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Home Away From Home: How Cultural Connection Has Shaped Lily’s Volunteer Experience In Samoa
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 8:37 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Lily’s volunteer experience has also given her a renewed sense of perspective and gratitude, something she learnt as she spent more time with her Samoan colleagues and friends. More >>
Building Stronger Connections And Workplaces: Jackie’s Volunteer Journey As An HR Professional In Tonga
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 2:00 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
“Everything I learnt was on the job,” she reflects. “I’m not a corporate girl, but working with NGOs was a passion. Volunteering was an extension of that, and the timing was right.” More >>
Strengthening Sustainable Water Systems In Bougainville
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 12:40 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
While Darryl has completed his assignment in Bougainville, his advice is honest and encouraging for those considering volunteering. More >>
International Volunteer Day – Celebrating The Power Of New Zealanders Who Give Back In The Pacific And Timor-Leste
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 2:02 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
As a proudly New Zealand charity working in international development through volunteering, VSA partners with local organisations to create meaningful, sustainable change. More >>
Building Strength And Confidence Through Rehabilitation In The Cook Islands
Friday, 14 November 2025, 12:58 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Drawing on her neuro-rehabilitation experience, Naomi developed and delivered a series of training sessions on stroke recovery and movement retraining, followed by joint therapy sessions to reinforce learning. More >>
Volunteer Service Abroad Launches Inspiring New Website – Explore, Volunteer, Make A Difference
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 4:13 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
The new site offers a fresh, modern look with stunning imagery, compelling stories, and an intuitive layout that makes it easier than ever to find volunteer opportunities, sign up to our newsletter, and make a donation to support our work. More >>
Register Your Interest For The Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) UniVol Graduate Programme
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:26 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
The UniVol programme places selected graduates into 10-month volunteer assignments with VSA partners across the Pacific and beyond, in a range of areas like education, youth development, conservation, and community engagement. More >>
Joe Dutaona To Represent Bougainville At Ngākau Carving Symposium In New Zealand: 12th - 26th April 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:24 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Joe is a respected figure in the arts community of Bougainville, where he has dedicated over 25 years to promoting the arts and preserving cultural traditions. More >>
Coastal Conservation In Timor-Leste
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 11:23 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Coastal fishing communities in Timor-Leste, which are highly dependent on natural resources and ecosystem services, are experiencing the negative impacts of climate change. The resilience of Timor-Leste’s well-known coastal ecosystems is being ... More >>
New Zealanders Spotlight Theatre In Solomon Islands
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 3:09 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
The power of theatre is its ability to help us better understand the world around us. The use of dialogue, culture, expression, and imagination encompasses the human experience and can feel like an emotional outlet to many. Volunteer Service Abroad ... More >>
A Long History Of Volunteering In Samoa
Friday, 16 September 2022, 2:07 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Last week recently appointed Te Tumu Whakarae (CEO) of Volunteer Service Abroad Kate Wareham, and Marketing Communication Manager, Sarah Maxwell, travelled to Samoa to honour 60 since the charity was established and 59 years since the first volunteer ... More >>
New Zealand’s Volunteer Agency Announces New Te Tumu Whakarae - CEO
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 3:16 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Today Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading international volunteer development agency Volunteer Service Abroad - Te Tūao Tāwāhi (VSA) announces its new Te Tumu Whakarae CEO, Kate Wareham. Kate leaves as Deputy Chief Executive Organisational Capability ... More >>
Tongan Volunteer Programme Will Continue
Friday, 21 January 2022, 10:54 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Since the arrival of COVID-19, Volunteer Service Abroad’s (VSA) has continued to operate its volunteer programme in Tonga through remote volunteers from Aotearoa New Zealand. At the time of this week’s tragic volcanic activity and tsunami on ... More >>
Kiwi Helps Grow The Solomon Islands Creative Sector
Friday, 24 September 2021, 8:53 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Qeto Darcy had always been interested in music and dance so when he got the opportunity to be choreographer for the Solomon Islands’ burgeoning arts community project Dreamcast Theatre in 2018 he didn’t think twice. Officially formed in 2015, Dreamcast ... More >>
Vanuatu Is The First Country To Welcome VSA Volunteers In 15 Months
Monday, 3 May 2021, 10:52 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Staff at two of Vanuatu’s key hospitals await the arrival of two medical staff through a programme with Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) this month. Doctors Mandy and Jonathan Masters depart Auckland mid-May as the first VSA volunteers to leave ... More >>
New Zealander Elected Vice Chair Of International Forum
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 1:40 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Stephen Goodman, CEO of Volunteer Service Abroad Te Tūao Tāwāhi, has been elected Vice Chair of The International Forum for Volunteering in Development (Forum). Mr Goodman was elected to the role at the Forum’s Board meeting on 3 November, following ... More >>
New Partnership Supports Emergency Care Development In The Pacific
Monday, 19 October 2020, 12:19 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad Te Tūao Tāwāhi (VSA) and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) have signed a five year partnership agreement which will support emergency medicine and emergency care development across the Pacific. The ... More >>
VSA helps develop first ever global volunteering standard
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 9:25 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) - Te Tūao Tāwāhi has had significant input in developing a newly launched set of global standards for volunteering for development. The standards have been agreed by several hundred stakeholders from across the international volunteering ... More >>
VSA demonstrates value of strong partnerships
Monday, 21 October 2019, 9:00 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad’s (VSA) review of the past year showed the organisation partnered with 190 national and regionally focused development organisations in 12 countries. These included community based organisations, national NGOs, International ... More >>
VSA demonstrates value of strong partnerships
Monday, 21 October 2019, 8:56 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad’s (VSA) review of the past year showed the organisation partnered with 190 national and regionally focused development organisations in 12 countries. These included community based organisations, national NGOs, International ... More >>
