The Kai Ika Project - Wellington

The Kai Ika Project - Wellington Driving maximum usage of commercial and recreational fish across Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Need some help please to settle a debate. Lifetime supply but can only pick one… Tāmure heads, kina or cray bodies?
24/08/2026

Need some help please to settle a debate.

Lifetime supply but can only pick one… Tāmure heads, kina or cray bodies?

Shout to Kyle and the team at Rutherford & Bond and King Toyota for another service and keeping us on the road doing wha...
23/08/2026

Shout to Kyle and the team at Rutherford & Bond and King Toyota for another service and keeping us on the road doing what we do.

Three bulk kaimoana pick-ups and a dozen community drops a week. Hundreds of kilos of cans and car batteries picked up and transported for recycling. Massively grateful for this partnership and the one hundy percent ​ commitment to back the kaupapa.

Working round our schedule as if we're the ones doing them a favour. We're not up to much without wheels!

Alright whānau, lots of questions coming through on the Kina. So here’s a few answers and how you can get some fresh kai...
11/08/2026

Alright whānau, lots of questions coming through on the Kina. So here’s a few answers and how you can get some fresh kaimoana for you and yours.

Firstly, we don’t sell anything. Everything we have is gifted to us to share freely with families who will appreciate it. We give it away.

We very rarely have Kina and cray bodies (and when we do they’re gone long before we post up here). But almost every week we have beautiful fresh fish heads and frames to share.

Most of our kaimoana is gifted by Moana New Zealand and Wellington Seamarket. Picked up fresh, into our chiller truck and straight to the community.

The Ika we have to share varies every day. Hapuka, Tāmure Snapper, Tarakihi, Blue Cod, Haku Kingfish, Gurnard, Moki, Warehou, Trevally etc.

We partner with local Marae, churches, community groups and volunteers to prioritise getting this kai where it’s most appreciated.

We also provide bulk loads (40-200kilos) to local volunteers and rangatira, who share it directly with kaumatua and whānau they know will appreciate it. (That’s what happened with the Kina from the weekend)

We do all of this out of respect for what the moana provides, to make sure our taonga are fully utilised and to help feed whānau.

And here’s the list of our weekly community distributions, around Wellington, Porirua and Hutt Valley, where anyone and everyone is welcome to turn up.

Just BYO, pot, bucket or chilly bin to collect some kaimoana for you and yours.

Nau mai, haere mai.

WEDNESDAYS

12-12.30 at Kokiri Marae Pātaka Kai, 33 Wise Street, Wainuiomata.

1-1.30 at Kōraunui Marae, 146 Stokes Valley Road, Stokes Valley

2-2.30 at Ōrongomai Marae, Upper Hutt

THURSDAYS

12-12.30 at Bedford Court, Cannons Creek with Wesley House Cannons Creek - Te Hiko.

1-1.30 in Naenae, 11 Hillary Court with Kokiri Marae Naenae Hub

2-2.30 at Walter Nash Centre in Pōmare, with Whanau Family Support Services Trust

FRIDAYS

From 10.30 at Rongomātāne Men’s Centre, 13 Cobham Court, Porirua

If you are based in Wellington, Porirua, Hutt Valley, and would like to start getting regular drops of Ika to share with your community, send us a message and we can kōrero.

Mauri ora.

The Broadcaster is here.It’s been in the works for a while now with our friends at Double Vision Brewing who reached out...
11/08/2026

The Broadcaster is here.

It’s been in the works for a while now with our friends at Double Vision Brewing who reached out wanting to do a collab for Wellington On a Plate. Something to champion the kaupapa and show what can be done with the bits often thrown away.

Using whole fish, lightly smoked, oven baked then picked apart with care and turned into a delicious patty. The bones are stripped for every piece of goodness. They’ve even used cray bodies to make a crayfish mayo for the burger and a crayfish fondue for the chips.

It’s maximum respect and maximum flavour all wrapped up in a burger, on now at Dub Hub - Island Bay.

Shout to the brothers of the Kāpiti Underwater Club for the gift of kina over the weekend.These guys put in work year-ro...
10/08/2026

Shout to the brothers of the Kāpiti Underwater Club for the gift of kina over the weekend.

These guys put in work year-round to tautoko the project and give to the community. As a club they contribute to Cans for Kai, provide Ika from their comps and on this occasion kina which was shared with whānau in Waikanae and Porirua.

Hearty bros putting in consistent yards, so others can enjoy the treats. It’s appreciated.

Four neighbours, taking turns to do the pick up each week. This load included Haku Kingfish, Moki, Tāmure Snapper and Ta...
29/07/2026

Four neighbours, taking turns to do the pick up each week. This load included Haku Kingfish, Moki, Tāmure Snapper and Tarakihi. Plenty to be shared and enjoyed. That’s what it’s all about, take what you need and then some to share.

If your time is tight or petrol limited, linking up with other whānau to share the load and the treats is a great way to go.

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