Articles

The Stars of Matariki
Celebrate Matariki 2025 with Purpose and Connection

20 May 2025 | Articles

As part of this year’s Matariki season, we invite Kāpiti’s community and social sector organisations to join us on 26 June for a session grounded in t...

Youth Week: Aimee Keokotavong

19 May 2025 | Volunteer Stories

This week (19th - 25th May) is Youth Week, a week all about celebrating young people – your voices, talents, and the amazingness you bring to your whā...

Volunteer Story Celebration 2025

10 April 2025 | Articles

Click here to nominate a volunteer team Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu – National Volunteer Week (15 - 21 June) honours the collective energies and mana of volun...

Intergenerational Volunteering - An Aged Friendly approach to volunteering in the community

26 March 2025 | Articles

Over the past nine months, Volunteer Kāpiti has been supporting the local Age Friendly Approach by working with community organisations to bring gener...

Sue Carroll and Jenn Corbitt, Ōtaki Heritage volunteers working on museum archives
Spotlight on a Member: Ōtaki Heritage: Te Whare Pouhere Taonga o Ōtaki

24 March 2025 | Volunteer Stories

Ōtaki’s Main Street boasts some interesting architecture that reveals a fascinating history of a town with many stories to tell. Stature wise, perhaps...

Spotlight on a member - Kāpiti Coast Museum

21 November 2024 | Articles

Built in 1907, the old Waikanae Post Office in Elizabeth Street is a fitting location to house the historical objects, reference books, photographs, m...

Spotlight on a Member: Kāpiti Community Food Bank

22 October 2024 | Articles

The Kāpiti Community Foodbank has been providing emergency food parcels to Kāpiti residents since 1999. Originally operating out of a garage, the food...

Professional Skills Volunteering

19 September 2024 | Articles

This year we have been piloting Organisational Capability Volunteering, matching the needs of community organisations and professional volunteer skill...

Spotlight on a Member - Coast Access Radio

18 September 2024 | Articles

Coast Access Radio has been broadcasting to residents from Pukerua Bay to Tokomaru and across to Foxton Beach since 1996. The station is part of the n...

Is Your Community Organisation Ready?

10 September 2024 | Articles

If an emergency were to happen right now, how prepared is your Kāpiti community group/ not-for profit organisation? We know when an emergency happens...