Category: Funding and Grants
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Tauranga Repair Café celebrates one year of fixing and repairing
By Tia Lush – 29 October 2023 This October’s Tauranga Repair Café on Saturday 28th October was rather special as we also celebrated our first birthday. The event was filled with activity and the volunteer repairers were in force in their new branded bright T-shirts (made in Tinkd) and many items were repaired and fixed.…
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New laser cutter at Tinkd Makerspace
Ever since we opened our doors to the public, we have coveted a laser cutter. Visitors always loved our zones, but at the end of a tour the invariable question popped up; do you have a laser cutter? Our response was always “not yet, but we’re saving up for one!”. It seem like such a…
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New Prusa Minis now available at Tinkd Makerspace
Introducing new additions to our 3D Printing zone! We’re so thrilled to have not just one, but TWO new Prusa Mini 3D Printing machines now available to our members. These machines have been made possible with the generous donation by the lovely people at WNT Ventures. They have been used daily since they have arrived…
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Soldering stations
We would like to say a huge thanks to the lovely people at Tauranga Rotary New Zealand for the generous grant to enable us to kit out our soldering station in the Makerspace. This means even more young people and makers can learn how to solder and discover the world of electronics and circuitry. The…
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Textiles Technology
We are currently building up our specialist zones and thanks to the lovely people at Mazda Foundation we have been given some funding to buy an amazing sewing machine and overlocker. This means that all our makers now have access to the latest cutting edge equipment to allow them to work on textile and wearable…