The Guild participated in October 2024 in the inaugural  Art trail organised  by Hutt city. The Guild combined  with the Naenae Menz shed...

In February a small group of guild members gathered  at Eric and Annette Cairns property in  Upper Hutt to see a demonstration of their...

In August 2024 I did a course on Machine Maintenance at the Centre, which is located at Wakapuaka, about 10 km east of Nelson. I had done...

A day was spent making trugs and Shaker boxes. A great day was had by all - thanks to Jack for the organising the event, Tawa Menzshed...

After repeated attempts in the Committee meetings to get some buy-in to have a Guild meeting at the Naenae Menzshed, your webmaster...

GWW Beginners woodturning classes took place over the last two weekends of June at Tawa Menz Shed. We had six students: Ruth Pirie, Jerry...

On June 23rd, around 10 people turned up to Eric's place for another blacksmithing day. Gordon and Richard were first there and got the...

So the conversation went something like this… John Piper: "Mike – I need you to go in the competition" Me: "What competition?" John...

The Guild was offered some of a walnut tree after it was blown over in a storm. A couple of dozen turning blanks and a few large slabs...

An activity weekend was held in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary exhibition of the Guild at the Hutt Art Society. This involved...

The Guild celebrated being 40 years old by having a wonderful “Woodcraft” exhibition in the Odin Gallery at Hutt Art in the middle of...

A green woodworking session was held at Whareama in the Wairarapa in Feb 2024 (at Bruce's place). This entailed using steam to bend the...

In late August and early September, the Guild and Hutt Art Society hosted the Woodcraft exhibition at the Odlin Gallery. Check out the...

Over two weekends in August 2023, Graeme, Ken, Matt and Vibhav learned to use the lathe and a variety of tools to produce some excellent...

Here are some photographs taken at the Trug Workshop held on Saturday 6th July at the Tawa Menz Shed.

Some photos from our recent woodturning demo held at the Naenae Menzshed on Saturday 9th July.

Below is a selection of the items displayed by our members at the recent Manawatu exhibition.

Chestnut spindles & steam bent legs, Chile Pine turned seat, and re-cycled Mahogany hinge. This design came about as a result of a desire...

Our members had a great time making knives at the Naenae MenzShed recently. Here is a selection of photos of the action.