The Auckland City Mission is delighted to be partnering with Soap for Society, the Wellington City Mission and the Christchurch City Mission to make a real difference to New Zealanders living in poverty. Soap for Society encourages people, and those within the beauty community, to donate toiletries to those living in serious need in New…
Read More12 Early Days of Christmas
Demand for Auckland City Mission emergency food parcels skyrockets. The Auckland City Mission is facing an unprecedented demand for food parcels at the same time as it is dealing with a dwindling supply of stock to meet the need. New statistics show there has been a jump in demand for the emergency food boxes…
Read MoreONE CAN – TWO CAN
One Can – Two Can is an annual appeal held by the Mission, which encourages schools, churches and businesses to collect non-perishable food items and funds for the Mission’s emergency food parcels. This year over 120 organisations participated and collected around 22,000 cans for the Mission. The official appeal ran from Monday 17th to Friday 28th June. We…
Read MorePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern references our Family 100 research
Yesterday on TVNZ’s ‘Breakfast’, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discussed the reasons why more families are needing help, and referenced the Mission’s own Family 100 research project.
Read MoreMission News: March-April 2019
In this edition we meet Tangi, our onsite Work and Income Case Manager, Debbie, our new Kitchen Manager, and Kelsey, our new Outreach Mental Health Nurse. We also take a look at some of the ways our supporters are helping fellow Aucklanders and we get an update on Project HomeGround. Download the full newsletter
Read MoreGovernment Announcement Synthetic Drugs
MEDIA RELEASE: AUCKLAND CITY MISSION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13th December 2018 CITY MISSION WELCOMES GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ON MEASURES TO TACKLE SYNTHETIC DRUGS The Auckland City Mission welcomes the government’s announcement today that it will crack down on suppliers of synthetic drugs while investing in drug related health interventions. Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly,…
Read MoreMissioner’s November update
Auckland City Mission CEO Chris Farrelly starts the countdown to Christmas, after our move to Union St. He also updates us on early progress on the Mission HomeGround development at Hobson St.
Read MoreMission HomeGround Project – Contractor Announced
Thursday 11th October Auckland City Mission HomeGround contractor announced. For immediate release. The Auckland City Mission’s transformational new development, HomeGround, has just taken an important step forward with the naming of the construction company to deliver the project. Built Environs, part of the McConnell Dowell group, has been selected to develop HomeGround on the Mission’s…
Read MoreIra Mata, Iri Tangata: Auckland’s Homeless Count
“800 people sleeping rough in Auckland is 800 too many…” says mayor Phil Goff about the initial figures released from Ira Mata, Iri Tangata: Auckland’s Homeless Count. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12139566&ref=NZH_fb
Read MoreOur temporary home and HomeGround Redevelopment
Auckland City Mission CEO Chris Farrelly, Mission clients and architects share their thoughts on the Mission’s temporary home and HomeGround redevelopment.
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