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Want to help out in an Emergency?

15 April 2024 | Articles

Sign up to be on our emergency volunteer register here. Did you know that within the first four days of responding to Cyclone Gabrielle 3,000 people r...

The Shed Project Members holding the poppies they've made
Spotlight on a Member: The Shed Project

21 March 2024 | Volunteer Stories

Interested in volunteering at The Shed Project? Want to know more about what they do? Read on…. If you find yourself sitting at a picnic table or on...

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

20 February 2024 | Volunteer Stories

When heading along Ōtaki’s Main Street, you may see a rather incongruous yellow building that’s missing a front door. Ever wondered what’s inside? Or...

Spotlight on a Member: Greendale Reserve

23 November 2023 | Volunteer Stories

If you happen to be walking in Otaihanga’s Greendale Reserve on at Tuesday morning, come rain or shine, you may hear the lively chatter of a group of...

Spotlight on a Member: Birthright Kāpiti

18 October 2023 | Volunteer Stories

Located in lively Rimu Road just along from Coastlands in Paraparaumu, you will find the Birthright Kāpiti opportunity shop, where a team of energetic...

The weaving together of collaborations for the Kāpiti community leaders mentoring programme

9 October 2023 | Articles

This is a story of collaboration, of the weaving together of many organisations to create a strong foundation for our Kāpiti community leaders to lear...

Story Telling for Impact and Influence- Free workshop for Kāpiti Community Groups

8 October 2023 | Articles

Register here for this free online workshop for Kāpiti Communtiy Groups, 9 Nov 2023 - 9:30am to 11:30am: https://volunteerkapiti.org.nz/organisations/...

Cheese Scones and Community Leadership

30 September 2023 | Articles

If you walk into Olive Grove Café in Waikanae at 7:30am you might find an interesting bunch of people having a coffee together and engaged in an in-de...

Spotlight on a Member: Kaibosh Kāpiti-Horowhenua

20 September 2023 | Volunteer Stories

Kaibosh, Kāpiti’s awesome food rescue and redistribution organisation, hosted ‘Soup Night’ at its impressive Sheffield Street warehouse recently, to c...

Fair Trade Chocolate Market

13 July 2023 | Volunteer Stories

Here at Volunteer Kāpiti we love sharing Volunteer Stories! Thank you Trade Aid Kāpiti for the story and for asking us to connect you with the fantas...