WELLINGTON OR CHRISTCHURCH, DIRECT TO CHATHAM ISLANDS

organisers say a big thanksto everyone who supports this annual community event, now in its 12th year, by donating books, volunteering and buying books.

A mother and her two daughters co mpare n o tes ab o ut the book treasures they have found at the Blue Dragon Book Fair. Photo: Supplied.

es we would have a lot less going to the landfill.”

She was inspired, she says, by the Sustainability Trust Repair Café and also the nearby Ngaio Repair Café.

The repair café is a pop-up koha workshop where people can bring that broken/torn/ failing appliance or favourite item and find out if it can be saved from a premature trip to the rubbish tip.

People with a variety of skills will be on hand to help people repair items, or to fix them if helping people to build their repair skills is not possible with particular items.

Recycling will also be available at the repair café. This includes collecting sports gear for the Community Sports Bank, baby gear for The Nest, and crushed aluminium trays, lids and cans for Kidney Kids (run by Karori Lions).

Among the other items that can be placed for recycling are opened and cleaned tetra packs, small metal items, toothpaste tubes, makeup waste used plastic stationery, and old batteries (as long as they are not corroded).

The Karori West Scout Group will join the repair café, providing a sausage sizzle as a fundraiser.

The Karori Repair Café is a member of the national organisation Repair Café Aotearoa NZ as well as the international organisation.

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