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- By Stoney Burke, Tuakau Menzshed
A Tuakau and district community asset has proven to be a great success; it could even be said to have been a victim of its own rapid growth.
The Tuakau Menzshed is a place where men can continue to use their life skills, gain new and different skills and enjoy like-minded company.
Within the two years of its humble beginnings, with five members gathering over a cup of
coffee, the local group has gone from strength to strength.
But the working space quickly became an issue. Having outstripped its original premises, with membership growing into the thirties, the Tuakau Menzshed has just completed a large expansion of its shed.
A skilled group of members have built a new large floor area, complete with roofing, to
increase the size of the workshop by over 50 percent. As the new area is only enclosed on
three sides, it has been dubbed ‘the carport’.
increase the size of the workshop by over 50 percent. As the new area is only enclosed on
three sides, it has been dubbed ‘the carport’.
This will allow even more recreational space for men to pass their spare time doing ‘whatever they want to do’, that being the whole philosophy of the men’s shed movement countrywide.
Extra shipping containers have been brought in for the extra storage also required by the
growing group.
The Waikato District Council and the Tuakau Emergency Services Community Trust are
major supporters of the enterprise.
Numerous local businesses and a wide range of individuals have been extremely generous in donating timber, machinery, tools, and other assistance. All have been very gratefully accepted by the members; their success would not have been achieved without it.
All being said and done, the primary function of the shed is to get together for a few hours a week to potter around doing whatever you like, to yarn and have a cuppa with a bunch of
mates doing the same. They say it does them good!
