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Raglan Food Co. Collaboration

Raglan Food Co. Collaboration

SMILE!  Our collab earrings with Raglan Food Co. have landed over on their website! We are super excited about these, because not only are they...
Breast Cancer Support Fundraiser

Breast Cancer Support Fundraiser

Did you know that breast cancer is the most common cancer for Kiwi women and the third most common cancer overall?! Both of my grandmothers had bre...
Bead Keyring Kit ideas

Bead Keyring Kit ideas

We have just launched our Y2K, 90's inspired charm and bead kits! This blog has a few ideas for what you can make with the KEYRING kit, but the pos...
Celebrating Matariki

Celebrating Matariki

To celebrate the introduction of a brand new public holiday for Matariki, we’ve teamed up with Ronja from Re:purpose to bring you these limited edition earrings made almost entirely from waste that would have been destined for landfill: Laser cut mottled stars made from 3D printer waste are paired with hand crafted feathers made from bicycle tire inner tubes. Seven holes symbolise the seven sisters in the Maori mythology story.
Mother's Day Sale - Celebrating Mums and acknowledging the struggles!

Mother's Day Sale - Celebrating Mums and acknowledging the struggles!

This Mother’s Day marks my daughter’s 6th birthday. She was born screaming and didn’t stop for 24 hours. Then she didn't sleep. Little 10 minute p...
Christchurch Second-hand Shops Map

Christchurch Second-hand Shops Map

Here is a resource for everyone's thrift crawls - a map of Christchurch's second-hand shops. I made this after returning to Christchurch and findin...
Marine protection for NZ animals

Marine protection for NZ animals

Marine protections are an important way to provide havens for our marine fauna and flora to flourish - they include spaces that range from no-take ...
Remix Plastic 2021 Impact Report

Remix Plastic 2021 Impact Report

Our 2021 Impact Report is complete and for it has been another huge year for Remix Plastic! We have been able to continue our impact; through new p...
Want an eco-friendly Christmas?

Want an eco-friendly Christmas?

We have just made a sustainable Christmas easier! How, you ask? We have added waste free home products to the website so you can gift zero waste. T...
My Tūrangawaewae

My Tūrangawaewae

Many shoppers are aware of social issues and want to know where their products are made, and who by. I have been asked a few times in the past if ...
Why Plastic Bottles?

Why Plastic Bottles?

Remix Plastic’s Kōwhai earrings are tipped with brown plastic laser cut from single-use bottles. Like ice cream container lids, which are not colle...
Spring Product Launch: Kōwhai earrings

Spring Product Launch: Kōwhai earrings

We’re wildly excited about our newest earrings! We love our feather series, but birds need a food source so we’re delighted to launch our new kōwhai earrings! The bright yellow flowers are loved by NZers and the way they burst into life heralds the arrival of spring and the lightness of our steps.