Receive food
Who can become a recipient?
We partner with a range of organisations throughout New Zealand that provide support to vulnerable people in our communities. Our food recipients include food banks, marae, churches, kura and schools, kõhanga reo and kindergartens, youth groups, elderly services and rangatahi support, as well as other food hubs who provide similar services to KiwiHarvest. Please note we do not supply food parcels to individual people or whanau.
We are only able to service a certain level of demand, determined by the donations we receive. While we are always working hard to grow our donor base, regrettably, we cannot take on every organisation that wishes to become a recipient – this is to ensure we have enough food to adequately service demand from our existing partners.
If you are an organisation looking to become a recipient of our Auckland branch, we are currently at maximum capacity and our waiting list is closed. We will update our website when our waiting list is open again.
Your responsibility
As a food recipient you will be required to meet a number of strict food safety criteria, as well as a number of other standards. Prior to submitting your application to become a food recipient, a member of the KiwiHarvest team will explain these rules and requirements, as well as our registration process.
Our Recipient agencies
*Please note this list is updated annually
NORTHLAND
Northland Food Rescue
NORTH AUCKLAND
Auckland Dream Centre Community Trust
Beach Haven Primary School
Beachhaven Food Bank
Birkdale Intermediate School
Birkdale North School
Birkdale Primary School
Birkenhead College
De Paul House
Elim Shore
Holy Trinity Foodbank
Kai for Communities
Kaicollective Helensville
Loaves and Fishes
Love Soup
Man Up North Shore
Massey University Chaplaincy Northcote College
North Shore Womens Centre
Salttrust
Shore Vineyard Church
Te Puna Hauora
The Cedar Centre
The Fono - North Shore
The Salvation Army Hibiscus Coast
The Salvation Army Rosedale
Three Sixteen Ministries
Transformation Academy
Warkworth Christian Foodbank
Whangaparoa Baptist Church
Foodbank Windsor Park Baptist Church
CENTRAL AUCKLAND
Auckland Women's Centre
Brentwood Community Outreach
Combined Churches Foodbank
Crossroads Clubhouse
Everybody Eats
Freemans Bay School
InZone Education Foundation
Kaitahi - Point Chevalier
Onehunga Community Embracing Families and Homeless in Need
Presbyterian Support Northern Foodbank
Ronald McDonald House Auckland
Roskill South Oasis
Shakti New Zealand
Shine
St Columba Anglican Church Grey Lynn
St Vincent de Paul Foodbank Central Auckland
The UMMA Trust
The Word MC
Unitec Student Council
EAST AUCKLAND
Apii Potiki Glen Innes Community Preschool
CAB Glen Innes Foodbank
Genesis Youth Trust - Glen Innes
Grace International - Glen Innes
Island Child Charitable Trust
Panmure Bridge School
Panmure Community Library
Point England School
Ruapotaka Marae Incorporated Society
Superstart Early Learning Centre
Takutai Foodbank Tamaki College
Tamaki Primary School
WEST AUCKLAND
ASST
CARE Waitakere Foodbank
Encounter Hope Foundation
Feed the Streets
Give a Kid a Blanket
Lowly Heart Charitable Trust
Reconnect Family Services New Lynn
Te Ukaipo Mercy Initiatives for Rangatahi
The Fono - Feleoko
The Koha Shed - West Auckland
The Village Community Services Trust
Tuilaepa Youth Mentoring Service (TYMS)
VisionWest Community Trust
Waitakere College
SOUTH AUCKLAND
360 Tautua
Accelerating Aotearoa
AIMHI Alternative Education Consortium
Altus Enterprises Anglican Trust for Women and Children (ATWC)
ASA Foundation
ATC Vision College - East Tamaki
ATC Vision College - Pukekohe Campus
Auckland Tongan Community Inc.
Breakfast Club Kids
Corner of Hope Drop In
Cornerstone Baptist Church - East Tamaki
Elim Soup Kitchen - South
Fatamanu Aoga Niue Early Learning Centre
Fonua Ola Network
Franklin Family Support Services
Genesis Youth Trust - Mangere
Genesis Youth Trust - Manurewa
Genesis Youth Trust - Papakura
Kingdom Community Hub
Love Ministries
Luke St Otahuhu Transitional Housing
Mahitahi Trust
Mangere Budgeting Services Trust
Manukau City Baptist Church
Manukau Institute of Technology - SSTS
Monte Cecilia Housing Trust - Takanini
Monte Cecilia Housing Trust - Windrush Close
MUMA Whanau Ora Services - Foodbank
NZ Welding Trades and Services
Oceania Careers Academy
Otahuhu Maori Wardens
Otara Blue Light
Otara Health Charitable Trust
Papakura Marae
Quality Education Services (QES)
Quality Education Services (QES) - Youth Services
RaWiri Residents Association
Reconnect Family Services Manukau
Solomon Group
St George Anglican Church Foodbank
St Vincent de Paul Foodbank Otahuhu
Strive Community Trust - Transitional Housing
Tahi Whanau
Taonga Teen Parent Unit (TPU)
Te Marama Hou Ministries Trust
The Fono - Manurewa
The Otara Kai Village
The Pride Project Charitable Trust
The Rising Foundation Trust
The Salvation Army Manukau Foodbank
United We Stand Waka of Caring
Vaka Tautua - Manukau
WAIKATO
Mangakino Foodbank
Te Korowai Roopū Tautoko Inc - Whānau Development Services
TAUPO
Taupo Food Bank
WĀNAKA
Kahu Youth Trust
QUEENSTOWN
Baskets of Blessing
Happiness House Mana Tāhuna
Queenstown Playcentre
The Salvation Army Queenstown
Whakatipu Youth Trust
Wakatipu High School
OTAGO
Able | Southern Family Support
Age Concern - Dunedin
Al Huda Mosque
Balmacewen Intermediate
Bathgate Park School
Bayfield High School
Broad Bay School
Brockville Kindergarten
Carisbrook School
Catholic Social Services - Dunedin
Clutha Budget Advisory Service
Concord Kindergarten
Cornerstone Church - Dunedin
Corstorphine Community Hub
Corstorphine Kindergarten
Cromwell Food Bank
Cromwell Youth Trust
CYC Waihola
Dunedin Night Shelter
Dunedin North Intermediate School
Elmgrove School
Green Island School
Halfway Bush Kindergarten
Kaikorai Kindergarten
Kaikorai Valley Junior College
Kavanagh College
MacAndrew Bay School
Moana House
Mosgiel Central Kindergarten
Mosgiel Community Food Bank
New Zealand Police - Dunedin
North East Valley Baptist Church
North East Valley Normal School
North East Valley Trust
Opoho School
Otago University Students Association (OUSA)
Pacific Trust Otago
PACT - Apartment
Pinehill School
Portobello School
Presbyterian Support Otago
Project Bruce
Punavai o le Atamai Preschool
Queens High School
Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten
Ravensbourne School
Reid Park Kindergarten
Richard Hudson Kindergarten
Saddle Hill Foundation Trust
Sara Cohen School
Sawyers Bay School
Silverstream South School
St Bernadette's School
St Joseph's Cathedral School
St Mary's School
St Vincent de Paul Dunedin SuperGrans Dunedin Charitable Trust
Tainui School
Te Hou Ora Whanau Services
Te Roopu Tautoko Ki Te Tonga
The Salvation Army Dunedin
Tumai Ora Whanau Services
Waihola District School
INVERCARGILL
Aogo Amata Preschool
Awarua Whanau Services
Clarendon Kindergarten
Gore and Clutha Womans Refuge
Jubilee Budget Advisory Service
Kew Kindergarten
Kia Ngawari Te Kohanga Reo
Lees Street kindergarten
Nga Hau E Wha Kohanga Reo
Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust
Ohai Foodbank
Otautau Foodbank
Pacific Islanders Advisory & Cultural Trust Inc
Presbyterian Support Southland
South Centre Anglican Care
Southern Institute of Technology
Southland Foodbank Trust
Spirit Army
Takitimu Housing
Te Ara Tika Te Kohanga Reo
Te Rakau Kowhai O Nga Tamariki Te Kohanga Reo
Te Runaka O Awarua - Te Rau Aroha Marae
Te Whanau O Hokonui Marae
Te Whare Hou Womans Refuge Invercargil
Te Wharekura O Arowhenua
The Grand
The Salvation Army Invercargill
Tuatapere Foodbank
NATIONAL
Women’s Refuge
Recipient Stories
COMMUNITY BUILDERS NZ TRUST
Community Builders NZ Trust joined the KiwiHarvest family as recipients in 2020. They have a tremendous impact helping individuals (particularly in the communities of South Auckland, Far North and the Waikato Region) become active residents who realise their own potential to make positive change in their own communities despite the challenges they face personally. KiwiHarvest makes routine deliveries to one of their initiatives in South Auckland, Otara Kai Village.
Mangakino Foodbank
One of our goals is to regularly serve communities beyond the immediate areas of our branches. In 2020, our Auckland branch commenced support to the Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino regions to address rising demand.
The Mangakino Family Services was originally established to provide budgeting services. As an impact of COVID-19 and rising food demand, they established a foodbank, the Mangakino Foodbank and we onboarded them as a new receipt agency. Now their foodbank and companionship services take up the majority of their efforts, as people find themselves in need of food and fellowship.
Mangakino Family Services’ Joanna Hepi, shared with us that loneliness and isolation is a growing concern and she often takes the time to just have a cup of tea with someone to ease their anxiety. They have also started a community mara (garden), maintained by two of their volunteers.
GENESIS YOUTH TRUST
We are proud to have onboarded all 4 sites of Genesis Youth Trust including Glen Innes, Papakura, Māngere and Manurewa. The Genesis Youth Trust are dedicated to reducing the levels of youth-offending in Aotearoa’s most affected communities. They aim to inspire youth offenders to become constructive participants in New Zealand’s future instead of being trapped in the justice system.
They work through a holistic approach combining youth work, social work, mentoring, counselling and family services to achieve lasting positive change. Partnering with the NZ Police and other key agencies to aid their programme, Genesis Youth Trust are transforming lives and we are fortunate to be able to provide some food support to their programme.
Richard Lewis from the Papakura site said that partnering with KiwiHarvest helps the organisation to meet some of the challenging needs of families.
“KiwiHarvest’s support has helped to alleviate some of the struggles that many of our families were experiencing and to a certain extent, ease the poverty conditions being experience by many of our families. The food we receive from KiwiHarvest has helped immensely to fill the gaps for a lot of these families.”
Whangaparaoa Baptist Church
Established over 60 years ago, Whangaparaoa Baptist Church’s core mission is to be a vibrant church community, empowering people to positively impact their world.
They have a food bank run by a team of 8 volunteers that gathers every Friday to pack food parcels for families in their community. Each food parcel is tailored to the needs of the recipient and their families. The team distribute up to 50 parcels per week, an increase from 15-20 parcels pre COVID-19. Food insecurity is being felt across the country and it’s impressive to see frontline agencies adapting to the rising demand with all their energy.
Whangaparaoa Baptist Church also offer a wrap-around service with family counsellors to assist people who need further guidance and assistance in other areas of their lives. During COVID-19 they experienced recipients who lost their jobs and had to receive food support for the first time.
To register as a food recipient
Call 0800 601 609