THANK YOU FROM KCA
Sincerest thanks from Kiwi Community Assistance (KCA) to all the local businesses that are part of our food rescue program - New World Khandallah, Newlands New World, Countdown Johnsonville, Countdown Johnsonville Mall, Johnsonville School Famers Market, New World Churton Park, New World Tawa, Tawa Lions, Countdown Tawa, MG Marketing, Countdown Estore, Bidfresh, Goodman Fielder, Foodstuffs North Island Transport Division, Rosa Foods, Countdown Porirua, New World Porirua, New World Paremata, New World Whitby, Indokiwi Grocers, NZ Food Network and others. Thanks also to the general public for their donation of food.
Special thanks goes out to the local businesses who allow their premises to be a drop off point - Barbara Edmonds Electoral Office, PGG Wrightson, Dobbins Office Furniture, Tawa Community Centre, National Storage in Tawa, Churton Park Community Centre, Newlands Community Centre, Johnsonville Community Centre, Auto Super Shoppe Johnsonville, Island Bay Community Centre during their opening hours.
HUGE THANKS to our team of volunteers whose dedication to the work that we do in the background volunteer weekly (Monday to Friday) or monthly on a Sunday. In the spirit of transparency, none of our volunteers are eligible or allowed to take any of the donated food or goods themselves.
Special mention goes to Johnsonville Crafty Critters group who knit several hundred items each year for us to distribute. James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor also.
In the financial year ending 31st March 2021, our volunteers redistributed nearly 345 tons of food, over 2,900 banana boxes of clothing, shoes, school supplies, linen and then furniture and whiteware to our partner agencies.
Please note that we do not accept requests from the general public for assistance.
This stock was shared with over 70 partner agencies across the Greater Wellington region from as far as Upper Hutt into Wellington City and up to Kapiti Coast.
Here is a list of some of the agencies we distribute stock to:-
1) Upper Hutt Foodbank
2) Salvation Army Lower Hutt Foodbank
3) Salvation Army Johnsonville
4) Salvation Army Porirua Foodbank
5) St Vincent de Paul Wellington Foodbank
6) Johnsonville Foodbank
7) Newlands Foodbank
8) Newlands Baptist Church Foodbank
9) The House of Grace
10) Wellington City Mission
11) St Vincent de Paul Tawa Foodbank
12) St Vincent de Paul Porirua Foodbank
13) Salvation Army Tawa Foodbank
14) St Annes Pantry Foodbank
15) Kapiti Community Foodbank
16) Tawa/Linden Plunket
17) Porirua/Titahi Bay Plunket
18) Johnsonville Plunket
19) Taeaomanino Trust
20) Challenge 2000
21) Porirua Womens Refuge
22) Porirua Whanau Centre
23) Te Roopu Awhina
24) WELLFed
25) Natone Park School
26) HHT School
27) Porirua Activity Centre
28) Titahi Bay North School
29) Linden School
30) Tawa College
31) Tawa Intermediate School
32) Tawa Kindy
33) Soup Kitchen Wellington
Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut
This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.
John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!
As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!
John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.
Share your question below now ⬇️
Poll: When should the tree go up? 🎄
From what we've heard, some Christmas trees are already being assembled and decorated.
What are your thoughts on the best time to get your Christmas tree up?
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4.6% Second half of November
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43.6% 1st December
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17.5% A week before Christmas
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33.2% Whenever you wish
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1.1% Other - I'll share below
What's your favourite tomato recipe?
Kia ora neighbours. We know your tomato plants are still growing, but we're looking ahead to the harvest already! If you've got a family recipe for tomatoes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine to share with our readers. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our February 2025 issue.