Christmas Carols & BBQ

We finished the year with a Community Carols singing event led by Lizzie Cook, and BBQ put on by the local Phillipstown Neighbourhood Policing Team.Beyond …
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Preschool Visit

The local preschool visits Tiny Shops’ Koha Garden most weeks to play in the playground and check out the flowers and veggies. We invited them …
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Christmas Crafts Workshops

Local ladies Helen and her lovely mum Sylvia, are sharing their passion for crafts at Tiny Shops Village.They very kindly held three Christmas crafts workshops …
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Koha Garden Gardening Bee

The Koha Garden has burst out incredible amounts of blooms in succession all spring and early summer. Some very hot and windy weather however put …
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“Village People are Growing”

Article in Community Newsletter News on ICE (Inner City East) As well as running the ICEcycles workshops, Robin helps with deliveries between Tiny Wardrobe and its …
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Beetroot Recipe Competition

Canterbury Foodbank had an incredible, dare I say impossible, amount of precooked, packaged beetroot filling the majority of their warehouse in Spring. In order …
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Māori Health Day

This is a long-standing event run at and by Te Whare Roimata, who also manage Tiny Shops Village. Around 20 health care providers set up information …
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Rekindle Workshop IV

Tiny Shops was very lucky to have a fourth, bonus Tī Kōuka basketweaving workshop with Diana from Rekindle. Some feedback from a participant: ” A …
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Learn to Make Sushi

Blake shared an easy, low cost way to make sushi. INGREDIENTS: tinned tuna, mayonnaise, rice, rice vinegar & sushi seaweed. Superkid (above), in particular, really enjoyed …
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Linwood Village Cleanup

​”It was a most successful day not only in the spruce-up of Tiny Shops, but in the camaraderie of people from all walks …
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Campfire Night

Coming together to enjoy each other’s company with some toasted marshmallows, having a laugh and creating stories. Rug up, get cosy, and join us by …
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Free Rekindle Workshop

Thanks to CCC Enliven Places Project funding, Rekindle is offering a free basket-weaving course at our Tiny Shops. This course will give you a …
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“Tiny Shops: Linwood”

Tiny Shops Village Opening – Video by John Sellwood//Telling Lives https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-e7nuIUt9g “I love a good community story and this is one. The completion of the …
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