Food Rescue Aoraki

We had a surprise visit from Jess and Kai who were leaving Timaru. They were headed back home to Newcastle, NSW after living in NZ for a while. They emptied their pantry and rather than throw it all into the rubbish bins, they decided to donate their pantry to us.
Grocery items will be distributed and baking products will go to a group that make cakes and muffins for their group.
As long as the food is within time dates and unopened, we are happy to accept pantry items as foodbanks are seeing more and more people coming through seeking food relief.
Thanks again to Jess and Kai for their thoughtfulness.

It is not just people that we help, we also provide food for our feathered friends. Rescued bird food is donated to Zena's South Canterbury Bird Rescue. Zena rescues birds who are sick or injured and cares for them until they a ready to be released back into the wild.
She is doing a great job and we are happy to support her work in bird rescue.

Please support us at Good in the Hood at the Z station, Caroline Bay.
Thank you for your support.

Food Rescue Aoraki welcomes all donations of foodstuffs that might otherwise be sent to landfill. We check use by and best before dates to ensure freshness but some items are often thrown out on the day but are still in good condition if used that same day.
We received a load of fresh salads via Te Aitaraki who had more than than they could distribute.
This sharing of excess kai helps get donations out across to everyone in need in our area.
Thank you for sharing.

We received a generous donation of over 200kg of spuds thanks to Hinds Lion Club.
Staff were excited to receive these bags and they have now been distributed to our various community food banks.

The Ashburton District Council has included us in their grant round this year to assist our Ashburton Warehouse operation.
Thank you to ADC for the grant to keep us going and provide food to our local community organisations in need.
In the year ended June 2026, we distributed 50 tonnes of rescued food which saved it from going to landfill but also filled hungry tummies in the Ashburton District.

Food Rescue Aoraki has been accepted as a recipient for "Good in the Hood" at Z Caroline Bay, Timaru.
From 18th August, you will be able to vote for us by a token whenever you buy petrol from Z Caroline Bay.
Please encourage all your friends and whanau to vote for us so we can receive a donation from Z Caroline Bay.
Will keep you all updated and remind you for the starting date.

A big thank you for a grant received from Advance Ashburton.
The grant goes towards running the Ashburton warehouse and keeping the local community organisations supplied with a regular food supply for their own food banks.
THANK YOU

A big thank you to the Timaru District Council for a grant to keep us going.
Rescue and distribute about 5-6 tonnes of food in the Timaru district, saving food from going to landfill and providing food to those in need .
We cover Timaru, Geraldine and Temuka, and our boxes are always welcome by the local foodbanks.
Thanks again to the TDC for their grant to help us keep up this valuable service to the community.

Celebrating National Donut Day with donation from one of our suppliers. These yummy donuts will go out to our recipients today.
Thank you to all our food donors, all rescued food is distributed to those in need and today they get a special treat.