Welcome

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided daily, with morning and afternoon tea available weekdays.

To check out your hall’s menus and meal times, head to the menu tab at the top. The term’s menu will pop out and click on your week of interest to view the week’s menu.

If you require meals outside of standard service times, please reach out to your house masters.

Your term menus are created by your creative head chef considering seasonality, cultural diversity, and constructive feedback from students.

Each term, the menus are reviewed by our in-house NZ registered dietitian, to ensure young adults (like you!) are given the best opportunities to meet daily nutritional requirements. Menus are reviewed in accordance with the following guidelines:

• Ministry of Health’s Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand Adults, Ministry of Health

• National Heart Foundation’s Food Service Guidelines

• National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Dietary Guidelines

We work closely with Tibbs House to ensure all food served in the dining hall are in compliance with the Ministries for Primary Industries (MPI) food safety standards.

Regular internal audits are conducted to ensure kitchen operations and food handling procedures consistently meet these standards.

Our dining hall can cater for students with dietary requirements.

To better support your dining experience at our hall, our chef and kitchen staff are committed to providing clear and accurate information, so that you can make safe and informed food choices.

To understand how we can better support your dining experience, check out our step-by-step guide about dining with food allergies and/or intolerance, or other dietary requirements.

We are committed to providing food that meets high safety and suitability standards and we understand the importance of allergen management and awareness. We have a comprehensive allergen management plan in place and while we take every precaution to avoid cross-contamination, we cannot guarantee our dishes are 100% free from trace amounts of allergens.

It is important to note that our kitchen handles a diverse range of ingredients, including Gluten, Wheat, Milk/Dairy, Egg, Soy, Fish, Shellfish*, Tree Nuts*, Peanuts, Sesame, Sulphites, and Lupin. Products from our suppliers may also be manufactured in facilities where allergen-containing ingredients are present.

*Shellfish includes all mollusc and crustacean. Tree Nuts include, but is not limited to, common Tree Nuts like almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut, and pine nut.

If you would like to speak to someone regarding your dietary requirement(s) and discuss how we can better support your dining experience and nutrition whilst at the dining hall, you can reach out to us through your house masters! Alternatively, you can also reach us through our contact form.

Thinking about how to eat a little healthier? Or maybe you’re wondering how to balance eating well while adjusting to school life? Our team of dietitians are here to help!

Explore the health and nutrition page for information about specific nutrition and wellbeing topics. Written by our team of dietitians, we provide research-based content and guidance, from nutrition 101 to the latest trends.

If you would like to talk to someone about general nutrition and wellbeing during your stay at Tibbs House, you can reach out to one of our NZ registered dietitians through our contact form.

For any medical-related inquiries, please contact your GP, student health services or an accredited practising dietitian. 

We would love to hear your thoughts about your dining hall experience!

If you have any feedback about your meals - let us know! Simply head to our feedback form and let us know what you think!

If you have any general queries about your dining hall, feel free to reach out either through your house masters, pop to the dining hall to speak to your head chef, or drop a message through our contact form.