Feel you don't know the basics? Need the confidence and skills to cook for yourself and others? This course will give you all the basic skills you need to get started with cooking. Course fee includes ingredients.

Join us for four festive evenings of hands-on baking as you learn some beloved traditional Easter recipes, each with its own history and charm.

Unlock your inner artist in this one-day workshop, where you'll learn to paint a beautiful daffodil using oil paints

Sourdough bread is well known and has been loved in Europe for many centuries. Come and learn the secrets of making delicious loaves and rolls using rye and wholemeal spelt flour.

Come along and spend a day being introduced to the art of calligraphy and learn techniques to achieve beautiful lettering for stationery, invitations, signs and cards. Materials included and you'll take home a starter pack. Please note this is an adults course and is not suitable for children.

This course is for those new to Adobe Illustrator and offers an introduction to the key concepts of Illustrator. You'll explore the main features of this powerful vector-based graphic design tool, used to produce logos, letterheads, business cards, posters, and websites. Participants should have strong computer skills. Please read more information about suitability below the course dates.

An introduction to this popular programme will lead you through how to create spreadsheets, charts, perform calculations with formulae, and analyse numerical information. Course fee $30 or $122.

Join Lisa Critchley for a holistic experience of raranga weaving in accordance and alignment with traditional indigenous practices (Tikanga and Kaupapa Māori). You'll learn the basic skills to weave a kete.

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.

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.

Celebrate the abundance of the harvest season in this hands-on weekend workshop where you’ll learn to preserve and create with fresh, seasonal ingredients.

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

Learn to prepare and fragrance one container candle.

Come and learn how to create simple, professional designs that look great on social media and feel right for your business. Course fee $40 or $80.

Learn the special tricks of container gardening from an expert.

Empower yourself to manifest your dreams into reality by designing your own vision board using images, words and symbols to turn dreams to reality!

Unlock the power of visualisation and goal-setting with this hands-on course on creating vision boards.

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.

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

Interested in classes at our Auckland pottery studio? Have you ever wanted to work with clay, but not known where to start? Join our beginner pottery class and learn a range of essential clay techniques. Whether you're a complete novice or have some experience, this pottery course will help you develop key skills, including hand-building and clay molding. Come and join Matt McLean, one of New Zealand's top award-winning potters and learn a range of hand building and wheel throwing techniques.

This course is for those new to sewing and will teach fundamental sewing skills. You will leave with your own kimono-style robe.

Understand the psychology of money and how it influences your spending and saving habits, so you can make better financial decisions

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

From minions to penguins, elephants to giraffes, and roses to wild flowers, this class  will introduce you to working with sugar paste and modelling fondant to make basic animals, flowers and figurines.

Produce your own stunning fabric lampshade in one short workshop. Equipment and a frame are supplied, just bring your own fabric. More details below course dates.

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.

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.

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).

Take a gentle pause from the noise of daily life through the calming art of mixed-media collage.

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

Personal colour analysis is an investment in yourself and your future. Confidence comes from wearing the colours that enhance you and truly suit your own unique personal colouring. Learn how in this group workshop.

This workshop will give you an overview of digital marketing including channels, funnels, audience demographics and behaviour. You will learn how to create an online persona and start your own digital journey.

Learn the basics of this exquisite embroidery technique using beads and sequins.

Discover the secrets of baking the classic fluffy Japanese sponge cake and learn techniques for frosting and decorating your cake, with expert baker, Yu.

Join Masterchef NZ 2013 winner Aaron Brunet to make and taste delicious, satisfying plant-based meals that everyone will enjoy. Suitable for those on vegan diets. Gluten-free.

We all want to grow the freshest, healthiest and juiciest vegetables and fruit but the cost of setting up and growing can be off-putting. This workshop will take you through all the simple tricks to save costs beginning with planters and gardens to what is the most cost effective soil to use and on to how to collect your own seed and propagate your own plants. Cost need not be a barrier to producing great vegetables and fruit from your own garden.

Join Liz Mitchell, one of New Zealand’s leading bespoke couture designers, for an inspiring workshop exploring the art of wet felting. Under Liz’s expert guidance, you’ll create a personalised textile piece using soap, water, fibre, and agitation to transform fabric scraps into something entirely new.

Join this one day course and learn how to use pen, watercolours and pencil to create your own personal travel journal.

Create your own masterpiece to enhance your garden or interior spaces. The soft stone sculpture is one of the most accessible mediums to work with as ideas can be quickly realised and easily modified. Includes sculpting block. Courses run 11am - 4pm.

Learn the special tricks of container gardening from an expert.

Join Vinay for an evening of learning, cooking and eating. In this class, Vinay will show you how to make satay chicken skewers accompanied by a vegetable Thai salad.

This one-evening introductory course is designed for individuals curious about mindfulness and seeking practical tools to enhance their well-being.

Ready to create a life that feels more aligned, spacious, and purposeful? In this immersive four-hour workshop, you’ll gently explore what might be standing between you and the life you’re trying to build.

In this hands-on 2.5-hour workshop, you’ll learn the essential skills to create beautiful bouquets using locally sourced seasonal blooms.

For children 8 - 12 years old.

This school holiday course will give young students the opportunity to learn cooking skills in a fun and safe environment. For children aged 8 to 12 years. Course fee includes $35.00 for ingredients.

This school holiday course will give young students the opportunity to learn cooking skills in a fun and safe environment. For children aged 8 to 12 years. Course fee includes $35.00 for ingredients.