Free Repairs - show some tlc to your favourite things
Our wonderful volunteers are back SAT 29th APRIL with their skills to help you repair your favourite broken things, keeping them out of landfill.
This is free event made possible with the help of some amazing local folks who offer their knowledge and skills. Sit alongside enjoying a cuppa while you learn about the art of repair
Saturday 29th April, 10am to 1pm. At Waiuku Zero Waste, 5 Hosking Place.
We can help repair:
* Bikes!!! We will have the emerging Waiuku Pedlars folks meeting here. Bring your bike for a quick service and come for a chat.
* Small electrical items - toasters, fans, lamps,
* Clothes mending - patch repairs, hemming, and other textile sewing
* Wooden furniture & toys- our workshop will be open for small item repairs such as a broken chair leg, kids toys that need a bit of tlc
* Quartz Clock repairs
* Tool sharpening - garden & hand tools
* Other general items - bring them along and we'll see if we can fix them!
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.5% Yes
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33.7% Maybe?
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24.8% No
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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