A Dunedin not-for-profit fruit and veges scheme has earned the big tick from the city’s main foodbank providers – St Vincent de Paul (Vinnies), Presbyterian Support and the Salvation Army. After joining the All Saints Presbyterian Church Fruit and Veges scheme last year, the foodbanks are able to access fresh fruit and vegetables for food Read more
Hunters for Hope are filling Canterbury foodbank and community group freezers with what could be called haute-cuisine ingredients: fresh venison offcuts. So far, the group has dished out 40,000 meals across Canterbury. Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel are the brains behind the not-for-profit organisation. They say that 500kg of venison mince has been donated to Read more
Child poverty must be at the top of the incoming Government’s agenda, says the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). It has written an open letter and launched a petition, demanding a meeting with incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon before Christmas. CPAGs health spokesperson and former paediatrician Professor Ines Asher says they’re calling for the meeting Read more
Lack of money and high prices are causing food shortages in hundreds of thousands of New Zealand homes. Foodbank demand is soaring. Working families are among the growing number lining up for help as the cost of living and inflation bubble upwards. Food shortages are hitting food banks too. Like “Mother Hubbard“, who went to Read more
The shelves are nearly bare at Dunedin’s foodbanks, as they grapple with record demand and the cancellation of a major donation event. The area’s four foodbanks — Presbyterian Support Otago, the Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and the Mosgiel Community Food Bank, met yesterday to discuss the intense pressure their services have come under Read more