Volunteer mentors strengthen community governance across the Central Lakes
January 2024 Volunteer mentors strengthen community governance across the Central Lakes A community governance mentoring programme has wrapped up for...
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Doing the good mahi for food rescue charity KiwiHarvest
December 2023 Three pairs of Wānaka volunteers are doing the good mahi for food rescue charity KiwiHarvest. Working in collaboration with the Queenst...
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Celebrating Connections with IHC
December 2023 IHC is excited about new developments in its Volunteer Friendship Programme in Otago. IHC’s Volunteer Friendship Programme is about maki...
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Celebrating and encouraging the power of collective action.
December 2023 December the 5th is International Volunteer Day and Volunteer South | Kaitūao o te Taitonga is celebrating volunteers and the change the...
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Volunteer Voices - "That's why I love volunteering. I meet the best people." - Laura
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...
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Volunteer Voice - "I’m just a little more grateful for the joys in my own life."- Lois
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...
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Volunteer Voices - "You can really feel connected to the community through volunteering." - Annie
September 2023 Volunteer Annie Cervelli loves gardening and the kids at Wanaka Primary School are benefitting from it. “Gardening is very fulfilling a...
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Volunteering - great for you and your community
September 2023 Mental Health Awareness Week is running between the 18th and 24th of September, raising awareness of the importance of looking after ou...
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Volunteer Voices - "You get so much satisfaction out of helping people and meeting people.” - Trudy
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...
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Volunteer Voice - "You will be supported and valued" - Simon
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...
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