The Seagull Centre

08/10/2026

🌞Make the most of the sunshine and visit us at the Seagull Centre Thames!

7 days, 9am-4pm

07/10/2026

🔴🔵⚫ PLASTIC BOTTLE TOP COLLECTION! ♻️
Your plastic bottle tops can be recycled through the Seagull Centre.

💡 We accept:
✅ Clean, washed plastic lids (no liners or metal)

📍 Drop-offs accepted at Seagull Centre Thames, Pauanui, & Tairua.

Each year we fill 5 240L wheelie bins of plastic lids. Let’s keep going!

07/10/2026

🏡 Renovating, clearing out the shed, or have leftover building materials? Don't send them to landfill – bring them to the Seagull Centre instead! ♻️

Usable building supplies can have a second life in someone else's project. Whether it's timber, doors, windows, hardware, paint (within guidelines), plumbing fittings, or other quality building materials, your unwanted items could be exactly what someone else is looking for.

By donating, you're:
🔨 Helping others complete projects affordably.
🌏 Keeping valuable materials out of landfill.
💚 Supporting the circular economy in our community.

Before you load up the trailer, ask yourself:
"Could someone else use this?" If the answer is yes, we'd love to see it at the Seagull Centre!

Let's work together to give building materials a second chance.

05/10/2026

🌟 𝑾𝑬 𝑫𝑶 𝑷𝑰𝑪𝑲 𝑼𝑷𝑺! 🌟
HEADING TO WHANGAMATA ON FRIDAY - 9 OCTOBER- BOOK NOW

🏠 Moving house?
🏚️ Renovating?
📦 Having a big clean out?

Don’t throw it away — let us save it from landfill! 🙌
We’ve got an 18-cube trailer, perfect for those larger items most op shops can’t take:
✅ Timber & building supplies
✅ Windows & doors
✅ Outdoor & garden gear
✅ Garage & shed clear-outs

If we think it can be reused, we’ll do our best to give it a second life! ♻️

📩 To book a pick up, head to seagullcentre.co.nz

04/10/2026

✋️Your one stop HOLIDAY stop!!
Keep the kids busy these school holidays with bikes, sports equipment, puzzles, games and books.. plus anything else you can find 😊

03/10/2026

💚 Head over to Hauraki Repair and Reuse Centre and support them

02/10/2026

✅ Soft plastics CAN be recycled, and the Seagull Centre has you covered with FREE collection bins in partnership with the Thames District Council!

What we accept:
-Clean, dry, empty soft plastics (bread bags, chip packets, courier bags, etc.)

Where to drop off:
The Seagull Centre Thames (3 collection bins)

What happens next? Your soft plastics are turned into:
🏡 Fence posts (Future Post)
🌱 Vegetable gardens
🚗 Parking bumpers

🚛 We recycle 1 wheelie bin EVERY DAY – that's 365 bins a year!

01/10/2026

☀️ Summer is on its way… and our shelves are looking fuller! 🌿♻️

Spring cleaning season is in full swing, and thanks to all the fantastic donations coming through our doors, there are plenty of treasures waiting to be discovered at the Seagull Centre!

🧹 Having a spring clean?
Give your good-quality unwanted items a second life by donating them to us. What you no longer need could be exactly what someone else is looking for!

🔎 Love a good treasure hunt?
Pop in for a browse — with new items arriving all the time, you never know what you might find.

Declutter. Donate. Discover. 💚
And help keep useful things in circulation and out of landfill.

♻️ Reuse is always in season at the Seagull Centre!

29/09/2026

💚 Our future

🌿 Seagull Centre Kaitiakitanga Awards – Term 3 🌿

A big thank you to Lucci from the Seagull Centre, who came along to present the Term 3 Seagull Centre Kaitiakitanga Awards.

Congratulations to our two very deserving recipients:

🌱 Dallas - for working incredibly hard in the garden. Dallas takes every task seriously, sticks with it, and makes sure the job gets done. Ka rawe!

🌱 Brooke - for always taking such care in the garden and really challenging herself this term, including getting involved with planting up the Kauaeranga. A fantastic example of Kaitiakitanga in action!

Lucci also spoke about our Lid Challenge between Room 1 and Room 2, and we were very grateful for the awesome prize the Seagull Centre provided. Thank you for making the challenge even more exciting for our students! ♻️

And the Lid Challenge isn’t over yet! 👀
Next term it’s Juniors vs Seniors! Start saving those plastic lids over the holidays and bring them into school next term. (Collect lids from bottles, jars and containers, and make sure that they are clean and dry). Let’s see which group can collect the most!

A huge thank you to Lucci and The Seagull Centre for continuing to support our students and Kaitiakitanga within our school. 💚🌿♻️

28/09/2026

🗣 "Wakuhia ō niho" - Brush your teeth

🪥Join the Solid - Sustainable Oral Care movement. Sustainable and Plastic free toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes.

👍And don't forget you can bring your empty Solid jar 🫙 back to the Seagull Centre and we will send them back to Solid to be reused.

Check them out on Facebook - Solid - Sustainable Oral Care.