Our strength lies in our ability to help people find ways of working and learning that really work for the people involved.

We've helped help people and organisations dream big, collaborate, develop great systems and processes, develop their staff and their ideas, work with their communities, communicate more clearly with each other, build relationships... and more.

We're great at problem solving and at working with people and things that have an impact on people. 

We work closely with each client to figure out what they need and to create it. Every project is a new opportunity for us to create something unique that meets the specific needs of our clients and the people and communities they work with and for.

We delight in pushing the boundaries, constantly developing our skills and knowledge, and using everything we have to create something great!

WORK IN NEW WAYS EVENTS
This is a series of locally hosted events designed to bring together the two things that really matter to us here at Double Farley: helping people work in new ways, and helping build and strengthen our Whanganui community. 

upcoming events

All our public events were held at Confluence. Originally on the top floor of 15 Watt Street, the entire enterprise relocated to 14 Drews Avenue in July 2021.

However, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control and unrelated to the pandemic, we had no viable option but to close Confluence in April 2022.

While the coworking aspects of Confluence will remain closed, we are planning a return to providing Whanganui with a boutique cinema to continue delivering important stories to our audiences.

PAST EVENTS

kelburn normal school visit

Returning in February 2020 for filmmaking presentations and a screening of Set In Stone, Confluence again hosted around 80 students and teachers from Kelburn Normal School in Wellington.

NZ Labour Party conference venue

In November 2019 the NZ Labour Party held their annual conference in Whanganui. Confluence provided three distinct spaces to delegates including our large event space for general meetings, plus a safe break out space to relax in. Then on the first Advent Sunday we were surprised, and touched, to offer up our event space as an advent service for delegates.

JARED KERR ECONOMIC TALK

Returning to Confluence for a second time in 2019, Jared Kerr, chief economist at Kiwibank, delivered another fascinating talk.  He presented his talk on traditional growth measurement models,  and discussed how they might be changed in favour of modern and socially inclusive ways of measuring a countries success.

New Zealand PARLIAMENT BUDGET 2019

Confluence offered our event space to host the Whanganui regional community presentation on Labour's Well Being budget announcement in May 2019.

Whanganui Filmmakers meeting

Bringing a wide range of Whanganui people together who work or are involved in the film industry. The first meeting was held in Confluence, followed by a photo shoot and article in the Chronicle. We look forward to this group continuing to grow and we're keen to support it further.

Customer service workshops

Melita presented several workshops, one in support of Whanganui Chamber of Commerce, that helped people look at their customer base and how best they could support them.

Kiwibank economics presentation

In conjunction with the Whanganui Chamber of Commerce and Kiwibank, Confluence hosted the Whanganui leg of their regional NZ tour. The inspirational talk was well received by a full house of nearly 50.

Digital activities Meeting

Bringing together Whanganui's digital leaders for a progressive meeting on Whanganui's digital strategy.

National coworking day 2018

Supported by over 40 coworking spaces across New Zealand, Kevin organised the 2nd annual National Coworking Day. Like previous years this event coincided and was promoted as a TechWeek regional event.
​National Coworking Day returns on the 22 May 2019.

Business model canvas workshops

Melita facilitated several workshops, one in support of Whanganui Chamber of Commerce, introducing the business model canvas. This trending technique help you to think about and plan aspects of your business in a fun and social environment. We will be repeating these workshops in due course.

streaming Bill McKribben's 350 aotearoa talk

Whanganui was close to the Wellington action with our packed house for streaming Bill McKribben's talk on New Zealand becoming fossil free. Introduced locally by Rachel Rose.

Telling Your Own Story Workshop

Melita and Kevin explored storytelling through film with an enthusiastic group of new storytellers during a 18 hour workshop spread over 6 weeks. This is planned to be repeated in an intensive 2 day weekend format later in 2018.

Jan Logie Talk

Jan Logie delivered an interesting talk to a smaller gathering before her larger presentation.

Adobe MakeIT Livestream

Following on from 2016's free live streaming event, Confluence Whanganui and Double Farley are delighted to show 2017's free livestream of Adobe's Make IT conference in their boutique cinema. Plus we'll have some hands on demos of Adobe's latest software as used by Double Farley*.
Join thousands of creatives around the region by watching this free online stream of the event happening in Sydney, Australia.
*We are not affiliated or linked to Adobe in anyway, neither d​o we receive any payment or reward for brining this free livestream to you in our boutique cinema and creative space.

Guerilla Business Efficiency WOrkSHOP

Guerilla Business Efficiency workshop took place on the 9 May and was well attended by local professionals keen to learn more about technology improving efficiencies what they do. This workshop was also a Whanganui TechWeek event, along with National Coworking Day, and the Collaboration discussion panel.

Business with heart discussion panel

The Working In New Ways series started with Business with heart a facilitated discussion panel. This event was also part of the La Fiesta 2017 programme.