17 Sep 2024

Share and Repair

From Thrift, 5:00 am on 17 September 2024
Two men are sitting at a bench, one of them working on a disassembled retro vaccum cleaner with a screwdriver. They are at Repair Riverlution, a Repair Cafe in Richmond, Christchurch where people can bring damaged or broken items to be fixed by volunteers.

Photo: Katy Gosset/RNZ

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Why is our stuff always breaking and how can we avoid spending on new items? Katy Gosset gets some tips on buying well to start with. And she visits a Repair Cafe where volunteers stitch and fix items to save them from the landfill.

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