Waiuku Community Workshop & Tool Library

Waiuku Community Workshop & Tool Library A community woodworking hub to share knowledge and tools. Open to women & men of all ages.

๐ŸŒฟ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ข๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ŸŒฟWinter might be here, but we've got plenty happening to help you repair, reu...
14/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ข๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ŸŒฟ
Winter might be here, but we've got plenty happening to help you repair, reuse, reduce waste and connect with your community.

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž:
๐Ÿงต Upcycle Your Wardrobe โ€“ breathe new life into clothes you already own
๐ŸŒฑ Kawakawa Balm & Snail Seeds Workshop โ€“ discover natural remedies and regenerative gardening
๐ŸŽ„ Midwinter UFO Crafting Circle โ€“ bring along those unfinished projects or start on Christmas crafts and enjoy a cosy evening of creativity

๐Ÿ”ง ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ - ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ & ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ—๐š๐ฆ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง
Borrow instead of buy! Check out our range of tools available for the community to borrow. New members welcome.

๐Ÿ€ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ฉ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ
Helping Waiuku protect our native wildlife, one trap at a time. New members welcome.

โš ๏ธ ๐‡๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž - ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ–.๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ
Keep hazardous chemicals out of landfill and our environment. We accept many common household hazardous waste items, including pesticides, solvents, fuels, cleaners, and more. ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

And don't forget the ๐–๐š๐ข๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ - ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ–.๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐š๐ฆ - ๐Ÿ’๐ฉ๐ฆ each week.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ž ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Check our events calendar for dates, details and bookings: https://waiukuzerowaste.co.nz/events/

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก?

You know whatโ€™s underrated? Borrowing stuff instead of buying it.That random tool you need for one weekend.The thing tha...
11/05/2026

You know whatโ€™s underrated? Borrowing stuff instead of buying it.

That random tool you need for one weekend.
The thing thatโ€™ll otherwise live in the garage for 11 months of the year.

Thatโ€™s exactly why community tool libraries exist. Less clutter, less cost, more sharing, more connection.

Turns out the old-school โ€œborrow it from your neighbourโ€ approach still works pretty well. ๐Ÿ”ง๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ”ง ๐๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ž?
The Waiuku Tool Library is open Wednesdays 1โ€“4pm & Saturdays 9amโ€“12noon at Waiuku Zero Waste, 5 Hosking Place. Come borrow what you need and give sharing a go.

Check out our inventory here: https://wtl.myturn.com/library/inventory/browse

New Members Welcome.

Need a tool for a project, a space to get stuck into something, or just time to work on a community project or something...
05/05/2026

Need a tool for a project, a space to get stuck into something, or just time to work on a community project or something for yourself? Youโ€™ll find us open at the following times:

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐–๐š๐ข๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ & ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ• Wednesdays, 1:00pm โ€“ 4:00pm
๐Ÿ•˜ Saturdays, 9:00am โ€“ 12:00 noon

๐Ÿ“ Located at Waiuku Zero Waste, 5 Hosking Place, Waiuku

Please note we are closed on public holidays.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿรฉ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž
Our Repair Cafรฉs, powered by the Community Workshop alongside other friendly and skilled volunteers, are held monthly on the **last Saturday of each month, 10:00am โ€“ 1:00pm** (except public holidays).

Bring along your broken-but-loved items and see what can be saved ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ”ง TODAY at Waiuku Zero Waste!Got something broken sitting around that you just canโ€™t bring yourself to throw away?Today ...
01/05/2026

๐Ÿ”ง TODAY at Waiuku Zero Waste!

Got something broken sitting around that you just canโ€™t bring yourself to throw away?

Today is your chance to see if it can be fixed โ™ป๏ธ

Our Repair Cafรฉ is on today , 10amโ€“1pm โ€” and our friendly, skilled volunteers are here to help breathe new life into your much-loved items.

๐Ÿงต Clothes needing a stitch?
๐Ÿ”Œ Small appliances not quite working?
๐Ÿช‘ Furniture in need of a little care?
๐Ÿ’ Got broken jewellery with a missing clasp or a chain thatโ€™s snapped?
๐Ÿ‘“ Got eyeglasses that need a small fix or adjustment?
๐Ÿชด Got a chipped ceramic piece youโ€™d love to save?

Bring it in and letโ€™s see whatโ€™s possible. You might be surprised what can be saved ๐Ÿงก

โ›๏ธ While youโ€™re here, the Tool Library & Community Workshop is also open 9amโ€“12noon.

Pop in โ€” weโ€™d love to see you today!

Waiuku Repair Cafe, 10am - 1pm at Waiuku Zero Waste, 5 Hosking Place, Waiuku

โœจ A quieter one for events this weekend โ€” but still plenty happening on Saturdayโ€ฆIf youโ€™ve been meaning to tick off a fe...
01/05/2026

โœจ A quieter one for events this weekend โ€” but still plenty happening on Saturdayโ€ฆ

If youโ€™ve been meaning to tick off a few jobs or fix something thatโ€™s been sitting in the โ€œtoo hardโ€ basket, this is your moment ๐Ÿ‘‡

โ›๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ โ€“ ๐Ÿต๐—ฎ๐—บโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
Borrow tools, start a project, or get hands-on in our shared workshop space.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Check out the tool library or join here: https://wtl.myturn.com/library/

๐Ÿ”ง ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ณรฉ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฎ๐—บโ€“๐Ÿญ๐—ฝ๐—บ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†
We missed last weekend due to Anzac Day, so weโ€™re making up for it!
Got something broken you canโ€™t bear to part with? Bring it along and see if our skilled volunteers can help give it a new lease of life.

โ™ป๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ & ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ข๐—ฝ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ
Open as usual Saturday & Sunday, 8:30amโ€“4pm โ€” for drop-offs, decluttering, or a good old treasure hunt.

Pop in, get something sorted, and make the most of it ๐Ÿงก

Waiuku Zero Waste
5 Hosking Place, Waiuku
Open 8.30am-4pm, Thursday - Sunday.
Closed Monday - Wednesday and all public holidays.

Bonus Repair Cafe this week at Waiuku Zero Waste since you missed out last week due to Anzac day. Got something broken t...
30/04/2026

Bonus Repair Cafe this week at Waiuku Zero Waste since you missed out last week due to Anzac day.

Got something broken that you just canโ€™t part with? ๐Ÿ’”
Before you throw it awayโ€ฆ bring it to us instead ๐Ÿ’ญ

That jacket you love.
That lamp that stopped working.
That piece of jewellery you havenโ€™t worn in agesโ€ฆ

Bring along your well-loved items and let our amazing volunteers work their magic โœจ

This month we can help with:
๐Ÿ”Œ Electrical repairs
๐Ÿ‘— Clothing repairs
๐Ÿ’ Jewellery fixes
โœ‚๏ธ Tool sharpening
๐Ÿช‘ Furniture fixes

โž• plus this month we will have DIY workstations for basic eye glasses & ceramic repairs.

Note: no clock repairs this month

โ™ป๏ธ Repair, reuse, and keep it out of landfill
Weโ€™d love to see you there!
Saturday 2 May, 9am-1pm

VOLUNTEERS WANTEDWaiuku Tool LibraryHelp your community repair, reuse and reduce wasteโ€ฆโ€ฆ.We are looking for volunteers t...
29/04/2026

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Waiuku Tool Library

Help your community repair, reuse and reduce wasteโ€ฆโ€ฆ.

We are looking for volunteers to help run the Waiuku Zero Waste Tool Library.

What you might do:
โ€ข Help members borrow tools
โ€ข Organise and maintain the tool collection
โ€ข Support workshop and repair activities

When:
โ€ข Wednesday afternoons (1pmโ€“4pm)
โ€ข Saturday mornings (9amโ€“12pm)

No experience needed โ€“ training provided.
Free Tool Library membership included.

Interested?
Email: [email protected] or complete the volunteer form on our website: https://waiukuzerowaste.co.nz/about-us/volunteer/

A head's up that the Tool Library will be closed on Saturday the 25th April 2026 for Anzac Day. โ€œLest we forgetโ€ - let's...
24/04/2026

A head's up that the Tool Library will be closed on Saturday the 25th April 2026 for Anzac Day.

โ€œLest we forgetโ€ - let's take a moment to reflect on the courage, resilience, and sacrifice of those who served, and the communities and futures shaped by their service.

Both the Tool Library and Community Workshop will be back open again as usual on Wednesday 29th April, 1pm to 4pm and Saturday 2nd May, 9am-Midday, alongside our next Repair Cafe.

The Tool Library will be closed on Saturday the 4th April 2026. Open as usual on the 8th April 1pm to 4pm.
01/04/2026

The Tool Library will be closed on Saturday the 4th April 2026.
Open as usual on the 8th April 1pm to 4pm.

BACK OPEN! The Tool Library is back to normal operating hours of Wednesday 1-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm.Lots of tools out...
08/01/2026

BACK OPEN! The Tool Library is back to normal operating hours of Wednesday 1-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm.

Lots of tools out on loan. Please organise return if you are currently borrowing tools.

Address

5 Hosking Place
Waiuku
2123

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

+6492358413

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