Volunteer Voices - "I was not alone and I belonged.” - Monika
June 2023 It takes a village to raise a child but what if your village is somewhere else? What if it is overseas, in lockdown or just not available? W...
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Volunteer Voices - "If there’s something that speaks to you, go and do it"- Ben Deegan
June 2023 Sometimes the perfect opportunity drops right into your hands, and deciding to grasp it is easy as. That’s what happened for Ben Deegan with...
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Volunteer Voices-"You don’t know what your community is about until you volunteer"-Julia Larkin
May 2023 Everyone faced changes in 2020 and many Kiwis saw COVID as a chance to reset their focus. The impact of the pandemic, in addition to entering...
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Volunteer Voices - "It’s what volunteering is all about, enrichment for everyone.” - Sally Jory
May 2023 Sally Jory takes the people in her art group as she finds them. “These people have faced significant challenges with mental health and addict...
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Volunteer Voices - "There's something for everyone"-Bruce Hebbard
May 2023 How do you follow a career that’s as interesting as one that includes maintaining railway track maintenance for a Western Australia iron ore...
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Volunteer Voices - "Do it with like-minded friends and you’ll have fun and feel so satisfied." Anika
May 2023 For a good dose of hopefulness have a chat with young volunteer Anika West. You’ll feel the future is in very good hands. In year 8 at Mou...
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Volunteer Voices - "Volunteering helps me fill my cup" - Nicola
May 2023 When you meet a busy mum with two wee ones under 3, sheep, a nursery and a landscaping business, you might imagine she wouldn’t have time to...
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Volunteer Voices - "It might even take you on a journey you were never expecting to take." -Su
April 2023 Su Hoskin loves nothing better than to have dirty hands. “Hands in the soil, that's my happy place.” she says. One of the trustees of the...
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Volunteer Voices - Home tutoring, a chance to connect. Martin Genet, English Language Partners.
April 2023 Story and photo by Angela Reid A few minutes into a chat with Martin Genet about his volunteer work, he’s pulling out his cellphone — he wa...
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Wakatipu High School students making a difference in their community through volunteering.
March 2023 Students of Wakatipu High School have been out making a difference in their community again, as 26 students from the school chose to volunt...
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