Temuka Menz Shed

01/10/2026

More available if desired

01/10/2026

For sale $50, come and see us at Menzshed

29/09/2026

For sale children’s painting and blackboard easels.
Complete with paint, brush, paper, clamp and chalk $65

As a volunteer organisation we fund raise to cover expenses to enable us to assist the community.

Call in to Menz Shed
Tues 10 to 12
Thur 1 to 4

25/09/2026

Fund raising garage sale now open till midday

22/09/2026

Garage Sale This Saturday
9am to 12pm, 20 King St, Temuka
Next to Duncan Joinery
Tools, Machinery, Toys, Furniture,
Dog Kennels, Eclectic Selection

Send a message to learn more

16/08/2026

Now repotted into larger containers $10

Swan plants for sale $5. Tuesday Mornings or Thursday afternoons.

16/08/2026

Still available

25/07/2026

Ashburton MenzShed is more than just men and machines, it’s a place of conversation, connections and sharing knowledge and skills. Reporter Dellwyn Moylan popped in for a visit. Members of the MenzShed may get to use tools and machines to work on projects for themselves, for the community, or for ...

09/07/2026

As numbers for smoko have grown, this afternoon was spent rearranging work benches to create more space for seating.

04/07/2026

Most people see retirement as the dream.

No alarm clock. No boss. No work.

But for a lot of Aussie men who spent 40 or 50 years as tradies, mechanics, farmers and workers, retirement came with a weird problem nobody really talked about.

Suddenly nobody needed them.

That’s where Men’s Sheds came in.

Across Australia, retired blokes started gathering in community workshops to do what they’d always done: build things, fix things and give someone a hand.

They repair bikes for kids, restore furniture, make toys, build community projects and help charities. But somewhere between the sawdust, cups of tea and arguing about the correct way to sharpen a drill bit, something else happened.

The blokes started looking after each other too.

Because a lot of men aren’t great at sitting in a circle saying “let’s talk about our feelings”.

But give them a broken chair, a workbench and another bloke standing next to them, and suddenly they’ll tell you everything.

Men’s Sheds basically discovered something very Australian:

Sometimes the easiest way to ask someone if they’re okay is:

“Can you give us a hand with this?”