Back to Basics Waimakariri

Back to Basics Waimakariri Join us for a day of skill sharing and community connections. Join us on Saturday, April 20th, 2024, for a day of skill sharing and community connections.

From preserving to soapmaking, sewing to winemaking, delve into homesteading topics. Get hands-on with crafts like French knitting and pin loom weaving, crafting fairy forest decorations. Create your own mini worm farm and grow microgreens. Learn about bike mechanics, parenting education, and essential healthcare. Don't miss knife sharpening on-site! Gain insights into establishing community hubs

for emergencies. Plus, don't miss out on our giveaways and workshops featuring cloth nappies, reusable menstrual products, composting, singing, and more!

This is their first event in the new space . Come along and say hi
19/09/2025

This is their first event in the new space . Come along and say hi

Thank you to everyone who attended today's Back to Basics at Rangiora Borough School. We hope you all enjoyed meeting ou...
22/03/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended today's Back to Basics at Rangiora Borough School. We hope you all enjoyed meeting our wonderful stallholders and seeing all the fantastic skills they had to share.

Congratulations to Fawziyah Khan, Amy Jone and Sarah Cotton who won our lucky prize draws.

If you missed out on today's event but would be keen to know when the next one is email [email protected] to be added to our email database.

Come along to Back to Basics TODAY and be in to win these amazing goodies including a brand new frypan, reusable drink b...
21/03/2025

Come along to Back to Basics TODAY and be in to win these amazing goodies including a brand new frypan, reusable drink bottle, cup, nappies, period products, home made pasta sauce and 1kg of fresh honey from the North Canterbury Beekeepers Club!

21/03/2025

Free tommorrow available at Back to Basics Waimakariri
Used bokashi buckets and a layer for a square worm farm .
Come see us at our site and explore the rest of the awesomeness that is back to basics

🚨 Don’t miss out on the Back to Basics event TOMORROW! 🚨Join us at Rangiora Borough School from 10 AM - 1 PM for a hands...
21/03/2025

🚨 Don’t miss out on the Back to Basics event TOMORROW! 🚨

Join us at Rangiora Borough School from 10 AM - 1 PM for a hands-on community skill-sharing expo! 🌱✨

🔪 Knife sharpening with Morris
🌿 Learn self-sufficiency tips with
🧵 Discover sewing, mending & upcycling with
🍴 Explore food security with
📚 Get hands-on with tech at Tinkerzone
🌳 Get inspired by
🚲 Dive into sustainable transport with

🏠 Learn about the Community Emergency Hub network and how you can help during a disaster with WDC Civil Defence
🐻 See how repurposes soft toys into puppets and weighted toys.
🍲 Learn about how are supporting families in need with meals
♻️ Learn about sustainability, waste-free periods, and microgreens with .
🦷 Get dental care resources for all ages from .
🐝 Meet hobbyist beekeepers and learn about beekeeping with the North Canterbury Beekeepers Club.

It’s all happening TOMORROW! Entry by donation — don’t miss your chance to learn, connect, and grow with your community! 💪💚

There are so many wonderful people and organisations sharing and teaching different skills within the community. Come al...
20/03/2025

There are so many wonderful people and organisations sharing and teaching different skills within the community. Come along to Back to Basics THIS SATURDAY to meet many of them!

KNIVE SHARPENING BY MORRIS
You can see how Morris sharpens knives! Bring your knife along if you’d like to get it sharpened *

* knives must be able to be carried safely. Use a knife case, or wrap in a teatowel and keep secured. If there are a large number of people wanting knives sharpened there may not be enough time to do them all

Sonia of Urban Self Sufficiency NZ will be showing and talking about how you can live more self sufficiently right where you are on your regular sized section.

Time Bank Waimakariri - members will be showing their sewing, mending, darning, upcycling and refashioning skills. These are just a taster of some of the skills TBW members have!

Waimakariri Bike Project - learn more about the importance of sustainable transport in our community, interested in learning about what they do, curious about bike mechanics, or simply want to lend a hand in fixing up bikes, make sure you visit their stall at Back to Basics!

Waimakariri Libraries will be displaying some of their new Tinkerzone tech and the resources they have available in their libraries. Come see their stand to learn more about what they have on offer.

Kaiapoi Food Forest - kai is in our name - learn from Kaiapoi Food Forest about how to grow plants and trees together, and be inspired to take what you have learnt to create a food forest in your own backyard or join forces with your community to sow the seeds of change together.

Food Secure North Canterbury - (FSNC) is a collaborative initiative addressing food security challenges through partnerships with various organisations, including Satisfy Food Rescue, Kaiapoi Food Forest, Oxford Community Trust, Kaiapoi Community Support, Community Wellbeing North Canterbury, Te Whatu Ora, Connect Hurunui, and both the Waimakariri and Hurunui District councils.

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

Eco Educate are proud to once again sponsor Back to Basics Waimakariri and will be providing information on the followi...
17/03/2025

Eco Educate are proud to once again sponsor Back to Basics Waimakariri and will be providing information on the following:

Worm farms
Come meet and learn more about tiger worms , turning your green waste into valuable soil and liquid tea

Rethink your waste
How to utilise more reusable options and reduce your waste

Which Bin
Confused about recycling? Our display and staff can help about what goes in which bin , and why

Doorstoppers
Make your own from rescued toys ,

Poisonous plant safety
Our colourful display will help. This is our resources we have been using in schools for 20 years

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

We are pleased to welcome back Para Kore and Waitaha Primary Health to Back to Basics 2025. PARAKORE "We educate and adv...
16/03/2025

We are pleased to welcome back Para Kore and Waitaha Primary Health to Back to Basics 2025.

PARAKORE
"We educate and advocate from a Māori worldview for a world without waste".
The four wananga that we will be sharing info about at back to basics this year are:
He mana tō te kai - learning about our kai, connection to ātua and why it is important to know the whakapapa of kai and ways to minimize waste going to landfill.
Ikura - waste free periods and the aō Māori view relating to ikura.
Kope Toitū - Reusable nappies, making reusable the norm.
Māra Raupihi - Microgreens. How to grow, harvest and use micro-greens.

WAITAHA PRIMARY HEALTH
Waitaha Primary Health are a rural PHO supporting rural medical centres and their patients in the community. We will be promoting dental care awareness for all ages providing information and some resources for people to take away with them.

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

This year we are pleased to have Bellyful Waimakariri join us at Back to basics! Bellyful Waimakariri provides meals t...
15/03/2025

This year we are pleased to have Bellyful Waimakariri join us at Back to basics!

Bellyful Waimakariri provides meals to families in our community who have a new baby or young children who need support. We are hoping to let people try some of our tomato and red lentil soup which is 1 of our meals that we deliver out to our families.

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

We are looking forward to having Re-purpose Pals at this year's Back to Basics. Learn about the number of soft toys tha...
14/03/2025

We are looking forward to having Re-purpose Pals at this year's Back to Basics.

Learn about the number of soft toys that go to landfill and how Re-Purpose Pals repurpose them to become puppets, weighted toys and other useful items.

If you have any stuffed toys that you wish to donate to this project please feel free to bring them along on the day.

Weighted blankets and kids toys are recommended for children with autism, ADHD, and other general anxiety disorders or trauma and sensory input special needs. These fantastic devices use their simple technology to provide relaxation, stimulation, focus boost, body awareness, and confidence to children who need it.

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRICommunity Skill Sharing ExpoSaturday 22nd March 10-1pmRangiora Borough School, King St, Rangio...
13/03/2025

BACK TO BASICS WAIMAKARIRI
Community Skill Sharing Expo
Saturday 22nd March 10-1pm
Rangiora Borough School, King St, Rangiora
Entry by KOHA/DONATION

Come along to Back to Basics and learn about about the Community Emergency Hub network.

The Community Emergency Hub (CEH) network is growing across the district – 12 locations. The CEH for central Rangiora is located at the Rangiora Borough Schools gym. We invite you to look around and familiarise yourself with the building and to see which of the roles suits you best. Dean Eades (Emergency Management Advisor) will be there to answer your questions about what you can do to help your community during a disaster.

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