Kaibosh

About

New Zealand's first food rescue organisation – we rescue quality surplus food and provide it to community groups supporting those who need it most.

Story

Kaibosh is based in Wellington and is New Zealand’s first and most well-established food rescue organisation.

Robyn and George Langlands founded Kaibosh in 2008. It began with them collecting food from Wishbone and storing it overnight in their home fridge before delivering it to Wellington Women’s Refuge the following day. They soon realised that there was plenty more food to rescue and set about building Kaibosh into what it is today.

Kaibosh won the Community Impact and Mega Efficiency Impact categories of the 2015 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, and was the Supreme Winner of the 2012 Trustpower National Community Awards – all honours which have gone a long way towards raising the profile not only of Kaibosh, but of food rescue in New Zealand.

Kaibosh now works in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, supporting more than 50 community groups with the help of 35 regular food donors and a team of over 140 volunteers.

Kaibosh has no religious, political, or other affiliations.