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Comfy Concert fundraiser for Kaibosh

The Chamber Pot Pourri performance for Kaibosh The Long Hall, Roseneath, Saturday 3 May, 5-6:30pm 🎵 Join us for an afternoon of beautiful music and community spirit! 🎵

Fundraising dinner 1st May with Emily King

"Kai for our people, our climate, our future" Special dinner event with guest speakers, fundraising for Kaibosh's Annual Appeal. Join Emily King, Moko Morris, Dr Ganesh Ahirao in conversation with Kaibosh about our food system - all while we share a delicious seasonal meal together. Thursday 1 May, 6 - 9 pm Level 1/ 60 Dixon…

Zero food poverty – blog

Zero food poverty - will we ever get there? You may have heard our vision statement at Kaibosh: Zero Food Poverty, Zero Food Waste. Sixteen and a half years ago, as Aotearoa’s first dedicated food rescue charity, we set this vision to guide our mahi. A question we often hear is: Are we there yet? The short…

Quality control at Kaibosh

Rescuing Food, Nourishing Communities  At Kaibosh Food Rescue, our mission revolves around ensuring that everyone has access to fresh, nutritious food while working tirelessly to reduce food waste. Central to this mahi (work) is our incredible team of volunteers, who dedicate their time and energy to carefully inspecting and sorting all rescued kai (food) that…

New faces on Board of Trustees

Welcoming new leadership to the Kaibosh whānau We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of four incredible new voluntary board members, who have joined our existing governance team to guide our strategic direction and ensure we continue to make a meaningful impact in our community.

Kegs for Christmas Wellington 2024

Aro Valley Christmas Bash: BBQ, Beers & Cheers for Kaibosh! 📅 Date: December 7th ⏰ Time: 11 AM - 7 PM 📍 Location: Garage Project Aro Brewery Forecourt, 68/70 Aro Street, Wellington This festive season, we’re thrilled to join forces with Garage Project for their 13th year of supporting Kaibosh with Kegs for Christas! Together,…

Christmas fundraising raffle

Kaibosh Raffle 2024 Thanks to our friends at Garage Project and Rita Restaurant we have an amazing prize pack up for grabs in our Christmas 2024 Raffle. Every ticket sold helps us get good kai rescued and out to whānau this Christmas. Be in to win by purchasing a $5 raffle ticket at a Garage…
Kaibosh Food Rescue Drivers standing next to Kaibosh van at the Kaibosh Wellington depot.

Living Wage on Labour Day

Labour Day is a timely reminder of the rights of workers in Aotearoa to earn a decent wage doing meaningful work that enables them to enjoy a good quality of life. It’s about valuing the person’s overall wellbeing, not just ensuring their ability to work. When we invest in a person’s wellbeing by paying them…

Disco Soup at Kaibosh

Calling Pōneke foodies! Kaibosh is hosting a community cooking workshop with a difference - a daytime Disco Soup during the opening weekend of Visa Wellington On A Plate. The pop-up event runs 11am - 2pm on 4 August at our food rescue warehouse. Cooking will be led by chef Tom Adam of Margot Eatery, MC'd…

Kai Communities – a student short film

New short film brings spotlight to Kaibosh & The Petone Depot A team of four local Massey University Screen Arts students created an awesome short-film project profiling our Pito-one Kitchen Coordinator, Ange Holtslag! Kaibosh loves collaborating with young people and supporting creative ideas, so it was a no-brainer for us to work with these budding…

Pito-one Kitchen is cookin’

Update from our Kitchen in Pito-one We’ve been busy at work in the Kaibosh Kitchen whipping up innovative ways to make the most of our rescued kai! By developing recipes to transform food nearing the end of its life, we’re able to create healthy and delicious kai for the community, including stocks, sauces, pickles, jams,…

National Volunteer Week 2024

It's time to celebrate the collective contribution of the millions of volunteers who enrich Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s theme for National Volunteer Week is ‘Whiria te tangata – weaving the people together’. Volunteering weaves us together, strengthening the fabric of our community. Volunteering is a powerful movement. When we volunteer our time, skills and…

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