#madeinnz — Public Fediverse posts

"'New Zealand used to have shoe factories. They were all over the country, until they weren’t. Now, New Zealand-made shoes feels like a distant memory, like carless days, a top-bracket tax rate of 66% and The Video Dispatch. We went from having 95% of our footwear made locally in the late 1980s to only 5% by 2008. These days it’s certainly even less than that."

#Aotearoa #NZHistory #Shoes #Shoemakers #Footwear #MadeInNZ

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-05-2026/whos-still-making-footwear-in-aotearoa

What are the best NZ made and owned alternatives to US brands?

https://quokk.au/c/newzealand/p/673078/what-are-the-best-nz-made-and-owned-alternatives-to-us-brands

The secret to finding good stitch markers, it turns out, is to bypass the retailers and seek out the people who make them.
I got these from Little Grey Hedgehog right here in NZ, and they're lovely to knit with.
https://littlegreyhedgehog.wordpress.com/
#knitting #MadeInNZ #StitchMarkers

What's the demarcation line between boots and shoes?

I've got a new pair of one or the other, anyway, made here in New Zealand by McKinlays (who reckon they're boots). Proper old-school footwear - made to last.

I discovered that if a style is listed as Made To Order, McKinlays will make them up in a non-standard colour at no extra charge (though they then won't be returnable).
https://mckinlays.co.nz/
#boots #shoes #MadeInNZ #McKinlays

Finally finished this box of tissues after 42 years. #Snowtex #MadeInNZ #Aotearoa #NZ #CaxtonPrintingWorks

so my friend hosted a virtual music festival on something called Cyberdoof 💃 🌈 🌱

https://youtu.be/f4d0L5DN7b8

was absolutely bonkers 🐿️ 🦆 🦥

#Music #ElectronicMusic #DJ #MagicaVoxel #Cyberdoof #MadeinNZ

Prototyping a folding room screen. Using the corner brackets, and grid hinges.

#madewithgridkit #gridbeam #furnituredesign #diy #modular #madeinnz

Joel made this pattern that you can layout on your sheet of plywood to mark the centers of the holes with a center punch. It also has lines indicating the different 3,4,5 triangles you can make with Grid beams.

#madewithgridkit #gridbeam #diy #modular #patterns #madeinnz #pattern

Stack of raw material ready to go into the workshop. Easy to store and then cut to 1220-1230. Gauging from our supplier is real nice. Most are 40.1 +- 0.1mm

If we were to have 100% efficacy we'd have 1666 1.2m beams.

#madewithgridkit #gridbeam #modular #diy #furnituredesign #circulareconomy #madeinnz

New angle brackets have been sent off for prototyping. Excited to test them out!

#madewithgridkit #gridbeam #diy #modular #madeinnz

Obligatory pride month post! Rainbow and other pride flag earrings and bracelets available at https://reverb.felt.co.nz - just go to the 'custom' listings and let me know what you want!

#ShopHandmade #PrideMonth #Jewellery #ChainmailJewellery #MadeInNZ

The Rock Wren update is now live for #android and #ios - Available here - https://t.co/JCAyRuzz6U

#kiwihop #NZ #birds #games #free #mobilegame #gamedev #madewithunity #voxel #indiegames #indiedev #magicavoxel #madeinnz

Need a little gift for someone?

My coin purses are the perfect wee present, small and light, they’re easy to post. They’re also the perfect way of presenting special tiny treasures that you want to keep protected.
Available in two sizes.

https://www.thesewphist.com/product-category/wallets-purses/coin/

#MadeInAoNZ #MadeInNZ #BuyNZMade