82159 (2024). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

82159 (2024). Shanan Halbert to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What government support, if any, will be given to the Auckland City Mission in 2025?

Hon Louise Upston: Since 2020 the Ministry of Social Development’s Food Secure Communities programme has provided over $5.2m to Auckland City Mission’s community food support. This included funding for food distribution infrastructure, food parcels for those requiring food support, and food security initiatives. For the 2024/2025 financial year, Auckland City Mission will receive $75,000 as their second payment for their community food hub, $700,000 to help support their community food provision, and a food security initiatives grant of $100,000 to support the expansion of their affordable food shop. This will help enable access to increased amounts of affordable, healthy food in communities, thereby preventing people needing to access emergency food support.