Our Mission
Pet.kiwi was started by a veterinarian, a team of vet nurses and animal rescue volunteers. Having had many years in the veterinary and pet industries, we wanted to bring new and exciting products into the market and most of all, we want an innovative company that would benefit homeless animals.
Our mission was to run a business that could sustain a free vaccination service for animal rescue shelters in New Zealand, and in the eight years we have been operating we have vaccinated more than 2191 animals and have saved rescues in New Zealand over $146,000 in veterinary fees. We also run a successful Rescue Wishlist which makes it even easier to give back to Rescues within New Zealand.
We do not stock live animals to sell in our Grey Lynn store, as we believe the shelters are too full of animals needing homes already. Instead, we host adoption days in store, promote rescues and encourage adoption to help find homes for rescue animals.
As of 2021, we became the first pet store in New Zealand to achieve living wage employer accreditation. We are very proud to achieve this while being both locally owned, and a young business! We take the very best care of our pets, and aim to do the same with our staff.
Shop with Pet.kiwi for all your pet goods and you will be helping to support a local company and our charity programme.