WISCA, the Waiheke Island Society for the Care of Animals, is a not-for-profit charity that runs an op shop at 85 Ocean Road in Palm Beach, on Waiheke Island. The charity began in 1971 as the Waiheke SPCA and took its present name in 2017, so that donations and decisions stay on the island. It helps household pets, and also ducks, geese and roosters.
The op shop helps to fund the charity's work, which covers rescue and rehabilitation, rehoming, desexing and microchipping, community education, and support for pet owners who are struggling. The charity reports that it has desexed 59 animals, placed nine cats in foster homes, helped 32 families with vet costs, and supplied 1,070 kg of food to the Onetangi roosters. Hill's Pet Nutrition sponsors the food for the animals in its shelter, and the op shop sells Hill's pet food for cats and dogs. A 2025 Waiheke Local Board grant helps fund cat and dog desexing.
We hear the op shop and animal shelter are moving to a new purpose-built building in Ostend, and work has started on the site. Until the move is finished, check the address before you go.