Area Delegate: Elizabeth Keighley

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Area Delegate: Vivianne Mills
Treasurer: Sharon Johnston
Education: Angela Daish

Area Delegate: Frances Kelly
Treasurer: Sandra Russell

The Bay of Plenty Creative Fibre area extends from Ohiwa Harbour near Opotiki, to Whakatane, and across to Rotorua, and up to the Tauranga area. Seven groups meet regularly, learning and sharing new skills. Teaching workshops are sometimes held. Interests of members cover a wide range including spinning, knitting, crochet, weaving, felting, embellishing, braiding etc. Several clubs exhibit on a regular basis and there is an Area exhibition biennially.

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Area Delegate: Catherine Jane
President: Jo Woolhouse
Secretary: Toni Early
Education: Wendy Gibbs
Librarian: Felicity Backhouse

Click here for all information and documents for ‘Fibre Creations’– Canterbury Area Exhibition 2026

Area Delegate: Jane O’Callaghan
hawkesbay@creativefibre.org.nz

Chairperson: Nancy Neak
Secretary: Sue Plummer
Treasurer: Janice Thompson

Area Delegate: Katrina Hart
Secretary: Jenny Wilson
Treasurer: Denise Brown

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Area Delegate: Judith Manning
Secretary: Mandy Coleman 021 292 2060
Treasurer: Lee Collins
Education: Janie Hall

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Area Delegate: Karen Taylor
Chairperson: Agnes Hauptli
Secretary: Lynda Atkinson
Treasurer: Anne Philpott

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President: Keri Smith
Secretary: Tracey Canning
Treasurer: Gail Ferris
Education: Kim Priest
Area Delegate: PK Maracin

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Area Delegate: Deanne Milne (Acting)

Area Craft Day meets 1st Saturday of the month, South Canterbury Eco Centre, 55C Redruth Street, Redruth, Timaru. 10:00am–2:00pm

Area Felting Day meets 3rd Thursday of the month, St. Philips Church Hall, Luxmoore Road, Timaru. 10:00am–2:00pm

Area Delegate: Kate Mahoney  M: 021 148 1542

President: Sarah le Roux
Secretary: Sally Munson
Treasurer: Michelle Wood

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Area Delegate: Marilyn Velvin taranaki@creativefibre.org.nz
Secretary: Maggie Atkins ewefelt@xtra.co.nz

Convenor: Debbie Dawson
Treasurer: Annie Welvaert
Committee: Pauline Richmond, Maureen Rice, Jules Millar

Taranaki Creative Fibre is part of a nationwide group of individuals similarly interested in fibrecrafts such as spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, knitting and crochet. The Taranaki area covers from Urenui in the north to Waverley in the south. Area meetings (guild days) are held four times a year at various locations around Taranaki. The benefits of being a member include:

• Automatic affiliation to Creative Fibre.
• You receive the Creative Fibre magazine four times a year with updates on events around the country.
• You are able to attend classes run and subsidised by Creative Fibre Taranaki, attend national workshops, and undertake self directed learning courses.
• Summer and winter weekend retreats.
• Availability of books and DVDs from the Taranaki Area library and National Resource library.
• Attend the annual national festival and exhibition and enter the biennial Taranaki exhibition.

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Area Delegate: Kathy Mitchell
Treasurer: Alison Day
Secretary: Jo Bowman
Membership/Communication: Vicki Browne
Committee: Raewyn Gainsford, Cherry Estcourt, Meike Schmidt-Meiburg, Charmian Stone

The Waikato area has 13 groups spreading from the King Country to the top of Coromandel – Cambridge, Hakarimata (Ngaruawahia area), Hamilton, Matamata, Mercury Bay, Morrinsville, Taumaranui, Taupo, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Thames, Waihi and Whangamata. Several groups have day and night meetings to accommodate their members.

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Area Delegate: Bronwyn White

The Wellington Creative Fibre Area extends from Levin across to Masterton and south to Cook Straight. Our groups meet regularly, sharing and learning new skills. Teaching workshops are offered over a wide range of the textile disciplines ranging from rank beginners to the more experienced. These include spinning, knitting, felting, weaving, textile jewellery, tapestry weaving, crochet and textile art form. Often a mixture of techniques is used in one piece of work. The small groups exhibit on a regular basis and the whole area has a major exhibition biennially. Please feel free to contact our Area Delegate for any further information.

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Area Delegate: Victoria Halliday

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