Our beginnings: Free Store Waitākere

Food rescue was an evolution of the original ‘Free Store Waitakere 2011’ project which proved that food insecurity was very real in West Auckland. The idea emerged from the Waitākere Wellbeing Collaboration Project under the Food Security Call to Action. Auckland Council, Lifewise, MPHS, and Vision West were all part of this original social supermarket.

Check out this story from 2011 about our humble beginnings, including kai from the gardens at Henderson Primary School.