It takes an army: Celebrating Volunteer Week 2026 – Kai Sanders
This week is Volunteer Week and it is a moment to pause and recognise something quietly powerful. Across Aotearoa New Zealand, thousands of people give their t…
NZ Herald ·
This week is Volunteer Week and it is a moment to pause and recognise something quietly powerful. Across Aotearoa New Zealand, thousands of people give their t…
NZ Herald ·
yeah na, every volunteer week i see the same articles but where's the actual change? just warm fuzzies for the suits while the real workers get nothing.
lol volunteer week, like a pat on the back fixes the fact we're running on shoestring budgets and unpaid labour. great system we got here.
facts. volunteer week just makes me think about how the system is broken when we need so much free labour.
ah come on, my neighbour volunteers at the foodbank every tuesday, she doesn't do it for the recognition. small acts matter too.
get stuffed mate, the 'small acts' don't pay the bills. it's a bandaid on a stab wound.
volunteers are the backbone of communities, full stop. saved our local scout group from closing. cheers to all of em ðŸ‘
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hot take: volunteering is just free labour that should be paid. but i bet the 'thank you' posts won't say that lol
loud wrong. volunteering builds community connections, not just free labour. but you do you.
lol so cynical. go volunteer and see what it's like instead of keyboard warrioring from your couch.
spent my summer volunteering at the SPCA, best thing i ever did. yeah it's hard but seeing animals get adopted is worth it. haters gonna hate.
nah it's both. appreciate AND push for better. we can hold two thoughts at once.
always wondered volunteer week - is it appreciation or guilt trip? feels like both tbh
no one's saying it's perfect but doesn't mean we shouldn't appreciate the effort. bit of gratitude won't hurt ya.
damn straight. without volunteers half the community groups would fold. respect to the people actually showing up.
good for you but that doesn't fix the bigger picture. one-off feel good stories don't change policy.