Do you need urgent food help?
We supply food to charities and community groups who pass it on to people in need.
If you are in urgent need of food, please get in touch with the organisations below, or check the Foodbank directory – Wellington Region.
Listed below are some of our community partners who can provide food assistance in Pōneke, Hutt Valley and Paraparaumu. Please phone ahead to check open days and times.
Wellington
Meals:
Compassion Soup Kitchen
Address: 132 Tory Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Phone: 04 385 9299, Website
Downtown Community Ministry (DCM)
Address: 2 Lukes Lane, Te Aro, Wellington
Phone: 0800 119 689
Everybody Eats
Address: 60 Dixon Street (upstairs), Te Aro, Wellington
Open: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6pm – 8pm
Food assistance:
The Free Store
Address: 211 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Open: Mon – Fri, 5:15pm – Tea, coffee, and snacks. 5:45pm – Store opens for food.
Email: storemanager@thefreestore.org.nz
Wellington Salvation Army Hope Centre
Address: 13 Donald McLean Street, Newtown, Wellington
Phone: 04 389 0594
Wellington City Mission Whakamaru
4 – 8 Oxford Terrace, Mount Cook, Wellington
Phone: 04 245 0900 or 0800 245 0900
Email: enquiries@wgtncitymission.org.nz
Hutt Valley
Food assistance:
Upper Hutt Foodbank
Address: 64 Martin Street, Upper Hutt
Phone: 04 528 9057
Website
Lower Hutt Foodbank
Address: 27B Dudley Street, Lower Hutt Central
Phone: 04 568 7392
Website
Kokiri Marae Pātaka Kai
Address: 31 Wise Street, Wainuiomata
Phone: 0800 926 257
Kāpiti – Horowhenua
Food assistance:
Salvation Army
Address: 41 Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Phone: 04 297 1436
Website
Kāpiti Foodbank
Phone: 04 298 1907
Website