Author Archives: Kaibosh
28 Nov 24 |
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Aro Valley Christmas Bash: BBQ, Beers & Cheers for Kaibosh! 📅 Date: December 7th ⏰ Time: 11 AM – 7 PM 📍 Location: Garage Project Aro Brewery Forecourt, 68/70 Aro Street, Wellington This festive season, we’re thrilled to join forces with Garage Project for their 13th year of supporting Kaibosh with Kegs for Christas! Together, we’ll be serving up good vibes, great food, and top-notch beer at a summer BBQ —all for an incredible cause. 🌟 What’s on the menu? 🍔 Delicious snags, burgers & soft serve to fuel the fun 🎤 Entertainment to keep the energy flowing 🎟️ Awesome raffle prizes you won’t want to miss! 🍻 Garage Project are donating bar profits from the day and thanks to our generous BBQ sponsors Harrington’s, Moore Wilson’s, Hiremaster and Karma Drinks – every tasty sizzling BBQ bite you buy will be funding our important mahi! Your support helps us rescue and redistribute good food to those who need it most—while reducing food waste and environmental impact. Every dollar raised fuels Kaibosh’s mission to provide nutritious meals, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and build a stronger, more sustainable community. 💚 Want to make an impact? ✨ Pop by with your whānau and friends! ✨ Buy raffle tickets or grab a burger, sausage and beer. ✨ Share this event far and wide – grab the Facebook link or share Eventfinda Come together for a fun community day on 7 December for a BBQ, beers, and cheers that give back! 🙌🎄
Continue Reading22 Nov 24 |
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Kaibosh Raffle 2024 Thanks to our friends at Garage Project and Rita Restaurant we have an amazing prize pack up for grabs in our Christmas 2024 Raffle. Every ticket sold helps us get good kai rescued and out to whānau this Christmas. Be in to win by purchasing a $5 raffle ticket at a Garage Project Wellington City location (Aro Street Cellar Door, Aro Street Taproom, or Wild Workshop) or from our team at Kaibosh. First prize is a pack valued at $420
Continue Reading25 Oct 24 |
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Labour Day is a timely reminder of the rights of workers in Aotearoa to earn a decent wage doing meaningful work that enables them to enjoy a good quality of life. It’s about valuing the person’s overall wellbeing, not just ensuring their ability to work. When we invest in a person’s wellbeing by paying them an adequate income, we’re also equipping them with the tools to thrive at home and outside of work. Kaibosh proudly chooses to pay a Living Wage to our Food Rescue Truck Drivers At Kaibosh, we are deeply committed to our mission of reducing food waste and combatting food insecurity. But our commitment doesn’t stop with the communities we serve; it extends to those who work tirelessly to make our vision a reality. This is why we have made the conscious decision to pay our drivers the Living Wage, despite not being a certified Living Wage Provider.
Continue Reading01 Jul 24 |
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New short film brings spotlight to Kaibosh & The Petone Depot A team of four local Massey University Screen Arts students created an awesome short-film project profiling our Pito-one Kitchen Coordinator, Ange Holtslag! Kaibosh loves collaborating with young people and supporting creative ideas, so it was a no-brainer for us to work with these budding filmmakers. They nailed the brief and were a breeze to work with, involving us closely throughout the production and review process. The important role Kaibosh plays is an underlying theme throughout the piece, as “…a connector between food that’s going to waste and helping it safely get to the people who need it.”
Continue Reading01 Jul 24 |
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Update from our Kitchen in Pito-one We’ve been busy at work in the Kaibosh Kitchen whipping up innovative ways to make the most of our rescued kai! By developing recipes to transform food nearing the end of its life, we’re able to create healthy and delicious kai for the community, including stocks, sauces, pickles, jams, preserves, baking and more. These tasty treats are so handy to grab from the pantry and jazz up a meal with added protein or carbs, to make a full meals. We’ve received plenty of encouraging feedback from our food recipients so far.
Continue Reading18 Jun 24 |
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It’s time to celebrate the collective contribution of the millions of volunteers who enrich Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s theme for National Volunteer Week is ‘Whiria te tangata – weaving the people together’. Volunteering weaves us together, strengthening the fabric of our community. Volunteering is a powerful movement. When we volunteer our time, skills and energy, we show we care for our communities. Let’s celebrate the diversity of volunteers and volunteering, mahi aroha and social action in Aotearoa. Read on for more about the collective impact made by volunteers at Kaibosh!
Continue Reading01 May 24 |
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Who is your superhero? Tell us who your food superhero is and be in to win an amazing foodie prize! Enter our Instagram competition this month to show your support for our annual fundraising appeal, Give a Meal in May.
Continue Reading10 Jan 24 |
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This project has been simmering over recent months. Inside our largest food rescue hub in Pito-one, we have created a new cooking zone! Kai cooked at Kaibosh will use ‘second-sort’ rescued produce which can’t be distributed to the community as is. It’s the boxes of slightly squishy tomatoes, damaged vegetables, or bruised fruit – often it’s seasonal surplus that just needs a little TLC to be edible. Instead of being sent off to compost or to feed animals, we can now turn this food into nutritious, safe and delicious kai to distribute to our partner charities. Feeding people first!
Continue Reading21 Dec 23 |
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We’re sharing stories about some of the amazing people who contribute to our collective mahi – the Humans of Kaibosh. Volunteering inspired by Blue Zones and purple carrots – by Louise Hammersley Andy says he volunteers at Kaibosh to ‘keep out of trouble’. But, behind the smile and banter is a drive to give back and connect with community, inspired by people who live in ‘Blue Zones’… Read on to be inspired yourself.
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