12th April 2024 Charity / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs North Island and Māngere Budgeting Services Trust have officially opened South Auckland’s first social supermarket.
9th April 2024 Charity / New WorldNew World has launched its annual Family2Family Foodbank Appeal, now in its fifth year.
29th February 2024 Charity / KFCKFC is partnering with chef Hercules Noble to launch a pop-on Auckland’s Ponsonby Road to raise money for charity partner, Surf Life Saving NZ.
23rd February 2024 Charity / EventsThe Grocery Charity Ball will take place this year on Saturday 7 September.
13th February 2024 Charity / DoorDashNew Zealand restaurants impacted by natural disasters can now apply for funding through the DoorDash Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund.
9th February 2024 Charity / Social SupermarketWellington City Mission has reported at 65% increase in demand for food over Christmas, compared with the weekly average throughout 2023.
8th February 2024 Charity / Domino'sDomino’s registered charity, previously known as Give for Good, has a new name and a new focus on youth mental health and disaster relief.
15th December 2023 Charity / RoyalburnRoyalburn Station is opening to the public for the first time this summer to raise funds for charity.
13th December 2023 Charity / WoolworthsWoolworths New Zealand and The Salvation Army have launched their annual Christmas appeal, with the supermarket group again pledging to match customer donations up to $200,000.
12th December 2023 Charity / Pete's NaturalMotueka solar-powered soda company Pete’s Natural’s Heart Kids fundraising initiative has hit the $10,000 mark.
1st December 2023 Charity / Domino'sDomino’s stores across Australia and New Zealand have donated 200,000 pizzas through the company’s three-year old Feed the Knead program.
6th November 2023 CharityMore than 50 restaurants throughout the motu have signed on to participate in this year’s annual DineAid Christmas campaign to raise money for the City Missions in the lead-up to Christmas.
18th August 2023 Charity / WoolworthsWoolworths New Zealand is donating an additional $1.5m to its food rescue and food welfare partners.
14th August 2023 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island and Palmerston North Methodist Social Services have opened a Social Supermarket in Palmerston North, Koha Kai Whare.
11th August 2023 Charity / KaiboshWellington region food rescue charity Kaibosh is supplying ingredients to chefs and brewers for new food that are ending up at Beervana and Burger Wellington this August.
1st August 2023 CharityWellington charity Compassion Soup Kitchen is launching its annual appeal on August 1.
31st July 2023 Charity / FoodstuffsNew Word’s Family2Family appeal resulted in 23,867 donated food bags being supplied to City Missions and foodbanks across New Zealand.
25th July 2023 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island participated in the Auckland City Mission – Te Tāpui Atawhai Cook-Off – which took place at St Matthew-in-the-City.
8th June 2023 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island has partnered with West Auckland-based community trust Visionwest to open a social supermarket for Auckland.
26th April 2023 Charity / New WorldNew World has launched its Family2Family Foodbank Appeal to help Kiwis have access to healthy and affordable food.
20th April 2023 Charity / FSNIFoodstuff North Island third social supermarket opened in Tokoroa six months ago in partnership with Buttabean Motivation which had an existing BBM fitness and community group in the Waikato town.
17th April 2023 Charity / CountdownCountdown is aiming to fundraise $100,000 this week for the RainbowYOUTH organisation which supports queer, gender-diverse and intersex rangatahi.
3rd April 2023 Charity / ZespriThe Zespri board has approved up to $250,000 towards Cyclone Gabrielle relief.
28th March 2023 CCEP / CharityCoca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand donated $70,000 to the Cyclone Gabrielle Community Support Givealittle campaign.
10th March 2023 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island has committed $250,000 in the form of targeted assistance to help growers and partners to rebuild after Cyclone Gabrielle.
8th March 2023 Charity / CountdownCountdown has pledged $750,000 of targeted support to help growers who have been impacted the most severely by Cyclone Gabrielle.
6th March 2023 Charity / HospitalityHospitality businesses across the country are coming together to host New Zealand’s biggest dinner party support of those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
3rd March 2023 Charity / FSNIPak’nSave owner operators from across the North Island have donated over $575,000 to help communities affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
28th February 2023 Charity / WeatherPrime Minister Chris Hipkins has launched an international fundraising appeal and a special Lotto draw to support the recovery efforts across the North Island impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
27th February 2023 Charity / WeatherMarlborough locals are being asked to support the Napier and Gisborne regions as part of an ‘Adopt a Community’ initiative set up by Local Government New Zealand.
24th February 2023 Charity / WeatherHawke’s Bay Winegrowers Charitable Trust has set up a Cyclone Gabrielle Relief Fund.
9th February 2023 Charity / Whittaker'sWhittaker’s five special ‘Ed-ition’ prize packs are all going for more than $1500 just 24 hours after launching on Trade Me.
8th February 2023 Charity / Whittaker'sWhittaker’s has launched five special ‘Ed-ition’ prize packs on Trade Me with support from Ed Sheeran to raise funds for the Auckland flood recovery.
2nd February 2023 Charity / CountdownCountdown has donated $100,000 to help organisations providing on-the-ground assistance as part of its response to the Auckland floods.
2nd December 2022 Charity / WCFWellington Chocolate Factory is donating 10 cents from every bar purchased this festive season to the Wellington City Mission.
22nd November 2022 ANZCO / CharityMeat exporter ANZCO Foods has signed up to the Quadrent Green Lease.
28th October 2022 Asahi / CharityPhoenix Organics, which is part of The Better Drinks Company and Asahi Beverages, has signed an additional three-year gold sponsor partnership with charity Sustainable Coastlines.
7th October 2022 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island and Linkt Community Trust are partnering to bring a social supermarket to the Tauranga suburb of Otumoetai.
7th October 2022 Charity / Griffin'sSnack manufacturer Griffin’s, has collaborated with Kiwi artist, FLOX, for this year’s Breast Cancer Foundation NZ partnership.
15th September 2022 Charity / FSNIFoodstuffs North Island is partnering with 155 Whare Āwhina to open Whangarei’s first social supermarket.
18th August 2022 Charity / SchoolsThe government’s healthy lunches in school programme, Ka Ora, Ka Ako, has ramped up to deliver a million free lunches to school kids every week.
11th August 2022 Charity / KāpuraHospitality group Kāpura has taken Burger Wellington to the City Mission utilising its Gorilla Burger venue.
9th August 2022 Charity / CountdownCountdown has launched its Food for Good winter appeal, pledging to match public donations up to $100,000 via The Foodbank Project.
18th July 2022 Charity / ZespriA Zespri sports day and charity auction at Te Puke has raised more than $41,000 to support Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme workers and their Pacific communities.
27th June 2022 CharityKiwiHarvest has partnered with Invercargill Prison to distribute fresh produce grown by inmates to communities across the Southland region.
10th June 2022 CharityLife Health Foods’ chilled soup brand Naked Locals has added a new charity set to receive donations from its Local Heroes soup initiative.
3rd May 2022 Charity / New WorldNew World’s Family2Family Foodbank Appeal is back for 2022.
28th April 2022 Charity / KiwiHarvestNew Zealand’s largest food rescue organisation, KiwiHarvest, has distributed 7.5 million kgs of food to communities in need – the equivalent to 21.6 million meals – in the ten years since it was founded.
26th April 2022 Charity / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs is backing a Social Supermarket in Kaitaia, and is in talks with community partners in six other regions.
29th March 2022 Behemoth / CharityBehemoth Brewing Company is on track to raise more than $55,000 for the Red Cross after selling out of a limited edition Ukraine Heroes six-pack in less than two days.
29th March 2022 Charity / ComvitaComvita has teamed up with Save the Kiwi in what it describes as a “significant sponsorship agreement” that will ultimately provide safe habitat for the iconic birds across the North Island.
28th March 2022 Charity / Coca-ColaCoca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand donated over $10,000 to the Vodafone Foundation/Redcross Pacific Tsunami Appeal on Give A Little.
18th March 2022 Charity / FoodstuffsNew World and the Wellington City Mission’s free Social Supermarket in Newtown has seen 3,268 shoppers access essential items in its first full year of operating.
18th March 2022 Charity / Food WasteMore than 10 million kilograms of food – totalling over 29 million meals – was rescued and distributed by agencies to send to people in need in the year to January, says the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance.
16th March 2022 Charity / HospitalityDunedin’s Alto Cafe has won $10,000 cash, as well as $5000 towards a new website, as part of a hospitality relief campaign.
17th February 2022 Charity / CountdownSupermarket chain Countdown has pledged $25,000 into helping the LGBTQI+ support organisation Rainbow Youth.
15th February 2022 Charity / SanitariumSanitarium has nominated South Auckland’s Koru School to receive 100% of funds from a Weet-Bix charity auction featuring limited edition Jonah Lomu merchandise.
9th February 2022 Charity / Domino'sWorld Pizza Day has a charitable feel for fast-food chain Domino’s.
7th December 2021 Charity / KiwiHarvestKiwiHarvest Queenstown has launched a new Food Rescue Ride initiative, redistributing surplus food from local cafes and bakeries to those in need this holiday season.
7th December 2021 CharityOrganic food producer Chantal Organics and Auckland bakery Bread & Butter have partnered to support Auckland City Mission’s efforts to help people this Christmas.
29th November 2021 Charity / NZFNDemand for food support has reached an all-time high following the outbreak of Covid-19 Delta variant in August 2021, says the New Zealand Food Network.
19th November 2021 Charity / CountdownA record $150,000 worth of food has been donated in the first week of this year’s Foodbank Project Christmas appeal.
18th November 2021 Charity / UnileverUnilever’s mayonnaise brand Best Foods has pledged its support for the open pantry initiative, Pātaka Kai, which sees surplus food or donations distributed across a network of 140 pantries in New Zealand.
17th November 2021 CharityHELL Pizza has raised $70,000 to support 15 food rescue organisations around the country.
4th November 2021 Charity / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs-owned Pak’nSave is running its Pak’canSave initiative for two weeks from 1st until the 14th November.
12th October 2021 Charity / Covid-19The Help for Hospo fund is supporting hospitality workers in need, distributing privately donated funds to those needing additional help beyond the wage subsidy and other means.
28th September 2021 Charity / NZ Food AwardsThe gala dinner for Massey University’s New Zealand Food Awards and the Grocery Charity Ball have been pushed back due to the Delta outbreak.
22nd September 2021 Charity / Griffin'sThe Griffins Food Company has added Snax Himalayan Pink Salt Crackers to its 2021 Pink Ribbon range.
30th August 2021 Charity / FoodstuffsFoodstuffs is making a number of product donations.
23rd August 2021 CharityThe New Zealand Food Network is calling for food, hospitality and event businesses with significant food surplus set to go to waste to donate it for redistribution, following the extension on Friday of alert level 4 restrictions.
4th August 2021 CharityThe new MG Marketing Charitable Trust has launched to support the horticulture industry.
2nd August 2021 CharityCharity Meat the Need has provided more than 408,783 meals from over 883 donations in just one year.
28th July 2021 CharityThe new partnership will see EnviroWaste working with its large food production clients to actively divert edible food to NZFN before processing any remaining food in a sustainable way.
26th July 2021 CharityGrower co-operative MG Marketing and Dole New Zealand have donated more than four tonnes of bananas through their Good Bunch partnership to Salvation Army Foodbanks.
29th June 2021 Charity / Pak'nSavePak’nSave has launched a campaign to help deliver products and donations to community organisations feeding hungry families.
24th May 2021 Charity / NestléNestlé has partnered a dozen of New Zealand and Australia’s top food companies to create their first ever custom product for Foodbank.
20th May 2021 Charity / SFFFMeat the Need founding partner Silver Fern Farms says over 410,000 red meat meals have been delivered to food banks in the first year of the charity.
30th April 2021 CharityPartners aim to raise $250k for Breast Cancer Foundation New Zealand
22nd April 2021 Charity / Naked CuisineThe chilled soup brand is supporting three charities by donating 20 cents from the sale of each $5.99 packet.
20th April 2021 Charity / NZFNNZFN says the opening of the Christchurch operation would enable it to better serve the community.
9th April 2021 Alliance Group / CharityMore than $42,000 was raised at Ronald McDonald House South Island’s Supper Club in Invercargill, in an event supported by Alliance Group.
31st March 2021 Charity / Countdown5c from every pack of hot cross buns sold was donated to KidsCan.
25th March 2021 Charity / Kete KaiFood delivery company Kete Kai will help give those in need Easter hampers designed by food writer and presenter Allyson Gofton.
18th March 2021 Charity / SupermarketsThe new initiative enabled customers who needed food support to choose their own goods, as opposed to the traditional pre-selected food parcel model.
9th March 2021 Charity / Pak'nSavePAK’nSAVE Manukau will match food bank drive donations benefitting Buttabean Motivation Food Bank.
9th December 2020 CharityA state-funded initiative will see 26 million servings of fresh fruit and veges dished out at low decile school.
7th December 2020 Charity / T&GFairgrow aims to help get fresh products to Kiwis in need in the wake of Covid-19.
3rd November 2020 Air NZ / CharityAir New Zealand’s reduced flight schedule meant there was surplus food goods.
21st October 2020 CharityA bunch of Auckland business leaders are taking part in the third annual Auckland City Mission Cook-Off fundraiser.
20th October 2020 CharityWattie’s is partnering with The Salvation Army to help with its ongoing need for food parcels.
16th October 2020 CharityKiwiHarvest is calling on New Zealanders to waste less and donate food to local organisations
15th October 2020 CharityKaibosh Food Rescue is moving to a larger facility.
