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An increased demand for food within our elderly community
Food Rescues and other charities all over Aotearoa are doing incredible work to meet the growing need for food support within our communities. Our Hawkes Bay-based member, Nourished for Nil, is seeing a growing demand for food parcels from many different demographics, including pensioners. Nourished for Nil’s Founder, Christina McBeth and our Interim GM Iain Lees-Galloway, spoke with Hawkes Bay Today about this confronting new trend.
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Media release: Food Charities Call for Sustainable Government Funding
The Salvation Army, Auckland City Mission – Te Tāpui Atawhai, New Zealand Food Network (NZFN), Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective and the Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance (AFRA), are calling on the government and the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) to commit to long-term, sustainable funding for foodbank and food rescue organisations, as frontline providers face…
Grocery Market Reform Must Include Mandatory Food Rescue Partnerships
Media Release, 30 March 2025 The Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance (AFRA) is calling on the Government to include mandatory food rescue partnerships in its plans to reform New Zealand’s grocery sector. In response to today’s announcement from Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis about potential structural separation in the supermarket sector, AFRA says now is the…
