Come and see us for trapping advice and free trap hire.
The trap library will lend you the right type of predator control device to remove problematic pests like rats, hedgehogs, possums and stoats. We can also advise you on bait and the best location for your trap.
The aim is to remove these predators so the birds and plants can flourish.
The Selwyn Trap Library will open on the last Saturday of every month at the Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market.
Registration is not required, just come along. Any queries please email traplibraryselwyn@gmail.com you can also join the Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/pflincoln
Contact Selwyn Trap Library
03 423 0445
selwyntraplibrary@gmail.com
Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market (located behind Lincoln Library)
22 Gerald Street Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
The people of Selwyn brought no fewer than 100 household items to be repaired at the Repair Café held at Te Ara Atea on Saturday 15th October 2022. Nearly all of these were restored to their former usefulness free of charge; where this could not be done advice was offered on the necessary course of action.
We are indebted to the volunteer repairers who gave up this weekend day. Six people repairing electrical appliances, two people and their machines sewing, one person offering general repairs to anything, one repairing jewellery and one bicycle repairer were kept busy throughout the event, and many ended up doing overtime. Very grateful thanks to our repairers for their mahi.
The number of people who offered their thanks and requested more of such events, along with those who asked to be on the repairing teams in future were testimony to the day’s success and hopefully to a growing awareness that simply throwing household items away is to our environment’s detriment.
Electrical Appliances always require a lot of work partly because they are some of the main items brought in, but also because most of them require lengthy repair time. One old sewing machine was being worked on for the best part of the day. We had six people working on these and it was a continuous operation. So, thanks to Alan and Ben from Ecotech Services, Rudy from Molten Media Trust, and volunteers Lindsay, Mike, and Jack who worked tirelessly on these.
General Repairs – we are always lucky to have Lee taking care of these and ensuring that such things as umbrellas, toys, and a few electrical items were restored to their former glory.
Bicycles again Esteban from Fix Ur Ride was on hand with his trailer repairing bikes and offering tuition to the younger owners on how to do some of their own repairs.
Clothing. There is always a steady stream of people needing items of clothing repaired so Heather and Cheryn and their machines were kept steadily busy throughout the event.
Jewellery – last year several people requested that we add this, and we were lucky enough to have Sally from Warrens Agencies on hand to help a good number retain their precious items. We will certainly retain this feature in the future.
With large numbers of people and items for repair flooding into the room, we relied on great work from our volunteers for making sure repairs were registered, items ticketed, and directed to the correct station.
This popular event takes place every year in November at the Lincoln Event Centre. Last year it was hugely successful with the biggest display of clothes, shoes and accessories to date. There is no payment for entry or clothes.
The event provides a chance to enjoy changing one’s wardrobe, as well as keeping resources circulating. Some derive great benefit in being able to provide some additional family clothes.
Textiles are a major contributing element to landfill and the longer that we are able to keep them in circulation the better. It is a means of helping reduce the negative impacts of the fashion industry on our environment.
How it works. People are encouraged to bring their clothing items (those that we all have, unused in our cupboards) and drop them off at designated drop-off points in Selwyn. Those who do these early drop-offs are given an “Early Bird” ticket which entitles them and one other, to early entry on the evening.
This is probably the event that absorbs more volunteer time than any other. The process is akin to getting in stock, and then setting up a huge clothing store for only a few hours and then disbanding it. The amount of superb volunteer help that is received for many weeks before and then on the evening has maintained this as one of our best and biggest happenings. Our very grateful thanks go to everyone involved for their efficiency and hard work.
As part of this year’s City to Nature Challenge Ōtautahi we ran a Mini BioBlitz at the Mahoe Nature Reserve in Lincoln. Thanks to everyone that came along to make for a really successful afternoon with around 50 attending; enjoying the hunt for anything that flies, grows, crawls and hides! The different life forms discovered were catalogued via iNaturalist NZ – Mātaki Taiao.
Grateful thanks to Mike Bowie and several Lincoln University students who were the driving force and did all the preparatory work as well as overseeing the activities.
A great project and I am sure that as long as the City Nature Challenge runs, we will continue to run it each year.
Come and see us for trapping advice and free trap hire.
The trap library will lend you the right type of predator control device to remove problematic pests like rats, hedgehogs, possums and stoats. We can also advise you on bait and the best location for your trap.
The aim is to remove these predators so the birds and plants can flourish.
The Selwyn Trap Library will open on the last Saturday of every month at the Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market.
Registration is not required, just come along. Any queries please email traplibraryselwyn@gmail.com you can also join the Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/pflincoln
Contact Selwyn Trap Library
03 423 0445
selwyntraplibrary@gmail.com
Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market (located behind Lincoln Library)
22 Gerald Street Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
For those that can’t make it to the weekday Coffee Morning earlier this month, we’re also going to meet on the weekend! If anyone would like to host this or wants to come along, please let me know by email selwyntimebank@gmail.com. Look forward to catching up – Fiona.
The next Selwyn Timebank Coffee morning will be held in Rolleston in Rolleston. Please email Fiona at selwyntimebank@gmail.com to RSVP and for the address. If you want to provide some baking for this, let Fiona know and she can help you earn time credits this way.
As part of the City Nature Challenge Otautahi, Lincoln Envirotown Trust are planning a Mini Blitz in the Mahoe Native Reserve in Lincoln.
The Mahoe Mini Blitz will take place on Saturday 29th April 2 pm – 4 pm. Mike Bowie from Lincoln University will be conducting a search for various species in the reserve. This will involve you uploading your observations to iNaturalist.NZ.
This is part of The City Nature Challenge 2023 which takes place on the weekend of Friday 28th April – Monday 1st May.
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