About us

What is Kaibosh?

Kaibosh is the first dedicated food rescue charity of Aotearoa, New Zealand. We’ve been serving our communities since 2008. We operate in Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington, Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt Valley, Kāpiti and Horowhenua.

We link the food industry with community groups that support people in need ensuring that quality surplus food reaches those who are struggling rather than being needlessly discarded. This benefits both our community and our environment.

Our vision

Zero Food Poverty, Zero Food Waste.

Our mission

To be the link between the food industry and those that support people in need.

Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Kaibosh actively works to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and strives to achieve an equitable Aotearoa New Zealand. We are guided by our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and our relationships with tangata whenua, in everything we do.

Where we operate

Kaibosh has three branches in Wellington City, Lower Hutt and Paraparaumu. With the help of a dedicated team of more than 250 volunteers, we rescue and sort food seven days a week.

Each month, we redistribute 69,000kg of quality surplus food to over 150 charities and community groups that support people in need. This is the equivalent to 153,613 meals worth of good kai provided to community (based on 450g standard meal metric) while preventing 183,184 kg CO2e in greenhouse gas emissions.

Why we do it

Food rescue is good for our community and environment in many ways:

• Charities and community groups receive a wide range of healthy, nutritious food.
• Food rescue service is provided at no cost to both food donors and community groups, allowing community groups to focus their resources on providing their service.
• Volunteers have a direct and positive impact on their community and environment.
• Food donors make a valuable contribution by providing surplus food to people in their community who need it.
• Stopping quality food from being thrown out significantly cuts down the amount of greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere.

Support Kaibosh

Would you like to support our work? There are three ways we ask for help from the public:

• Donate funds – people are hungry in our communities, but you can do something about it – donate to Kaibosh and make sure no one goes without.
• Volunteer – in just a couple of hours a week at Kaibosh makes a real difference, helping to reduce food poverty and food waste.
• Give food – if you are a food business you can help those in need by donating surplus food, which will reduce your costs and your impact on the environment.