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The Role of Government (in Volunteering)
<em>Excerpted from "The values and basic principles of volunteering: complacency or caution?" by Jimmy Kearney in Volunteering and the...
Corporate Team Volunteering - a new approach
A lot of businesses take part in team challenges every year, but how else can corporate, or team, volunteers help the wider community? Here are sugges...
Volunteering towards Employment
It has been long understood that getting 'hands-on' experience goes a long way to gaining the skills necessary for obtaining work. It is also understo...
Volunteer Awareness Week 2011
The theme for this year "Volunteering - every minute counts!" highlights that volunteers provide an invaluable contribution to our society a...
SmashFest 2011 - Demolition Derby
Volunteering Auckland is often asked ... "How do we recruit volunteers? ... the traditional methods e.g. posters, brochures, etc just don't seem...
Turia thanks Community Voluntary Sector
<strong>Press Release by New Zealand Government at 12:21 pm, 10 Mar 2011</strong> Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia is...
Auckland Response to National Emergency
<strong>Press Release: Auckland Council - Saturday, 26 February 2011, 2:45 pm</strong> Auckland Council’s Civil Defence Controller Clive M...
Volunteering Crucial To Communities
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia is urging New Zealanders to celebrate the outstanding contribution volunteers make to their comm...
Volunteering's a win/win
<strong>Age Concern New Zealand Media Release - 3 December 2010</strong> <h3>Volunteering's a win/win for Age Concern volunteers and...
International Volunteer Manager's Day - 5th November 2010
<strong>Message from Hon. Tariana Turia, Minister for the Community Voluntary Sector</strong> "Volunteer managers do an important job...
Volunteer Stories
One Mum's Story
A chronically sick child in a family usually means a lot of hard work - and not a lot of spare time. But a sick child in Dianne Smith’s family meant s...