Street food pantries as gendered sites of labour and home: Suburban geographies of food (in)securities in Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa New Zealand

Abstract

Abstract Open street food pantries are a community‐led response to food insecurity, food waste, poverty and climate action. They are at the centre of a dynamic interplay of material, cultural, spatial and embodied relations. This article explores the gendered and spatial politics of home, labour and food in suburban communities through examining street food pantries in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand. We use multisensory methods (participant sensing and interviews) with pantry owners and community centre leaders to show the gendered labour and emotional connections associated with street food pantries and suburban communities experiencing food insecurity.