VISITS
REBUS members enjoyed a day trip to the Wairarapa.
Pukaha National Wildlife Centre at Mt Bruce, a captive breeding facility located in a protected native forest area.
Fell engine museum in Featherston.
Visit to KiwiRail Hutt Workshops
Twenty one members enjoyed a visit to the KiwiRail Workshops ,
with lunch at Janus Cafe afterwards
Fifteen of our members enjoyed a wonderful visit to Aspiring Walls wallpaper factory in Elsdon. We were first greeted enthusiastically by Bruno and Louie, two PR dogs, and later by Neil Macdonald, who co-owns the business with his wife Tanya. Two of their daughters also work in this family business. Aspiring Walls is one of the largest wallpaper manufacturers in the Southern Hemisphere.
Our group was stunned by the magnificent wallpaper murals in the reception area, and amazed by the beautiful patterns and colours. After donning Hi-vis safety vests we were taken on a tour of the factory. We were shown the machine that prints the wallpaper, the embossing machine and a huge digital printer. We were given a demonstration of how colours are mixed, and how the wallpaper is trimmed.
As other businesses share the premises, we were also given an insight into other manufacturing procedures. Especially impressive was the area where bus shelters were made and despatched to all parts of New Zealand, and where an ecological toothpaste was manufactured.
After a fascinating two hours we visited Pataka Museum and Kaizen café for lunch.
Members on a visit to the Glenside Halfway House
