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Award for Development journalism [Updated deadline]
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 12:00 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad has changed the deadline for submissions to its award for excellence in development journalism. The final deadline is Monday 8 September. This is a week later than was originally communicated. All other dates remain unchanged. More >>
Award for excellence in International Development journalism
Thursday, 10 July 2014, 5:28 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA is proud to launch its award for excellence in International Development journalism. VSA is New Zealand’s largest and most experienced volunteer agency working in International Development. More >>
Helen Clark to get a taste of life below the poverty line
Monday, 19 August 2013, 4:44 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
While Wellingtonians are enjoying some of the capital’s best food at Wellington on a Plate events on Thursday, former Prime Minister Helen Clark will be having a dining experience of a different sort – a bagged lunch worth just 60 cents. More >>
Last chance to hear Kelle’s Choice on Matinee Idle
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 10:34 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Matinee Idle fans will get their last chance to hear production assistant Kelle Howson present her popular daily song selection, Kelle’s Choice, on Waitangi Day before she heads to the Solomon Islands to spend 10 months as a VSA UniVol. More >>
Gill Greer to head Volunteer Service Abroad
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 4:02 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
The VSA (Volunteer Service Abroad) Council is delighted to announce that it has appointed Gill Greer as VSA’s new chief executive officer. Dr Greer will take up her new role on July 9, succeeding the current CEO Debbie Snelson. More >>
VSA secures core funding for three years
Friday, 15 June 2012, 12:05 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA is delighted that the government has agreed to provide it with core funding for the next three years, rather than approving the usual one-year grant. Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully yesterday announced that VSA will get a core funding grant ... More >>
VSA celebrates 50 years of international volunteering
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 9:05 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
Papua New Guinea 2008 Duk Duks – members of a secret society based in the Rabaul area – make their way through forest covered with ash from the nearby Tavurvur volcano during a ceremony to celebrate the life of a local “big man”. More >>
Bougainville Library another step closer to being built
Monday, 12 September 2011, 11:47 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
The Bougainville Library project is about to take another step forward when VSA volunteer Barry Binding leaves Wellington on September 20 to spend six weeks developing a project management plan for the $350,000 building. More >>
Te Tūao Tāwāhi: Volunteer Service Abroad
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 8:27 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA (Volunteer Service Abroad) has established a new unit to develop partnerships with New Zealand businesses and organisations keen to provide their staff with the opportunity to undertake short-term volunteering assignments. More >>
Volunteer Service Abroad To Focus On Pacific
Monday, 14 March 2011, 9:06 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA (Volunteer Service Abroad) is expanding its programme in the Pacific and providing a greater range of volunteering options to New Zealanders keen to share their skills in developing countries. VSA, New Zealand’s largest and most experienced international ... More >>
Foreign Affairs Select Committee endorses VSA
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 4:32 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
The Foreign Affairs Select committee has endorsed VSA’s (Volunteer Service Abroad) “valuable” role in education, training and mentoring in the Pacific. In a report, written over the last four years and released this week, the committee says it, “would ... More >>
VSA to start sending short-term volunteers
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 11:00 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA (Volunteer Service Abroad), New Zealand’s largest and most experienced international volunteer agency, is adding a new kind of assignment to its volunteering options – short-term volunteering. More >>
VSA reaffirms its commitment to Timor-Leste
Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 5:29 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA (Volunteer Service Abroad) has reaffirmed its commitment to working in partnership with Timor-Leste by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Timor-Leste in Wellington today. More >>
A Lost Generation – A Generation’s Work
Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 10:25 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
VSA’s CEO, Deborah Snelson, says Bougainville has come a very long way since its civil war, but the momentum must not be lost. More >>
From “Gorillas In The Mist” – To The VSA
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 1:57 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad has a new boss who comes to the organisation with a background of working in one of the toughest areas of the globe. More >>
New Zealand Photographers Abroad
Monday, 12 August 2002, 12:01 am | Volunteer Service Abroad
To mark its fortieth year (2002), Volunteer Service Abroad invited eight leading and emerging New Zealand documentary photographers to embark on photographic assignments in the fourteen countries to which VSA sends volunteers. More >>
Gandalf is VSA's Latest Supporter
Thursday, 13 December 2001, 1:13 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
With Peter Jackson's signature becoming as rare as dragons' teeth, Volunteer Service Abroad is hoping for a good return when it puts a copy of the Lord of the Rings, signed by the film director, up for auction this week. More >>
Samoan Deaf Theatre Company To Tour New Zealand
Thursday, 10 May 2001, 4:25 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Samoa's Silent World Theatre is to tour New Zealand as part of VSA Week - 14 - 20 May. More >>
VSA To Send Volunteers To East Timor
Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 2:57 pm | Volunteer Service Abroad
Volunteer Service Abroad is planning to set up a programme in East Timor later this year, VSA chair Hilary Smith announced yesterday [Tuesday 13 February] at a function at Parliament to mark the International Year of Volunteers 2001. More >>
