Cooking for Absolute Beginners
Starts 19 March
Crochet for Beginners - go from beginner to confident crocheter in four easy classes
Starts 20 March
South East Asian Street Food
20 March
Edible Gardening - a practical course to get started with growing your own food
Course held offsite in St Johns. 2024 dates: 23 March or 7 September.
A Dumpling Night with Vinay
14 February, 18 March or 27 March 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Knife Skills 101: Fish and Chicken
Saturday 6 April 2024 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Zentangle Art
6 April or 17 August 2024
Sewing Beginners - Learn the basics and make a kimono style robe
6 - 7 April 2024
Weekend DIY Workshop
6 April, 18 August, 10 November
Hungarian Cuisine Workshop
Sunday 7 April
Growing and Caring for Indoor Plants
7 April 2024
Aspiring Young Cooks - for children 8 - 12 Years
All courses 9am - 2pm over two days. Starting 15 April, 22 April, 8 July, 18 July, 30 September, 7 October.
Sewing for Children 9 - 12 Years - learn machine & handsewing skills by making a soft toy
Available April, July, October and December 2024
Design Your Own Food Forest
4 May 2024 or 19 October 2024
Mosaics - Birdbath
Saturday and Sunday 18 - 19 May 2024
Barre Fit
Mondays 6 -7 pm. Term course starts 6 May.
Pilates and Yoga - suitable beginners, those with some experience and pregnant 2-3T
Mondays starting 6 May 5pm and 7pm sessions available
Stretch and Flex - use yoga and movement to relax and release stress
Tuesdays 5 - 6pm. New term starts 7 May
Chess for All
Starts 7 May 2024 - 10% discount for two registrations applies
Speaking with Confidence
Starts 13 February or 7 May. Course fee subsidy available for NZ citizens and residents (conditions apply)
Machine Knitting for Beginners
Starts 7 May or 22 October. Advanced course also available.
Yin Yoga - gentle, balancing, inner stillness
Starts 8 May- Wednesdays
Japanese Cuisine - Meat, Fish, Seafood
Starts 8 May
Action Painting (Abstract Expressionism) with EK Dimieva
18 May 2024 or 21 September 2024
English for Migrants: Kiwi Idioms, Slang and Expressions
Full weekend 9:30am - 3:30pm 18 - 19 May 2024 or November 2024
Make Your Own Body Products - Soothing Salves and Luxurious Lotions
19 May
Makeup for the 40+
19 May 2024, 18 August 2024, 22 September 2024
Watercolour and Drawing
19 May or 9 November 2024
Mexican Cuisine with Troy Mentor
Four Mondays 6 - 9 pm starting 10 June
Knife Skills 101: Vegetables
22 June 2024
Make A Pebble Mosaic Tile with John Botica
22 June 2024 or 1 December 2024
Māori Traditional Medicines and Home Remedies - Using Native Plants for Healing
Saturday and Sunday 22 - 23 June
Declutter or Downsize Your Home
23 June
Learn the Art of Tambour Embroidery
Evening course starting 31 July 2024. Weekend workshop also available (Intro to Tambour Embroidery on 6 April)
Painting With Acrylics with EK
Eight evening classes. Starts 14 February or 31 July
A Writer's Weekend 17 - 18 August 2024
Join us for a writing course or our free opening address
Interior Design: Being Adventurous with Colour
17 August
Contemporary Vintage China Mosaic
17 - 18 August 2024
Korean Kimchi Masterclass
Saturday and Sunday 17 - 18 August 2024 1 :30 - 5:30 PM
18 August
The Art of Folding Books
Date Night French Cuisine
26 August
Food Styling - The Art of Plating
Starts 27 August.
Plant-Based Cooking with Aaron Brunet - Food for Life
18 August
Make a Concertina-Style Journal or Sketchbook with Lesley Alexander
Saturday 21 September 2024
Keeping a Nature Journal with Sandra Morris
Sunday 22 September 2024
Delicious Seafood with June Renwick
Starts 4 November
Delicious Rolled Sponge Cake
10 November
Christmas Gifts from your Kitchen
Starts 3 December.
Welcome to our adult education and school holiday programme. We offer affordable and easily accessible evening, weekend, holiday and daytime short courses with experienced tutors in a friendly environment.