Call for clothing donations
CALL FOR DONATIONS
Declutter your wardrobe! Do you have clean, good condition clothing from a smoke free home that you no longer want? We are asking for donations please for our upcoming fundraiser - "Upcycle your wardrobe with TimeBank Waimakariri". Event details below.
Please consider donating to us for this great event. Childrens, womens, mens clothing, all welcome along with shoes and accessories.
We have two drop off locations for these donations
RANGIORA - 18 Douglas Street, up driveway on the left. Pop donations on table inside garage door.
WAIKUKU - 34 Queens Avenue. If no one is home, please leave in the outdoor laundry
All enquiries email tbwaimakariri@gmail.com
UPCYCLE YOUR WARDROBE WITH TIMEBANK WAIMAKARIRI
WHEN - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 2026 - DETAILS TBC
WHERE - DETAILS TBC
Join us to raise funds for our community based organisation TimeBank Waimakariri and help keep clothing in circulation and out of landfill!
On the day there will be a mixture of individually priced items, and “fill a bag for $5”
TBW members will be onsite to do small mending and hemming jobs for a koha.
TBW member Michelle Parkes will be there offering the following:
“Assistance with colour and style choices in clothing based on my training and experience in colour and wardrobe consultancy “
Tea and Coffee will be available for $1 a cup
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!
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