Beach Haven local wins hearts - and stomachs - with daily food

Beach Haven local wins hearts – and stomachs – with daily food donation

Monday, August 15th, 2022

Every weekday, come rain or shine, you can find Taka Peters posted up at his local shops, giving back to his local community with a healthy meal – and a serving of old-school values.

Residents of Beach Haven, on Auckland’s North Shore, have become used to the daily social media updates from 64-year-old Peters (Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi) – and have taken him to their hearts.

Peters started the donations, daily leftovers from a commercial catering company, when he was approaching retirement age and on a benefit after spine surgery left him unable to work.

“I thought ‘Yes! I’ve finally found something!'” he said, telling the Herald the donations gave his life purpose. Read more

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News category: New Zealand, News Shorts.

Tags: Community support, Food donations, food waste

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