Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi. Literal: With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive
The (Pātaka Kai) Open Street Pantry Movement is a resident led, grassroots, crowd sourced solution to immediate and local need, rescuing food and encouraging the co-sharing between neighbours to strengthen communities. Whether a need for food or a need to give, the Open Street Pantry Movement facilitates neighbours helping neighbours, building community. All street pātaka (pantries) are stocked organically. Those who wish to contribute may do so at their own discretion when convenient. Kai has a role of nourishing whanau tinana and wairua, while reducing stress and promoting the values of koha and manaaki. This is a way of celebrating as a culture, as an iwi, as a people. It's about that whole sense of manaakitanga. This is a judgement free movement. This is not a new idea. Our ancestors have done this in many shapes & forms in the past and our neighbours over in the U.S.A have done an amazing job doing this with their own version of Little Free pantries all over the united states. We are committed to promoting Community Empowerment, Supporting the growth of the many assets that already exist in our communities within residents, enabling Inter-generational connectedness and turning strangers into neighbours.
Pātaka Kai - for those who don’t know - is the Māori term for a food storehouse or basically a pantry.
Pātaka Kai - for those who don’t know - is the Māori term for a food storehouse or basically a pantry.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Take what you need and leave what you can. It's as simple as that. Neighbours including local businesses and organisations are welcome to donate, and the local community can visit at their discretion to check for available food.
➡️ We can mitigate food insecurity with this movement
➡️ It creates a space for conversation
➡️ It's a very tangible way to help thy neighbour
➡️ We're turning strangers into neighbours & strengthen community bonds
➡️ The proverbial cup of sugar that you borrow from your neighbour becomes this place.
➡️ It's free 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No form filling, easy to access & no judgments passed. We ALL need a hand every now and then.
Take what you need and leave what you can. It's as simple as that. Neighbours including local businesses and organisations are welcome to donate, and the local community can visit at their discretion to check for available food.
➡️ We can mitigate food insecurity with this movement
➡️ It creates a space for conversation
➡️ It's a very tangible way to help thy neighbour
➡️ We're turning strangers into neighbours & strengthen community bonds
➡️ The proverbial cup of sugar that you borrow from your neighbour becomes this place.
➡️ It's free 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No form filling, easy to access & no judgments passed. We ALL need a hand every now and then.
WHO OWNS THIS PĀTAKA KAI (KAI PANTRY)?
We ALL do. This is a community effort and we're just providing the vehicle for it to happen. It belongs to all of us so we all should look after it. Just keep an eye on it, keep it tidy, please don’t leave any big boxes or big rubbish bags behind, and definitely please DO NOT leave behind ANY clothing. The pātaka is only for FOOD - non perishables, fruit & veges from your gardens. NO HOT FOOD PLEASE! Just think about the health & safety of others.
We ALL do. This is a community effort and we're just providing the vehicle for it to happen. It belongs to all of us so we all should look after it. Just keep an eye on it, keep it tidy, please don’t leave any big boxes or big rubbish bags behind, and definitely please DO NOT leave behind ANY clothing. The pātaka is only for FOOD - non perishables, fruit & veges from your gardens. NO HOT FOOD PLEASE! Just think about the health & safety of others.
In order to be a kaitiaki associated with the Pātaka Kai open street pantry movement you will need to:
1 - Please read through our guidelines and then the F.A.Q's below before proceeding.
2 - If you wish to proceed after reading through our Guidelines and the F.A.Q's then you will need to REGISTER your details with us so that we can add you to our members only page to get started.
3 - We do not have the ability to pay for the materials and construction of any pantries at present. It will be up to the Kaitiaki to source donated materials and assistance to construct it. We will be able to support Kaitiaki by providing letters of reference and generic Pātaka Kai business cards that you can use when approaching external providers. There may be times when we receive support to cover material costs in which case we will inform Kaitiaki.
4 - Once you are registered you will be added to our closed Kaitiaki Facebook Group where you will receive ongoing support, advice, administrative resources, food & supplier leads, bread runs, invitations to collective dinners & workshops and access to other opportunities that are regularly presented to our collective group. These will help you to build your support system in your own areas.
If you have read the guidelines, F.A.Q's and would love to open a pantry associated with Pātaka Kai then CLICK HERE to register and get started. After you have registered we will then email access to the following:
- Pantry design plans, templates and specifications for construction.
- Order link for free generic Pātaka Kai business cards.
- A range of templates, guides & tip sheets to support your journey.
- Our Health and Safety guidelines which are also available in multi-languages.
- You will be added to our established food runs if you are in those designated areas.
1 - Please read through our guidelines and then the F.A.Q's below before proceeding.
2 - If you wish to proceed after reading through our Guidelines and the F.A.Q's then you will need to REGISTER your details with us so that we can add you to our members only page to get started.
3 - We do not have the ability to pay for the materials and construction of any pantries at present. It will be up to the Kaitiaki to source donated materials and assistance to construct it. We will be able to support Kaitiaki by providing letters of reference and generic Pātaka Kai business cards that you can use when approaching external providers. There may be times when we receive support to cover material costs in which case we will inform Kaitiaki.
4 - Once you are registered you will be added to our closed Kaitiaki Facebook Group where you will receive ongoing support, advice, administrative resources, food & supplier leads, bread runs, invitations to collective dinners & workshops and access to other opportunities that are regularly presented to our collective group. These will help you to build your support system in your own areas.
If you have read the guidelines, F.A.Q's and would love to open a pantry associated with Pātaka Kai then CLICK HERE to register and get started. After you have registered we will then email access to the following:
- Pantry design plans, templates and specifications for construction.
- Order link for free generic Pātaka Kai business cards.
- A range of templates, guides & tip sheets to support your journey.
- Our Health and Safety guidelines which are also available in multi-languages.
- You will be added to our established food runs if you are in those designated areas.
Need some Inspiration to get started?
Click here to view our Photo Gallery of how our movement has been impacting individuals, families & communities around the country. You can also find inspiration for designing your pantry right through to how to package donations.
What is the Open Street Food Pantry Movement?
The (Pātaka Kai) Open Street Pantry Movement is a resident led, grassroots, crowd sourced solution to immediate and local need. Whether a need for food or a need to give, the Open Street Pantry Movement facilitates neighbours helping neighbours, building community. All street pātaka (pantry's) are stocked organically. Those who wish to contribute may do so at their own discretion when convenient. Pātaka Kai - for those who don’t know - is the Māori term for a food storehouse or basically a pantry.
How do you crowdsource the food for the pantries?
This kaupapa works in order of the following priorities:
1. Using the already existing resources on our streets [so it will take time & education but we need to have our community start getting used to when they can bag up that excess fruit on all our hundreds of fruit trees on our properties] & if they have excess veggies in the garden that too.
2. Leftover non-perishable items already sitting in your pantry that you would otherwise just leave sitting there because you just don't have use or want to use it.
3. Diversion of perfectly edible good kai that would otherwise go in the bin because either there are excess over-orders, slight errors in packaging, end of day kai from local bakeries, supermarkets etc.
4. Any other kai donations people personally chose of their own accord to make to feel part of this if they can't do any of the above [which I've seen some people do] that's fine.
Why do we need Open Street Food Pantries?
- New Zealand families throw away $872 million worth of food every year and cafes, restaurants and supermarkets also throw away millions of dollars of food every year.
- An open street pantry enables people with excess food to easily share it with people who need the food.
- Many people would like to be able to donate their food, but it can be inconvenient to take it to a food bank. The open street pantry's are always open which allows people to drop off food at any hour, and means people can access the food whenever they need it.
- The geographical size of Auckland can make it difficult for people to share food with those who may need it. The open street pantry's will be spread out among each suburb enabling families to easily walk to their nearest stand.
- To access some of our local food services you often have to make appointments, fill out forms and fit a criteria. There are many that experience significant life changes that affect their finances yet do not qualify to access these services. Open street pantry's require none of those things & have no criteria. All are welcome and we all need help sometimes.
- From Jan-April 2018, the number of one-off grants issued for food rose to 143,900, at a cost of $14.7m, Ministry of Social Development (MSD) figures show. That's an increase of more than 50 percent from two years ago, and continues the trend of growing numbers of people requiring help with the basics.
- Many individuals & families forgo food like fruit and vegetables often because they are just too expensive.
- Many of the current services are already stretched to their limits with numbers still increasing. For example Kids Can, the children's charity has sent 1.28 million items of food to schools at the beginning of term three as parents struggle with pressure on their food budgets and the Auckland City Mission reported mid this year it had distributed 15,879 emergency food parcels over the past 12 months - a huge increase from 12,753 in the previous year.
- The rise in petrol prices has put more pressure on families impacting their ability to put kai on the table regularly for their families.
What food is accepted for donation?
View our Full Donation Guidelines
* Food Rules:
- Please make sure that food you drop off is in a condition that you would eat it yourself.
- Please don't drop off any hot or pre-cooked meals.
- Please check that the food you are collecting is okay. We are not responsible if you get sick and can't monitor the stand 24 hours a day so will often not see what goes in and out.
* Donations are accepted of:
- Fresh fruit and vegetables – they must be mould free.
- Tinned and dried goods – all items must be unopened.
- Breads, Sandwiches, biscuits, eggs and baked goods – this food can only be accepted if it is less than two days old and is labelled with the date and time it was made.
- Long Life Milk
- Toiletry items
- Baby Powders & Packaged foods
* Food that cannot be put in the pantry's:
- Unsealed or half eaten food.
- Mouldy fruit.
- Raw fish, meat, and bottled milk.
- Food that has been recalled by the manufacturer.
- Cooked food .
- Frozen Food.
- Seafood
What about Compliance, Health & Safety aspects of the Pantry's?
As long as your pantry is on private property, free & has our food safety guidelines attached, it complies. If in doubt please contact your local council to check. Please ensure to follow up with your local council before proceeding as each council works independently, what might work for Auckland may not for somewhere else. We have created some food guidelines and training materials for the kaitiaki/guardians who look after the pantry's. The full guidance document can be viewed here.
All kaitiaki are instructed to read all documents and affix the food guidelines to their pantry's before opening. These guidelines are also available in Maori & Samoan.
We advise all kaitiaki to ensure they take good care and consideration when constructing their pantries, please don't just chuck anything out to be used. Any wood used will need to be treated as our pantries are normally outdoors. Please ensure your pantry is safely affixed down to something as high winds could cause it to be moved. We encourage having doors on your pantries to prevent any animals from getting access & fly screens during the summer months. With regular cleaning this will also prevent any unwanted critters. Currently because we have such a quick turn over of kai we have not encountered any issues yet but will attend to any as they come up promptly. To prevent cross-contamination please ensure you separate food from toiletries and animal food. This can be done by ensuring you have a dedicated level to each section or having toiletries or animal food secured in bins with lids.
Will this affect local businesses?
Please rest assured we would need to put thousands of pantry's out in just one city before we can even begin to make a negative impact on our local businesses. Our pantries will always have inconsistent products & each one will only be able to serve only a very small percentage of every suburb. Our pantries are also limited in what we can accept due to health & safety issues so there will always be a need for our local dairies & shops.
What happens to food that is not taken from the Pantry's?
We encourage anyone who is looking after a pantry, to take any food which is not suitable for composting or divert to piggeries.
Who is behind this movement?
This movement was kick started in South Auckland by Terry & Swanie Nelson and now involves a team of amazing community Pātaka Kai champions which we call Kaitiaki and literally the rest of the community.
Aren’t there already food rescue groups throughout the country?
Yes there are. These food rescue groups take surplus food from big corporate suppliers, some supermarkets and some bakeries where the donations are sizable in volume. The open street pantry's are appropriate for people who want to make smaller donations of food such as a loaf of bread, a bag of lemons from the garden, non perishable items etc. Not every supermarket or food eateries have relationships with food rescue organisations so there is an abundance of opportunity still for our kaitiaki throughout the country to engage with these outlets and form partnerships with them and their pantries.
How can I keep myself & my family safe by having a pantry outside the front of our property?
We advise all kaitiaki not to place their pantries up against their homes or doors. It is recommended that you place it near your fence line. This is to prevent anyone using the pantry as an excuse to gain access onto your property and scope your property. You are not required to man your pantry all hours of the day. Your only role is to just provide a place for the pantry to be located, ensure it's kept clean & post up updates to our facebook page when you can. We strongly encourage you to get your neighbours on-board to help you look after your pãtaka kai. They can participate simply by keeping an eye out when they are at home, even helping to keep it clean & them just being aware helps too. You are not required to engage with people who come to take food from your pantry if you happen to be home and see them out there. In fact we discourage that and ask that kaitiaki just allow them to come and go.
If at any stage you feel unsafe having a pantry outside of your property we strongly encourage you to discontinue doing this and to remove it from your property.
Is this a world first?
No, our ancestors have done this in many shapes & forms in the past and we were originally inspired by our neighbours over in the U.S.A who have done an amazing job with their own version all over the united states. We are everyday residents like yourselves who have simply come together to create this for our neighbours, our community.
Will this replace our local Food Banks, City Missions & WINZ food grants?
No, the open free pantries will never be able to replace these important services to our community however we do believe we are complimentary to them.
What happens after you decide to become a Kaitiaki of a pantry?
- You will be added to our members only page on our website.
- Your pantry will be listed on our official Map for more exposure.
- You will be added into our Kaitiaki ONLY page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/patakai
- You will be added into our contact list directory to receive other resources and invites to kaitiaki dinners & workshops.
- You will be added into the bread run routes if you live within the area of those deliveries.
- You will be supported with on-going training where needed.
- You will have access to other resources & bulk food distribution opportunities through our other external stakeholder relationships.
Warnings - But what about Vandalism, Raids & Kaitiaki mis-appropriating the pantries?
Before you embark on committing to this awesome journey & jumping on the waka (movement) please note you may experience people taking more than they need, some minor vandalism & possibly even some stolen baskets that hold your food. We want you to know this movement works on the good faith of others & that we anticipate a few bumps and challenges on the road but our saying is that "we will cross that bridge if/when we get to it & will always remain optimistic as well as resilient". You need to have patience, grace, mercy & kindness to be a kaitiaki of a stand, not be easily offended, optimistic & resilient.
We have experienced some very minor issues but not enough to stop this movement. Instead we always bounce back and become more creative in implementing measures to help reduce/eliminate any issues. As an example; we had a few of the food baskets taken in the past so now we screw them down. Every area is different & we have to realise that people are at different stages in the journey of life & this will naturally be part of this process & the movement. Please realise that as much as we would love for everyone to think and feel the same as us about this movement & to respect our pantries that there will always be the very odd few who won't, which is why doing this requires a non judgmental attitude, grace & resilience. Homelessness, poverty, living in survival mode & all the other complex layered issues around that have a huge effect on an individual's behaviour & those behaviours take time to undo. We hope that this helps to guide your response in the future if you ever encounter any of the issues above.
Also please note that as a result of receiving donated kai you will experience an increase in boxes & possibly small plastic bags. This means extra rubbish. Some weeks may be less than others depending on how many have given or what they have brought the kai in. You will need to dispose of this yourself at your own cost.
* Please note we will remove any listings off our website, google map and social media pages if we find any kaitiaki mis-appropriating the opportunity to run a pantry. This may include:
- Soliciting of funds for personal gain.
- Using very poor substandard items to suffice as a pantry.
- The taking of food from other pantries without permission.
- Tailgating other kaitiaki to share donations that they have sourced for their own pantries.
- Not willing to comply with our rules & guidelines.
- Mis-representation of the movement in any media or public forums.
Anyone has the right to open a pantry on their property and do what they choose however if you wish to open one in association with our movement then we respectfully ask that you please comply with our rules & guidelines. It is there to safeguard all our pantries.
Click here to view our Photo Gallery of how our movement has been impacting individuals, families & communities around the country. You can also find inspiration for designing your pantry right through to how to package donations.
What is the Open Street Food Pantry Movement?
The (Pātaka Kai) Open Street Pantry Movement is a resident led, grassroots, crowd sourced solution to immediate and local need. Whether a need for food or a need to give, the Open Street Pantry Movement facilitates neighbours helping neighbours, building community. All street pātaka (pantry's) are stocked organically. Those who wish to contribute may do so at their own discretion when convenient. Pātaka Kai - for those who don’t know - is the Māori term for a food storehouse or basically a pantry.
How do you crowdsource the food for the pantries?
This kaupapa works in order of the following priorities:
1. Using the already existing resources on our streets [so it will take time & education but we need to have our community start getting used to when they can bag up that excess fruit on all our hundreds of fruit trees on our properties] & if they have excess veggies in the garden that too.
2. Leftover non-perishable items already sitting in your pantry that you would otherwise just leave sitting there because you just don't have use or want to use it.
3. Diversion of perfectly edible good kai that would otherwise go in the bin because either there are excess over-orders, slight errors in packaging, end of day kai from local bakeries, supermarkets etc.
4. Any other kai donations people personally chose of their own accord to make to feel part of this if they can't do any of the above [which I've seen some people do] that's fine.
Why do we need Open Street Food Pantries?
- New Zealand families throw away $872 million worth of food every year and cafes, restaurants and supermarkets also throw away millions of dollars of food every year.
- An open street pantry enables people with excess food to easily share it with people who need the food.
- Many people would like to be able to donate their food, but it can be inconvenient to take it to a food bank. The open street pantry's are always open which allows people to drop off food at any hour, and means people can access the food whenever they need it.
- The geographical size of Auckland can make it difficult for people to share food with those who may need it. The open street pantry's will be spread out among each suburb enabling families to easily walk to their nearest stand.
- To access some of our local food services you often have to make appointments, fill out forms and fit a criteria. There are many that experience significant life changes that affect their finances yet do not qualify to access these services. Open street pantry's require none of those things & have no criteria. All are welcome and we all need help sometimes.
- From Jan-April 2018, the number of one-off grants issued for food rose to 143,900, at a cost of $14.7m, Ministry of Social Development (MSD) figures show. That's an increase of more than 50 percent from two years ago, and continues the trend of growing numbers of people requiring help with the basics.
- Many individuals & families forgo food like fruit and vegetables often because they are just too expensive.
- Many of the current services are already stretched to their limits with numbers still increasing. For example Kids Can, the children's charity has sent 1.28 million items of food to schools at the beginning of term three as parents struggle with pressure on their food budgets and the Auckland City Mission reported mid this year it had distributed 15,879 emergency food parcels over the past 12 months - a huge increase from 12,753 in the previous year.
- The rise in petrol prices has put more pressure on families impacting their ability to put kai on the table regularly for their families.
What food is accepted for donation?
View our Full Donation Guidelines
* Food Rules:
- Please make sure that food you drop off is in a condition that you would eat it yourself.
- Please don't drop off any hot or pre-cooked meals.
- Please check that the food you are collecting is okay. We are not responsible if you get sick and can't monitor the stand 24 hours a day so will often not see what goes in and out.
* Donations are accepted of:
- Fresh fruit and vegetables – they must be mould free.
- Tinned and dried goods – all items must be unopened.
- Breads, Sandwiches, biscuits, eggs and baked goods – this food can only be accepted if it is less than two days old and is labelled with the date and time it was made.
- Long Life Milk
- Toiletry items
- Baby Powders & Packaged foods
* Food that cannot be put in the pantry's:
- Unsealed or half eaten food.
- Mouldy fruit.
- Raw fish, meat, and bottled milk.
- Food that has been recalled by the manufacturer.
- Cooked food .
- Frozen Food.
- Seafood
What about Compliance, Health & Safety aspects of the Pantry's?
As long as your pantry is on private property, free & has our food safety guidelines attached, it complies. If in doubt please contact your local council to check. Please ensure to follow up with your local council before proceeding as each council works independently, what might work for Auckland may not for somewhere else. We have created some food guidelines and training materials for the kaitiaki/guardians who look after the pantry's. The full guidance document can be viewed here.
All kaitiaki are instructed to read all documents and affix the food guidelines to their pantry's before opening. These guidelines are also available in Maori & Samoan.
We advise all kaitiaki to ensure they take good care and consideration when constructing their pantries, please don't just chuck anything out to be used. Any wood used will need to be treated as our pantries are normally outdoors. Please ensure your pantry is safely affixed down to something as high winds could cause it to be moved. We encourage having doors on your pantries to prevent any animals from getting access & fly screens during the summer months. With regular cleaning this will also prevent any unwanted critters. Currently because we have such a quick turn over of kai we have not encountered any issues yet but will attend to any as they come up promptly. To prevent cross-contamination please ensure you separate food from toiletries and animal food. This can be done by ensuring you have a dedicated level to each section or having toiletries or animal food secured in bins with lids.
Will this affect local businesses?
Please rest assured we would need to put thousands of pantry's out in just one city before we can even begin to make a negative impact on our local businesses. Our pantries will always have inconsistent products & each one will only be able to serve only a very small percentage of every suburb. Our pantries are also limited in what we can accept due to health & safety issues so there will always be a need for our local dairies & shops.
What happens to food that is not taken from the Pantry's?
We encourage anyone who is looking after a pantry, to take any food which is not suitable for composting or divert to piggeries.
Who is behind this movement?
This movement was kick started in South Auckland by Terry & Swanie Nelson and now involves a team of amazing community Pātaka Kai champions which we call Kaitiaki and literally the rest of the community.
Aren’t there already food rescue groups throughout the country?
Yes there are. These food rescue groups take surplus food from big corporate suppliers, some supermarkets and some bakeries where the donations are sizable in volume. The open street pantry's are appropriate for people who want to make smaller donations of food such as a loaf of bread, a bag of lemons from the garden, non perishable items etc. Not every supermarket or food eateries have relationships with food rescue organisations so there is an abundance of opportunity still for our kaitiaki throughout the country to engage with these outlets and form partnerships with them and their pantries.
How can I keep myself & my family safe by having a pantry outside the front of our property?
We advise all kaitiaki not to place their pantries up against their homes or doors. It is recommended that you place it near your fence line. This is to prevent anyone using the pantry as an excuse to gain access onto your property and scope your property. You are not required to man your pantry all hours of the day. Your only role is to just provide a place for the pantry to be located, ensure it's kept clean & post up updates to our facebook page when you can. We strongly encourage you to get your neighbours on-board to help you look after your pãtaka kai. They can participate simply by keeping an eye out when they are at home, even helping to keep it clean & them just being aware helps too. You are not required to engage with people who come to take food from your pantry if you happen to be home and see them out there. In fact we discourage that and ask that kaitiaki just allow them to come and go.
If at any stage you feel unsafe having a pantry outside of your property we strongly encourage you to discontinue doing this and to remove it from your property.
Is this a world first?
No, our ancestors have done this in many shapes & forms in the past and we were originally inspired by our neighbours over in the U.S.A who have done an amazing job with their own version all over the united states. We are everyday residents like yourselves who have simply come together to create this for our neighbours, our community.
Will this replace our local Food Banks, City Missions & WINZ food grants?
No, the open free pantries will never be able to replace these important services to our community however we do believe we are complimentary to them.
What happens after you decide to become a Kaitiaki of a pantry?
- You will be added to our members only page on our website.
- Your pantry will be listed on our official Map for more exposure.
- You will be added into our Kaitiaki ONLY page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/patakai
- You will be added into our contact list directory to receive other resources and invites to kaitiaki dinners & workshops.
- You will be added into the bread run routes if you live within the area of those deliveries.
- You will be supported with on-going training where needed.
- You will have access to other resources & bulk food distribution opportunities through our other external stakeholder relationships.
Warnings - But what about Vandalism, Raids & Kaitiaki mis-appropriating the pantries?
Before you embark on committing to this awesome journey & jumping on the waka (movement) please note you may experience people taking more than they need, some minor vandalism & possibly even some stolen baskets that hold your food. We want you to know this movement works on the good faith of others & that we anticipate a few bumps and challenges on the road but our saying is that "we will cross that bridge if/when we get to it & will always remain optimistic as well as resilient". You need to have patience, grace, mercy & kindness to be a kaitiaki of a stand, not be easily offended, optimistic & resilient.
We have experienced some very minor issues but not enough to stop this movement. Instead we always bounce back and become more creative in implementing measures to help reduce/eliminate any issues. As an example; we had a few of the food baskets taken in the past so now we screw them down. Every area is different & we have to realise that people are at different stages in the journey of life & this will naturally be part of this process & the movement. Please realise that as much as we would love for everyone to think and feel the same as us about this movement & to respect our pantries that there will always be the very odd few who won't, which is why doing this requires a non judgmental attitude, grace & resilience. Homelessness, poverty, living in survival mode & all the other complex layered issues around that have a huge effect on an individual's behaviour & those behaviours take time to undo. We hope that this helps to guide your response in the future if you ever encounter any of the issues above.
Also please note that as a result of receiving donated kai you will experience an increase in boxes & possibly small plastic bags. This means extra rubbish. Some weeks may be less than others depending on how many have given or what they have brought the kai in. You will need to dispose of this yourself at your own cost.
* Please note we will remove any listings off our website, google map and social media pages if we find any kaitiaki mis-appropriating the opportunity to run a pantry. This may include:
- Soliciting of funds for personal gain.
- Using very poor substandard items to suffice as a pantry.
- The taking of food from other pantries without permission.
- Tailgating other kaitiaki to share donations that they have sourced for their own pantries.
- Not willing to comply with our rules & guidelines.
- Mis-representation of the movement in any media or public forums.
Anyone has the right to open a pantry on their property and do what they choose however if you wish to open one in association with our movement then we respectfully ask that you please comply with our rules & guidelines. It is there to safeguard all our pantries.