About 60 guests gathered at the new KiwiHarvest site in Five Mile last night to celebrate raising about $250,000, and ensuring the temporary depot’s doors will stay open for at least the next nine or 10 months.
The charity, which picks up excess food, including fresh produce, from across the Queenstown-Lakes and Central Otago and redistributes it to those most in need, was forced out of their old premises after losing much of their government funding earlier this year.
Mr Hough said two of the biggest wins were a $100,000 Impact100 Wakatipu grant, which funded the purchase of the new food truck and its predecessor, "Lily", to move to Wanaka for collections, and a $111,775 operational grant from Central Lakes Trust.
