All Projects Janelle Collins February, 2026 New Lynn @janelle.makes.a.mess Something Colourful – Beading Workshop Sign up for a two-hour beading session where you get to rummage through secondhand beads and give them a new life. Choose to make either a necklace or a keychain of your own! In this workshop you can go at your own […]
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All Projects Finn Hopley and Evalesi Tu’inukuafe Matariki 2026 Te Whau Te Whau – Connections to People and Place This short film is led by local artists Finn Hopley (Ngāti Kahungunu) and Evalesi Tu’inukuafe (Tongan-Samoan). It is inspired by the Te Whau Pou Maumahara at Rata Street Bridge in New Lynn, which speaks to both
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All Projects Cassidy and Jordane Newey- White tbc, 2026 Green Bay #REPYOURPEP Mo te Iwi o Te Whau Our vision: an interactive signage display that encourages locals to share stories and korero that preserve our modern cultural history. We believe it is important to create art in the community that holds space for individual concepts
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All Projects Wai Ching Chan tbc, 2026 Wishing Well is a series of knot making workshops as well as a space to make conversation and reflect on the symbolism of knots. In this workshop, participants will learn how to make the Cassion knot, the Endless knot and the button knot — as well as the
All Projects Cindy Kawana and Keri Milich tbc, 2026 Locations across the suburbs of the Whau Whare Hau Ako Ko Au te Toi | Ko te Toi ko au – I am the Art | The Art is Me is a powerful kaupapa led by Whare Hau Ako, offering 10 culturally grounded creative wānanga across
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All Projects Diane Berkley February 8th to March 15th 2025 New Lynn Library It’s a Wrap (A knitted one, that it!) The wonderful world of lace knitting will be opened up to enthusiastic participants who will learn how to knit a wrap or shawl in lightweight yarn over six sessions. These sessions are for knitters
All Projects May to June, 2024 ALL GOODS, Avondale INSTAGRAM COKANA Sewing Classes 2024 !!SPACES FILLED!! We are so excited to announce that we are offering FREE beginners sewing classes run by AD’s finest, Ota Valu. Ota has four decades of sewing experience, and has been in and around the industry for a long time.
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All Projects 22nd March to 20th April 2024 Mary Adeosun, Hannah Durojaiye, Diana Simumpande, Adrian Williams and Tallulah McLean Photoshoot and workshop at Greenbay. Exhibition at ALL GOODS and GREAT NORTH RD GALLERY, Avondale WEBSITE Mmiri| Wai Mmiri | Wai was about honoring the element of water through fashion, photography, and braided hair art. This
All Projects 2024 New Lynn Community Centre Sau E Siva West Auckland Sau e Siva West Auckland: Tagata ma Tagaloa Join us in the Whau as we offer free Siva Samoa (Samoan dance) classes to girls aged 5 – 16.As a small but growing community group that has been running for the last eight years,
Back to Projects 2023 Jimmy Ma’ia’i with Rosebank Primary School This was a workshop between artist Jimmy Ma’ia’i and primary school students from the Rosebank Primary School where the artist used to attend. Jimmy Ma’ia’i is of Sāmoan and Scottish descent, used to go to Rosebank Primary School and his practice makes use of found
