Group Volunteering Opportunities

Looking for a meaningful way to give back to the city where you live and work? Bring your team together for a hands-on environmental volunteering session working alongside this local Council. These group sessions get you outdoors, working side by side to care for Tauranga’s natural environment. Activities may include planting native trees, maintaining restoration areas, or helping keep our reserves clean and healthy. It’s a great opportunity to support native flora and fauna, enjoy fresh air, and strengthen team connections while making a visible difference in your own backyard!

• Team Size 5+
• Timing flexible
• Tauranga area

Roll up your sleeves for a day in the garden with real purpose. Together, we’ll clear and prep raised beds and tidy green spaces, remove green waste and get these garden’s ready for fresh veggie planting. Your mahi will help residents who are rebuilding confidence and independence through supported living – giving them a vibrant space to grow their own food, connect with nature, and enjoy the pride that comes from nurturing something of their own. Your help will support the garden, and the people who use it, to thrive.  

• Team Size 5-15
• Timing flexible
• Te Puke

Get your hands dirty and help out on the whenua (land). You will be helping by working in the gardens or māra kai, plant nurseries, native areas and the rest of the property. This can be adapted for different groups physical abilities and lighter work can be provided in the nurseries.

• Team Size 2-10 people for regular volunteering day on Thursday. Larger groups can be arranged.
• Thursdays (can be negotiated)
• Welcome Bay

Spend the day supporting your local hospice. This opportunity means getting out your garden gloves to support with garden maintenance. Their beautiful gardens are an important part of the peaceful environment they offer to support their patient’s well-being. They need volunteer groups to help keep the garden’s looking their best. This would involve light gardening tasks such as weeding, pruning, planting, and tidying etc. helping maintain a peaceful and welcoming outdoor space for patients and visitors.

• Team Size 2-10
• Tuesday’s around 8am (start time can be negotiated)
• Te Puna

Help champion the needs of our local hospice and inspire others to support! You start the day at Hospice to hear about the amazing mahi that they do. They will advise of the areas and provide the letters which need to be delivered. Your job will be getting as many letters delivered as possible! This is a great opportunity to set up a challenge amongst your team e.g. who does the most steps or who delivers the most letters etc. These letter drops are an essential part of getting the word out to the community about what hospice do, one of their recent drops was a great success, raising over $11k and only 2700 houses! These have real impact on the work that they can do.

Please note: This is a self-managing opportunity and you will require access to your own transport to get to the areas that you will be doing the letter drop.

• Team Size Flexible
• Timing flexible
  
• Start in Te Puna, then can be flexible

Hop on board for a hands-on day of caring for our coastline and making waves for a cleaner environment. This opportunity directly impacts our beautiful coastline in the Bay. You will be assisting with a clean-up and preserving our coastline for the benefit of marine life and for the enjoyment of all.

• Team Size 2-4 max
• Timing flexible – day runs from 7am – 2pm
• Location Flexible – Western Bay of Plenty

Spend the day right alongside the water making sure our shorelines, estuaries, mudflats and/or waterways are in pristine condition. This opportunity directly impacts our beautiful coastline in the Bay. You will be assisting with a land-based clean-up, preserving our coastline for the benefit of marine life and for the enjoyment of all.

• Team Size 5 – 10
• Timing flexible – day runs from 7am – 2pm
• Western Bay of Plenty

Play a hands-on role in restoring the Bay’s natural beauty in stunning surroundings. Your team will spend the morning clearing weeds and undertaking site preparation for native planting — you will be giving nature a hand to thrive again. This is a great way to spend some time to build team spirit, connect with the environment, and contribute to something that lasts well beyond the day.

• Team Size 2 – 10
• 2nd & 3rd Friday of the month, half day (AM)
• Tinopai Reserve – Omokoroa

Join a rewarding volunteer experience in a beautiful reserve by the water! Help remove invasive plants and prepare the sites for planting, contributing directly to the restoration of local habitats and supporting biodiversity. Enjoy teamwork, fresh air, and the satisfaction of being out in nature.

• Team Size 2 – 10
• 4th Tuesday of the month – half day (AM)
• Cooney Reserve – Omokoroa

Take on a rewarding challenge in a stunning natural reserve! Help maintain the area by clearing invasive plants and managing the landscape on steeper terrain, this has a direct impact on supporting native plants and wildlife to flourish. Experience the satisfaction of outdoor work, soak up the scenery, and take pride in making a lasting difference.

• Team Size 2 – 10
• 1st Friday of the month – half day (AM)
• Kaimai Views Reserve – Omokoroa

Spend the day outside, getting stuck in and getting your hands dirty. This is a volunteering opportunity where you can see and feel the impact you are making. From April to the end of October, the focus is on site preparation and planting. From November through April the focus is on mulching and pest plant release around the established plantings. There are always new projects coming up including maintenance and clean-ups – get in touch with us to find out what is upcoming!

• Team Size flexible
• Timing flexible
• Omokoroa