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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Any Hours

Any Hours Evenings/Weekends Working Hours
Hospice Waikato Trust
Matamata

Retail & Donation Services Assistant – Matamata Hospice Shop

If you live in Matamata 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
New Zealand Red Cross – Midland Area
Te Awamutu

Volunteer Retail Assistant – Te Awamutu

As a volunteer retail assistant, you’ll help create a welcoming environment for our customers. You’ll do day-to-day tasks that help the shop run smoothly, and serve customers in a friendly, professional way.
Retail Both/Flexible
St Francis Cooperating Parish
Hamilton

Vege Garden Project Leader

We are seeking an experienced vegetable gardener to help bring a new community based initiative to life. This role combines hands-on growing expertise and building a vege garden into a system with some hands on gardening too
Gardening Working Hours
Meals on Wheels Cambridge
Cambridge

Volunteer Meal Delivery Driver – Cambridge

Be a Cambridge Meal on Wheels volunteer! Deliver 10 hot meals per run, once a week, using your own vehicle. Routes are ~15 km and take 45–60 mins. Help keep our community fed and connected!
Driving Working Hours
St Vincent de Paul – Vinnie’s Food Hub
Hamilton

Vinnies Milo Truck Drivers and Helpers

As a Vinnies Milo Van Driver or Helper, you’ll head out into the community in the evenings, bringing Milo, food and a little human connection to people who need it most.
Food Services Evenings/Weekends
Cambridge Salvation Army Church
Cambridge

Foodbank Volunteer Driver – Cambridge

Cambridge residents – your help is needed! Join the Foodbank team to pick up, sort, and organise donations. Short shifts Mon, Wed & Thu 9:30–10:30am. Friendly environment, full guidance, and the chance to support families in your own community.
Driving Working Hours
HCC – Parks and Recreation
Hamilton

Gully Restoration Volunteers

Hamilton City Council is seeking volunteers to support gully restoration projects across the city. These projects help protect and enhance Hamilton’s natural environments and waterways.
Conservation Both/Flexible
The Refugee Orientation Centre Trust
Hamilton

Driving Supervisor

The Refugee Orientation Centre Trust (ROC) is seeking an experienced Driving Supervisor to deliver driving lessons to former refugees and migrants who may have little to no English language skills.
Driving Both/Flexible
Paeroa Community Support Trust
Paeroa

Grocery Shopping Assistant – Paeroa

Volunteer with our Grocery Shopping Service in Paeroa and help elderly and vulnerable locals with a weekly or fortnightly shop — either for them or alongside them.
Practical Help Both/Flexible
Victoria Battery Tramway Society Inc
Paeroa, Waihī

Volunteer Tour Guide – Victoria Battery Tramway (Waikino)

Share the history of Victoria Battery with visitors as a volunteer tour guide on weekends. Welcome guests, tell engaging stories about gold-mining heritage, and help create a safe, fun, and memorable experience at one of the region’s most unique historic
Hosting Both/Flexible