Newlands-Paparangi Tennis Club is a friendly, relaxed club at 26 Black Rock Road in Newlands, Wellington, and it has been running since 1931. The club says it welcomes players of all abilities, from young and old to beginners and competitors, and it lends rackets to people who come along to try a club night. Its courts were built on Black Rock Road in 1968, and the club replaced the court surface in 2023 and installed new lights in October 2025.
Membership runs through to September 2027 and includes junior, senior and social options. Junior memberships include free group coaching. Coaching is run by the One Community Tennis team, with junior group sessions on Tuesday afternoons, technical coaching on Wednesdays, private lessons on Sunday afternoons, a beginner programme for seniors on Wednesday evenings and high-intensity classes on Sunday evenings. Club days are on Tuesday nights for women and on Thursday evenings for everyone, and interclub matches are played on Saturdays. The club says its fees are among the lowest around. It was named Club of the Year by Tennis Central in 2024 and 2025 and was a finalist for Tennis NZ's Club of the Year. For a family or adult who wants to start tennis with a welcoming club, the mix of coaching and club nights is the practical draw.