Join resin artist Andrea Waterhouse and make your own personalised piece of resin art to hang on your wall. Artworks need to dry overnight and will be available to collect during the following week. Each workshop is three hours long. Full courses with long waiting lists may not be visible on the website.

Learn this 19th century photographic printing process, also known as shadowgraphs or blue-prints, which can be used to create fine art prints, cards or bespoke books.

In this workshop we'll discuss why you should consider travelling alone, and give you lots of tips to make this possible.

Curious about AI but don't know where to start? In this short course for beginners, you will discover which A.I. tools work for you through hands-on exploration. You'll test-drive the top AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity), creative and productivity tools for both personal and professional use.

Through a combination of online learning and hands-on practice, learn about espresso and learn to make popular espresso coffees. A course fee subsidy applies for permanent residents of NZ (conditions apply).

If you’ve been curious about using TikTok for your business but aren’t sure where to start, this practical, hands-on workshop will show you exactly how it works — and how to make it work for you.

You may be stuck doing the same makeup routine that you have always done. But now that you are in your 40's or older, the makeup look that you loved in your 20's and 30's just isn't right any more.

Discover how to integrate stories—big or small—into your artwork. In this one-day workshop, you’ll explore practical and creative ways to bring both narrative and personal experience into your visual art. Through guided activities, you’ll gather inspiration and materials, experiment with composition using acrylics and your personal objects you will build confidence in expressing a story that feels meaningful to you.

Explore the beauty of flowers in this one-day oil painting workshop, learning techniques for colour, light, and texture. Guided step by step, you’ll create your own vibrant, expressive floral artwork to take home.

Join resin artist Andrea and learn to create your own 9 cm glass coasters using flowers, glitter, or even photographs. You'll create four personalised and beautiful glass coasters. These will need to set overnight and can be collected from the school over the next week.

Tai Chi is meditation in motion. It is a series of slow, continuous movements that promote physical and mental well being and improve coordination and balance. In this course you will learn Qigong, breathing exercises, Tai Chi Philosophy and some Tai Chi Yang style. This easy and relaxing class is an introduction to Tai Chi and Mindfulness. Read below for info. These courses usually fill with waiting lists each term - please contact the office to book places for the whole year.

Every day we’re bombarded with endless information, clickbait headlines, and opinions disguised as facts. Most people just take it at face value, but you won’t! Our Critical Thinking Crash Course will arm you with the ultimate toolkit to dismantle weak logic and arguments, cut through misinformation, spot hidden agendas, and see the truth hidden beneath the noise.

You've been using AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude to answer questions. But are you actually using it for real work? This workshop shows you what Claude can actually do when you put it to real work.

Aged 45–65+ & still working Retire once. Retire well. Plan with confidence. This course gives you the knowledge, tools, and expert strategies to design a secure lifetime income, protect yourself legally, support your family safely, and future-proof your retirement decisions.

Join us for a fun and flavourful evening of Spanish cooking, perfect for a date night!

Discover the power of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), or tapping—a practical, evidence-informed mind-body approach that helps reduce stress, regulate emotions, and create lasting change. EFT combines gentle tapping on acupressure points with focused awareness to help calm the nervous system and shift emotional patterns.

Learn how to turn your backyard into a productive garden full of healthy, nutritious fruit, vegetables snd herbs for your family. You will learn about how to start, with soil preparation, plant selection, propagation using permaculture ideas. This course is held offsite at Ellen's food forest in St Johns, Auckland.

Indulge in the soothing world of lavender with this calming, hands-on workshop and learn the secrets of creating luxurious bath bombs, delicate mini shortbreads, and fragrant lavender water.

Watch and discuss a series of live and pre-recorded presentations from leading thinkers on how climate change, freshwater decline, public health pressures, economic instability and democratic strain, "the polycrisis', are converging, and what this means for communities in Aotearoa.

Take the stress out of what to give at Christmas and learn to make a range of delicious and traditional treats.

Join us for a fun and flavourful evening of Swiss cooking, perfect for a date night!

Everyday travel choices are a practical way to meet physical activity guidelines, improve health and reduce harm to the environment.

Chef Tim will show you how to use fondant and royal icing to create Christmas themed motifs that can be used on cakes, cookies and gingerbread.

In this course we will create a traditional event wreath for your table, and a Christmas day centrepiece using seasonally available flowers. Each participant will take home their creations.

This course will cover traditional cold composting bins, worm farms, and Bokashi buckets. Participants will discover what to compost, how to avoid common mistakes, and how easy composting can be.

Learn this 19th century photographic printing process, also known as shadowgraphs or blue-prints, which can be used to create fine art prints, cards or bespoke books.

For Intermediate to Advanced level English learners.

Sauerkraut? Learn about the background of this nourishing food – where it comes from, how it is made and its health benefits. The workshop runs for 2 - 2.5 hours depending on how much time participants need. Course fee includes $12.00 for ingredients.

Come and learn this beautiful and healing Japanese art that uses gold or silver-coloured glues to bring together pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks.

Join EK on this introduction to abstraction using pattern and repetition. Have a fun day completing an artwork. All materials are included including paper and paints and a large canvas.

Through a combination of online learning and hands-on practice, learn about espresso and learn to make popular espresso coffees. A course fee subsidy applies for permanent residents of NZ (conditions apply).

Get into the holiday spirit with this hands-on Christmas Chocolate Making workshop! Perfect for beginners and chocolate lovers alike, this course will teach you how to create beautiful, festive chocolates to gift, share, or enjoy yourself.

Lies, disguise and camouflage: Reality as a source of inspiration and imagination for the fictionally challenged! Join Judith White for a stimulating approach to creative writing.

CapCut can help enhance video marketing with effects, music, subtitles and more! Course fee $40 or $80.

Master essential phrases for shopping, dining, and traveling with ease. Discover insider secrets to save money and time while exploring Tokyo like a local. Course fee $25 or $80.

Using textiles, found materials, transfers, mosaic and other mixed media, participants will explore composition, layering, and storytelling through design onto a glazed dinner-sized ceramic plate.

This course is designed as an introduction to the DSLR and mirrorless camera. Bring your own camera.

Explore the subtle colours and beautiful translucency of used tea bags in this tactile mixed media workshop. Learn how to layer and embellish discarded tea bags with hand stitching, beading and found objects to create a unique textile panel.

A beginner level watercolour class. All materials are included and you'll take home your own starter watercolours kit.

Learn about incense and its history in Japan. You'll learn and make incense to take home.

This workshop offers a practical and engaging opportunity for participants to learn how to pickle and preserve seasonal fruits and vegetables. The session is designed to build hands-on skills that support sustainable food practices and reduce household food waste.

Join waste warrior Ronja Schipper (AKA re:purpose Ronja) in this fun workshop, crafting a pair of earrings and a necklace from discarded bicycle inner tube.

Immerse yourself in a day of creativity and connection with nature in this one-day art workshop with Zoë Nash, celebrating plants and patterns. Perfect for anyone with a love of the natural world, this course encourages you to explore drawing, painting, and mixed media in fresh, playful ways.

Discover the beauty of transforming simple seashells into elegant, gold-accented keepsakes using the decoupage process.

Unleash your creativity and explore the vibrant world of alcohol ink in this hands-on four hour workshop! In Alcohol Ink Blooms, you'll learn the techniques to create stunning florals, landscapes, and even abstract designs using the dynamic and colourful medium of alcohol ink.

This course is for those who can already use an espresso machine confidently, and now want upskill milk and pouring.

Using traditional methods and also modern machinery participants will get to create a Rei Niho (whale's tooth) pendant. (Includes all materials).

This hands-on course helps you get the most out of ChatGPT for writing, planning, organising, learning, and everyday problem‑solving.

This Christmas, give a gift that comes straight from the heart, made entirely by you. In this festive hands-on workshop, you'll learn the art of micro macramé and craft your own beautifully wrapped crystal pendant. With a wonderful selection of crystals to choose from, you'll find the perfect stone for everyone on your list, each one becoming a unique, wearable piece of jewellery that's ready to gift.

Join Alysn Midgelow-Marsden to experiment with metal as a surface for textile-based work. You’ll learn how to emboss patterns into lightweight metal, apply alcohol inks for colour, and combine fabrics, threads, and beads to build rich surfaces. (All materials included).