Step Into Your Potential
Where Youth Lead, Culture Thrives, Industry Grows.
Ready to Explore, Create, and Grow?
Learn hands-on skills with harakeke, craft Miro Locs, and unlock your creativity. Build enterprise skills, gain confidence, and connect with your whānau and community while discovering the cultural and creative potential of Aotearoa’s native fibre.
Harakeke is a life-force — a gateway to creativity, culture, and enterprise.
The programme supports the development of a future workforce and entrepreneurial pipeline in the emerging harakeke industry, equipping rangatahi with practical skills, cultural knowledge, and enterprise capability.
Through this programme, you will:
Create Miro Locs and woven products with your own hands
Discover how traditional skills can open modern opportunities
Connect deeply with Aotearoa’s heritage
This is interactive, creative, and unlike anything else available for rangatahi today.
Why Harakeke?
Who this Programme is for?
This programme is for rangatahi aged 15–24 in Dunedin / Ōtepoti, Aotearoa who want to:
Explore their potential
Develop practical skills in weaving, fibre work, and creative enterprise
Gain confidence in leadership and creative problem-solving
No prior experience is required — only curiosity, energy,and a desire to grow.
What the Programme Offers
Practical Skills
Learn weaving, crafting, and enterprise techniques hands-on.
Enterprise Experience
Plan, make, and sell your own harakeke products.
Personal Growth
Build confidence, leadership, and stronger connections with whānau and community.
Creative Exploration
Experiment, make mistakes, and discover your personal style with guidance and mentorship.
What Makes This Different
New Pathways Through Harakeke — Develop skills with purpose, creativity, and real enterprise potential.
Mentorship & Guidance — Learn from someone who has rebuilt a harakeke-based business from the ground up.
Cultural & Practical Fusion — Connect with Aotearoa’s heritage while building modern, transferable skills.
Community Reach — Accessible through schools, community centres, or online.
“Spaces are limited, so step in early and start your journey with harakeke.”
the transformation
By completing the programme, rangatahi will:
Gain hands-on experience making Miro Locs and other harakeke products
Develop enterprise, business, and employment-ready skills
Build confidence and leadership growth
Connect with peers, mentors, and your whānau/community