ReDiscover Repair Cafe, Rolleston
Join Us at the Free Repair Café!
Do you have a toaster that's lost its spark? Is your bicycle gathering dust in the garage? Don't toss them out just yet!
We're excited to announce our May Repair Café, where we're giving new life to your ageing or broken items at the ReDiscover Education Centre based at the Pines Resource Recovery Park on Burnham School Road on Saturday 24th May from 10am.
We aim to have skilled volunteers on hand to help repair a variety of items, from bikes to electronics, clothing to household appliances, and more. Here's what we're planning:
-Electrical & Electronics including, Household Appliances
- Jewellery repairs
- Clothing
- General Repairs
- Scissor and Knife Sharpening (Max 1-2, sorry no garden tools)
Please Register:
To help us help you, please register for this free event. Provide a brief description of the issue and the item(s) you need repairing. This way, our volunteer repairers can come prepared with the right tools and parts. We would appreciate it if items were brought in no later than 1 PM to give our repairers time to take a look. If you haven’t registered you can still come along on the day.
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📢 REPAIR CAFÉ UPDATE:
Sadly our bike repair specialist won't be able to join us at this month's Repair Café, we're excited to announce we'll have a skilled volunteer offering jewellery repairs! 💍
🚲 For those with bicycle repairs, we've scheduled our next Repair Café in October with our bike specialist back in action.
All other repair stations (electronics, clothing, general items, and knife sharpening) will be available as planned on Saturday, May 24th!
Thank you for your understanding and continued support. ♻️
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.7% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.7% Critical thinking
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29.8% Resilience and adaptability
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2.7% Other - I will share below!
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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