Auckland Central City Library

Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

Hosted by Group avatarCentral City Library Repair Cafe

Volunteers at a Restart Party fixing devices, cropped on hands

Description

Collaborative repair café held by Repair Café Aotearoa NZ and Auckland Central City Library!

What is on offer?

-REPAIRS available are MENDING of clothing and textiles (yet no alterations) as well as small ELECTRICAL household items such as your toaster, lamp, vacuum cleaner, etc. We don’t accept microwaves, though.

To accommodate everyone you will be able to see our volunteer repairers for 1 item at a time. If you have more than one item you’d like us to look at and there is enough time, you can register your second item afterwards.

KOHA is gratefully accepted to support the running of this event.

Refreshments will be available.

If you are keen to volunteer your repair skills for this event get in touch with us on [email protected]

Location

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44/46 Lorne Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

About the group

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Central City Library Repair Cafe

The Central City Library Repair Cafe is a collaboration between Repair Cafe Aotearoa NZ and the Auckland Central City Library. The repair events take place at the library's Makers Space. We usually offer mending, electrical appliance repair, 3-D printing and sometimes workshops.

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Restart Party Do’s and Don’ts

DO

  • Check if your device is still within warranty, you may be eligible for a free repair, replacement or a refund. (Which? helps in the UK).
  • Take responsibility for your device and your data. Our volunteers are here to help you learn to fix your gadget, not to provide a free repair service. Get involved!
  • Backup your data. We can’t be responsible for your cat pics, so please back up your device before you come. (Of course you already do this once a month, right?)
  • Charge up your device and bring all leads.
  • Get in touch with organisers if you have any questions about whether a fix is possible.

DON’T

  • Assume repairs will be successful. We help fix over half of devices at our events. Even if your repair is unsuccessful, you will learn about your device and why it failed.
  • Expect us to have spare parts. But we can help you source them. Often people visit twice: first we’ll help diagnose the fault, then you source the spare part, and on your return we’ll help you do a replacement.
  • Attempt a mobile screen repair just to save money. DIY mobile screen repair is a learning opportunity first and foremost. Please see our advice page first.
  • Bring a microwave.