On The House

On The House Distributing Quality Surplus Food throughout Taranaki To Those in Need. Please bring your reusable bags!
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For more information refer to our website www.onthehouse.org.nz or contact us at [email protected] On The House was started to create a space for the community to interact, build relationships and to serve free surplus food to those in need. We are a member of AFRA (Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance) and our engine runs mainly on the energy and heart of volunteers. We collect surplus food that wo

uld otherwise go to waste and redistribute it to those who identify themselves as in need from community halls on either side of New Plymouth. We can be found 5pm - 6pm on Mondays at 24 Lawry St, Moturoa and Thursdays at 10 Henui St, Strandon.

Yeehah๐Ÿ˜Š It was another calm & cool Bell Block Free Store edition - Check out the whanau, getting ready to give it all๐Ÿ˜ŠAl...
11/06/2026

Yeehah๐Ÿ˜Š It was another calm & cool Bell Block Free Store edition - Check out the whanau, getting ready to give it all๐Ÿ˜Š
Always a smile ๐Ÿ˜Š & some good chats๐Ÿ˜‰

Gianna & Freida went all in on the box ๐Ÿ“ฆ pack up, always striving for the highest stack ๐Ÿ˜Colleen was getting front of house in tip top shape & ready to rock ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ
The whanau brought together such an awesome Kai rescue mountain โ›ฐ๏ธ of 1384 kgโ€™s there was even a smash ๐Ÿ’ฅ cake ๐ŸŽ‚ amongst the tasty variety, itโ€™s all about balance a bit of savoury with the sweet ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅฆ๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ”๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ• & all the goods filled up the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ of 108 households ๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ˜๏ธ

The sky has a cloud duvet & itโ€™s a gentle eveโ€ฆRest well one & all, take care of each other. We shall see you out West in Moturoa on Monday, please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & leave your doggies ๐Ÿ• at home ๐Ÿก

โ€˜Let the silence of the stars โœจ settle any thoughts & May peace flow through like gentle waterโ€™ - Unknown ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿš๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ’ง๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒ™โœจ๐ŸŒš๐ŸŒ…

Check out these lovely wahine ๐Ÿค opening our โ€˜Over 65โ€™s Free Storeโ€™ this afternoonโ€ฆdeep into bunching up some of Garthโ€™s ...
10/06/2026

Check out these lovely wahine ๐Ÿค opening our โ€˜Over 65โ€™s Free Storeโ€™ this afternoonโ€ฆdeep into bunching up some of Garthโ€™s fine garden ๐Ÿช๐Ÿชดgoods ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŒพ

Our fellas are looking good too as they helped bring together a big & brilliant 541 kgโ€™s of tasty & nourishing kai rescue variety ๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง€๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง… ๐ŸŽƒ ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅซ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฐ flowing into the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ of 74 customers๐Ÿค Our wonderful Corbynator baked some sweet morsels to share & keep the crew going, always a lot of creativity & care ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’š

Keep warm & toasty, time for hotties, thick blankets, books ๐Ÿ“š, warming bowls ๐Ÿฅฃ & a teapot ๐Ÿซ– never far away๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ”ฅ

We shall see you in a fortnight on Wednesday the June the 24th for more kai & communityโ˜บ๏ธ Please bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & we will fill โ€˜em๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜Š

It was another Marvellous Monday Free Store edition & our whanau were smiling & swift superheroes ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝ rocking it from...
08/06/2026

It was another Marvellous Monday Free Store edition & our whanau were smiling & swift superheroes ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝ rocking it from the hub & prep crews right through to the service & clean up ๐Ÿงน Corbynator always brings the sweets ๐Ÿฌ to fuel โ›ฝ๏ธ us all up๐Ÿ˜œ

Check out our Cover Models the flippinโ€™ awesome front of house lovelies - Mark, Theresa & Elric who hoofs up the stairs with box ๐Ÿ“ฆ loads of bags to fill ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ˜…

It was a 1476 kg kai rescue mountain โ›ฐ๏ธ filled with loads of goodness including these lush & lovely tamarillos fresh from the Parihaka mara ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅฌ๐ŸŽƒ ๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง„๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿž๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿ•๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง & it flowed straight into the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ of 150 households ๐Ÿ›’๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ˜๏ธ

Keep Warm & Wrap Up๐Ÿงฃ whanau, we shall see you at โ€˜Over 65โ€™sโ€™ on Wednesday or out East in Bell Block on Thursday๐Ÿ˜Š Please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & leave your doggies ๐Ÿ• at home ๐Ÿก

โ€˜The beauty of life is in small details, not large eventsโ€™ ๐Ÿ•๏ธ - Jim Jarmusch ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿค™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฅท๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿชก๐Ÿงต๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿ‘“๐Ÿž๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ๐Ÿชถ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Hallelujah! We were super stoked that the rain ๐ŸŒง๏ธโ˜”๏ธ did not make an appearance at our Bell Block Free Store this evening...
04/06/2026

Hallelujah! We were super stoked that the rain ๐ŸŒง๏ธโ˜”๏ธ did not make an appearance at our Bell Block Free Store this eveningโ€ฆit was calm โ˜บ๏ธ & balmy!

Check out Mason on our cover this evening, we welcomed him to the team this week another awesome addition alongside Tim๐Ÿ˜ Closely followed by the whanau post shopping ๐Ÿ›’ & clean up with big smiles๐Ÿ˜ƒ Loving ๐Ÿฅฐ the mahi๐Ÿ˜Š

We brought to life 1217 kgโ€™s of nourishing & yummy ๐Ÿ˜‹ surplus kai there were some lush daikon & plenty of greens ๐Ÿฅฌ amongst the bounty ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ”๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŸ๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅซ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿช๐Ÿซ๐Ÿซ– & it flowed into the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ of 112 households ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ•๏ธ a great kai top up for the weekend ๐Ÿ˜Š

Keep well & warm & take care of each other & we will see you out West in Moturoa on Monday. Please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & leave your doggies ๐Ÿ• at home ๐Ÿก

โ€˜A rainy โ˜”๏ธ day is a special gift ๐ŸŽ to readersโ€™๐Ÿ“š - Amy Miles ๐ŸŒง๏ธโ›ˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’ฆ๐Ÿ’งโ˜”๏ธโ˜‚๏ธ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐Ÿซง๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒˆ

Yeehahโ€ฆwe are kicking off a short week down South with the Stratford whanau & the weather ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ turned it on with loads of ...
03/06/2026

Yeehahโ€ฆwe are kicking off a short week down South with the Stratford whanau & the weather ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ turned it on with loads of golden sunshine โ˜€๏ธ Check out the lovelies with Lauree at the helm & a big warm Welcome to Tim, speedy with smiles ๐Ÿ˜Š

As the winter rays โ˜€๏ธ shone a big & brilliant 762 kgโ€™s of Kai Surplus was prepped, sorted & curated with loads of tasty & nourishing variety - loving the vitamin C loaded citrus ๐ŸŠ flowing, keep it coming, โ€˜tis the season of the โ€˜hot lemon ๐Ÿ‹ honey ๐Ÿฏโ€™ & as always a little bit of this, a little bit of that & some hearty staples for nourished bellies ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹โ€๐ŸŸฉ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿง…๐Ÿง„๐Ÿซš๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿช๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿฅง & it filled the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ of 121 households ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ˜๏ธ just in time before the next rain ๐ŸŒง๏ธ arrivesโ˜บ๏ธ

Here we go June โ„๏ธโ›ฐ๏ธ winter maybe cold but it has its giftsโ€ฆSee you in a fortnight on Wednesday June the 17th, bring your reusable bags & your warmies ๐Ÿงถ๐Ÿงฃ๐Ÿงฅ & we will fill them, lickety split with Aroha ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’š

โ€˜We have seasons when we flourish, & seasons when the leaves ๐Ÿ‚fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time they grow againโ€™ - Katherine May๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒง๏ธโ„๏ธ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธโ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿชพ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐Ÿชด๐Ÿต๐Ÿซ–โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿฅฃ๐Ÿซ•๐Ÿœ

We wanted to say a heartfelt ๐Ÿฉต THANK YOU to everyone who has already joined our flat. Your support is helping us distrib...
01/06/2026

We wanted to say a heartfelt ๐Ÿฉต THANK YOU to everyone who has already joined our flat. Your support is helping us distribute surplus food to families and community groups across Taranaki. If you've been thinking about becoming an On The House Flatmate, the household has room for more. Give as much as you like, as often as you like. Every contribution helps us keep good food out of landfill and on tables. Join the flat today ๐Ÿ‘‰ onthehouse.org.nz/oth-flattie/

Bell Block turned on another fantastic evening๐ŸŒ…โ›ฐ๏ธ full of technicolor skies, framed by our Maunga looking fine, a wonder...
28/05/2026

Bell Block turned on another fantastic evening๐ŸŒ…โ›ฐ๏ธ full of technicolor skies, framed by our Maunga looking fine, a wonderful backdrop for a Free Store & sausages on the bbq, Big Ups ๐Ÿ™Œ to the Northpoint Baptist Church - NZ whanau for the banginโ€™ Barbie๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ˜Š

Check out the lovely Brenda looking fantastic on our cover this evening with the most gorgeous apron๐Ÿฉท Closely followed by Frieda & Gianna, throwing some shapes & getting limber ready for the shop up๐Ÿ˜Š

Always so much joy to be had in the whanau as we brought to life 1126 kgโ€™s of yummy ๐Ÿ˜‹ & nourishing surplus kai, there was certainly some lush fare ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‹โ€๐ŸŸฉ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฅช๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฐ & it flowed with lots of Aroha into the bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ if 115 households ๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ˜๏ธ just in time for a long winter โ„๏ธ weekend, we love that๐Ÿฉต

Have a wonderful weekend one & all, enjoy time with whanau & friendsโ€ฆWe are taking a wee breather on Monday to reconnect & recharge the batteries๐Ÿชซ๐Ÿ”‹

See you down south in Stratford on Wednesday or back out East in Bell Block on ThursdayโœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ™Œ

โ€˜Weโ€™re all travelling through time together. Everyday of our lives. All we can do is do our best to relish the remarkable rideโ€™ - from the movie ๐ŸŽฅ โ€˜About Timeโ€™๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽค๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‰

It was another stunner of an afternoon as we rolled out another โ€˜Over 65โ€™s Free Storeโ€™ how lucky are we in this wee corn...
27/05/2026

It was another stunner of an afternoon as we rolled out another โ€˜Over 65โ€™s Free Storeโ€™ how lucky are we in this wee corner of the world โœจ๐Ÿชถ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ

Our lovelies flowed things together with such ease & graceโ€ฆthe wonderful Frank got things sorted & ship shape ready for our customers to have a cuppa tea ๐Ÿซ–โ˜•๏ธ & take a load off & he is closely followed by our front of house superstars ๐Ÿคฉ John & Denise๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™Œ We have a lot of fun ๐Ÿคฉ

Big Ups ๐Ÿ™Œ also to Bobbi & Marion for keeping the afternoon tea flowing๐Ÿ‘Œ There was 506 kgโ€™s of tasty ๐Ÿ˜‹ surplus kai including bacon ๐Ÿฅ“ perfect for a breakfast ๐Ÿณ butty, chips ๐ŸŸ & plenty of other fry up options ๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿž๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅฃ๐Ÿซ–โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿช๐Ÿฅซ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฉ & it filled the bags of 85 happy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ customers ๐Ÿฉต

Keep warm & soak in the sunshine โ˜€๏ธ so good ๐Ÿ˜Š for the soul โ˜บ๏ธ We shall see you in a fortnight on Wednesday, June 10th, please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & weโ€™ll fill โ€˜em with aroha ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’š

โ€˜In every job that must be done โœ… there is an element of fun ๐Ÿคฉโ€™ - Mary Poppins๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿญ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

Jees Louise our Free Store Week is off & running ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ out the gate & up the road with a smile ๐Ÿ˜Š on another stunner of a...
25/05/2026

Jees Louise our Free Store Week is off & running ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ out the gate & up the road with a smile ๐Ÿ˜Š on another stunner of a day in Taradiseโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒ…

Our whanau are so fast ๐Ÿ’จ they arrive put the bag ๐Ÿ’ผ & coat ๐Ÿงฅ on the peg, dust off the working day, the gloves come on & they are a whir of activityโ€ฆthere was loads of good chat as we did the mahi & had a wee breather here & there๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ

It was a big & beautiful ๐Ÿคฉ kai rescue mountain โ›ฐ๏ธ 1404 tasty kgโ€™s including wee fairy ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ cakes, biscuits ๐Ÿช chips๐ŸŸ & loads of protein with a few wonderful surprises popped into the bags of 150 households ๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿก๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅฌ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ‹โ€๐ŸŸฉ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅซ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿซ

We are making the most of the clear skies & sunshine โ˜€๏ธ filled days, soak it all in one & allโ€ฆSes you at โ€˜Over 65โ€™sโ€™ on Wednesday or out East in Bell Block on Thursday. Please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & leave your doggies๐Ÿ• at home

โ€˜Good weather ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ heals more than we realise - Unknown ๐Ÿงบ๐ŸŒ…๐Ÿ–๏ธ๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿ”๏ธโ›ต๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿ„๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿคฟ๐Ÿ›น๐ŸŒŠโœจ๐ŸŒ™โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒœ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿš๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿชต๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ๐Ÿชถ

It was another gorgeous evening out East in Bell Blockโ€ฆQueen of the sunsets ๐ŸŒ… Check out our lovelies - Colleen & Sally o...
21/05/2026

It was another gorgeous evening out East in Bell Blockโ€ฆQueen of the sunsets ๐ŸŒ… Check out our lovelies - Colleen & Sally our front of house superstars leading the cover tonightโ€ฆclosely followed by Marcia in the prep section, doing the mahi๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

Itโ€™s such a joy to bring together our Free Stores with the whanau - so many cute things unfold each shift & tonight our green fingered goddess was back with her lush herbs ๐ŸŒฟ & we had lots of meal ๐Ÿฅ˜ options amongst the 1487 kgโ€™s of tasty ๐Ÿ˜‹ surplus kai & some fabulous treats in the cake section๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฉ๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅซ๐Ÿซ”๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿ ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ‹๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ so awesome to see the new season citrus๐ŸŠrolling inโ€ฆall these goods flowed into the bags of 107 households๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐Ÿก๐Ÿ  on a soft, warm evening ๐ŸŒ…

Keep well & warm out there one & all there are winter โ„๏ธ bugs around, take care of each other๐Ÿค— Enjoy a slow weekend to rest & restore๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ See you down West in Moturoa on Monday, please ๐Ÿ™ bring your reusable bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ & leave your doggies ๐Ÿถ at home ๐Ÿก

โ€˜You are the sky ๐ŸŒŒ everything else is the weather ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธโ€™ - Pema Chodron ๐ŸŒ„๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŒŠโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒค๏ธโ›…๏ธ๐ŸŒฅ๏ธโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ๐ŸŒง๏ธโ›ˆ๏ธ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐ŸŒจ๏ธโ„๏ธ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโœจ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿค

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