Teachers’ Professional Development
Weekdays by appointment.
Teachers: 18+
Learn skills and techniques employed in our specialised method of art education to help your team build valuable creative solutions for teaching in various ways.
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Workshop
Half-Moon Marama Pounamu
With Maha Tomo
Sat 14 Jun 2025 10:00AM - 5:00PM
This Matariki, come and enjoy a full day creating a Half-Moon Marama Pounamu in this tikanga based, contemporary whakairo workshop.
Experienced tutor Maha Tomo is of Waikato Tainui, Rangitane, Ngati Kauwhata, Ngati Toa and Kāi Tahu descent, and his hapu in Te Wai Pounamu is Kāti Huirapa of Arowhenua in Temuka.
In this one-day workshop, Maha will introduce participants to new skill sets, using grinders, drills, wet and dry sanding techniques and polishing tools while also learning lashing and binding techniques used to finish and wear their taonga.
Maha has a bachelor’s degree in creative arts and a post-graduate diploma in Cross-Cultural Supervision and is the Director at Aotearoa Bone and Stone Carving.
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Adults: 16+
Sat 14 Jun 2025 10:00AM - 5:00PM
$255
All materials provided
Please wear closed-toe shoes
Please bring a plate for shared kai
Bookings required
Enquiries via bookings@ceac.org.nz
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Mon 28 Apr - Fri 19 Sept
Primary - Secondary: Y0+
In this mixed-media workshop, we will create imaginary landscapes inspired by the mountains, oceans and different terrains of Aotearoa.
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Pekapeka-tou-roa Zoetrope
Available Term 2 & 3 2025
Mon 28 April - Fri 19 Sept
Primary - Secondary: Y0+
In Henderson Park there lives a colony of Pekapeka-tou-roa—tiny bats flitting through the night, feeding on insects and roosting in the giant ancient trees. In this workshop, students will explore the habitat and behavior of our native long-tailed bats before creating their own zoetrope.
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