Articles
Te Rau Aroha
For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, we wanted to share our learnings around the name on our logo ‘Te Rau Aroha’. Te Rau Aroha has layer...
Liz
For Liz volunteering played a positive role in her recovery process. She sustained a long-term head injury after a fall and her occupational therapist...
SeniorNet Kāpiti Volunteers
SeniorNet Kāpiti (SNK) was established in 1997 to service the Kāpiti Coast as part of a nationwide programme to assist older New Zealanders to keep up...
Widowed, Separated and Divorced Kāpiti Group Facilitators
Twice, every year for the last 16 years, various WSD (Widowed, Separated and Divorced) Kāpiti Group volunteers have heeded the call to come together f...
Challenge for Change Mentors and Volunteers
Challenge for Change Kāpiti recruits volunteer mentors each year to support young people aged 9 to 12 through our 12 month programme. The mentor role...
Coast Access Radio
At Coast Access Radio104.7FM, we rely on volunteers to keep the radio station going! We have 2.5 paid staff that keep things chugging along, and sound...
Birthright Kāpiti Op Shop Team
Our volunteers at Birthright Kapiti don’t get paid. Not because they are worthless but because they are priceless. You might think that when writing...
Te Ara Korowai
Last year during lockdown Te Ara Korowai volunteers, plus our staff, worked volunteer hours to ensure that all our members were safe and supported. Ou...
Kaibosh Kāpiti-Horowhenua
Here is the entry from Kaibosh Kāpiti-Horowhenua for our National Volunteer Week Volunteer Story Competition. I would like to enter the beyond amazing...
Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua – Parkinson’s NZ Action Group
In April 2021, the small group of Parkinson's volunteers mobilised people all over the Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua to spend a few hours collecting in...