Location) 85 Ocean Road, Surfdale, Waiheke Island, 1081
Phone) 09 372 5222
Hours) 9am – 4pm Closed Sunday
Website) Main Website
Socials) Facebook
Parking) In front of shop
Wheelchair Access) Not enough room
Category) Animals
Toilet) None
Overview
WISCA (Waiheke Island Society for the Care of Animals) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing help and support to the animals, people and community of Waiheke Island.
They were originally known as Waiheke SPCA, part of the RNZSPCA organisation until they campaigned and won in 2017 to be renamed WISCA.
WISCA has been providing help and support for Waiheke animals and our community for over 50 years.
WISCA provides a range of services to the island’s animals, including household pets, ducks, geese and roosters. Providing welfare and rescue services, adoption and fostering, desexing and microchipping.
Every year Wisca works with vets on Waiheke to desex any cat/kitten for free from Waiheke households to help prevent homeless/stray cats roaming Waiheke.
Also helping feed ducks/roosters and geese on Waiheke with the help of the Waiheke community.
Wisca also owns and runs a very popular op shop on the island full of clothing, footwear, toys, books, electrical goods and much more. Generously donated by the Waiheke locals, which is popular for locals and visitors, all proceeds go towards the animals and the community on waiheke.
Summary
- Animal support
- Cat/duck and geese rescue
- Household Items/clothing
- Work with vets on Waiheke to desex felines with free promotions
- Promote desexing/microchips and responsible pet ownership
Access Information
- Smaller Car – Side of road/diagonal parks
- Wheelchair – Not enough room
- Truck/Boat – Side of the road/parallel parks
- Bike – Junction road or up ocean road
- Walking – Junction road or ocean road
The best way to access parking to Wisca would be to park in front of Wisca in their diagonal parks or the other side of the road has a few parallel parks. The best way to get access would be to come from either Ocean Road or Junction Road, Wisca is very popular so parking spots can be difficult to find at certain times of the day.
Places Close To Wisca
Gear Grab – Hire speakers, fog machines, sea biscuits, sea scooters, tents, air beds, bubble machines, TVs, laptops, gaming and much more.
Neil’s Workshop – Neil’s motorcycle and engineering workshop in Surfdale focuses on motorbike repairs, plastic welding, steel welding, fabrication work and more.
Palm Beach – Palm Beach with its beautiful white sand and Palm trees surrounding the beach it makes you feel like you are in the tropics. Perfect beach for tanning/swimming.
