The most recent workshop to come out of Meantime’s Maketime initiative, supporting rangatahi to create, execute, and manage their own events, Climate Crafts is a series of 4 workshops located around Tamaki Makaurau, culminating in a gallery exhibition and competition “This Comp Is Trash” for workshop attendees to showcase their creations.

Climate Crafts offers space and guidance for participants to learn valuable skills in mending and upcycling, as well as try their hand at creating art from household materials that would otherwise end up in the landfill. 

The second workshop in the Climate Crafts series takes place this coming Saturday, August 8th at OMAC in Otara from 2pm-6pm! 

More information can be found on the Climate Crafts instagram @climatecraftsaotearoa

Got work you need to get done? Need a space where you can relax without distractions, lock in, and focus alongside other people with similar goals to hold you accountable?

Meantime’s most recent Maketime workshop was focused on third spaces, encouraging young people to think about what a third space means to them, and what they feel is missing from their lives outside of school, work, and home.

Recharge Space was one group of high school students' solution to that question, with the goal of providing a place where students and young people could come together and focus on productivity without outside distractions that are so often present at home, school, and places like the library.

If you’re in search of somewhere to study, journal, or create, swing by the Fickling Convention Centre every Wednesday in August from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Food, and materials will be provided.

More information can be found on the Recharge Space instagram @ourrechargespace

For the past two years, Sumud Ensemble has been creating theatre, festivals and community events in solidarity with Palestine, bringing together Palestinian, Māori and Tauiwi artists to tell stories, build community and imagine liberation together.

Now, Sumud Ensemble has found a home at Corban Estate Arts Centre in West Auckland and is launching a new Tuesday night acting programme led by actor, director and theatre-maker Acacia O’Connor. Through improvisation, devising and ensemble work, participants will collaborate towards the creation of an original performance piece.

Whether you’re a seasoned performer or have never stepped on stage before, these classes are an opportunity to connect with a vibrant community of artists and activists, deepen your creative practice, and get involved in the movement for Palestinian liberation through theatre.

Acacia O’Connor has spent years teaching young people and adults across Tāmaki Makaurau and has led productions including My Name is Rachel Corrie and Tales of a City by the Sea. Sumud Ensemble believes that art can be a space for resistance, solidarity and collective care.