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Volunteer Voices: Repair Heroes ready to rescue your treasures!

September 2024 Repair Cafes are back for Spring! At these free community events volunteer fixers share their skills and knowledge to help you fix your...

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Volunteer Voices - "I take my hat off to our volunteers in the field." - Guy Kennedy

September 2024 Guy Kennedy, Chairman of Wanaka Backyard Trapping, starts his volunteering story talking about a rat. “I was working from my home in Au...

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Volunteer Voices - "It’s just part of who I am." - Sandy Kaur

August 2024 Sandy Kaur is a giver and from the moment she landed in New Zealand a year ago she was keen to find a way to give back in this country. T...

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Volunteer Voices - "There is joy in meeting inspiring people." - Ian

July 2024 It’s the perfect volunteer role for someone who counts being on a boat as his happy place. Ian Hyslop says “I’ve always enjoyed my boating...

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Fifita Fit: Personal experiences inspired community transformation

June 2024 Fifita Fit was born from a personal experience, and now helps the Pasifika community to make better lifestyle choices. Volunteer Coordinato...

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“Volunteers bring additional hands and hearts to the Red Cross.”

June 2024 “Volunteers bring additional hands and hearts to the Red Cross.” Over 900 New Zealand Red Cross volunteers support former refugees across Ao...

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Dunedin Plunket volunteers “aim to be the village for those who are missing theirs”

June 2024 Whānau Āwhina Plunket are committed to supporting whānau and their tamariki to thrive Their Dunedin Home Help Service currently has 38 volun...

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Mōkihi’s Family-friendly, flexible volunteering creates connection to nature!

June 2024 The Mokihi Reforestation Trust engages, motivates and educates the greater Cromwell community in ecological restoration at various planting...

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Volunteering “makes you feel like you belong” - Daniela Diaz

June 2024 Volunteer South is excited to celebrate Te Wiki Tūao a Motu National Volunteer Week 16th-22nd June. This year’s theme ‘Whiria Te Tangata- We...

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Volunteer Voices- "even the most unadventurous feel supported to build their confidence"- Penny

June 2024 Alexandra volunteer Penny Smale loves adventuring in the wild places of Central Otago. Her role as an Outdoor Instructor for Journeys Chari...

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