Category: Workshops
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Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week Celebration
Recently Mangere Bridge Library held a special event to celebrate the first Papua New Guinea (PNG) Pidgin Language week. PNG is the most linguistically diverse country in the world and Pidgin is a commonly used dialect.
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We Love Libraries!
These days, libraries are vibrant places that are the centre of communities. In addition to books and magazines, they offer activities to suit every age group, from babies and preschoolers’ music sessions to school holiday programmes to computer assistance for older adults…
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It’s a Stitch-Up!
The Mangere Bridge Library Knitting Group was formed 12 months ago and has grown since to include a variety of handwork, such as crochet, cross stitch, and felting. It’s more accurately known as the ‘Craft Group’…
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From MOMA New York to Māngere Bridge
At our recent Friends of the Farm hosted Sewing Bee, we were amused to see how most of us brought along the the same sewing machine. And we learnt a bit of history about that machine…
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The Repair Café Movement Continues
Our 5th Repair Café in Māngere Bridge Library saw pleanty of locals visit with items for repair. The usual foot traffic in the Library was increased by 200 people!
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Repair Cafés do more than fix things!
As well as practical repairs Repair Cafés bring together our local community and here’s a great story about a budding electrician.
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Māngere Bridge Repair Café winter 2023
It was a busy Saturday morning at Māngere Bridge Library recently when local group Friends of the Farm (FOF) ran another Repair Café
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Locals learn grafting & cutting at community orchard workshop
What a beautiful afternoon we enjoyed, an enthusiastic group, gathered under the shade of the feijoa trees.
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Throw Away? No way! Repair Café!
Repair Cafés are free events where local people bring in their broken or damaged items and local volunteers do their best to repair them.
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Grafting progress for heritage tree project
An update from our Community Garden with great successes in grafting.