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.

Celebrate the festive season early — craft your own gingerbread-scented candle and create a welcome a warm, nostalgic glow

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 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.

Take a day out to slow down, relax, and enjoy the meditative art of sewing. In this workshop, you’ll learn the traditional Japanese technique of sashiko stitching, exploring its rhythmic, decorative patterns and mindful approach.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 Zoe 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.

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

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

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.

Learn the skills to confidently print your own designs with gelatin plates. You'll take home your own commercial gelli plate 8 x 10 inches.

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

Come along and learn how to produce mouth watering, fall-off-the-bone meat every time you have a BBQ and the importance of rubs, marinades and accompaniments. And you will also learn a selection of fresh seasonal salads to accompany your meat dishes.

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.

Come and learn how to revive your small garden, your patio and your pots for the changing seasons. Landscaper and container specialist Paul Crowhurst will inspire you and share his tips for making it easy.

Come and discover how to transform simple ingredients into beautifully aromatic, gourmet flavoured salts—perfect for gifting or elevating your own home cooking and pick up presentation tips to package your salts beautifully for thoughtful, handmade gifts.