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For a Culture of Repair

Repair Network Aotearoa fosters a culture of repair, where reuse and repair are the norm, not the exception. Through community action, education, economic innovation, civic engagement, and advocacy, we're building a climate-resilient circular economy grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Repair Network Aotearoa
Connecting Communities for a Circular Future

Foundation and Structure

Repair Network Aotearoa (RNA) is a community-led organisation transforming Aotearoa through the stewardship of repair and the growth of a circular economy.

 

Repair Network Aotearoa (RNA) is championing a culture of repair across Aotearoa New Zealand, guided by our commitment to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We connect and support repair cafés, educators, businesses, councils, and advocates working together to make repair accessible, valued, and normalised. Through coordination, resourcing, and advocacy, we strengthen repair at community, educational, economic, and policy levels. Together, we're building resilient communities, reducing waste, and creating systemic change towards a circular, low-carbon future.

A circular diagram titled ‘Repair Economy’ surrounded by benefits such as reducing waste, strengthening community resilience,
Illustrated landscape showing the national repair ecosystem in Aotearoa, with icons linking groups such as RNA

Repair in Practice

RNA recognises repair not merely as a product lifecycle stage, but as a regenerative practice that restores, reconfigures, and remediates - extending what already exists while mitigating planetary damage. Independent repair fills crucial gaps between expensive authorised services and disposal, creating circular spare part economies and building community resilience. By supporting community-led initiatives and advocating for systemic policy change across all five pillars, RNA fosters collaboration between community, education, business, civic, and advocacy sectors - challenging extractive paradigms and establishing repair as foundational infrastructure for Aotearoa's transition to a climate-resilient, circular economy.

A person concentrates on repairing an electronic device at a worktable, using tools and small components laid out in front of
Volunteers at a Repair Café event work on fixing a bicycle under a gazebo, with tools laid out and a banner reading ‘Repair C

Get in Touch

Repair is about connection. Connection with each other, with our things and with the planet. Whether you’re running a Repair Café, curious to host one, or simply keen to learn more, we’d love to hear from you. Together, we can share skills, stories, and ideas to keep things in use and out of landfill.

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