Monday Morning Food Rescue Driver & Volunteer - Help Save Good Food from Going to Waste Are you passionate about reducing food waste and helping your local community? If so, this could be the perfect volunteer opportunity for you.We are looking for a reliable and friendly volunteer to assist with our morning food rescue runs. This role plays an important part in ensuring perfectly good food is collected from local supermarkets and redistributed to community organisations that need it most.

About the Role

Based in Grenada North, this role involves driving our refrigerated truck and collecting donated food from several supermarkets. You will depart from our warehouse at 7.00am and visit:

• New World Newlands
• New World Churton Park
• New World Porirua

During each collection you will carefully check donated food to ensure it has not passed its Use By date. After checking the items, you will box the food, photograph it using a KCA phone, weigh the stock, and upload the details into our online system and Facebook.

At New World Churton Park, you will also collect any empty banana boxes and record the number collected. These boxes are reused back at our warehouse to store non-food items.

Once you return to the warehouse, our team will assist with unloading the empty banana boxes. The rescued food will then be placed into refrigeration, and the relevant agencies will be contacted using the KCA phone so they can collect the food allocated to them.

Key Duties

• Drive our refrigerated food rescue truck
• Collect food donations from local supermarkets
• Check food dates to ensure safety and compliance
• Box and weigh rescued food
• Photograph and upload information to our online system and Facebook
• Collect and record empty banana boxes from one of the stores
• Return rescued food safely to the warehouse for refrigeration

About Our Organisation Kiwi Community Assistance (KCA) is a charity that works with supermarkets, businesses and community groups across the Greater Wellington region to rescue surplus food that would otherwise go to waste. We also provide the necessities of life such as clothing, footwear, linen and homewares to assist over 8,000 people per month.

All stock is redistributed to local foodbanks and community organisations, helping families while also reducing landfill.

Volunteers are not permitted to take donated goods home. We ask for a minimum three-month commitment, however you will not be required to volunteer on public holidays as we are closed.

Benefits of Volunteering With Us

• Help reduce food waste in your community
• Support local foodbanks and families in need
• Be part of a friendly and supportive volunteer team
• Gain experience in food rescue and community logistics
• Start your day knowing you have made a real difference

The Impact You Will Have

Every collection you complete helps ensure good food reaches people who need it rather than ending up in landfill. Volunteers in this role help rescue hundreds of kilograms of food that directly supports community organisations across Wellington.

Can you make soup? Can you lead a team in the kitchen?

Newtown Community Centre are on the look out for more volunteers who can help lead our Free Soup Friday team in the kitchen.

This role is responsible for preparing large batches of multiple soups, garlic bread and salads and instructing a team of volunteers to make kai for 30+ people.

Free Soup Friday is a weekly event at the community centre, where we provide a free lunch soup to whoever needs it. You will be helping to feed people while they come together for this communal meal.

The kitchen team starts cooking from 9am every Friday, to serve lunch from 1pm. We are aiming to bring on board enough volunteers who can work to a roster, alternating weeks that they are leading the soup team.

Do you have excellent communication skills and enjoy interacting with people? Wellington Hospitals Foundation is currently looking for new volunteers to join our ward support team, located at Kenepuru Hospital.

Previous experience in volunteering is desired but not essential. Volunteers are asked for a commitment of one shift per week (3 hours) and be available for either of the following shifts:

Love being ouTe Hopai Trust Home and Hospital are looking for a friendly, reliable volunteer to support our residents with cognitive impairment on weekly van trips. It's about companionship, encouragement, and sharing the journey. You'll help residents get on and off the van and make the experience fun and meaningful.

Sisters of Compassion are currently looking for a clothing room volunteer to organise and tidy the clothing room at the Suzanne Aubert Heritage Centre, shifts are outlined below:

Mary Potter Hospice are recruiting Volunteer Drivers for the Eastern/Southern Suburbs and the Wellington CBD for the Annual Appeal on Thursday 14th May!

The Street Appeal collection is one of the major events during the year to raise money to help keep the Mary Potter Hospice services free and to raise awareness of its services.

A driver (or driving team) is responsible for managing the safe collection of funds on the day of the Street Appeal from the Appeal Area/Site Coordinators to the bank/Hospice. The driving team will follow a predetermined route making pickups along the way. They will deliver the labelled buckets from the collection points to the count team at the bank/Hospice.

At Huntleigh Home in Karori, we take every opportunity to make sure our 71 rest home and hospital residents enjoy companionship, experience spontaneity and have a sense of purpose in their life. And we would love your help.

We are looking for a volunteer to drive a small mobility van to take Huntleigh residents (predominantly two - one who owns the van) to wherever they need to go. The van is based at Huntleigh and there is comprehensive insurance for any driver over 25.

Volunteer will need to be over 25 years of age for insurance purposes.

At The Free Store our mission is to freely redistribute fresh surplus food from Wellington's eateries directly to those in need of it. Everyone is welcome, and we would love your help.

In this role, you will drive our van to the airport, Miramar, Kelburn and to other set locations around the city.
This job requires you to have a full driver's licence, be responsible, reliable, calm under pressure and able to create safe and welcoming spaces for the rest of the team to be a part of while driving

Have a hidden talent for stacking boxes like it's a game of Tetris?

The Free Store are looking for a volunteer to accompany our van driver to the airport, Miramar, Kelburn and to other set locations around the city.
At The Free Store our mission is to freely redistribute fresh surplus food from Wellington's eateries directly to those in need of it. Everyone is welcome, and we would love your help.
This job requires you to be responsible, reliable, calm under pressure and able to create safe and welcoming spaces for the rest of the team to be a part of while driving.

At The Free Store our mission is to freely redistribute fresh surplus food from Wellington's eateries directly to those in need of it. Everyone is welcome, and we would love your help.
Meet at The Free Store premises. You will be required to wash and dry any dishes from the day, including containers and mugs. Also, help out with the end-of-shift clean and tidy. We will supply everything you need for this role.
Accessibility: Need to be able to be on your feet for 1-2 hours.

Our volunteers support the day to day running of our vegetable co-op, helping ensure fresh, and accessible to the community. This role is hands-on, social, and rooted in sustainability, cooperation, and food justice.You will assist with receiving, sorting and packing the produce. Set up and pack down the co-op space Support distribution to community and maintaining a clean, safe, and organised workspace

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help care for our gardens. This role is perfect for anyone who enjoys being outdoors, getting their hands dirty, and contributing to our local community. No prior gardening experience required, just curiosity, care and a willingness to learn. General tasks could involve planting, watering, weeding, helping maintain pathways and shared spaces.

Aotearoa Community Resilience Network are looking for residents of Newlands, Paparangi or Woodridge to help us host community engagement events at Newlands Community Centre.

ACoRN are operating the Newlands Resilience Group to prepare, connect, and support our neighborhood so we can face any challenge - from emergencies to everyday community needs. and speak with our voices into decision making. We are looking for events volunteers available on the following dates:

March 2026

We are looking for helpers to hand out flyers around Victoria University's Kelburn campus. The flyers will promote a special $5 Week for our famous 'Krishna plate' which we are running during the first week back for students!

We are looking for helpers to put up flyers around Victoria University's Kelburn campus to promote a special $5 Week for our famous 'Krishna plate' which we are running for the first week back for students!

Wellington has a mountain of surplus food going to waste, while many can't afford to feed themselves. Many local eateries would love to give this surplus away but we don't have enough boots on the ground to help us collect it all, and 3pm weekdays is a tough timeslot to recruit for. Just a couple of hours out of your week can make a huge difference in stopping good food going to waste.

Come by yourself or bring a buddy - no sign up required. This is a casual role, so you just come as often as you want. You will be paired up with an experienced volunteer, for your first few shifts.

We meet at The Free Store on Willis St around 2:45, Monday to Friday (not public holidays).

Accessibility: Need to be able to walk and push a trolley.

The Child Cancer Street Appeal is back on Friday 13th & Saturday 14th March 2026, and we're looking for groups to adopt a site in your area!

So rally your workplace, club, school or community group, and help collect vital funds to support tamariki with cancer and their whanau.

This is how you can adopt-a-site:

• Get a small group of family, friends or colleagues together, to recruit volunteers
• Contact us to choose your collection site, we can also answer any questions you may have
• Fill the online roster with your volunteers to keep your collection spot staffed
• Be there on the day, and get those donations rolling in We'll support you through the whole process, including providing you with buckets, sashes, bibs and stickers!

As part of the Cancer Society, a trusted organisation dedicated to supporting New Zealanders affected by cancer, our CanSupport Community Volunteer programme offers a meaningful and rewarding way to make a positive impact.

CanSuport Community Volunteers provide short-term support for home-based clients living with cancer, helping them stay independent and connected during a challenging time.

This support can include friendly home visits, going for a walk together, or assisting with practical tasks such as grocery shopping, light household chores, or transport to appointments.

New Zealand Red Cross is looking for branch members.

Being an active member of a community involves giving to others.

There's no better way to do that than by being an active part of the largest humanitarian organization in the world.

By becoming a member of the Wellington branch of NZRC, you can:

• Support events and community programmes.
• Help create awareness in the community of Red Cross engagement on:
  • Disaster readiness and response;
  • Support for former refugees;
  • Support for international programmes.
• Contribute your unique skills and develop new ones, gain experience, and meet new people.
• If you join the Branch Committee, attend monthly meetings.

The SS Hikitia is a globally significant steam powered heavy lift floating crane berthed at the Taranaki Street Wharf, next to Te Papa. Having worked its entire life servicing Wellington Harbour, the Hikitia is due to celebrate 100 years of heavy lifting in 2026, and we are doing all we can to have the ship looking its best to mark the occasion!

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in communicating the history of the ship to the general public as tour guides. The role will require the guide to escort small groups of guests (up to 10 people) around the ship highlighting the history of the vessel, how the steam machinery operates, and the many unique artefacts the vessel holds on board. Please note guides will be working in groups of 2 at a minimum for health and safety reasons.