Read the latest news and updates from volunteers, partners, and staff across the moana working collectively towards a world with thriving communities.
“WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE?’ - Ana Terry
16.06.2020 - Ana Terry joined the Learning and Teaching Development team at Otago Polytechnic in August 2018. In conversation…
Vanuatu, a country of remarkable resilience - Trevor Johnston
15.06.2020 - Since VSA’s decision to repatriate all volunteers in Vanuatu on 14 March the events that have unfolded here have…
Outreach in Papua New Guinea - Norah Riddick
11.06.2020 -Seeing a man who had not been able to use his arms for two years regain full independence and training sixteen people…
Hope Bearers - Sabine Huber (Tonga)
08.06.2020 - Sabine was one of the first participants in the VSA Partnering for Good programme. VSA developed this programme in…
Planting mangroves for Ozone Week - Hilary Boyes
05.06.2020 - VSA volunteers love getting involved in community activities outside their core assignment. So when Environmental…
Buzzing to return to Tonga - David Cramp
03.06.2020 - Beekeeper David Cramp is itching to get back to Tonga and his newly established bee colonies as soon as VSA can put…
Paradise gone but not forgotten - Wendy Griffin
02.06.2020 - Going on VSA assignment in 2018 was to be my last work in international aid before retirement in May 2020. I was…
Jackie Aveling
26.05.2020 - When volunteer business adviser Jackie Aveling looks out of her window in the New Zealand autumn, in her mind’s eye…
St Peter Chanel Teachers College Deploys World-Class E-learning Platform
22.05.2019 - With the assistance of the New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA), St. Peter Chanel Catholic College of…
IDYP Overseas Volunteering Talk
21.05.2020 - VSA's Programme Manager for Solomon Islands, Morgan Hanks, speaks in this International Development Young…
Supporting education in Kiribati - Dr Helen Marieskind
20.05.2020 - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Helen Marieskind continues to support her partner organisation, Kiribati’s…
Eye care in Vanuatu
18.05.2020 - Frith Walker had been registered with VSA for a few years when she saw an assignment for a Clinical Management…
Chantelle Lincoln
13.05.2020 - Before Chantelle Lincoln left Solomon Islands, she was working with her counterpart, Emmanuel Pitakaka, on two key…
Creating educational resources through e-volunteering
08.05.2020 - Having to return to New Zealand earlier than planned due to the pandemic hasn’t stopped Dr Ngaire Tihema carrying…
VSA update – a message from the CEO, Stephen Goodman
01.04.2020 - Kia ora, I hope that you and your whānau are safe and well during this time. This is certainly a difficult and…
Supporting child protection in the Pacific - volunteering remotely during COVID-19
23.04.2020 - After only one month into her assignment with UNICEF in Fiji, Dale Corcoran had to return to Aotearoa New Zealand…
Volunteering in Sarawak, 1965
23.04.2020 - This article is written by Jim Tully, Adjunct Associate Professor School of Languages, Social and Political…
An agreeable way of life - Peter Blinkhorne
14.04.2020 - The article was published on Enius NO. 14, December 2015.
Peter Blinkhorne has enjoyed many aspects of volunteering…
VSA ex volunteer still making a difference - Bill Shields
14.04.2020 - Many VSA volunteers transform their lives and the lives of others not only during their assignments, but also in the…
A reflective offering – Julie Peake (Registered Social Worker)
08.05.2020 I left Aotearoa, New Zealand on 9th February 2020 on what was meant to be a two year assignment in Vanuatu as a Child…
