Are you ready for Sunday's Repair Café in Ōtaki at the Memorial Hall
Our Repair Volunteers are ready and waiting for you
• Sewing repairs – remember if you need a zip, please bring it
• Fashion Jewellery repairs – get those broken items fixed
• Mechanical & Wood repairs
• Electrical repairs – if we can’t fix it we will point you in the right
direction what to do next
• Bicycle maintenance
• Swap Table - bring along some seeds, garden magazines, books
and other small items to exchange or take something-leave a koha. • Kids "workshop" – build a bean pole tepe or make paper bunting
• Knife & Tool sharpening
• Special Workshops:
* design your own face mask
* create bunting for your summer garden
* Learn how to sharpen your knifes at home @ 12.00pm
* How things work - pulling apart sewing machines,
laptops, etc - @ 1pm
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Step by step for a great cause!
Our amazing Hillary Hikers from Edmund Hillary Village showed their support for Bowel Cancer New Zealand's Move Your Butt campaign this month!
Sporting the bright purple and orange campaign shirts, these wonderful walkers hit the Auckland waterfront and marched from Mission Bay to Kohimarama, raising awareness for bowel cancer and the importance of early detection along the way.
Click read more to read the full story.
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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