Brick Engaged

02/06/2026

Women’s* Group Tuesday from 6.30pm. Message me to reserve a spot. This group will be weekly, casual. Donation entry appreciated.

*Group is facilitated by Dan Mulholland who is a man. Group will never be 1-1 and all sessions are recorded by CCTV on a local drive with no internet access.

18/05/2026

July School Holiday Programme now OPEN for bookings.
Come and spend the holidays building your dream creation in our new MEGA 80sqM space with tens of thousands of bricks... Millions of opportunities!
Sessions are hosted by Dan from LEGO Masters NZ season one and Smudge of course!! If you can dream it.. you can build it!
Kids are encouraged to choose thier own path whether its building with instructions from my extensive set library to creating your very own masterpiece I am there to help, support and encourage them every step of the way.

17/05/2026

This is a great opportunity for all young LEGO fans, follow the original link and get involved! If you are a current Brick Club participant at Brick Engaged, I can provide support during sessions.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Hi all, as we have received more applications than we have spaces for, we are closing submissions. Any submissions received after 21/05 unfortunately won't receive a place. We hope to run this popular event again next year!

Applications are now open for our annual LEGO Art Display at Te Papa Tongarewa!

We’re looking for autistic and neurodivergent children aged 7–12 (or close to those ages) who love building and creating with LEGO to take part in this special event.

✨ Participants will:
• Receive a LEGO art kit to create their own masterpiece
• Have their creation displayed at Te Papa
• Be invited (with a family member) to a special breakfast event at Te Papa on Friday 17 July

To participate, families must be available to:

1️⃣ Collect the LEGO art kit from Autism New Zealand at 20 Sydney Street, Petone, Lower Hutt
📅 Monday 8 June OR Wednesday 10 June
🕘 Between 9:00am–3:30pm

2️⃣ Drop off the completed LEGO creation at Te Papa
📅 Friday 17 July
🕘 9:00am

3️⃣ Collect the LEGO creation from Te Papa
📅 Saturday 18 July
🕑 Between 2:00–3:00pm

🎉 Spaces are limited, so applications are essential. If we receive more applications than available places, preference will be given to children who have not participated in previous years — although previous participants are still very welcome to apply.

👉 Apply here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7WM5N9S

PLUS — Te Papa will also be running their popular LEGO free build and speed build events again this year, so keep an eye out for more details coming soon!

16/05/2026

Brick Club sessions are now open for enrolment in our new 80sqM mega space! More room, more LEGO and more opportunities for learning through play and engagement. With a particular focus on life and social skills, brick club groups provide a safe environment for learning, problem solving, collaboration and cooperation while practicing determination, teamwork and commitment without even knowing it. Get in touch to enrol now.
Monday 1-2pm and 4-5pm Tuesday 4-5pm and Wednesday 5-6pm

04/05/2026

New space is almost ready to rock n roll. Over four times bigger, more LEGO, more room, more opportunities. Flick me a message if you want to book a spot. Sessions will be starting from Monday 12th May 2026. If you’re keen to come see the space, let me know.

16/04/2026

We have a NEW location!! BIGGER.. MUCH BIGGER!!!! with room for multiple engagement zones, projects, parts and displays!

24/02/2026

One of the kids at group sessions built these last year.. can you tell what they are? Personally, I think it’s pretty obvious they are that good and at such a small scale.

05/11/2025

Here’s some more showcase of what’s been built this year during our Mindful Building Sessions. Miss M, has built multiple MoCs over the year with a focus on household items. This is her rendition of a living room with TV, cabinet, coffee table and seat. Take a look at all the little details and comment below your favourite 😊
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02/11/2025

After a lot of mind bending consideration, thinking and consulting, ive decided a few changes are best for Brick Engaged and the Brick Engaged foundation.

Firstly, the bus… oh the bus. Great idea, a lot harder to execute than I imagined. It will take years of applying for grants to get the thing fit for purpose.. so I’m selling it. The money will be put back into the charity, and after the small loan (needed to buy it) is repaid the rest of the funds will be used to provide services to NDV kids in schools in 2026. The expenditure will meet the requirements of the charity in its use. I’m sorry to everyone that help get the bus this far.. but it’s better to get boots on the ground and do the work rather than hang about for years trying to get it going.

2nd.. Brick Engaged has purchased a van. The intent in 2026 is to offer and deliver LEGO based programs in Schools around the greater Wellington region. This will include, educational, skill learning and competency based learning using LEGO as the core teaching/learning tool. I’m hoping to follow that up with STEAM specific focuses as well. While these programs will be user pays for the schools the value propositions are high as I can be in front of larger groups of students. I’m hopeful this will provide an avenue to conduct the more specialist sessions with neurodivergent kids either subsidised or funded by the charity.

At this stage I do intend to continue with the after school programs as they are near capacity and the kids are still having a great time.

Thank you all for your continued support and everything we have achieved this far. 2026 and beyond should open new doors for many and the reach we can make will be greater.

20/10/2025

Here’s a snippet of just a few of the LEGO creations built during our sessions.