New Lives Animal Rescue

07/08/2025

The Pawphanage is having another adoption day this Sunday.

Join The Pawphanage and Animates Vetcare NZ Anzac Parade on August 10th to find the perfect new addition to your whānau.

Our team will be in store 11am-2pm on the day with a whole bunch of hairy kids all looking for their happily ever after.

Will it be with you?

When? 11am - 2pm on August 10, 2025
Where? Animates Anzac Parade (7 Anzac Parade, Hamilton Central, Hamilton)

We can't wait to see you!

* Our hairy kids are health checked (standard, non-exhaustive), desexed, microchipped + registered on the New Zealand Companion Animal Register, have had at least their first core vaccination, and are up to date with worm/flea treatments. Their adoption fee is $220 to help offset a few of their costs

* You'll need to grab a bit of food from Animates on the day to ensure that their diet stays consistent while they're settling into a new environment

* Please bring along a sturdy pet carrier on the day, or you can purchase one at Animates

* Payment of your new kid's adoption fee is by cash or card (Paywave w/ no surcharge) on the day

* Our usual adoption criteria applies: be 18+, and have written permission (tenancy agreement) to have a cat if your home is rented

22/07/2025

Miso available for adoption. Contact The Pawphanage

*** ADOPTED ***

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲: Miso
𝗦𝗲𝘅: Female
𝗔𝗴𝗲: ~2 years
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Shy but sweet
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻? No
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀? Yes
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀? Unknown
𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
• Health check (standard, non-exhaustive)
• Desexed
• Microchipped
• Fully vaccinated (core)
• Up to date worm/flea treatments.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Courtesy 30-day health insurance policy (

19/07/2025

Spca Snip and Chip....

SNIP ‘N’ CHIP COMES TO WAIKATO! 🙌

We are excited to be launching a new Snip ‘n’ Chip campaign for cat owners in Hamilton, Cambridge, Morrinsville, Te Awamutu, Te Kuiti, Tokoroa, and other areas in the region.

From 16 July 2025 we are working with local participating veterinary clinics to offer this service to cat owners who are struggling with the cost of desexing and microchipping. Vouchers help those in need get their cat desexed and microchipped for $30.

Bookings are now OPEN! Click the link in the comment section to check if vouchers are available in your area and register for your Snip ‘n’ Chip voucher. If you know someone who needs help with the online system, you can help by completing the registration with them.

Thank you so much to our participating vet clinics for helping us to make this important campaign possible ❤️

PLEASE REMEMBER – a limited number of vouchers are available to help those who require financial assistance. Please, only get a voucher if you need one and intend to use it. In the past, we have noticed some vouchers were never used, or bookings were made with vet clinics and never attended. When this happens, it prevents someone else from using the voucher who might really need it.

For more information, check out our desexing website.

19/07/2025

Willow along with many others are looking for a home. Please contact The Pawphanage

*** ADOPTED ***

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲: Willow
𝗦𝗲𝘅: Female
𝗔𝗴𝗲: 14 weeks
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Super sweet!
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻? Yes
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀? Yes
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀? Unknown
𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
• Health check (standard, non-exhaustive)
• Desexed
• Microchipped
• First core vaccination (one booster needed)
• Up to date worm/flea treatments.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Courtesy 42-day health insurance policy (

16/07/2025

Our bigger and better community desexing scheme is here!

Thanks to the support of CareVets and Kaimai Vets, we’re now able to offer subsidised cat desexing for people living in the following district council boundaries:
Hauraki (e.g. Paeroa, Ngatea, and Te Aroha), Waikato (e.g. Huntly and Ngāruawāhia), Matamata-Piako (e.g. Matamata and Morrinsville),
Waipa (e.g. Cambridge and Te Awamutu), Ōtorohanga, and Hamilton.

AND dog desexing for people living in the Matamata/Piako area at Kaimai Vets.

Cats can be desexed at four different clinics – CareVets Horsham Downs, CareVets Hamilton South, Kaimai Vets Matamata, and Kaimai Vets Te Aroha.

Dogs can be desexed at either Kaimai Vets Matamata or Kaimai Vets Te Aroha. You must live in the Matamata/Piako area.

You contribute $60 per cat (a limit of four cats per household applies) or $110 per dog (a limit of two dogs per household applies) towards the cost of desexing, microchipping, and registering your pet on the NZ Companion Animal Register, and we’ll cover the rest of the cost at one of these participating clinics.

This is a high trust model – we believe that you deserve your dignity, so we don’t require you to prove that you are doing it tough. That said, vouchers are only for people who actually need them.

Funding is limited, so if you can afford to have your pet (that you already own) desexed without a charity covering most of the cost, please leave the vouchers for those who can’t.
To check your eligibility and to grab yourself a voucher, head on over to: https://newlivesrescue.co.nz/desexing/
Strict terms and conditions do apply, please see the website for more details.

Please note: The voucher system is built to be as hands off as possible for our desexing team. If you're really struggling (and your question hasn’t already been answered on the website), please feel free to reach out via email ([email protected]). As our desexing team is separate to our main team, if you PM the page or give us a call, you will be directed back to them.

We know it’s tough out there so New Lives have partnered with two CareVets clinics in Hamilton to offer subsidised cat desexing for people living in Waikato (e.g. Huntly and Ngāruawāhia), Hamilton, Matamata-Piako (e.g. Matamata and Morrinsville), Waipa (e.g. Cambridge and Te Awamutu), and Ōtoro...

15/07/2025

Wanted!

We have nearly run out of the following items,

* Childrens winter clothing

* Mens trousers/jeans

So if you are having a clean out please consider donatating to us.

Items do need to be clean with no rips.

We are also in need of shopping bags - paper or plastic to pack brought goods in.

Drop off Monday - Friday 10am - 3.30pm and Saturday 10am - 1pm at 76 Duke Street, Cambridge.

Thank you:)

12/07/2025

We relaunched our community cat desexing scheme in the middle of September last year and thought we should give you all an update on what’s been happening behind the scenes. After all, it’s your support that makes it all possible!

Our op-shop team have been busy sorting and pricing all of your donated goods to raise the funds to finance this scheme, and our vet teams (CareVets Hamilton South and CareVets Horsham Downs) have been busy desexing and microchipping hundreds of cats for people in our community who are doing it tough.

With your help, in 10 months, we’ve been able to help desex and microchip a whopping 716 cats for 571 owners.

• 444 of those cats have been female and won’t go on to collectively produce thousands of kittens.

• 272 of those have been male and won’t be out roaming, spreading disease, and siring thousands more kittens.

The scheme currently has an 89% utilisation rate and there’s still quite a few people with vouchers who are yet to use them so these numbers will continue to grow.

The best part? We’re going to be expanding the scheme!

• We’re increasing the areas we’re able to help in.

• We’ll be subsidising dog desexing in a couple of areas where there’s currently no help available.

We’ll be onboarding two new veterinary clinics in the coming week and once everybody involved is comfortable in their roles, we’ll do the hard launch of the bigger and better desexing scheme.

Watch this space for the announcement!

02/07/2025

Malcolm is looking for a new home. Please contact The Pawphanage

*** ADOPTED ***

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲: Malcolm
𝗦𝗲𝘅: Male
𝗔𝗴𝗲: 15 weeks
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Very sweet!
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻? Older
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀? Yes
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀? Unknown
𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
• Health check (standard, non-exhaustive)
• Desexed
• Microchipped
• First core vaccination (one booster needed)
• Up to date worm/flea treatments.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Courtesy 42-day health insurance policy (

02/07/2025

Toes is available for adoption at The Pawphanage

*** ADOPTED ***

𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲: Toes
𝗦𝗲𝘅: Male
𝗔𝗴𝗲: 15 weeks
𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Very sweet!
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻? Older
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘀? Yes
𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀? Unknown
𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆:
• Health check (standard, non-exhaustive)
• Desexed
• Microchipped
• First core vaccination (one booster needed)
• Up to date worm/flea treatments.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Courtesy 42-day health insurance policy (