New Zealand Men's Sheds

Golding et al’s Men’s Sheds Study

Channel 9 Dunedin: Blokes Shed Movement Comes To New Zealand

July 10, 2008 - The Blokes Shed movement has its humble beginnings in Australia, but they called them Men’s Sheds… In New Zealand the movement is quite new, although the concept of older people looking after one another has been around a while.

Dominion Post: Men to get their own sharing shed

Older Wellington blokes could soon be bonding in a New Age garden shed in a busy suburban street, thanks to the example of our Ocker mates. Community care provider Wesley Care, with support from Wellington City Council, is scouring Newtown for premises to establish a “Men’s Shed”.

Men’s sheds in Australia: Learning through community contexts