28 November, 2025
Food drive on the way Katikati woman Sue Spriggens doesn’t like having her photograph taken – ever. But she begrudgingly obliged Katikati News to help promote the town’s annual Emergency Services Foodbank Drive – which is on next Tuesday night, December 2, from 6.30pm.
When Katikati residents hear the fire siren screaming on their street, they’re invited to stand at the end of driveway to donate non-perishable food items for the local foodbank, which so far this year has fed about 4500 people.
If not home Tuesday night, the foodbank’s donation trolley is on-site 24/7 by the checkouts at Katikati Woolworths to pop something in, if you can. “Donations can also be dropped off at the foodbank – we’re at 2 Wedgewood
St behind the Baptist church – open on weekdays from 10.30am to midday,” said Spriggens, who manages Katikati Christian Foodbank. Find out why the demand for food parcels keeps growing on page 3. Photo / Merle Cave
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