Immersive 4-14 day analogue reset residencies - craft, movement, nature, reflection.
Make something.
Change something.
Re:Make is an analogue craft residency in Matakana, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Spend your days working with your hands, meeting local makers, and letting creative process and nature manifest what's next.
Whether you're navigating a career transition, marking a significant milestone or life event of a different sort, looking for a genuinely "other" kind of holiday, or searching for a creative reset, Re:Make offers time, space, and the unique clarity that comes from making something with your hands in such an extraordinary location.
You'll learn from, and work alongside, local craftspeople in their studios.
You'll spend time in landscapes that will change your perspective.
You'll leave with something made, and something changed.
Our Offerings
Immersive 4-14 day residencies blending craft, movement, and reflection.
The Residency
Time to pause, reflect, and create in a nurturing studio setting.
Guided Practice
Analogue crafts and movement sessions tailored to personal renewal.
Connect with New Zealand's unique landscapes to inspire new perspectives.
Nature’s Role
Why Re:Make?
Pivot
Senior professionals navigating redundancy, burnout, or a career crossroads - those who need space to process, think, reflect, and reorient.
Transition
Professional athletes/ those approaching the end of a career, looking for a guided exploration of the creative smorgasbord that could come next.
Reset
Designers, architects, creatives who've lost their rhythm. Not a workshop or a retreat, but a re-boot - time to (re:)make and reconnect with what really matters.
Inspire
Gift a Re:Make experience as a voucher for a birthday, milestone, or simply when someone close deserves a break, and time to (re:)make.
Studio
Attached to the workshop, a place to think/ reflect/ design.
Workshop
Full capability across timber and metal.
Accommodation
A 5-minute walk through ancient rain forest from the Re:Make studio and workshop
Surrounds
Nestled in a magical stand of native rain forest, our studio offers a peaceful retreat where creativity flows like the breeze through the kauri trees outside, just 5 minutes drive from the artisanal delights of Matakana village, and the region's pristine beaches.
Contact
If something here resonates, whether you're considering a Re:Make for yourself, as a gift for someone special, or on behalf of an organisation, we'd welcome a conversation.
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