Pātaka Kai Henderson, Auckland , Anjuman-e-Saifee NZ

04/01/2026

Hi Everyone

This evening we had someone from the neighbourhood visit us and complaining about us taking down the Pataka with some very broad false claims and had trespassed the community premises recently to reininstall the Pataka.
He claims, we have no right to take it it down as it was installed by Council and it was very not very Christian of us to do that . All this was delivered in an extremely aggressive and threatening tone.

I wish to set records straight here.

1) this Pataka is not provided by council . Councils do not provide Pātaka to anyone its always someone with good heart from the community does it.
In this case 1st time this was funded by a couple of individuals from the Dawoodi Bohra community and after the first one was stolen 2nd time Sharon Peters and Bunnings Warehouse New Zealand
Came to rescue and Rajkotwala painted ( both times by her ) all came from good hearted people of the community.

This Pataka is property of the Dawoodi Bohra Community.

2 ) Reason to to take this one down like many others in West Auckland is due to illegal dumping. We are sick and tired of it . As it was becoming a health hazard too as bug infested mattress were left out too.
Pataka are meant for sharing of food only.

3) Telling us we did not act in line with Christian values. It is us who have made voluntary contributions to the community to provide meals and put out food regularly in this Pataka for last 7 years .
And been working a lot on food scarcity and run many initiatives including being a founding member of Pot Luck Kai in Ranui.

We will be making a formal complaint to Neighbourhood Support Waitakere and also to Police as this is unacceptable.

Unfortunately the members who were confronted by this man did not take his photo or else would have shared here.

Scroll down to see how this Pataka came to being and what Dawoodi Bohra Community has contributed.

Kia Ora Everyone

We have removed our Pātaka due to constant abuse by a few people, with a heavy heart have to say goodbye.It severed well during pandemic and post pandemic to distribute packaged food to the community.
Even now we have regulars that benefit from it but a few spoiled it for everyone.

its beautifuly hand crafted and hand painted by my daughter and made with treated for timber Its solid in construction.

We are looking for a new home for our Pātaka where it can serve the community.

We would only give to a registered Charity or a place of worship.

Please contact me on 021 873504
Thanks Bunnings Warehouse New Zealand for sponsoring after our first one being stolen. Big shout out to Sharon Peters for helping us build it and being the most amazing neighbor.

19/12/2025

Kia Ora Everyone

We have removed our Pātaka due to constant abuse by a few people, with a heavy heart have to say goodbye.It severed well during pandemic and post pandemic to distribute packaged food to the community.
Even now we have regulars that benefit from it but a few spoiled it for everyone.

its beautifuly hand crafted and hand painted by my daughter and made with treated for timber Its solid in construction.

We are looking for a new home for our Pātaka where it can serve the community.

We would only give to a registered Charity or a place of worship.

Please contact me on 021 873504
Thanks Bunnings Warehouse New Zealand for sponsoring after our first one being stolen. Big shout out to Sharon Peters for helping us build it and being the most amazing neighbor.

10/12/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17dybaydqY/

08/12/2025

This dumping was done on Friday 5th Dec 25

We are determined to catch the culprits and report them to council while in the act of Dumping.

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/rubbish-recycling/rubbish-dumping-littering/report-illegal-rubbish-dumping.html

And hopefully get them fined for NZD 30,000 for illegal dumping

27/11/2025

Its a wrap up .....with a heavy heart finally taken down the Pataka Kai box .

The abuse of the box and constant cleaning up the mess was a challenge. It was turing into a dumping site.

Therefore closing it down and removing it .

We do acknowledge the support of a few good people who helped us running it.

There were regulars who received through it too.

But a few uncivilised lazy people spoiled it for everyone.

21/10/2025

This morning again had this mess dumped at Pātaka Kai Henderson, Auckland , Anjuman-e-Saifee NZ

Please help us identify the culprits who relentless keep making a mess outside our property and turning Pataka into a dumping ground.

02/10/2025

Illegal Dumping at our Pātaka Kai,
In last few months its been really frustrating that one of our neighbours that hosts garage sales frequently just a few houses away from our Community centre and seeing their actions others have mimiced it as well . Pataka Kai was installed to help Community unfortunately its becoming a headache for us. We seek help of neighbors and Community patrol group in our area to be vigilant and catch the culprits. Few photos from last few episodes of Dumping.
These are photos of Dumping in just last few days .
Auckland Council
Pataka Kai Open Street Pantries
Kai West Collective
Henderson-Massey Local Board
Sharon Peters

14/07/2025

Pātaka Kai Henderson, Auckland , Anjuman-e-Saifee NZ

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We have been struggling for a while with some neighbors placing old clothes and random used items in our Pātaka, just yesterday we put up signs not to leave anything in their other than food items. Surprisingly the signs have been removed and junk place besides it. It's really frustrating constantly someone has been abusing the Pātaka. We seek help from neighbors to please help us identify this culprit. A photo would be good.

Or else we will be left with no choice but to remove our Pātaka.

We need help from Neighbourhood Support .