How-to Guides - Volunteering

Publications/Resources

• Codes of practice (details)

  Volunteering New Zealand's guidelines and codes of practice for volunteers and organisations involved with volunteers, are useful summaries of things to keep in mind.
  Date updated: 12 June 2006

• Good Intentions - The Ethics of Volunteering (details)

  This issue of the Just Change magazine takes a critical look at the changing nature of what constitutes volunteering and seeks to re-focus attention on the quality of volunteering and its potential ...
  Date updated: 30 June 2008

• Government resources (details)

  The page collects links to useful material on volunteering from the New Zealand Government. The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS)
  Date updated: 26 January 2007

• History of the Non-profit Sector in New Zealand (details)

  The History of the Non-Profit Sector in New Zealand considers the forces and players that have shaped the non-profit sector in New Zealand over time.
  Date updated: 13 November 2008

• Human Resources Toolkit (details)

  This free online Human Resources Toolkit by Dexcel Products contains a lot of information that could be useful to community organisations.
  Date updated: 21 September 2005

• Mahi Aroha: Māori Perspectives on volunteering and cultural obligations (details)

  A research report from The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) intended to lead to a better understanding of volunteering and unpaid work from a Māori perspective.
  Date updated: 27 June 2008

• Manager Tools podcast (details)

  Practical techniques for managers.
  Date updated: 16 November 2005

• Managing Well resource catalogue (details)

  The Managing Well resource catalogue (online in the Community Centre section of this web site) includes references or links to manuals, websites, information sheets, books, and other documents, and a ...
  Date updated: 19 September 2008

• NZ focussed volunteer resources (details)

  Printed and Internet resources written for New Zealand organisations.
  Date updated: 11 March 2008

• OCVS Papers (details)

  Publications from the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) have information on many aspects of volunteering in New Zealand.
  Date updated: 27 June 2008

• Overseas Resources - A Selection (details)

  Printed and Internet resources that are broadly relevant to New Zealand organisations.
  Date updated: 12 June 2006

• Searching for paid employment (details)

  Sometimes volunteers, clients and workers look for paid work. These resources may help them find a job they will be happy with.
  Date updated: 29 March 2006

• Study of the non-profit sector (details)

  This is a collaborative project between government, voluntary sector and academic representatives to measure the size and scope of New Zealand's non-profit sector.
  Date updated: 13 November 2008

• Volunteer Magnet (details)

  Presentation and handouts to help you make your organisation attractive to volunteers.
  Date updated: 16 June 2006