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

GirlGuiding Leader Required – Pōkeno

Being a Girl Guiding leader means inspiring and supporting girls to build confidence, learn new skills, make friendships, and grow into strong young leaders in a safe, fun, and inclusive environment.

Youth & Children Evenings/Weekends

GirlGuiding Volunteer Leader – Te Kauwhata

Being a Girl Guiding leader means inspiring and supporting girls to build confidence, learn new skills, make friendships, and grow into strong young leaders in a safe, fun, and inclusive environment.

Youth & Children Evenings/Weekends

Retail Assistant – Vinnies Frankton Store

Join the Vinnies team in Frankton! Help us support our community through retail, raising vital funds for community projects. Gain hands-on experience, meet a fun volunteer team, and learn new skills. Training provided. 3+ month commitment preferred.

Retail Working Hours

Foodbank general all-rounder

A variety of work - have fun, make friends, contribute to the Kirikiriroa/Hamilton community

Social Support Working Hours

Volunteer Archivist – Putaruru

Help preserve our community’s history! As a Volunteer Archivist, you’ll organise, label, and digitise documents, photographs, and artefacts, ensuring our stories remain accessible and meaningful for visitors, researchers, and future generations.

Research Working Hours

Visitor Experience Host – Putaruru

Join our team as a Visitor Experience Host! Help welcome visitors, share fun facts, answer questions, and assist with admissions or the gift shop. Shifts are once a week or fortnight, weekdays or weekends, Your time will help keep history alive!

Hosting Both/Flexible

Laser System Setup Volunteer (One-Off Project) – Cambridge

Fancy yourself a laser whiz? We need a tech-savvy volunteer for a one-off morning to tame a home laser cutter. Must know LightBurn/software, love a bit of hands-on troubleshooting, and teach an older person with hearing issues to handle it next time.

IT Both/Flexible

Volunteer Fundraising Coordinator RDA Te Aroha – (Home Based Role)

We’d love to up our fundraising game but don’t have the skills yet! We’re looking for someone who is a NZ citizen or resident to help plan and manage fundraising, social media, and marketing activities, and develop a strategy to support RDA Te Aroha.

Fundraising Both/Flexible

Bass Guitar Tutor – Hamilton City

Bass guitar tutor (Hamilton) - to help someone who used to play, brush up their skills so they can play fluently and jam with other musicians.

Music & Entertainment Both/Flexible

Qualified Volunteer Hairdresser – Hospice Patients at Home (Matamata & Morrinsville)

Bring comfort and care to hospice patients in their own homes by using your hairdressing skills. Volunteer 3 hours per week in Matamata/Morrinsville, helping patients feel themselves again through gentle, compassionate haircuts and styling.

Practical Help Both/Flexible