City MenzShed and Wellington Hospital Get Together
Thomas the Tank Engine has brought two groups together in what is clearly a win/win partnership.
Last year Wellington Hospital’s major child attraction, the two Thomas the Tank Engines were in a sorry state. The Hospital asked the City Menzshed to help bring the tired old engines back to life, which they did, much to the joy of many children.
Early this year the City Menzshed, which had been searching for a new home for five years, was made homeless. Secretary, John Shrapnell asked the Capital Coast District Health Board if they could find some space on the hospital campus for the City Menzshed.
“It was a forlorn hope and I didn’t even expect reply,” said John. “I nearly fell over backwards when I received a call saying from the Board saying they would love to have us and would look around their various buildings.”
The City Menzshed’s new home is now in the former Isolation Ward, behind the old Ewart Hospital in Coromandel Street.
“You could barely see the building when we first got there”, said John. It was covered with ivy that that has even forced it way through the windows and into the building. What parts of the building could be seen were covered in graphiti.”
In the last few weeks huge changes have been made. The ivy has gone, as has most of the graphiti, and the sheddies are now painting the interior and setting up their machines ready to start work again on projects for child care centres, schools and community groups.
“It’s a great space”, says John “and best of all for us old men it has lot of toilets.”
The new space also has about 100 square meters of garden space and City Menzshed has invite to the people of Newtown to help turn it into a community garden with a special space for their neighbours the children of the South Side Kids Child Care Centre.
Say goodbye to tyre waste
About 40% of the 6.5 million tyres Kiwis use every year are recycled, repurposed, or used as tyre-derived fuel. But the rest end up in landfills, stockpiled or dumped.
The good news is now there’s an easy solution to all that tyre waste. It’s called Tyrewise and is New Zealand’s first national tyre recycling scheme.
Tyrewise ensures that tyres in Aotearoa New Zealand are recycled or repurposed properly, saving millions from going to the landfill.
Find out more about the scheme online.
Anzac Day
There are opportunities across the motu for the public to come together to mark Anzac Day this year.
National Anzac Day events include the Dawn Service at 6.00am and the National Commemorative Service at 11.00am (both at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Wellington), and the Atatürk Memorial Service at 2.30pm in Strathmore, Wellington. The Dawn Service and National Commemorative Service will be broadcast live by TVNZ 1 and RNZ National.
For those wanting to join the Anzac Day parade at the Dawn Service, veterans are asked to assemble on Tasman Street by 5.30am.
The Atatürk Memorial Service in Strathmore will include a wreath-laying ceremony. A shuttle service will be running from Bowes Crescent carpark to the memorial site for anyone who may require assistance accessing the site.
For more information about Anzac Day, visit the Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage website or see the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park Facebook page.
To find out about events in your local community, visit the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association’s website or get in touch with your local council.
What's On: TALK - MAKING ENDS MEET
TALK - MAKING ENDS MEET
- Room 5, Johnsonville Community Centre
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