Stories
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...
Waikanae Estuary Care Group and Paraparaumu College
In September 2020 Paraparaumu College Horticultural Department Head, Anita Taylor, made enquiries regarding collaboration with her students and our vo...
Foodbank Kāpiti Volunteers
Here is our Volunteer Story Competition entry from Kāpiti Community Food Bank. Kerry Lovell wrote to us about the Foodbank Kāpiti Volunteer Team. We...
Good Bitches Baking (GBB) Kāpiti Chapter
Like the national Good Bitches website says: We're on a mission to make Aotearoa the kindest place on earth! Good Bitches Baking (GBB) is a network of...
Kāpiti Women’s Centre
A rainbow over the Kāpiti Women’s Centre, captured by one of our Volunteer Centre Workers. A good omen for the future as we welcome in eleven new Vol...