Every Sunday night we share a warm meal with Auckland’s street whānau. This incredible community offering was founded by Sunday Blessings more than 8 years ago.
HOW IT WORKS
Every Sunday, Fair Food’s trucks collect surplus food before it goes to waste from supermarkets across central Auckland. With the help of a team of volunteers, this food is turned into hot meals to feed over 200 people at the Ellen Melville Centre.
Together, we ensure people experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity and financial hardship have access to hot food, alongside housing guidance, laundry facilities, haircuts, clothing and social support.
Partners include Orange Sky, Auckland Action Against Poverty, Akarana Māori Wardens, Tender Love and Care, Auckland Street Choir, St Kentigern’s School, SISDAC, Diocesan Boarding Students, and Duke of Edinburgh students.
Moustache Cookies, Bluebells Cakery, and Woolworths are the generous food donors.
This programme was co-founded as Sunday Blessings by lawyer Dani LeGallais. The Sunday Blessings team continue to provide advocacy for street whānau and maintain the free meals list and coordination across the city centre.
VOLUNTEER
Food belongs on plates, not in landfill.
Volunteer on Sundays from 3 - 6 pm to help ensure people sleeping rough in Auckland’s city centre are less alone. You’ll help pack hot dinners into kai parcels.
If you’d like to do Duke of Edinburgh hours through this programme, you can cook a side dish to bring in from home.
HUNGER IS HUGE
Auckland saw the number of street whānau more than double in 2025, according to data from The Salvation Army and Community Housing Aotearoa.
Hunger is huge, and the number of people facing food insecurity continues to grow. This is happening despite being a country that produces enough food to feed around 40 million people.
Find free meals across the city on the Sunday Blessings Central Auckland Free Meals List.