• Provide a unique, artistically challenging and stimulating environment to assist students in their professional and creative development.
• Encourage you to be innovative rather than imitative.
• Foster a culture of support amongst the staff, students and graduates.
• Make every effort to accommodate the individuals learning style and mode of creative expression and to provide training in a manner that best suits their needs.

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There is a strong emphasis on technical skills which are taught in our fully equipped jewellery, sculpture, painting and ceramics studios. Class sizes are limited to 15-20 students enabling individual attention. The school has been offering New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) approved qualifications for 17 years and now offers five NZQA approved qualifications. Students are entitled to the same loans and allowances as University and Polytechnic students.

Hungry Creek welcomes international students. We have two campuses located near New Zealands' largest city, Auckland.

Art and Craft qualifications are offered at our Hungry Creek, Puhoi campus, 45 minutes drive north of Auckland. The entry to the school is via the bridge over the "Hungry Creek". The workshops are nestled in 20 acres of beautiful native, kauri, totara, rimu trees, nikau palms, ponga ferns and tree ferns (the silver fern) which are populated with a variety of New Zealand birds providing a unique environment for students to work in. Class sizes are limited to 15-20 students enabling them to gain individual attention from tutors.

Jewellery qualifications are offered at our North Shore campus situated in Albany, close to public transport and every modern convenience of the Albany mall complex. The campus is sited in a tranquil bush retreat with a community atmosphere. It is only 10 minutes travel to Auckland city galleries & exhibitions.