Lower Hutt Foodbank

26/08/2026

Lower Hutt Foodbank has been named a Hutt City finalist in the 2026 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards!!!

The awards recognise the mahi happening across our region, and it’s pretty special to see the Foodbank included alongside so many other community organisations across Lower Hutt.

We’ll find out what happens next at the Hutt City awards in September. For now, we're just proud to be named a finalist, and even prouder of our community who keep the Foodbank moving each week 💚

24/08/2026

DONATION REQUEST 🤎

Do you have any brown paper bags at home that you no longer need? 🛍️

Does your business have excess amount of brown bags?

The Lower Hutt Foodbank would love your help! If you have spare brown paper bags, please drop them off at the Foodbank. Every donation helps us continue supporting our community. 🙏❤️

Thank you for your generosity!

23/08/2026

A lot to celebrate. A lot still to change. 🍃

There’s plenty to be proud of in reaching 40 years. It reflects the many people who have got behind the Foodbank and supported others through difficult times.

But it also means that, for four decades, people in our community have continued to experience hardship and need somewhere to turn for food.

As our Chairperson, Taulapapa, reflected at our 40-year event, “When someone turns up at the Foodbank, it’s not our job to judge how they arrived here, the choices they've made or decide whether they're deserving of food.”

Food hardship is not simply about budgeting or individual choices. Sometimes there just isn’t enough coming in to cover food alongside housing, power and the other basics.

For the Foodbank, that means meeting people where they are and providing practical support without judgement.

Looking ahead, success shouldn’t mean a bigger Foodbank or more parcels going out the door. Real success would be fewer people needing to turn to us in the first place.

20/08/2026

40 YEARS, MANY HANDS 💚

The Foodbank has never been sustained by one person or one group. It has kept going because people have chosen, year after year, to show up and contribute what they can.

Over 40 years, that’s included our volunteers and committee members, staff, donors, suppliers, schools, churches, local businesses, funders, community organisations and many others who have supported the Foodbank along the way.

That support has looked different over the years - from donated food or funds, supplied goods and services, shared expertise, and community connections.

However you’ve been part of the Foodbank community, past or present, thank you. Forty years of serving Lower Hutt has only been possible because of our community who continue to show up for our people.

12/08/2026

Putting on our 40-year event took a lot of help, and we were fortunate to have so many businesses and organisations get behind it.

A big thank you to all the helping hands who brought the evening together:
PAK’nSAVE Lower Hutt
Hutt City Baptist Church
Amilagi's Island Cuisine
Good Bi***es Baking
New World Hutt City
Blue Carrot Catering
St Pierre’s Sushi Petone
With AK Kreations
Red Pebble Event Design
Whittaker's Chocolate Lovers
Queensgate Shopping Centre
Executive Laundry Group Limited
Ripe Coffee Roasters
Cupcake Sweeties
Daily Bread Waiwhetu
Tuatahi

From the food and coffee to the venue, styling and all the little details in between, you had us covered. Thank you for helping us mark the occasion.

09/08/2026

40 YEARS OF THE FOODBANK 💚

Last Thursday, we brought together people who have been connected with Lower Hutt Foodbank across four decades.

There were plenty of familiar faces, as well as people meeting for the first time. It was good to see current and former volunteers, supporters and community partners catching up and sharing memories from their time with the Foodbank.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to those who helped bring the evening together.

We’ll be sharing more from the event and the Foodbank’s 40-year journey over the coming days. For now, here are a few moments from the evening.

02/08/2026

Kia ora koutou, the Lower Hutt Foodbank will be closed tomorrow, Monday 3 August.

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

31/07/2026

ORDER YOUR FRUIT & VEGES FROM Moshims MMK AND HELP OUR LOWER HUTT FOODBANK 🙌❤️

31/07/2026

31/07/2026