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Food Bank Service

Central Auckland

Combined Churches

Please call first. Limited quantities. Happy to take FSSW's verification of clients address

  • Location: Hillsborough

  • Contact: 625 5050

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Hills Church

Please email to provide details of your needs and they will do their best to provide a food parcel

  • Location: Hillsborough Road

  • Contact: office@hillschurch.nz

Auckland City Mission Foodbank

  1. If a food parcel is needed, call 303-9200 and leave family's contact details - someone from the Mission will contact the client.

  2. If you need a food parcel call 303-9266 and speak to the Crisis Care team. You will then be given a time to collect from Auckland City Mission distribution centre at 15 Auburn Street, off Boston road in Grafton. Everyone must take ID with them.

  • Location: Auckland City

  • Contact: 303 9200 or 303 9266

Orakei Foodbank

Leave message on voicemail with details of how many in family etc. Parcels are only delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays to Orakei, Kohi and Mission Bay.

  • Location: Mission Bay

  • Contact: 521 5712

  • Delivery: Yes

  • Pick-up: No

Eden Community Church

No repeats 1 offs. Happy to take FSSW's verification of clients address.

  • Location: Mt Eden

  • Contact: 630 3423

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Royal Oak Salvation Army

Families can request and pick up food parcels

  • Location: Royal Oak

  • Contact: 639 1103

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Presbyterian Support Northern

Call 309-2054 to arrange a pick up at 8 Madeira Lane, Grafton. Strictly no walk-ins and collections are strictly between certain times. Agency referrals only

  • Location: Grafton

  • Contact: 309 2054

  • Pick-Up: Yes

St Vincent De Paul

Call 09 815 6122 or email Auckland@stvinnies.co.nz and they can deliver a food parcel.

  • Location: Newton Branch

  • Contact: Phone 815 6122 Email Auckland@stvinnies.co.nz

  • Delivery: Yes

South Auckland

Salvation Army Otahuhu (Anrita)

Fridays 9:30-12pm. FSSW can fill in referral form for clients

  • Location: Otahuhu

  • Contact: 021 114 7806

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

South Auckland Christian Foodbank (Ian Foster)

Will deliver food parcels at door of whanau, then knock and wait for them to collect. FSSW's to contact as normal.

  • Location: South Auckland

  • Contact: 027 477 1092

  • Delivery: Yes

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Papakura Marae Foodbank

Mon-Fri 10am-2.30pm. Phone to request a food parcel and someone will ring you back to do a phone interview, then food will be delivered. Only deliveries to Papakura and Manurewa areas currently.

  • Location: Papakura / Manurewa currently

  • Contact: 297 2036

  • Delivery: Yes

Salvation Army Manukau

Our foodbank is open on Mon Wed & Fri from 10 am to 12pm then from 1pm to 3pm

  • Location: 16B Bakerfield Place, Manukau City

  • Contact: 09 262 2332

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Papakura Marae

Open Mon–Fri 10am–2.30pm, 09 297 2036. Please phone to request a food parcel, someone will ring you back to do a phone interview, then food will be delivered. Only deliveries to Papakura and Manurewa areas currently.

  • Location: Papakura and Manurewa

  • Contact: 09 297 2036

  • Delivery: Yes

United We Stand, Waka Of Caring Drop in Centre

  • Location: 2 Mcannelly Street, Manurewa

Otara Health Charitable Trust – CRT (COVID Response Team)

Open Mon–Fri, 10am–2pm. Otara families unable to afford groceries or in self–isolation with no access to other support networks and have no transport to get food supplies. Message Otara Health Facebook page

  • Contact: Email Tua@otarahealth.org.nz, Julia@otarahealth.org.nz or Mark@otarahealth.org.nz or Phone 09 274 8355

Accelerating Auckland (Food Care Packages)

  • Location: 40 Lovegrove Ave Otara, Judy Speight

CBNZ Covid19 Response Team (The Community Builders NZ Trust)

Providing support to Otara & Hills Road Senior court residents unable to afford groceries or in self–isolation with no access to other support networks and have no transport to get food supplies.  We may be able to support other seniors requiring support in Otara so please get in touch to check.

  • Contact: Complete our form if you are needing assistance. If you live on any of the following streets and require urgent support with a food care package please contact your dedicated street leader.  Alternatively send a Facebook PM or Email thecommunitybuildersnz@gmail.com

Rawiri Community House

Also providing housing support

  • Contact: 09 263 8202 or Liz@rawiri.org

The Pride Project Aotearoa HQ (Manurewa only)

Are you a single parent, elderly, have underlying health conditions or experience financial hardship? If yes, complete the form

  • Contact: 027 237 8756

Age Concern (Elderly only)

Food parcels and assistance with shopping.

  • Contact: Counties Manukau 09 279 4331

Ngā Whare Waatea Marae, Favona

Food parcels and assistance with shopping.

  • Contact: Counties Manukau 09 279 4331

Māngere Budgeting and Family Support Services

  • Contact: Open Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm, call 0508 22 22 83

Māngere Connect

Assisting elderly, disabled, those living alone or solo parents who do not have support available during isolation with food/medicine collection and deliveries, laundry support or daily friendly phone calls (we have volunteers who can converse in Te reo, Cook Island, Samoan, Tongan or Niuean if you need).

South Auckland Christian Foodbank, Papatoetoe

They usually support the Ōtāhuhu foodbank when it is operating; seem to be busy as they have a COVID-19 urgent fundraiser going.

  • Contact: Phone: Ian 0508 CHANGE LIVES (0508 242 643) Mob: 027 477 1092 Email: ian@sacbf.org.nz

Takanini Sikh Gurudwara

Collections only. Mon–Fri, 4pm–6pm. Drive in entry gate and open your boot. Do not leave your car. Drive out through exit gate once boot has been loaded.

East Auckland

Salvation Army East City Corps

Otahuhu only open - phone first

  • Location: Otahuhu

  • Contact: 021 114 7806

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Salvation Army food parcels

Contact the Mt Wellington Salvation Army Community Ministry 379-7615, or the local Salvation Army Community Ministry (ring 0800 53 00 00 to find your local ministry). You will be given a time to collect your food parcel.

  • Location: Mt Wellington

  • Contact: 379-7615 (Mt Wellington), or to find the local ministry in another area call 0800 53 00 00)

Mt Wellington Foodbank

Day to day basis. No face to face contact.

  • Location: Mt Wellington

  • Contact: 573 5707

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

St Marks Church

Can be contacted directly via the form on their website (https://www.pakurangacatholic.org.nz/contact-us-page) or by emailing stmarks@xtra.co.nz

  • Location: Pakuranga

North Auckland

St Josephs Church (Maria)

Not open during Covid-19 shutdown

  • Location: Takapuna

  • Contact: 09 489 6486

Interchurch Foodbanks

Number is for different company

  • Location: Auckland Wide

  • Contact: 302 2682

Holy Trinity Church

Not open during Covid-19 shutdown

  • Location: Devonport

  • Contact: 445 0328

Salvation Army

Phone first Monday, Wednesday and Fridays 9:30am-3:30pm

  • Location: Glenfield

  • Contact: 09 441 2554 ext. 2

  • Pick-Up: Yes

West Auckland

VisionWest Pataka Kai – Emergency food relief

Will maintain its current hours of Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12-2pm. Food Parcels will be pre-packaged and ready for distribution based on three different household sizes: Number 1: Single; Number 2: Family of 4 or less; Number 3. Family of 5 or more. 3. Please park on Glendale Road and wait at the gate outside the Whanau Centre. While you wait, please practice physical distancing. To have a food parcel delivered to you, please make contact via Facebook or phone. While high volumes of requests are coming in, you can expect a response within 24 hours to coordinate a parcel. Please note there may be a slight delay in getting the parcel out to you.

  • Location: Based at Glen Eden site

  • Contact: 818-0716 or foodbank@visionwest.org.nz or Facebook: visionwestfoodstore

Generation Ignite Trust

Drive-through foodbank at 1pm on Fridays at the New Lynn Community Centre, 45 Totara Ave. Operating until 3pm or parcels run out.

  • Location: Queen Street, Auckland

  • Contact: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/generationignitetrust or jo@generation-i.co.nz

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Hope Centre Foodbank

Bring suitable I.D and proof of address

  • Location: New Lynn44H, Unit 4 Portage Road, New Lynn

  • Contact: Phone: 021 0804 8436 or Email: hopecentrefoodbank@gmail.com

CARE Waitakere Trust

Food parcels (pick up only) are available on Thursdays for those who are ineligible for WINZ food entitlements and live in the Te Atatu area.

  • Location: 64 Waipani Rd, Te Atatu Peninsula

  • Contact: Ph: 09 834 6480 or 0211133355 or Email: admin@carewaitakere.org.nz or Website: www.carewaitakere.org.nz

  • Delivery: No

  • Pick-Up: Yes

Salvation Army New Lynn

Provide individual and families with food parcels

  • Location: New Lynn

  • Contact: Call or email to find out about their food parcels at this time or call 827-3128 or email newlynn_corps@nzf.salvationarmy.org

Salvation Army Henderson

  • Location: Henderson

  • Contact: Call or email to find out about their food parcels at this time or call 837-4471 or email waitakerecentral.corps@salvationarmy.org or call the main number 0800 53 00 00

NZ Red Cross

Contact: Household and food pack support or Email: SahaabAkbar@redcross.org.nz or Phone: 027 3719786

Auckland Wide

Salvation Army

Text your name and postcode to 4114 and a rep. will contact you within 48 hours.

  • Contact: 0800 53 00 00

Presbyterian Support Northern

Collections between 11am – 12pm, Monday to Friday from 8 Madeira Lane, Grafton. No walk-ins.

  • Contact: 09 309 2054

Foodbank NZ

Auckland City Mission

Monday – Friday, 9.00am – 3.00pm

  • Contact: 09 303 9200

The Fono (Pasifika only)

COVID-19 Pacific Family Package

  • Contact: Phone: 021 956 633 or 0800 366 648 Email: socialservices@thefono.org

Auckland Council

Aucklanders unable to afford groceries or in self–isolation with no access to other support networks can call 0800 22 22 96 between 7am and 7pm, seven days a week. Callers must meet government criteria for assistance.

Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition (ARCC)

Tina explained that we can refer community members (refugee background and migrant background) to ARCC for support. For example, depending on the need, ARCC can do things such as provide food parcels, support around WINZ issues, connect young people with a youth worker and call families weekly to check in etc. If a family has good English, we can pass on Gatluak and Tina’s details and they can contact them directly: Gatluak: 02102895996 / gatluak@arcc.org.nz or Tina: 0221255156 / tina@arcc.org.nz

  • Contact: Email: admin@arcc.org.nz Email: 09 846 0110