Food donations - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:12:58 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Food donations - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Beach Haven local wins hearts - and stomachs - with daily food donation https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/08/15/community-beach-haven-food-donations/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:54:48 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=150498 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 (Ngatiwai, Read more

Beach Haven local wins hearts - and stomachs - with daily food donation... Read more]]> 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 (Ngatiwai, Ngapuhi) - 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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