MENZSHED - Hokitika

MENZSHED is a registered charity that supports Men's Sheds, community groups for men. In these groups men can share their skills, have a laugh, and work on practical tasks (either personal projects or as a group).  It is also a place where they can learn new skills.

Sheds often tackles projects that help the community.

MENZSHED aim to:

• Bring sheds together to enable them to establish relationships and collaborate where appropriate.
• Promote the concept to communities without sheds, and support groups as they go through the establishment phase – and this includes linking new groups with nearby established sheds and our team of regional representatives.
• Establish national sponsor relationships.  Sheds often initiate relationships at a local level too.
• Encourage sheds to act autonomously.  We encourage sheds to make their own decisions and rules but we have resources to assist.
• Operate at minimal cost to sheds.  Member sheds pay a $25.00 annual fee.
• Organise national conferences, which are currently on a two year cycle.
• Allow sheds to drive the organisation rather than the organisation driving the sheds.

Some sheds do allow for women members or women side groups, but their main focus is creating a community space for men.

There are two MENZSHEDS on the West Coast, one in Hokitika and one in Westport.

The MENZSHED in Hokitika meets at the Westland Industrial Heritage Park Inc,