SPCA Whangārei/Kaipara

26/01/2025

Our centre is Closed tomorrow Monday 26th January, we are open 9 - 4pm on Tuesday as per usual. Our gorgeous model is Buster chilling in the pool. You can find him on our website here https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/613453/dog-buster-whangarei

24/01/2025

Tomorrow, our SPCA Centres around New Zealand are hosting their first walk-in Caturday! 🐈

For the next eight weeks on Saturdays, you can walk-in to your local SPCA Centre to meet the cats and kittens who are waiting to be adopted – no appointments necessary ❤️

We hope to see you this Saturday!

23/01/2025

Pet of the week is our gorgeous boy Zach. You can find him onlline here https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/619947/dog-zach-whangarei or pop into the centre and have a chat with our team.

Please share and help us find Zach his forever home.

21/01/2025

An approximately 3 month old male Jack Russell Terrier or Terrier type puppy, White/Tan has been bought into the Whangarei Centre. It has been hit by car in the Fairburn Street area, if you own this puppy or know who may own it please contact our centre on 094389161 then 2.
The Centre closes at 4pm and wont reopen till 830am.

Send a message to learn more

19/01/2025

Want to come and meet all of the cute cats at SPCA? Come along to one of our walk-in Caturdays! 🐱🙌

While adopters usually require appointments to meet the animals, for the next eight weeks you can simply drop into our Centres on Saturdays to meet the cats and kittens in our care.

Kitten season is in full swing, with over 1,400 felines needing to find homes over the next eight weeks ❤️ When you choose to adopt from SPCA, you can rest assured knowing they've been desexed, microchipped, vaccinated, and health-checked, to ensure they have the best start to their new lives.

To speed up the adoption process for you on the walk-in Caturdays, we recommend registering your interest at www.spca.nz/caturday-adoptions - click the 'register to adopt' button on one of their profiles! (Please note appointments are still required for other animal adoptions).

We hope to see you on one of our walk-in Caturdays at your nearest SPCA Centre - every Saturday from 25 January to 15 March! 🙏

19/01/2025

A few adoption photos from our centre. Thank you so much to everyone who comes in and adopts, you are all amazing! ♥

09/01/2025

UPDATE ♥ 18.1.2025 Grunta has been adopted ♥ 11.1.2025 Willa has been adopted ♥ Pets of the week are our gorgeous 5 month old siblings Flo, Grunta, Lizzie, Madison and Willa - please share and help us find them their forever homes.

08/01/2025

We have had a wonderful start to the New Year with animals going to new homes ♥ A huge thank you to everyone who chooses to give a rescue animal a new life of love. A few adoption photos ♥

07/01/2025

Mikey was bought into the centre this morning, he'd run up to a lady and their dog on a track off Whareora Road. Very luckily he had a a chip and we were able to reunite him with his mum. Mikey had been missing for 3 months after they recently moved into the area.

We love microchips! ♥ Companion Animals New Zealand

06/01/2025

Looking for a fun activity for the school holidays? Design a bandana, and win a dog soft toy! 🐶 🙌

Get your kids to unleash their creativity and design a fun dog bandana. It's good to remind them that while dressing up animals can look cute, it's important to consider their comfort and think about why they may not enjoy it - and bandanas can be a good alternative to funny outfits!

How to enter:
1. Head to the latest issue of Kind Matters, and create a unique bandana design using the template.
2. Take a photo or scan of your finished design, and upload it online along with your details.

The template and entry portal can both be found here: https://kids.spcaeducation.org.nz/newsletter/

05/01/2025

Madison is our office assistant of the day. She's such a good girl! She has lovely manners, great with kids, toilet trained and used to living with other dogs. https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/616507/puppy-madison-whangarei

03/01/2025

Our office assistant of the day is Lizzie ♥ she says that's we've kept her ever so busy and now she needs a nap! She is one of a litter of pups brought into us in August by someone who could hear distressed puppies crying. They looked around and found them in a basket in the bushes in town, they were just tiny babies who should have still been on their mum. She has since spent time with our awesome foster families and now she is looking for her forever home. . . . https://www.spca.nz/adopt/animal/616508/puppy-lizzie-whangarei

31/12/2024

A huge thank you to all of our amazing volunteers, foster families, people who have donated and supported us this year and very special thank you to everyone who has been in and adopted one of our animals. You are all heroes to our team.

These are the last adoption photos for the year. Our centre is Closed Wednesday 1st Jan and Thursday 2nd Jan, we are Open Friday 3rd Jan from 10 - 4pm and Saturday 4th Jan 10 - 3pm.

30/12/2024

⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️ It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz/dogsdieinhotcars
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️

28/12/2024

We had a busy week with adoptions, here are a few photos. Thank you so much to everyone who has been in and chosen one of our animals to be their cherished companion.

We have a wonderful selection of animals waiting to meet you. You can check them out online here https://www.spca.nz/adopt or pop into the office and have a chat with our teams. Next week we are open Monday, Tuesday, Friday (10 - 4) and Saturday (10 - 3) - closed public holidays.

25/12/2024

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and thank you. See if you can spot a very familiar face in this

24/12/2024

Hi everyone. Our centre is closed Xmas Day and Boxing Day, we are open again 10am Friday 27th December.

Thank you so much to everyone who has been in and donated food, toys, bedding for the animals over this busy time. The animals have had so much fun with the toys ♥

We would also like to say a huge thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who foster or work at the centre, you are amazing and we couldn't do it without you!

For summer advice for animals https://www.spca.nz/advice-and-welfare/article/keeping-pets-safe-in-summer

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from the team at SPCA Whangarei/Kaipara

24/12/2024

Santa Paws photos from Kamo Op Shop - for any queries please give our Kamo Op Shop a call 094350114