Te Awahou Kai

02/06/2026

Donated pumpkins, thank you to our generous Community Whanau member, there was about 50 of them,
Pumpkin for everyone.
Blessings.

01/06/2026

Public holiday. Te Awahou Kai is closed today, see everyone Thursday open 10-11 Golden Oldies (over 65s) and 4.30-5.30 Community Whanau.
Blessings

26/04/2026

Morning due to public holiday Te Awahou Kai is closed today, see everyone Thursday.
Stay warm.
Blessings Linda.

25/04/2026

25/04/2026

Another camera shot of our items being stolen and wheeled away, please share our posts, someone must know this person.
Blessings Linda Lake

24/04/2026

EDITED.
Over night we had a break in, between 11pm and 2am, our back door was pulled apart, (point of entry) our office door, prized open and damaged, 2x freezers had locks damaged cutting to access items, taking frozen meat, frozen items, grocery items, animal food, **large turkey, streaky bacon packs in a red bag, lots of single coffee sachets, biscuits chocolates, these were for our auctions, security cameras, one in use (footage) and one still in box, a brand new modem in its packaging, some trolleys, black curtain, plastic zip lock bags for breaking down items, rifling through filing cabinets, draws, WE DONT KEEP ANY MONEY ON SITE, WE HAVE NOTHINH VAUBLE TO STEAL AT Te Awahou Kai , our auction items are donated, these funds keep us open, pays for daily running costs, you have now stolen once again from our Community Whanau, pathetic really, i understand its really hard out there, everyone is suffering with cost of living, but we are a free food rescue store, we all are our free time to serve our Community Whanau, if you needed assistance, you should of contacted me, below is video footage, please if you know this person , call the police anonymously, burgled multiple times since xmas.

Linda Lake .

22/04/2026

Thank you Jason and team New World Foxton, our Community Whanau, Such a massive amount of blessings in these bags, thank you everyone for your support.

Te Awahou kai has picked up the very first load of Family 2 Family bags! 💛

Each bag has been generously donated and filled by our amazing community and staff — such an awesome effort already!

Want to get involved? It’s easy:
🛒 Grab an empty bag in store and fill it with your choice of items
OR
🛍️ Pick up a pre-filled bag for $20, packed with all the dried essentials!

Every bag makes a real difference to a local family in need ❤️

Family 2 Family runs from 18th April – 10th May

Let’s keep the kindness going, Foxton ✨

01/04/2026

Today we have a Tray of eggs with each foodie pack, until we run out, these are either trays of 20s or 30s.

Please respect my volunteers on the door, they give their time freely.

4.30-5.30 today.

Blessings Linda

01/04/2026

Morning Whanau, we at Te Awahou Kai are in need of egg cartons (either size 6 or 12s, clean glass jam jars, paper/material supermarket bags and yogurt containers, we are at work today from 9-11 3-5.30.

(Drop of is the old play centre building, in Hall street Foxton besides the Manawatu pub).

Thank you for the continued support.
Blessings.

01/04/2026

7 years have past since this first post. Where our journey first started, we first started at Foxton primary school in room 9, Duncan Street, then Whyte street, now Hall street. What an amazing journey we have been on.





'Blessings to those who came through the doors today for the first time, we will be open again on Thursday from 4.30-5.30pm or till we run out of food. Operating out of room 9 at Foxton primary school, Duncan street entry.
Pop on over to Te Awahou kai page and share the page with friends and whanau, our service is available to everybody', blessings Linda Lake