Between these, we are well over one event every two months, and approaching one per month.

We have strong activity planned for the region, with three theatreforms in the next month (two at Roll 4 Hope), as well as the ongoing Weave campaign. The Wellspring campaign is not an NZ Larps project, but will be supported and will help drive activity levels in the region.

Our main committee incentives this year are the recollation of the gear after Consequence, gear maintaince and sorting. This is an ongoing challenge, and will continue at least into next year. In the short term, a condition check on the gear in storage, and upgrade of the weapons storage to prolong their useful lives is in progress.

We have also worked to help newer community members into GMing roles and hope to continue this as well.

I would like to thatnk the committee and the community at large for their effort and support over the past year.

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#3

We came into this committee year with worries about the growth of larp in Wellington. The last of the pandemic years had made running events impossible with any consistency, and during that time life events had meant many of our long-time members had more pressing priorities. We saw that one of the best ways to revive the community was to increase the number and diversity of events.

Looking back on a year with over a dozen larp events, both within the NZLARPs project space and without, I think it’s fair to say that this committee has done tremendous work. From the conclusion of one campaign larp, another overnight campaign has come to fill the calendar, and we’re also excited to see the beginnings of another full-day campaign in the Weave, a project style that will hopefully lower some of the logistical barriers other larps have faced. In addition to these, there have been more than ten day games, parlour larps, and other events, as well as a costume swap day and regular combat practices. For the first time in several years, we had a presence at Wellington Armageddon (even if the kids these days use ‘larper’ as a pejorative term!) The calendar is looking healthy once again, and the slots for 2027 are already filling up.

This is not the time to rest on our laurels - we have learned that upheavals can easily put larping into a tailspin. The work that is being done with our social media groups, Discord server and Downtime newsletter is invaluable to keep the community morale up. Now, in my opinion, we should consider how to increase the local membership numbers - or at least decide how central that goal should be to our operations in 2027.
No matter the form it takes, NZLARPS Wellington will always be a cheerleader for the games in our community. It has been a joy to contribute the skills that I have to support this mission in 2026.

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