Volunteers

When the text comes, these volunteers down tools to help strangers in their hour of need. But their numbers are shrinking. Audio

The Police Association responds to the Police Minister's call for a greater role volunteer wardens to help patrol Auckland's city centre. The recent fatal shooting at a construction site has renewed… Audio

Children in war-torn Ukraine will hopefully have some winter woollies from New Zealand to keep warm in this winter. Knitting groups from around the country have taken up their needles for the… Audio

American writer and editor Kate Tsurkan initially moved to the Ukrainian city of Chernivsti to work as a volunteer English teacher four years ago. Now she is living through the Russian invasion of her… Audio

ReliefAid Founder and Executive Director Mike Seawright was on his way to oversee an aid operation in the Middle East when Russia's invasion of Ukraine kicked off. Seawright immediately diverted to… Audio

Volunteers for the organisation Riding for the Disabled have been finding the latest outbreak a little tough. Audio

Three and a half months after the appointment of a QC to look into allegations against the Chief Executive of the volunteer fire fighters association, the investigation has been abandoned. Audio

Twenty years ago, Ronni Abergel created a pop-up 'human library' at a local music festival in Denmark where festival-goers could borrow someone for a chat just like a book off the shelf. The idea is… Audio

When it comes to mobilizing helping hands at this south Auckland gurdwara, there's no dearth of volunteers. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar. Audio

Leaving behind everything he'd ever known to help people struggling in his community wasn't something Abubakar  (Abs) expected to do in his early twenties. But when war broke out in his hometown he… Audio

Professor Kenneth Hill -- a psychologist who has dedicated his career to studying how lost people behave -- discusses his decades-long research into why people lost in forest and wildlands react the… Audio

With so many people now working from home, or not at all, due to Covid-19, the 'impostor syndrome' that occurs in the workplace is on the backburner. It has been replaced by a rise in what Dr. Sandi… Audio

Advocates for trigger warnings have made strong claims about their benefits, but Dr Christian Jarrett has studied a wealth of research and doesn't think we are able to brace ourselves emotionally when… Audio

New Zealand's premier shearing competition, The Golden Shears, is gearing up for its 60th birthday bash next week. Despite scepticism at the start and declining demand for wool, The Golden Shears is… Audio

Animals fleeing the devastating Australian bushfires were like a tsunami, a New Zealand volunteer rescuing wildlife in New South Wales says.  Video, Audio