Moutere Hills Community Centre

The Moutere Hills Winter School Holiday Programme was another success story. This holiday, twenty-two children from Upper Moutere, Mahana, Ngatimoti and Lower Moutere enjoyed an action-packed week partaking in a whole host of activities including arts and crafts, basketball with a Nelson Giant, golf lessons, dance with Darnz Hip-Hop Salsa Crew, drama, gymnastics, tennis, soccer and volleyball.
One of the highlights of the programme was a series of leather workshops with Claudia Kaltenstadler, a local saddler and leather artist. The children, ages 5 – 10, had a wholesome and unique experience thanks to the generosity of the Motueka Arts Council who funded the project. Leather craft is an ancient art form and saw an enthusiastic revival at Moutere Hills over the week!
The hammers were certainly a huge “hit” and the end result was wonderful keyrings and coasters for the artists to take home.
We are already taking names for the next holiday programme which will run October 5th – 9th and have some great new activity ideas up our sleeves including a Japanese theme day to include calligraphy, sushi-making and origami!