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Volunteering New Zealand
Leaders of Volunteering
Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) is an association of New Zealand organisations that have a commitment to volunteering, such as volunteer centres, national and other organisations.
Volunteering New Zealand's mission is to promote, support and advocate for volunteering.Volunteering New Zealand - Latest News [Page 9]
Family volunteering for quality time together
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 3:22 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
An excellent way for parents to spend quality time with their children is through family volunteering, according to Tim Burns Executive Director of Volunteering New Zealand. The theme of Youth Week 2009, being held this week, is “Make Time for ... More >>
Basketball Champs opportunity for young volunteers
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 10:15 am | Volunteering New Zealand
Volunteering at the Under 19 World Basketball World championship tournament would offer young people a great experience in being a volunteer, says Tim Burns, Executive Director of Volunteering New Zealand. The FIBA U19 World Basketball Championship ... More >>
"Volunteering Unleashed - new times new approaches
Friday, 1 May 2009, 9:32 am | Volunteering New Zealand
Abstracts are being invited from those interested in making a short presentation, running a workshop, contributing to a panel or presenting a poster at VNZ's 2009 conference "Volunteering Unleashed - new times bring new approaches". The ... More >>
Youth focus for Volunteer Awareness Week
Saturday, 25 April 2009, 1:00 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
Recognising and encouraging volunteering by young people will be the main focus for Volunteer Awareness Week 2009, to be held 14-20 June. More >>
Volunteering New Zealand Focus
Wednesday, 4 March 2009, 5:06 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
VNZ Board officers elected at first meeting for 2009 Alison Marshall has been re-elected as Chairperson of Volunteering at the first meeting of the VNZ Board for 2009. She continues in this leadership role which she has held since 2002. Alison is the National ... More >>
New Zealand Volunteers World Leaders
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 5:29 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
New Zealand’s volunteers lead the world in the contribution they make, an achievement to be acknowledged in celebrating International Volunteer Day (5 December) says Alison Marshall, Chairperson of Volunteering New Zealand. More >>
Volunteering New Zealand Focus
Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 10:43 am | Volunteering New Zealand
Level 7 75 Ghuznee Street PO Box 24526 Wellington Phone 64 4 3843636 Fax 64 4 3843637 email: ed@volunteeringnz.org.nz More >>
Kiwis Feast on Volunteering
Sunday, 22 June 2008, 3:14 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
Kiwis around the country have been inspired to volunteer during Volunteer Awareness Week. More >>
Volunteering a great way to contribute and benefi
Friday, 13 June 2008, 1:07 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
Next week Tim Burns, Executive Director of Volunteering New Zealand is looking to add to the army of more than 1 million people who volunteer in New Zealand He says that Volunteer Awareness Week, which runs from Sunday 15 June through to Saturday ... More >>
A Special Time To Share With 'Older Zealanders'
Monday, 24 December 2007, 9:01 am | Volunteering New Zealand
The Christmas holidays are rightly regarded as a special time for families to gather, and for children to take centre stage. More >>
Volunteering NZ Newsletter - December 2007
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 1:26 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
People in the 60–64 age group were the most likely to be involved in voluntary work for an organisation, group or marae in the four weeks preceding census night. This was one of the interesting pieces of information included in Quick Stats about ... More >>
International Volunteer Day
Wednesday, 5 December 2007, 5:31 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
Today (5 December) was International Volunteer Day. Volunteers from all walks of life - from sport coaches to firefighters, ESOL teachers and former overseas volunteers - gathered in centres all around New Zealand to mark the event. International Volunteer ... More >>
Volunteering Makes Good Business Sense
Monday, 3 December 2007, 4:10 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
New Zealand businesses are increasingly talking about corporate social responsibility – how they contribute to their communities through time and money. Volunteering for a not-for-profit organisation is one way to help. More >>
Give volunteers a tax break
Monday, 3 December 2007, 12:29 am | Volunteering New Zealand
Parliament could show it truly recognises the value of volunteers by all political parties agreeing to ensure taxation in no way affects reimbursement payments to volunteers according to Volunteering New Zealand. More >>
The newsletter of Volunteering New Zealand
Friday, 30 November 2007, 1:36 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
Parliamentary Breakfast to start International Volunteer Day Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General and CEO of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation will be the guest speaker at a Parliamentary Breakfast which will start the events to mark International ... More >>
Celebrating New Zealand’s 1.1 million volunteers
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 2:16 pm | Volunteering New Zealand
This special day is marked around the world to celebrate and acknowledge the immense contribution made by volunteers across many sectors and activities including emergency services, health, welfare, education, faith communities, sport and recreation, conservation, ... More >>
Paper on Volunteer Reimbursements and Tax Welcomed
Monday, 5 November 2007, 9:33 am | Volunteering New Zealand
Volunteering New Zealand has welcomed the release of Inland Revenue’s Issues Paper on the tax treatment of volunteers’ reimbursements. More >>
Volunteering into the future
Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 10:19 am | Volunteering New Zealand
The opportunities and challenges for volunteering in New Zealand over the next quarter century will be the focus of the conference “Optimising the Energy of Volunteering” being hosted by Volunteering New Zealand at Te Papa, Wellington on 8 and 9 November ... More >>
Increasing volunteer numbers aim of Awarness Week
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 10:16 am | Volunteering New Zealand
The ever increasing number and diversity of organisations seeking the services of volunteers is an important contributor to the continuing demand for more volunteers according to Tim Burns, Executive Director of Volunteering New Zealand. More >>
Improvements to tax treatment for volunteers
Friday, 18 May 2007, 11:05 am | Volunteering New Zealand
The announcement that the Government is to undertake work to clarify and streamline the tax treatment of volunteers’ reimbursement payments and honoraria is welcomed by Volunteering New Zealand. More >>
