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…

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,…

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…

Who is your superhero? Tell us who your food superhero is and be in to win an amazing foodie prize! Enter our Instagram competition this month to show your support for our annual fundraising appeal, Give a Meal in May.

This project has been simmering over recent months. Inside our largest food rescue hub in Pito-one, we have created a new cooking zone! Kai cooked at Kaibosh will use 'second-sort' rescued produce which can't be distributed to the community as is. It's the boxes of slightly squishy tomatoes, damaged vegetables, or bruised fruit – often…

We’re sharing stories about some of the amazing people who contribute to our collective mahi – the Humans of Kaibosh. Volunteering inspired by Blue Zones and purple carrots – by Louise Hammersley Andy says he volunteers at Kaibosh to ‘keep out of trouble’. But, behind the smile and banter is a drive to give back…

Can you volunteer for Kaibosh in Wellington City this Summer? We’re needing a few more people to help us as Food Sorting Volunteers in the first half of January, in Pōneke. Get your steps up while giving back to your community – no need for the gym! 😎 Between 3-14 January many of our regular…

Meet the Humans of Kaibosh - stories about the amazing people who contribute to our collective mahi! Hutt Tuesday Food Sort Team - "Is this broccoli dead or alive?" - by Louise Hammersley. Every Tuesday, a team of five Lower Hutt residents gather at Kaibosh’s Hutt Valley depot in Petone, rolling up their sleeves to…

The past year has been a year of consolidation for Kaibosh. For the second year running we were able to distribute over 2 million meals worth of good, rescued food to our communities in the Greater Wellington Region. After the trials of COVID-19, it has been great to be able to focus on business as…

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Meet the Humans of Kaibosh - stories from the amazing people who contribute to our collective mahi! Tuesday's A Team – six years of friendship and good mahi - by Louise Hammersley. Steve and Pete are Kaibosh’s longest serving Food Rescue Driver and Volunteer Support team. They both joined Kaibosh in 2017 just over a…

Kaibosh Food Rescue is 15 - serving the community since 2008 Media Release - 3 October 2023 Getting good food to people, instead of going to landfill just makes sense. That's what Kaibosh Food Rescue has been doing since 2008. Kaibosh turns 15 in October, and since starting up has rescued and re-distributed an astounding…