Tolaga Bay Innovation
Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand
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Tolaga Bay Innovation is a community organisation based in Tolaga Bay, New Zealand working on community development, environment & climate, employment & skills +3 more.
Tolaga Bay Innovation (TBI Tech Hub) is an umbrella charitable organisation based in Uawa (Tolaga Bay) on New Zealand's East Coast. It supports economic, social and environmental prosperity through a co-working space for grassroots innovators, business mentorship and seed funding for Māori and indigenous entrepreneurs, and community projects. Its work includes repurposing the former Tolaga Bay Inn, a Te Ao Māori-led approach to protecting land and environment, and projects on heritage, seniors' engagement and native planting. It operates in the Tolaga Bay community and works with the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.
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Slash for Cash
Environment & Climate · New Zealand
Transforms wood debris and cyclone slash into organic biochar fertilizer and smokeless charcoal briquettes, creating employment and training for the East Coast community.
Uawa Skate n Park
Children & Youth · New Zealand
Community-driven initiative to create a whānau-centred play space in Uawa (Tolaga Bay).
Uawa Seniors Activity Center
Elderly care · New Zealand
Co-working space where older people share local heritage, knowledge and skills with younger generations and visitors.
Uawa Factory Road Native Nursery
Environment & Climate · New Zealand
Native plant nursery project in Uawa supporting local environmental restoration.
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