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...
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August 2023 Norman Peek loves being around people. It’s a bonus if they are people who care about the environment. Volunteering for the Haehaeata Natu...
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July 2023 Jasper Mooij from the Netherlands is happily evolving into a Kiwi bloke. “I meet my mates at the pub and love a good barbie. But I draw the...
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July 2023 “You must have been doing this forever.” When Sharon Kirk heard this above the background roar of planes, she knew she had found the perfec...
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July 2023 Joining our 'Shine a light on volunteering' campaign during National Volunteer Week was The Hits breakfast host Callum Procter, who joined V...
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June 2023 Black Cap Glenn Phillips enjoyed a change from the cricket pitch recently when he spent his evening supporting the Anderson Bay Sea Scouts,...
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June 2023 “Just to see the look on a kid’s face when they succeed” is the powerful motivator that has been driving Trevor Leyser to volunteer for the...
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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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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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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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