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What Does Kairos Food Rescue do?

Did you know that

24,372 TONNES

of food is wasted every year
in New Zealand?

Kairos Food Rescue collects excess food, destined for the bin, from local cafes, restaurants and bulk food providers and distributes it to the people in our city who need it through our Free Store and through re-distribution to food banks across the region.

Become a Friend of Kairos

Kairos Food Rescue and Free Store exists only through the support of businesses and people like you.

Your weekly or monthly donation will allow Kairos to:

  • Pay the rent on our warehouse facilities so that we can keep processing bulk food donations for redistribution to local food banks.

  • Pay a living wage to our hard-working staff who oversee food collection and distribution and coordination of volunteers.

  • Pay operating expenses like power, petrol and vehicle maintenance.

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