Empowering young people through creativity
ACTIVITIES
Here are the latest events, projects and activities imagined, performed and created by our Mixit community.
Saturdays at Mixit!!
Join us!! It's free, fun and a great way to make new friends while tapping into your creative side!! Just flick us a message and we'll send you the details
When: 2pm - 4.30pm
Where: Corban Estate Art Centre,
2 Mount Lebanon Lane, Henderson, Auckland (Opanuku Studio)
Freedom Through Art
This Term 3,
Mixit is bringing rangatahi together to create, express, and connect through art - paint, print, and everything in between. A chance for young people to explore what freedom means to them, and put it on a wall for everyone to see.
Dates : Every Saturday From July 25th to Sep 26th
Venue : Corban Estate Art Centre, Opanuku Studio
Get in touch with us @mixit_nz or 021 255 7937
TURN UP!
TERM 2 , 2026 Bring your dancing shoes
Mixit Core Programme is back to a full 11 weeks of Term 2. Whether you're starting out or ready to sharpen your dance styles, confidence and choreography. Three amazing guest artists will bring their Hip Hop styles to the floor. Don't miss this opportunity.
Dates: Every Saturday April 25th to July 4th
Hope for the Future
Term 4 LET'S SPRING BACK
What excites you about your future?
What concerns you about your future?
As we reach the end of the year, our focus turns to Hope for the Future - explore the year 2050, our immediate future with us through story telling, movement and collage. Together, we’re imagining what a hopeful future can look like - for ourselves, our communities and the world around us.
Dates : Every Saturday from Oct 11th - Dec 13th
Get in touch with us @mixit_nz or 021 255 7937 to find out the location.
PEOPLE
Mixit is all about people. Meet our Alumni, our Youth Leaders and the support team that have made Mixit what it is today.
Basma Omar
Youth Leader
Basma travelled to NZ from Somalia and joined Mixit in 2024 after hearing about the Saturday core programme when the Mixit Alumni facilitated workshops at Avondale College. She decided to give it a try instead of staying home on weekends, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions Basma has made....
Izadine Ahmat Abdallah
Programme Leader
Izadine started out at Mixit as a shy and unconfident teenager, but he was determined to find positive ways to grow. He found his stride, first as a youth leader and then as an Alumni, inspiring others like him. In 2020, he completed his film studies at the School of Audio Engineering and in 2023 he earned a diploma in ....
Mark Easterbrook
Trustee - Chair
Mark works as a Writer and Creative Director in the advertising and design industry, as well as volunteering his time for arts and charity organisations. As a creative thinker, he aims to join the dots between ideas and people to help build Mixit’s connections and tell our story...
Help us continue Mixing. Donate
today.
We are a Charitable Trust which means that all donations of $5 or more are eligible for a tax rebate. We send out our tax donation receipts each year in April or May (just after the end of the NZ tax year) with a little update of what we've been doing for the last year.
You are welcome to make a generous one off donation. You can take a more personalised approach such as contributing to a specific project, donating your time or becoming a volunteer driver. Click on the big purple box at the top of the page, or contact us to enquire about how to pay us directly.
Our Friends of Mixit donate regularly, this can be set up with us directly, or with One Percent Collective and becoming a donor with them. Please ensure you select Mixit as your reason for joining.
One Percent Collective is an amazing charity that connects people who want to give back and do good things in the community with great charities around NZ. Mixit is one of the select charities One Percent Collective thinks NZ'ers should know about. One Percent take NO percentage of the donor’s contribution, instead donating 100% to their charities.
Thanks for considering us for your support.
Location
Mixit Office: 8 Croydon Road, New Lynn (Thursdays to Saturdays)
Current Studio : Corban Estate Art Centre, 2 Mount Lebanon Lane, Henderson, Auckland
