Explore Raranga / Weaving, Tukutuku/ ornamental lattice-work, Ngā Taonga Pūoro/ musical instruments and more with traditional and contemporary materials.

You are free to explore/express your own creative style in the creation of your very own special taonga/ treasure. There is absolutely no pressure to complete your taonga in one sitting

- Go at your own pace

Mauri tau, Mauri ora

Using simple material and exploration processes, we are able to open the senses and access our imagination so we can find our own resources held within ourselves; and that which our art brings to us.

Each of us create from deep inside ourselves, an expressive response to our own experiences and external stimulus: As a result of the ongoing process, we create our own visual language.

Cook, Share and laugh with others in a relaxed, supportive space.

Hands on cooking classes led by friendly facilitators.

Express yourself through color, flavor, and presentation.

Guided by friendly facilitator you learn sewing skills, machine handling, fabric mix.

Matching, Crochet, knitting, upcycling bunting, alterations, hemming cutting.

Building confidence and skills, no experience needed.

Jewellery crafting group on Wednesday is all about variety, creativity, and fun! Each week brings something new—whether working with clay, beads, or weaving flax/harakeke into hei tāringa earrings.

No experience needed just to embrace making every session a chance to reinvent, explore, and enjoy goes here.

The creative writing group meets after Panui at 10am every Wednesday morning.

Led by a facilitator who has a masters in Creative Writing from Auckland University. Provides creative exercises to stimulate our imagination, including free writing, poetry, storytelling, word games and group writing exercises. We also watch or listen to other published poets work.

The goal of the group is to encourage and nurture self-expression and no writing experience is necessary.

Sharing writing in the group is always voluntary as we want to create a space that feels safe for all attendees.