Your Volunteer Stories

Read inspiring stories from our volunteer community and see how small actions create big changes.

Volunteers distribute donation boxes and small plants to community members.

How youth voice, advocacy, and volunteering inspire mahi

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Volunteer extraordinaire

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Finding catharsis through charity

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The power of volunteering

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Mas – a man with a mission

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Manjit, EKTA, and the Migrant Experience

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Quick Kai – winning team at Volunteer Wellington’s 2025 Mahi Aroha Awards

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Connecting with a supportive community while doing good

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Finding a feminist community

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Steadfast stewardship: volunteering to restore Manawa Karioi

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Volunteer Hutt project “perfect” for first-time volunteer

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Once Upon a Time...

Stories About Volunteers and Volunteering

Volunteer Wellington's publication, Once Upon a Time... Stories About Volunteers and Volunteering, tells two sides of the story: the volunteers’ journeys and the rewards the managers of volunteers have experienced working with such a rich diversity of individuals.

The result of these two sides working in accord is that people have contributed and given their skills and energy to a cause. A change has happened in their lives, and therefore in the lives of their families and those around them. The power of the volunteering is working its magic.