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17 February 2025

Gang operations still prevalent despite crackdowns: The Reality on Auckland’s Streets

It has been three months since the government introduced a nationwide ban on gang symbols in public places. However, despite these legal restrictions and recent crackdowns, gang activity remains a…

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10 January 2025

Holiday Miracle at Merge

We all know that Merge Café has long served as a refuge for those seeking connection and a hot meal. Late last year as we neared the Christmas break, the…

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4 December 2024

Lifewise Services Holiday Hours 2024

Some of Lifewise’s services will be unavailable or will have limited capacity over the holiday season. Here’s the list of our holiday hours schedule for your easy reference: Holiday Hours…

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17 June 2024

Celebrating Volunteer Week 2024: 16-22 June

Join Us in Celebrating Our Collective Impact Our Commitment: Manaakitanga and Whakawhanaungatanga In these challenging times, our volunteering community at Merge Café is more committed than ever to manaakitanga (hospitality,…

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Two smiling individuals, a chef in white attire and a customer in a pink coat, standing proudly in front of a café named "Lifewise Merge - Food for Good."

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9 February 2024

One Life, Two Lives. Jo Leach – Lived Experience Leader.

Jo's early life was characterised by stability and familial solidarity. Yet, at the tender age of 16, her world was abruptly upended by the sudden departure of her father. “I’d…

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4 October 2023

Cooking up connections at Ringa Wera

Ringa Wera literally translates as 'hot hands', describing both the speed people work at and the heat from the fire and ovens. The name was gifted to us by one…

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19 June 2023

Celebrating Volunteer Week 2023

Pip Pip Hooray Pip first heard about Merge Café while working at the University of Auckland more than a decade ago. Back then, the university held a fundraiser and one…

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Merge Cafe Splice

23 November 2022

Celebrating 200 years of alleviating hardship across Aotearoa.

Merge Café, born from Methodist Mission Northern, was established after acknowledging the need for change from providing free kai through soup kitchen to a café where street whānau could go…

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Housing Merge Cafe Merge Community

23 August 2022

Merge Cafe “has been an absolute lifesaver for me.”

Miriam*, 70 years old, started visiting Lifewise Merge Café a few months ago. She was feeling lost and isolated and needed help to access housing. Although looking for support and…

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homelessness Housing First Mental Health And Addiction Merge Cafe Merge Community

15 August 2022

Help works both ways

Supporting others who’re living on the street has been the making of Thomas. It’s helped him build a new life for himself. Thomas calls himself the original Auckland City Street Kid.…

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