Current Positions

Explore the volunteer opportunities below and find a role that’s right for you. From helping the environment to supporting your community, there’s something for everyone. Check out the roles and get involved!

PS: Job hunting while volunteering? Just let the organisation know. They'll understand – and it helps them place you in a role that's more flexible or easier to cover if you get work. That way, you can still help out without stress, they can plan ahead, and they'll really appreciate your honesty.
Current volunteer positions

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Both/Flexible

Any Hours Evenings/Weekends Working Hours
Brain Injury Waikato Inc
All Towns

Event Volunteer – Brain Injury Waikato

Help Brain Injury Waikato at local events, expos and support sessions. Welcome visitors, share information, help with set-up and pack-down, and support the team. No regular commitment – choose the opportunities that suit you.
Events Both/Flexible
Citizens Advice Bureau Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu

Voting Information Volunteer – Te Awamutu

Help your community get ready to vote! Join CAB Te Awamutu for a short-term volunteering opportunity from 17 August–25 October. Meet people and help them by making the voting process easier to navigate.
Information & Advice Both/Flexible
Hospice Waikato Trust
Morrinsville

Retail & Donation Assistants – Morrinsville

If you live in Morrinsville or nearby and would like to join our Hospice Shop team, we’d love for you to apply! It’s fun, purposeful, and, quite frankly, we really need volunteers to say yes. Your time will be valued and appreciated with us.
Retail Both/Flexible
Cambridge Community House Trust
Cambridge

Christmas Cheer Volunteer Fundraising Team – Cambridge

Join a small team helping Cambridge Social Services bring Christmas Cheer to local whānau. Use your local knowledge, connections & people skills to coordinate community support, donations & sponsorship for whānau needing a little extra help at Christmas.
Fundraising Both/Flexible
The CowShed Trust
Home Based

Social Media Enthusiast

We require a social media savvy enthusiast to set up a Give-a-Little Page for an Annual Animal Needs appeal and to engage with donors.
Marketing & Communications Both/Flexible
The Refugee Orientation Centre Trust
Hamilton

Graphic Designer – Volunteer/Intern – Hamilton

Join the Refugee Orientation Centre Trust as a Volunteer Graphic Designer! Gain hands-on experience creating digital and print designs, collaborate with a supportive team, and grow your portfolio while applying your creativity to real-world projects.
Marketing & Communications Both/Flexible
Hope Rising Farm Trust
Ngāruawāhia

Groundsman & Handyman Wanted

Use your practical skills to help maintain Hope Rising Farm, supporting life-changing programmes for vulnerable children and women through repairs, maintenance, fencing and general handyman tasks.
Trades & Maintenance Both/Flexible
Wondernauts
Hamilton

Wood worker

Wondernauts, a not-for-profit early childhood centre in Hamilton, is seeking an experienced volunteer woodworker to help create a variety of play resources such as small barns and fences and a couple of simple low shelving units.
Trades & Maintenance Both/Flexible