Opening an op shop was exactly what a group of Pregnancy Help volunteers decided they needed to fund their service for pregnant women and their families. That was fifty years ago. The shop’s 50th anniversary this week was marked with volunteers old and new from Levin’s Uniting Church getting together to celebrate and reflect on Read more
Unwanted clothing is one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing waste scandals but local action can make a difference. Every year, Waipā residents send the equivalent of 16 shipping containers full of clothes to landfills. However, the Council’s Waste Minimisation advisor Shelley Wilson says op shop bus tours offer punters the chance to check out some outlets Read more
“It’s not all good, but there is a lot of good.” says Mike Rolton Hamilton’s St Vincent de Paul manager. It appears that while a few don’t know the difference between a landfill and a charity Op Shop, the Vinnies in Hamilton say the good outweighs the bad by a country mile. Last month TVNZ Read more