With a range of community projects on the go, the MenShed team at the Wanaka Community Workshop have been busy collecting building materials for reuse and upcycling.
The bulk of these materials are donated from local businesses. We pick them up, cut the timber to size and then fabricate items from traps to play equipment, seats to shelving.
Wooden pallets are especially flexible. We are currently designing a series of “flat pack” display tables and bar leaners for the 2026 Wanaka A&P Show making the best from this raw material which would otherwise be simply dumped.