Socks, slippers and the winter PJs are pulled on, the heater's going and the flannelette sheets are on the bed. That's the usual winter routine.

Then there's those who don't have this luxury. They haven't got fluffy slippers to keep their toes warm, or electric blankets to switch on at night.

Reverend Brendan Gibbs and Parish secretary Nannette Amos illustrate ways people keep warm.

They can come to St Peter's Anglican Church in Katikati on Sundays shivering from the cold, says Parish secretary Nannette Amos.

She's talking about the groups of migrants who are working in the packhouses in Katikati.

'We [the church] get a lot of people from the islands who come down and work in the packhouses and they just can't cope with the winter,” says Nannette.

'They don't have the funds to keep warm in the winter because they're sending all their money back to their families.”

So, in the midst of the kiwifruit season and with winter on its way – the church's annual Winter Warmer Sale is written in the calendar.

Yesterday, the church on Carisbrooke St were chock-full of winter warmers for sale from as little as $1.

'We sell things off at next to nothing because that's what it all about really,” says Nannette.

'We had bedware and linen, including electric blankets, duvets and flannelette sheets – as well as ladies and men's coats, general winter pants and skivvies, hats, gloves and mittens. 'We also have heaters and trailer loads of wood.”

And it's all been donated by people in the community. 'We work towards the sale all year really,” says Nannette.

'We'll keep doing it in the future too because we seem to be a filling a need that is out there, especially with those workers in the packhouses.”