September 2025
Sat 6 Sep 2025
1 day, Sat 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Financially successful people don’t achieve their wealth by accident – they make and execute clear plans. Your retirement is on the horizon and research shows you’re most likely nowhere near financially ready for the retirement you desire and deserve! Get a complete and utterly practical financial plan, so you can have the retirement you want.
Sat 6 Sep 2025
1 day, Sat 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Bring along your much-loved clothes, make a pattern and get useful tips, techniques and sizing rules. Not for beginners. A list of what else to bring will be emailed out before the course starts.
Sat 6 Sep 2025
1 day, Sat 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Whether you’re already retired, or planning ahead, this practical workshop will help you to reflect, re-envision and re-vitalise your life and develop a plan for your future, on your own terms. (NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay listed price).
20 - 27 Sep 2025
Held on Saturdays 20 Sept and 27 Sept (9:30 AM - 4:30 PM)
About 1 in 5 New Zealand adults experience a common mental illness each year. Understanding how to talk about mental health and help someone in need are important skills. This certified Mental Health First Aid course, will teach you the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to someone experiencing mental health challenges. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $199 with ID, all others pay $499).
October 2025
6 Oct 2025 - 1 Dec 2025
8 sessions, Mon 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (no class on Labour Weekend)
Join our beginners’ informal English language group in Johnsonville and improve your English skills, make new friends and find out more about your community. (NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay listed price).
6 Oct 2025 - 1 Dec 2025
8 sessions, Mon 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM (no class Labour Weekend)
A course for beginners where we'll cover clay preparation through to throwing of basic forms. All materials provided. (Held at Wellington Potters' Centre, 130 Grant Road, Thorndon).
6 Oct 2025 - 28 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM
For those who are becoming more confident in using English in everyday situations. Enrolment is by interview only - NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay $999.
6 Oct 2025 - 1 Dec 2025
8 sessions, Mon 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (no class on Labour Weekend)
Learn how to prepare and alter clay. (Held at Wellington Potters' Association, 130 Grant Road, Thorndon).
6 Oct 2025 - 1 Dec 2025
8 sessions, Mon 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (no class Labour Weekend)
A course for beginners where we'll cover clay preparation through to throwing of basic forms. All materials provided. (Held at Wellington Potters' Centre, 130 Grant Road, Thorndon).
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Join our elementary informal English language groups in Johnsonville and improve your English skills, make new friends and find out more about your community. (NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay listed price).
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Join our informal next step English language group (aimed at those at Intermediate level and above) in Johnsonville and improve your English skills, make new friends and find out more about your community. (NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay listed price).
7 - 28 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Gain basic practical skills, to help begin the process of communicating in an assertive manner. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $79 with ID, all others pay $149).
7 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue & Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For those who generally speak with confidence and accuracy but need to develop fluency and the use of idiomatic language. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $149 with ID, all others pay $299).
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For those who have completed French - Introductory 3 recently or have equivalent knowledge.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Learn the basic chords, strumming and lots of songs. Bring your own acoustic guitar.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For beginners who have no prior knowledge of NZ Sign Language. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $109 with ID, all others pay $199).
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sewing skills and techniques for beginners and more experienced sewers. Please check full course description for list of what you need to bring to class.
7 - 28 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Tue 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Do you love storytelling shows like The Moth? Come join the growing art of live storytelling. Learn how to find ideas from your life, craft a compelling narrative, and deliver your story in a confident and entertaining way.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
For those who have completed Japanese - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $99 with ID, all others pay $199).
7 Oct 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Tue 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Evolve and advance your jewellery making abilities with dazzling silver rings embedded with rubies and sapphires - beginners welcome! All materials included in course fee - no hidden costs!
7 Oct 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Tue 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Get the basics of playing the piano in a fun group which will set you on your own musical path. Keyboards provided. Enrol early as the course is limited to eight participants.
7 Oct 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Tue 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
This course is for beginners who have no prior knowledge of te reo Māori or Māori culture. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $109 with ID, all others pay $199).
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Learn the basics of this popular, easy-to-play instrument. Bring your own ukulele in standard C tuning.
7 Oct 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Tue 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Whether you're looking to learn the basics, or want to advance the skills you already have, join this very popular mixed-level course. (Limited to eight students). Keyboards provided.
7 Oct 2025 - 11 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Tue 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Improve your flexibility, strength and breathing and learn techniques to help you relax and sleep better - suitable for all levels.
7 - 28 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Explore a range of painting and drawing techniques from ink and watercolour to impasto and realism using acrylic paint. Bring your A4 sketchbook - all other materials included in course fee.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
For those who have completed Italian - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
For beginners who have no prior knowledge of NZ Sign Language. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $109 with ID, all others pay $199).
7 - 28 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Looking for exercise that's fun? Try Scottish dancing! It's social and energetic – exercise for body and mind, done to toe-tapping music!
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Sewing skills and techniques for beginners and more experienced sewers. Please check full course description for list of what you need to bring to class.
7 Oct 2025 - 25 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Tue 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
For beginners who have no prior knowledge of Spanish.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Join our beginners’ informal English language group in Johnsonville and improve your English skills, make new friends and find out more about your community. (NZ citizen and residents free with ID, all others pay listed price).
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
A course for beginners where we'll cover clay preparation through to throwing of basic forms. All materials provided. (Held at Wellington Potters' Centre, 130 Grant Road, Thorndon).
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Both beginners and those with some experience are welcome at this hands-on opportunity to create beautiful stained glass items, using traditional techniques. Your materials costs are dependent on the size of your project and the coloured glass content (likely minimum cost around $170). Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for a workshop environment.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For those who have completed Chinese Mandarin - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $99 with ID, all others pay $199).
8 - 29 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Would you like to be able to cook delicious and nutritious Japanese food at home? Let’s have fun cooking attractive and healthy Japanese food together!. All ingredients included in course fee.
8 - 29 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Always wanted to know how to draw but never had the chance to learn? Join our experienced tutor and get confident with the basics of drawing. Bring your A4 sketchbook - all other materials included in course fee.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For beginners who have no prior knowledge of Samoan. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $99 with ID, all others pay $189).
8 Oct 2025 - 12 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Tai Chi is meditation in motion and beneficial for your health, balance and concentration.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Expand your knowledge of chords and the fret board. Bring your own ukulele in standard C tuning.
8 Oct 2025 - 12 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Wed 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Do you ever feel that you're just going through the motions? That life is a series of tasks, a pursuit of pleasure, or a race for self-improvement that never really satisfies? This isn't just a feeling; it's a fundamental human question about what it means to exist.
8 - 29 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Wed 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Come along and learn how to make your very own Roman blind, to give your rooms an elegant and streamlined look. Not for beginners. A list of materials will be emailed to you before course starts.
8 Oct 2025 - 12 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Wed 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
This course is for beginners who have no prior knowledge of te reo Māori or Māori culture. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $109 with ID, all others pay $199).
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Follow on from the beginners' course and learn barre chords, more complex strumming styles and simple finger picking. Bring your own acoustic guitar.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Come and learn the basics of Salsa, Tango, Bachata and more and get moving and grooving Latin-American style!
8 Oct 2025 - 12 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Wed 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Some people think songwriting is a mysterious, unexplainable process. But luckily, those people are wrong! Like most things, writing songs is much easier when you’re equipped with the right tools.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
For those who have completed Spanish - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge.
8 Oct 2025 - 26 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Wed 7:45 PM – 9:45 PM
Both beginners and those with some experience are welcome at this hands-on opportunity to create beautiful stained glass items, using traditional techniques. Your materials costs are dependent on the size of your project and the coloured glass content (likely minimum cost around $170). Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for a workshop environment.
9 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Thu 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM
For those who have recently completed the beginners class.
9 Oct 2025 - 6 Nov 2025
5 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Calligratherapy combines science journalist James Nestor's theory on proper breathing with the philosophy of ancient Chinese calligraphy to promote a state of optimal wellbeing. Over five weeks, you will develop and practice the awareness of healthy breathing while learning new techniques of Chinese soft brush calligraphy covering five different scripts. All materials included in course fee.
9 - 30 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Enjoy creating more beautiful fresh tastes of Vietnam! Beginners welcome! All ingredients supplied.
9 - 30 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Crochet is great for settling the mind and encouraging relaxation. Learn to do basic stitches, read patterns and complete projects in a relaxed and friendly space – left handers very welcome. Please bring some 4 or 8 ply smooth yarn and a crochet hook.
9 Oct 2025 - 13 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
For beginners who have no prior knowledge of the Dutch language.
9 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For those who have completed French - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge.
9 Oct 2025 - 13 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Join DJ Shan from the Aotearoa DJ Academy and be introduced to the basics of DJing in a practical, hands-on learning experience. (Held at DJ Shan’s studio at Shop 21, 73 Cuba Street, Wellington.)
9 - 30 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Always wanted to learn how to knit but never been sure where to begin? Join craft tutor Stella Carruthers as she teaches the basic principles of knitting in this fun, informative and supportive class. Come along and learn the essential building blocks of knitting, using only knitting needles, yarn and your hands!
9 - 30 Oct 2025
4 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Life drawing is a basic staple for all artists. This course will assist you in developing the necessary skills required to render the human form in a 2D manner. Please bring an A2 sketch pad, 2B and 4B pencils and an eraser.
9 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
A course for beginners where we'll cover clay preparation through to throwing of basic forms. All materials provided. (Held at Wellington Potters' Centre, 130 Grant Road, Thorndon).
9 Oct 2025 - 27 Nov 2025
8 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
For those who have completed Samoan - Introductory 1 recently or have equivalent knowledge. (NZ Citizens and residents pay $99 with ID, all others pay $189).
9 Oct 2025 - 13 Nov 2025
6 weeks, Thu 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
There are no rules in scriptwriting, only principles. Learn how your favourite movies are built from these principles and begin to create your own.