Do you need urgent food help?

We supply food to charities and community groups who pass it on to people in need.

If you are in urgent need of food, please get in touch with the organisations below, or check the Foodbank directory – Wellington Region.

Christmas holiday period 2025/26

The following groups are offering meals and food support assistance over the holiday period.

Room at the Inn, Aro Valley

Christmas Day lunch, 25 December 12-1pm

Address: Aro Valley Community Centre, 28 Aro Street

Porirua Christmas Day Community Lunch

Te Rauparaha Arena, 25 December

To register, email events@poriruacity.govt.nz or call 04 237 5089

Upper Hutt Christmas Day Lunch

Rimutaka Lions Club Room at the Inn

Free community lunch 11.30am-2pm

Address: Blend Bar & Bistro, 7 King St, Upper Hutt

Enquiries to Paul Lambert 022 1301 697

Compassion Soup Kitchen

Takeaway lunch available between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm on these dates:

December 20 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
January 2, 3

Re-opens for regular service from 5 January. Check holiday service hours are here.

Address: 132 Tory Street, Wellington. Phone: 04 385 9299

Wellington City Mission

Craig and Gail’s Café closed on 25-26 December, 1-2 January.

Social Supermarket closed 25 December-2 January.

To book an appointment email referrals@wcm.org.nz, or call 04 245 0900 or 0800 245 0900.

EKTA NZ INC

Community group, EKTA NZ is supplying food distribution over the holiday period at these locations:

Date	Time	Address	Location
Saturday 20 Dec	8.30 – 10.30am	Garden Room, St Peter’s Church, 211 Willis Street (enter from Ghuznee St)	Wellington City
	4.30 – 5.30pm	Opera House, Manners Street	Wellington City
Sunday 21 Dec	4.30 – 5.30pm	Te Ara Tauhou Apartments	Johnsonville
Saturday 27 Dec	4.30 – 5.30pm	Opera House, Manners Street	Wellington City
Sunday 28 Dec	10.30 – 11.30am	City Hub, Selby Place	Porirua
Monday 29 Dec	10 – 11am	Corner Normanby & Riddiford Street	Newtown
Thursday 1 Jan	12 – 1pm	New Year lunch at St Peter’s Church, 211 Willis Street	Wellington City
Saturday 3 Jan	8.30 – 10.30am	Garden Room, St Peter’s Church, 211 Willis Street (enter from Ghuznee St)	Wellington City
Sunday 4 Jan	10.30 – 11.30am	City Hub, Selby Place	Porirua
Monday 5 Jan	10 – 11am	Corner Normanby & Riddiford Street	Newtown

Listed below are some community groups who provide urgent food assistance in Pōneke, Hutt Valley and Paraparaumu through the year.

Please phone ahead to check open days and times and when their service will re-open in 2026.

Wellington

Food assistance:

Wellington Salvation Army Hope Centre

Address: 13 Donald McLean Street, Newtown, Wellington

Phone: 04 389 0594

Wellington City Mission Whakamaru

Address: 4 – 8 Oxford Terrace, Mount Cook, Wellington

Phone: 04 245 0900 or 0800 245 0900
Email: enquiries@wgtncitymission.org.nz

Compassion Soup Kitchen

Address: 132 Tory Street, Wellington.

Phone: 04 385 9299

Hutt Valley

Food assistance:

Upper Hutt Foodbank
Address: 64 Martin Street, Upper Hutt
Phone: 04 528 9057, Website

Lower Hutt Foodbank
Address: 27B Dudley Street, Lower Hutt Central
Phone: 04 568 7392 ,Website

Kokiri Marae Pātaka Kai
Address: 31 Wise Street, Wainuiomata
Phone: 0800 926 257

Kāpiti – Horowhenua

Food assistance:

Salvation Army
Address: 41 Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Phone: 04 297 1436 , Website

Kāpiti Foodbank
Phone: 04 298 1907 , Website

Waikanae Food Share
Address: 41 Bluegum Road, Paraparaumu Beach
Phone: 022 564 2981 , Email: foodbank@anglican.co.nz, Facebook

Kāpiti Womens Centre (Women only)
Address: 7 Ngahina Street, Paraparaumu
Phone: 04 902 6222, Email: contact@kapitiwomenscentre.org.nz