Te Tai Poutini KAI PUKU

Te Tai Poutini KAI PUKU We are a charitable Food Rescue Service. Providing Food Banks and Not for Profit Services surplus kai to support West Coast people in need

Kia ora,

Te Tai Poutini Kai Puku - West Coat Food Hub (Food Rescue Service)
is a branch of Poutini Waiora – Māori Health & Social Services

Kai Puku gather short dated and surplus, fit to eat, healthy, fresh and ambient food, rescued from local supermarkets and donated by our generous community and national food networks. We then daily sort the kai to go to Food Banks, Free Community event

s, Senior Citizen Groups, Family Services, Community Cupboards/Pataka, and education spaces all involved in passing on the free kai. Our engagement has reached out across Te Tai Poutini, Hokitika, Greymouth/Mawhera, Westport/Kawatiri, Reefton/Inangahua, South Westland and Haast. Kai Puku are members of the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance network https://afra.org.nz/
and are recipients of the

Please note we are not open to the public for food parcels at this time, instead servicing organisations working with the public.

The Game2Give Hunter generosity continues!  A big Kai Puku THANK YOU to Logan van der Hulst, who brought in a large dona...
14/06/2026

The Game2Give Hunter generosity continues! A big Kai Puku THANK YOU to
Logan van der Hulst, who brought in a large donation of fresh venison meat 🦌🦌🦌.
We are full of appreciation towards our local hunters, showing up for their West Coast communityπŸ’š
Xroadmeets Processing NZDA - West Coast Branch Delore Electrical & Heatpumps Limited New World Hokitika Precision Helicopters Ltd Development West Coast Department of Conservation Poutini Waiora

New Zealand Food Network secures and sends us an abundance of kai each week. 😍The food the network gathers from donors m...
13/06/2026

New Zealand Food Network secures and sends us an abundance of kai each week. 😍The food the network gathers from donors makes up over half of the food we have distributed into our West Coast communities.
Every delivery has a variety of food and staples for a family meal.
Tinned tomatoes πŸ₯«πŸ…πŸ… went down well with the Game2Give venison mince for family tables!
Spuds are nutritious and so easy especially at this time of the year, bake, roast, mash and fry! πŸ₯”πŸ₯”πŸŸπŸ›
Tell us what's your favourite Simple Potato recipe???πŸ˜πŸ’šπŸ›

Walk your Kuri/dog support the cause! πŸ’š This Sunday 7th June, meet at 10am,Blaketown Clubrooms.Raising funds towards CAR...
04/06/2026

Walk your Kuri/dog support the cause! πŸ’š

This Sunday 7th June, meet at 10am,
Blaketown Clubrooms.

Raising funds towards CAR T Cell Therapy for Tawhai

See details in link

FUNDRAISING EVENT on the trail next weekend!
Walk your dog for cancer. Tawhai is currently receiving treatment in Australia for Multiple Myeloma. Join this event to raise awareness and funds to support him and his whanau. There will be a walk on the trail followed by a sausage sizzle.
Dogs must be on leads. More details available at https://westcoastwildernesstrail.co.nz/general/events/
Donate to the cause at https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/tawhai-and-lani-sperated-from-children-to-receive

At the end of April Te Tai Poutini KAI PUKU was lucky enough to have the lovely  Paula Henderson, from ANZ,Greymouth, co...
03/06/2026

At the end of April Te Tai Poutini KAI PUKU was lucky enough to have the lovely Paula Henderson, from ANZ,Greymouth, come along to volunteer with us for the day. πŸ€²πŸΌπŸ¦ΊπŸπŸπŸ…πŸžπŸŒ½
Together we covered a raft of chores πŸ¦ΊπŸ“ŽπŸ“ 🧺 and had a productive and fun day.
The extra hands and enthusiasm from Paula were gold for us. πŸ™πŸ½ As well as lots of positive feedback, Paula said she was definitely leaving with a better understanding of local and national food security and the drivers of food insecurity.
Ngā mihi maioha πŸ’š Thank You ,
Paula and ANZ Greymouth 🫢🏽
As part of give back to their communities ANZ provides its employees with at least one day of paid volunteer work.

Last week we enjoyed a visit from Ross and Lynn Hamilton. Ross is with  Fonterra and manages community food donations an...
29/05/2026

Last week we enjoyed a visit from Ross and Lynn Hamilton.
Ross is with Fonterra and manages community food donations and KickStart Breakfast https://www.kickstartbreakfast.co.nz/
that supports our school Tamariki/children πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈπŸ™‹πŸ™†πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ to start the day with a healthy breakfast in their tummies. πŸ€ΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸ₯£πŸ§ƒπŸΆ
Yet another of the fabulous providers ⭐️ that donate bulk nutritious products to the New Zealand Food Network and then on to our hub for distribution here on the West Coast!
Ngā mihi nui/Thank you Ross for the wonderful contributions to our hapori/community πŸ©΅πŸ€πŸ’š


While we are absolutely humbled by our continued local hunter donations of Game2Give venison🦌 we really need to acknowle...
27/05/2026

While we are absolutely humbled by our continued local hunter donations of Game2Give venison🦌 we really need to acknowledge πŸ“’ the first
Bragging Rights πŸ†πŸ† for Kylie and Reuben who individually brought in the largest donations of wild west coast venison! πŸ¦ŒπŸ¦ŒπŸŽ‰ close to half the meat total for the Feb-April period! πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ‘πŸ½ Champions🎯 Sound on!
Xroadmeets Processing NZDA - West Coast Branch Delore Electrical & Heatpumps Limited Precision Helicopters Ltd New World Hokitika Development West Coast Zak Shaw Poutini Waiora



Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini - Success is not the work of an individual but the work of many...
25/05/2026

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini - Success is not the work of an individual but the work of many.
From starting to rescue short dated and surplus kai three days a week to delivery AND pick up five days, we are proud to reach over a quarter million KG of kai distributed in our Te Tai poutini / West Coast communities. 🍞πŸ₯‘πŸ«‘πŸ—πŸΌπŸ₯§Good quality food, feeding families, that would otherwise have gone to waste. 250+ Tonne of food, equivalent to 550,000 meals πŸ₯—πŸ₯˜πŸ«•.
All of this from kai Rescued and Donated from New World Hokitika , Woolworths New ZealandGreymouth, The WarehouseGreymouth, Four Square Stafford Street , The Hokitika Sandwich Company , New Zealand Food Network SPCA New ZealandChristchurch , other businesses that want to be anonymous, of course our generous local home donors and gardeners , and now our Game2Give Hunters! Ka pai / well doneπŸ’š

Congratulations 🎊 Elspie Mitchell,Winner of our Guess the West Coast Wild Venison Meat Total weight Donated 🦌 in our lat...
19/05/2026

Congratulations 🎊 Elspie Mitchell,
Winner of our Guess the West Coast Wild Venison Meat Total weight Donated 🦌 in our latest Game2Give time-framed round.
Elspie attended our Infomation evening and entered the guess Sweepstake coming closest to the 401kg total 🎯
A New World $100 voucher kindly donated by our amazing partners Xroadmeets Processing πŸ’š
Thank you to everyone who entered, wonder what the next round will total πŸ‘€πŸ¦ŒπŸ”πŸš€.???


NZDA - West Coast Branch Development West Coast Delore Electrical & Heatpumps Limited New World Hokitika Department of Conservation

15/05/2026

The Game to Give project has already provided around 882 meals for families.

What an awesome day at the Kai Puku hub! 🀩  We spent the day sausage making with the rangatahi from the Poutini Waiora -...
17/12/2025

What an awesome day at the Kai Puku hub! 🀩
We spent the day sausage making with the rangatahi from the Poutini Waiora - Ko Wai Au programme, guided by our amazing Hokitika mentors Rebecca Thompson and Wayne Jones.
The rangatahi learned the full process: sorting meat, mincing, preparing casings, and making the final product.
There was tons of laughter, learning, and genuine interest in mastering this hands-on home skill.
After taste tests confirmed they were delicious, the rangatahi took sausages home for their whānau to try!
Ko Wai Au, Facilitator, Nelly Mason noted that the workshop added another valuable skill to their growing kete/knowledge basket.
πŸ“’πŸ˜Another big mihi/thank-you out to the New Zealand Food Network for supplying the meat to make this happen!
Ko Wai Au wānanga promote self-development, resilience, and cultural education. Supporting Rangatahi (12 to 17 years)
πŸ“Έ Group Photo: includes Facilitator -Nelly Mason,
Mentor -Mahana Coulston, πŸŽ…Secret Santa -Katene Campbell and Pou Lead -Merania Kahukiwa

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147 Hall Street
Hokitika
7810

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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