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1024 days ago

Free Repairs - show some tlc to your favourite things

Chelsea from Pukekohe

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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17 days ago

Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?

Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!

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1 day ago

Bloom Pukekohe Op Shop

Janet Wallington from Bloom Pukekohe Op Shop

CLOSED WAITANGI DAY 📜 FRIDAY 6th FEBRUARY!
Just a reminder that Friday 6th February is Waitangi Day and we will therefore be closed, as we join the rest of the country in marking the anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We shop will be open as usual on Saturday and Sunday 9:30am - 2:30pm.

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19 days ago

Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.

Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.

We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?

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As a customer, what do you think about automation?
  • 9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
    9.5% Complete
  • 43.3% I want to be able to choose.
    43.3% Complete
  • 47.2% Against. I want to deal with people.
    47.2% Complete
2314 votes