The Humane Society of New Zealand

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ADOPT

Cats & dogs looking for forever homes

These cats & dogs are in need of caring owners dedicated to ensuring their needs are met — always! Our volunteers ensure they find the best home for our rescues.

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DESEX YOUR PET

Neuter and Spay — the only way

We believe desexing pets is the single most important way to prevent  unwanted animals. If you need financial assistance to desex your pet, we can help.

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Help us help animals

There are several ways you can help animals. You can become a Member of the Humane Society, a volunteer, or a foster home. You can also donate or leave the Society a bequest .

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Since 1975, we’ve been rescuing, rehabilitating and finding forever homes for cats & dogs.

The Humane Society of NZ advocates desexing as the primary way to prevent unwanted animals. As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely on private donations, bequests, and memberships to fund our work.

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These animals are in need of a home

Elias

AGE

4 months - 04/02/25

SEX

Male

BREED

Shar Pei x Shepherd

DESEX

Yes

Status

Available

Elias is the sweetest boy, loves his toys and cuddles and gets on well with the other dogs in our foster home

Carol

AGE

5 years

SEX

Female

BREED

Labrador X

DESEX

Yes

Status

Available

Carol loves people, belly rubs and being with her humans.

Shamus

AGE

12 months - 19/02/25

SEX

Male

BREED

Pointer

DESEX

Yes

Status

Available

Shamus loves going for walks, is very good on lead and meeting other dogs and humans.

ADOPTED PETS

Happy Tails

Miley

I just wanted to give a quick update on Nikita now called Miley (Miley Cyrus) to go with the theme of our singer named cats. Thank you so much for allowing us to adopt her. She is fitting in so well, she is so full of energy but a whole lot of fun. We even…

Abbey

Abbey – adopted Sept 22 2012 We loved 7 month old Abbey the first time we saw her at her foster home. A week later we took our new “baby” home. She settled in straight away. We have now had her for 6 months. Abbey quickly learned the household routines from our other 2 dogs…

Amber

Thought you would like to see some pics of Amber (previously Alice) the 16 (now 17) week old…

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Auction of Pottery pieces to support the Humane Society

The wonderful South Island artist Jim Cooper has donated a number of his pottery pieces as a fund raiser for the Humane Society, Many many thanks to #whitespacecontemporaryart for facilitating this. Auction is on TradeMe here https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8375210 You can see the pieces for auction at Shop 8, Ponsonby Central, Auckland from today (14 November) until…

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