In a time of increasing grocery prices, our GBs have been trying out a variety of butter-free, egg-free and all-around more affordable recipes! 'Depression cake' and Chelsea Winter's Crazy Italian Chocolate cake have been popping up all over our chapters, with these made by Wellington GBs 🍫🍰

This September, as Aotearoa marks Wills Month, we’re inviting you to think about another way to keep that kindness rippling out by leaving a bequest to GBB in your will. If you’d like to learn more and have a chat about how it will make a difference, email [email protected].

What's in this box? GB Tara baked hedgehog slice and hundreds and thousands biscuits for the Children's Surgical Ward at the Christchurch Hospital 💛 We've made the switch to biodegradable sealable bags for certain recipients who need them - a more sustainable way to share our kindness 🍰

It's the final days to vote for us at Z! Support our mahi by dropping a token in our box to help us continue to spread kindness across Aotearoa 🧡 #GBB #KindnessMatters

A belated Ākuhata (August) baking round-up ⭐️ Our tūao delivered hundreds of boxes of rawe (awesome) treats 💛 These goodies went to recipient organisations, including Aphasia NZ, Perinatal Wellbeing Dads and Te Atatū Hospice 🍫 Tino reka!

It's our 11th birthday 💛 Ngā mihi nui to all of our volunteers, whether you've been with us since the initial Facebook post or joined last week! We're proud to share our hua parāoa with hapori across Aotearoa, from Whāngarei to Waihōpai 🍰 And we'll be spreading the atawhai for many years to come 🌸

We're thrilled to have been featured in the latest issue of Nourish Magazine! It features Waikato GB Brigid and HB Fleur plus Rotorua HB Stacey 🍰 Have a read here: nourishmagazine.co.nz/latest-issue/

Check out this delicious treat 😋 GB Anna whipped up some milk toffee from the latest GBB Cookbook, for a recent delivery to Carterton Foodbank. It's a wonderful recipe to try for a GBB bake or for whānau and friends. Purchase a copy of Familiar Foods here: gbb.org.nz/shop/familia...

Vote for us at Z Barrington! Ngā mihi nui to all who have popped a token into our box 🗳️ Your support enables our mahi across our communities 💫 Voting is open until 22 September, you can find us at Z stations across Aotearoa 🧡

Can you work out the quiz on this baking box? Kāpiti GB Caroline baked a delicious lemon cake for ConneXions, complete with a sweet drawing from Artist Annabel 😍 Lemons have been a popular ingredient recently amongst our GBs across the country, with many sharing a citrus loaf, muffin or cake 🍋😋

A kind piece of feedback from one of our volunteers 🍰💛 Ngā mihi nui to all of our GBs, whose delicious treats support people accessing services all across Aotearoa! The time, resource and aroha of our GBs is the backbone of our mahi 💫

Check out this awesome collection of GBB notes from Little Miracles Waikato! Our Te Awamutu subchapter shares treats with the Monday Support Group, for whānau with tamariki at NICU 💛 How good are these acts of kindness ☺️

Check us out at Z Bethlehem, in Tauranga! Ngā mihi nui to everyone who has popped their token in our box to vote for us so far 🧡 You only need to make a purchase to get an orange token, so filling up your fuel, a morning coffee, or an emergency bottle of milk gives you the opportunity to vote.

A perfect bake for this week! Wellington GB Claire made these awesome cookies for DCM inspired by Daffodil Day 🌼 We love our volunteers' awesome creativity, and acknowledging important days with our recipient organisations 💛 Have daffodil flowers been springing in your part of Aotearoa?

We're stoked to be a part of Good in the Hood this year! See if your local is one of the 13 Z stations we're at this year, and help us win a share of $1 million for community groups 🧡 Voting runs from August 26 to September 22 - drop a token in our box to tautoko our mahi 💪

Our wonderful Marlborough Head Bitch, Kevin! We're excited to be featured in the Marlborough App, showcasing our chapter spread across Picton and Blenheim 💛 Read the full article here: bit.ly/GBBMarlborough

When you think of a treat, do you picture sweet — or savoury? Our volunteers often deliver sweet baking to recipient organisations, but savoury options are included in the mix, like these cheese scones! GB Deborah made these for Whangārei Cancer Society, perfect if you don't have a sweet tooth 🧀🌼

An exciting what's in the box from one of our younger volunteers 😍 Central Auckland GB Amelia (supervised by mum Rebecca) baked and decorated this box for Women's Refuge, her second bake with us! Inside are rice bubble slice (with seeds and almonds) plus her own creation, "brownie cakes".

A sweet pic of a sweet recipient! One of Ōamaru's newest recipient organisations is the North & East Otago Attendance Service. They run youth programs and whānau programs to support the wider community, alongside supporting students to attend school. We're sure these treats were all eaten up 😋🍪

It's Becks and Ruby's first bake! Mum and daughter duo made Madeira muffins with chopped apricots, topped with cinnamon sugar. They were delivered to recipient organisation, Family Works in Whanganui 💛 Don't they look delightful? Stellar example of a great GBB delivery ✨

A scumptious spread of treats this July ⭐️ Our GBs delivered an incredible 3,533 boxes of baking to recipients all across Aotearoa last month 🍰🍪 Ngā mihi nui to the generosity of our volunteers, who donate their time, ingredients and petrol to serve their communities 🧁

A pikitia from our Sweet as Hapori session in Timaru! Our Sweet As Hapori programme is a series of baking lessons, with a side of learning about kindness. In Timaru, GBs have been working with Mokihi Hauora. For this session, the bakers made cinnamon scrolls, don't their treats look delicious!

It always amazes me just how generous NZers are, even in the toughest of economic times. We are a nation of volunteers, connected into our communities, doing our bit for each other. Checkout the @goodbitchesbake.bsky.social FY2024-25 annual report. gbb.org.nz/assets/Uploa...

We're delighted to share our annual report, detailing all the mahi our volunteers have contributed to over the last year 💛 Please have a read to learn more about the 10 years of GBB, our programmes and highlights from our chapters across the country! gbb.org.nz/about/annual...

Our Arohata Prison Bake Programme is off to a strong start! Wellington GBs are working with participants, teaching them to bake sweet treats and some intangible skills about kindness too 💛 This week's bake was energy bars, for DCM Wellington 🍰

Another yummy first bake! GB Renée baked these delicious triple chocolate brownies for Well Woman Papakura, a peer support group for pregnant women and mothers 💛 This is a great example of one of our boxes, a batch of baking perfect for the recipient organisations we support 🍰

Sweet feedback from our recipient, Safari Central Multicultural Playgroup! Our Central Auckland chapter recently received this lovely card from the group, whom they have been baking for since July 2019 💛

What's in the box this week? GB Emma baked these cookies for Women's Refuge Whanganui, complete with positivity from her stepdaughter's box decorating 💕😍 We love having tamariki them join in on GBB bakes to share the importance of spreading kindness in our local communities 🍰

Our Whangārei chapter is seeking additional volunteers 🧁💛 It's a common misconception that our GBs are only women - anyone can volunteer with us 😉 Have a read of the full article here: bit.ly/GBBNorthernA...

Our Christchurch chapter's 10th birthday celebration last week! Held at Avebury House, our Ōtautahi GBs gathered together to reminisce, share kai and kōrero 🍰 It was also a time to acknowledge the bakers who have been a part of the chapter since the beginning 🍪

We get to hear great stories from our volunteers - and this is one of them 🍰 Napier-Hastings GB Gael sent us this photo of her trusty Tupperware, and a lovely anecdote to accompany it. Nestled inside is fudge cake! Perfect for your weekend reading: gbb.org.nz/our-stories/...

Check out our sweet Napier-Hastings chapter at the Napier Volunteer Expo last month 💛 Equipped with all you need to know about becoming a Good Bitch, our chapter committee love chatting to potential volunteers at events like these, and spreading our kindness kaupapa!

A big sweet thank you to all of our funders supporting our GBB mahi in communities across Aotearoa 💛 A special thanks to the councils, community trusts, and gaming trusts pictured here who have supported us in the last quarter 🍰

Our lovely Thames chapter! These GBs recently got together for a sweet coffee catch-up to connect with their fellow bakers in the area 💛 The Thames chapter started in July 2020, currently boasting 6 recipients who receive deliveries between Monday and Thursday each week 🍰

Happy 10th birthday to our Ōtautahi Christchurch chapter! Camera quality has certainly changed in the past decade, but this photo captures the very first GBB delivery baked by Head Bitch Sally, to the Christchurch City Mission Women's Shelter 🍫

A delightful first bake for GB Ciara! This box of passionfruit yoyos and chocolate chip biscuits was delivered this week to a lovely recipient organisation in Palmerston North 💛🍪 Don't they look yummy?

Every year, we ask our volunteers to share a bit about what it's like being a Good Bitch! This sweet quote from one of our Central Auckland chapter GBs sums up the feeling perfectly ☺️💛 Sharing treats made with love in home kitchens to people having a tough time spreads kindness every day!

Sweet delivery for our Marlborough recipient 🌼 Cancer Society Marlborough receive monthly baking deliveries from our GBs to support the cancer patients and whānau they serve 💛 We support over 25 rōpū of the Cancer Society across Aotearoa, with boxes of treats just like these!

An awesome feature in Metropol! Head Bitch of our Christchurch chapter chatted to the magazine all about our Baking it Better programme across Canterbury and the many boxes delivered each and every day 💛 Have a read of the full article here: bit.ly/GBBMetropol

Volunteer Expos are our jam! We love engaging with our communities in person to encourage new volunteers to join our mahi - it's a great way to connect with new people who may not have heard of us before. Here is Head Bitch Eve at Greytown Volunteer Expo, representing our Wairarapa chapter 😍

What's in the box? World Chocolate Day edition 🍫 Our GBs love whipping up a chocolate-y treat - brownie, cookies, cakes, slices and more! Ōtautahi volunteer Kathryn baked this delightful banana cake with chocolate icing, complete with a box decorated by her tamariki. How cute!

In what's a significant departure from the usual framing of awful stuff here, have wanted for a while to give props to Hannah Molloy's incredible mahi to produce one of the most unique books in New Zealand: 'Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa'. The book, & it creation was captured by RNZ recently.

Can you believe it's already July 🤯 Our bakers have been whipping up so many delicious treats during June 🍰 Ngā mihi nui to all of our volunteers for their efforts! Favourites included muffins, matariki-inspired decorating and the humble biscuit 🍪 What was your favourite recipe this month?

We're excited to share our cookbook in a library near you! Alongside our website and select bookshops, you can now find our newest publication in libraries around the country (like this one in Rotorua). Purchase a copy here: gbb.org.nz/shop/familia...

A wonderful insight into how our baking connects to its recipients! Ngā mihi nui to the Southern Cancer Society for this lovely feedback, we are so glad to support your important mahi in the community with patients and whānau affected by cancer.

It's our first year of Prison Bake with Whanganui Prison, and we're on a roll 🍰 We are in our second programme, with our volunteers baking together with participants and delivering treats made with aroha to local recipients 💛 Learn more about Prison Bake here: gbb.org.nz/community-go...

We're on the front page! This is our amazing Nelson/Tasman chapter Head Bitch Tamara pictured on the cover of Nelson's Best Life Magazine 😍 We're stoked to be featured in a delightful article all about the local chapter 💛 Have a read on page 31 here: bit.ly/GBBNelsonApp

A delightful idea for your next bake! This coconut and banana bread is butter-free; instead, it uses vegetable oil and coconut cream. GB Anita tried out the recipe for Pathways Spreydon - doesn't it look great 😍🥥🍌 Try it out with the recipe here: www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/p...

What's in the GBB box? Rānui House received caramelised onion and feta tarts, with a side of gluten-free chocolate chip biscuits from GB Rebecca, plus a sweet drawing from her kid ☁️🌸 Special thanks to Ōtautahi Christchurch chapter sponsors Harcourts Holmwood Real Estate 💛

We're super excited to share these advertisements spotted at Whanganui Airport 📖🍪 Thanks to Bishopp, our new cookbook, Familiar Foods, is on display at various airports as part of their charity placements! You can find a copy at select bookshops, or purchase here: gbb.org.nz/shop/familia...