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What an amazing bunch of people at ImpactNPO, We were invited to part of their Auckland Hackathon weekend and were hoping to get some help with our website and booking system instead these amazing guys and gals gave up their weekend to build us a whole new site and set us up with an awesome booking system and a bunch of other stuff all in 2 days. Totally blown away by the support ImpactNPO provides to the non profit sector. Make sure you check them out at impactnpo.org or on Facebook here

Boatcrafts.NZ is our new project  based on teaching craftsmanship through the skills of boat building, Our aim is to enrich peoples lives through using their hands and learning the lost art of craftsmanship.

These include:Veneering, Inlay & Marquetry Ribbing, Steam bending and replacing Ribs. Clinker planking. fitting new or replacing old planks. Tuesday Workshop days more Essential skills dates.

Three new courses are now available for signup, including:Clinker Dinghy Planking Course w Alan HooperEssential Skills for the Beginner Boat Builder  w John WellsfordRibbing with Alan Hooper

Great article on Waitemata Woodys about our re-opening yesterday.

NZTBS Re-opens its doors in Te Atatu peninsula.After more than three years in recess we have taken the plunge with a new workshop in Te Atatu peninsula.Trustees Steve Cranch, Dee Ankersmit, Colin Pawson, Don Currie, Secretary Tanya Ankersmit and supporters Kere Kemp and others have been burning the midnight oil over the last couple of months getting all our tools and gear out of storage and setting up shop.