At Rekindle we create and share opportunities for resourcefulness by promoting the skills and knowledge involved in creating what we need from the life within us and around us, for the wellbeing of planet and people. We transform local resources through care and craft, this being the opposite of wastefulness. Resourcefulness requires us to engage with our inner resources whilst building relationship with the life around us, and in this ongoing exchange we realise the inseparable nature of life on Earth. Being truly resourceful connects us within communities as we share the resources we have.
In our resourceful skills workshops, you can learn basket weaving, spoon carving, stool making, felting, string making, natural dying, eco-printing and more. By creating what you need from the life within you and around us all, you support the wellbeing of people and planet.
Keep up-to-date about future workshops and events via our monthly newsletter or email us at info@rekindle.org.nz.
$20.00
Gift the experience of feeling resourceful through craft. Purchase a gift card at one of the amounts on offer & you'll be sent a digital gift card that you can...
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Course Overview You will learn how to weave a small basket from foraged fibres using a weaving technique called the stake and strand technique. This course is a variation of our...
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Course Overview Learn how to use tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves to make a strong and beautiful twine. Rekindle’s most popular workshop, this technique for making string and rope...
$51.00
Course Overview Sonia Barrish will show you how easy soap making can be so that you can build confidence towards making your own soap at home. Together you will make...
$41.00
Course Overview In this workshop you’ll learn how to make your own cleaning products, suitable for cleaning the whole house. These are resourceful skills that you can apply at home...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a small konae (square woven bag) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
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Course Overview In this workshop we will make a looped bag for hanging/carrying small items such as fruits or garlic. We will prepare tī kōuka (cabbage tree) leaves and learn...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a small kono (square woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
$48.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a kono roa (long woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a 2 cornered waikawa (large basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share about the processes...
$5.00
Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, Simone Bensdorp will teach you how to make felt using a traditional wet felting technique. We will use natural merino wool to create a...
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Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn to create a simple flower in a koru design with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. You'll also learn how to use a repurposed pasta...
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Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn a technique for making string and rope is simple and can be used with many different materials. We will teach...
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Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn to weave a small kono (square basket) with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. A wonderful beginner workshops for rangatahi with an interest in craft. ...
$5.00
Course Overview This is an opportunity for people to learn the resourceful skills of sewing by mending or altering clothes they already have to get more use from them. Got...
Sold Out - $138.00
Course Overview In this workshop Simone Bensdorp will teach you how to make felt slippers using natural, undyed, New Zealand wool and traditional felting techniques. Wool felt-making is the oldest known way...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a small konae that finishes with a 'picket fence' top, using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell....
$5.00
Course Overview During this workshop with Bella Roake you’ll learn some basic techniques for frame loom weaving, along with some extra skills including setting up your own cardboard loom, plain weave...
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Course Overview Learn how to make a strong and beautiful twine, which we will then transform into a wreath. The twine-making techniques taught in this workshop originate from the UK/Europe. We will...
$46.00
Course Overview In this workshop, Ayumi will be teaching you about Furoshiki - a traditional Japanese fabric wrapping technique. You will learn all about the traditions and customs of Furoshiki and how...
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Course Overview Learn how to make a three-legged stool with Greg Quinn in this two part workshop. In the first session you will make your stool seat and legs. The legs...
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Course Overview Learn how to hāpine (soften) harakeke for weaving, and the rhythm of the takitahi (over-under) pattern weaving. A wonderful beginner workshops for those that have never worked with...
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Course Overview You will learn how to weave a putiputi (Lily Flower) using harakeke (New Zealand Flax). In this beginner craft workshop, you will learn how to hāpine (soften) the harakeke,...
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Course Overview In this workshop Diana Duncan teaches participants to weave a rectangular basket from locally sourced plant materials, suitable for storing seed packs, pegs, cutlery, bottles and so on. This...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a large kono (square woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
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Course Overview You will learn how to weave a small basket from foraged fibres using a weaving technique called the stake and strand technique. This course is a variation of our...
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a waikawa (large basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share about the processes and...
$28.00
Course Overview Learn how to use local plant materials to make a strong and beautiful twine. This technique for making string and rope, which originated in the UK/Europe, is simple...
$86.00
Course Overview In this workshop with Gemma Stratton, you will learn how to make a hand brush using locally sourced resources: tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves. The brush can be used...
$90.00
Course Overview During this workshop with Annie Mackenzie you will learn an ancient craft that has been practised by people throughout the world for thousands of years, so that you are...
$45.00
Course Overview In this workshop with Gemma Stratton you will learn how to make a versatile brush using tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves and hazel wood sticks. You will learn...
$250.00
Course Overview Learn how to make a three-legged stool with Greg Quinn in this two part workshop. In the first session you will make your stool seat and legs. The legs...