Volunteering New Zealand - The Hub Of New Zealand Volunteering

Volunteering New Zealand

We are kaitiaki of Mahi Aroha, empowering volunteers to enrich Aotearoa New Zealand.

Our aspiration for Aotearoa New Zealand is that volunteering is valued as part of who we are as a nation.

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We are #strongertogether when your national organisation joins as members of Volunteering New Zealand

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Grow your volunteers’ impact

We’ve built you a comprehensive set of tools to get better outcomes for volunteers and communities.

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Campaigns & Events

We have a schedule of Volunteering New Zealand campaigns and events. Our next campaign is National Volunteer Week,
20–26 June 2021.

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What’s new from VNZ

Pivot Conference 21 October

The landscape of volunteering is changing, in some cases exacerbating the changes we were already seeing, in others creating another shift entirely. Come and help shape the future of volunteering in Aotearoa at Pivot 2021: Thursday 21 October, Wellington. (ticket sales will open soon)

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Minister of Health Volunteer Awards

Nominations opened for Minister of Health’s 2021 Health Volunteer Awards to recognise the wonderful health volunteers in Aotearoa. If you know somebody or a team worthy of recognition please nominate them before 5pm on Friday 16 July!

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Kōrerotia, speak up! through our online survey.

Let us know what has changed for your organisation since the pandemic began. How are things looking? This is a chance to remind our sector’s supporters and funders that the hau, or vitality, of our community organisations becomes the life force of our communities.

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