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December 2023 December the 5th is International Volunteer Day and Volunteer South | Kaitūao o te Taitonga is celebrating volunteers and the change the...

December 2023 Laura Watkins loves a good chat. “I’m a very social person and I love meeting people from different walks of life and learning new thing...

October 2023 A CanBead jewellery making workshop only takes a couple of hours but in that time Lois Greer, Workshop Volunteer for the Gore/Invercargil...

September 2023 Volunteer Annie Cervelli loves gardening and the kids at Wanaka Primary School are benefitting from it. “Gardening is very fulfilling a...

September 2023 Mental Health Awareness Week is running between the 18th and 24th of September, raising awareness of the importance of looking after ou...

August 2023 All of us can recall a time when we had no idea where to look for a solution to a problem. Imagine picking up the phone and hearing a fri...

August 2023 “Volunteering is great for the soul” says Queenstown’s Simon Hayes. He should know. He does a lot of it. For 36 years hte previous counse...

August 2023 I’d reckon that the majority of you reading this cringe at the thought of cleaning your pantry and wardrobes. Imagine thinking that doing...

August 2023 Kelly Good doesn’t stop smiling on the day of the Junior Challenge. “Of all the Challenge Wanaka triathlon events, that's the one I find m...

August 2023 Meetu Saklani arrived in New Zealand from West India with a plan to stay three years. Eighteen years later, she is a thriving member of th...