Nourish Magazine Autumn 2020 Waikato edition

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Op Shops A WORLD OF O PPOR T U N I T Y Your local op shop offers far more than a way for you to find a bargain or that one-of-a-kind treasure. These play an integral part in diverting unwanted clothing, furniture, and bric-a-brac from landfills while at the same time raising money, allowing them to continue to support those worthy projects.

are tested by an optometrist before going to the Pacific Islands.

The NZ Salvation Army estimates approximately 16,000 tonnes of waste are saved from landfill per year through their family stores alone.

Hospice Waikato

Here are a couple of great op shops in our region you might want to check out. Lions Shed Cambridge – a real spectacle What started in the 60s as an annual auction in the town square grew into a shed. The Lions Shed at Cambridge is an op shop like no other! It holds treasures from eras gone by and unexpected finds that will have your home, closet, garden or shed happy that you visited. All proceeds from donations fund worthy projects—one such example is the upgrade of the Cambridge pool: Cambridge Lions Club contributed $100k, much of it raised through The Lions Shed. The Lions Shed even accepts your old prescription spectacles which presently

Lions Sh ed Cambridge

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They also take some electrical items, which are tested and tagged by certified volunteers before selling.

With its network of Hospice Shops throughout the region, Hospice Waikato provides a number of options for those wanting to reuse. Hospice Claudelands has a couple of very cool initiatives. Looking for a specific book? The team do ‘a book request’ and will pop your request on their board and keep a look out for it. The Stella Rack Stella Neems, who has been a Hospice volunteer for two years, created the Stella Rack. With her eye for what’s cool, Stella chooses from the best donations for the Stella Rack, encouraging young people to buy second-hand clothing. “At first I didn’t think much about the sustainability part of it,” says Stella, “but now that is one of the main reasons I invest my time into Hospice. I think it’s so important to shop second-hand because, at the end of the day, the fashion industry is the second biggest polluter in the world.” Want to see just how cool things from the op shop can be? Follow hospiceshopwaikato on Instagram.


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Directory

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pages 83-84

Book Review

4min
pages 80-81

Olive Them

4min
pages 77-79

Passionfruit

4min
pages 68-72

Events

1min
page 82

Whizz Bang Bao

6min
pages 73-76

Chillies

3min
pages 65-67

Rotorua – beyond geysers

9min
pages 60-64

Travel

4min
pages 58-59

Fitness

2min
pages 56-57

Nourish Kids

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page 51

Herbs

4min
page 46

Garden Salads

4min
pages 47-50

A World of Opportunity

8min
pages 52-55

Gardening

3min
pages 44-45

Meatless Monday

5min
pages 40-43

Vegan Mushroom Tart

1min
pages 38-39

Vegan Easter

4min
pages 34-37

Vegan Alternatives

4min
pages 32-33

V on Wheels Falafel

1min
page 31

Opinion – A Meaty Debate

10min
pages 24-27

V on Wheels

4min
pages 28-30

Vic’s Picks

2min
page 6

Caulilini

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pages 18-20

Three Ways with Bellaverde

1min
pages 16-17

Feast Waikato

3min
pages 8-9

Fresh Grower

3min
pages 14-15

Fat Kiwi

5min
pages 12-13

Propellor at Jet Park

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pages 10-11

News

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