Official opening on this Saturday for Whanganui’s Repair Café

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Author: Steve Carle
• Publication title: Whanganui Midweek

Whether you have something to repair, need a cuppa or just want to have a look, you are welcome, says project lead Margi Keys

“Our fab team of volunteers are excited to have got this far after four months of preparation. The local set-up is one of more than 50 not-for-profit Repair Cafés (RC) under the umbrella of Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand (RCANZ) which sits beneath Repair Café International with 3000 different groups, most having at least one event a month,” she said.

The global repair movement is growing and Whanganui is part of it, thanks to Sustainable Whanganui Trust and the energy of the 27 volunteers who have undertaken training in how the local group works.

RCs are pop-up events where people bring their broken and damaged belongings and local volunteer experts assess them and do their best to fix them.

The Whanganui one is a two-hour event at Harrison Street Community Church Hall on the last Saturday of each month.

The following repairs are possible this Saturday: soft tech items (eg clothing and soft toys); leather goods; plastic...