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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? Who do you...

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 the amazi...

Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu National Volunteer Week is running between the 18th and 24th of June and honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers ac...

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 the empt...

Sally Jory takes the people in her art group as she finds them. “These people have faced significant challenges with mental health and addictions but...

How do you follow a career that’s as interesting as one that includes maintaining railway track maintenance for a Western Australia iron ore mine for...

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 Mount Aspiri...

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 volunteer...

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 Hāwea Food...

A community governance mentoring programme is being launched for the second year running across the Central Lakes to support and strengthen governance...