Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Kaibosh.
We have a range of individual volunteer roles at our three sites – from Food Sorting and Weekend Market Food Rescue as part of a team, to Food Rescue Driver Support and Kitchen Food Prep.
Current vacancies at our three sites are listed below.
Volunteering roles at Kaibosh are rostered as approx. 2 hours once a week or once every fortnight. Following Kaibosh on-boarding and induction, all volunteers must be able to support our mahi unsupervised.
Please consider making a commitment of at least 6 months volunteering with us, due to the time spent with your induction and training.
Note, for organisations or groups: please get in touch with us to find out about other ways your team can support Kaibosh.
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Watch our video below to learn more about volunteering at Kaibosh!
Updated July 2025
We use an online software called Volaby for our volunteer programme. To register your interest, simply click a link below to set up a profile on Volaby and a Kaibosh Volunteer Manager will be in touch. Our volunteers are asked to read and follow the Kaibosh Volunteer Agreement, which you can find here.
Wellington volunteer roles include Weekday and Weekend Food Sorting as part of a team at our premises, Food Rescue Driver Support and Operations Support, and Weekend Market Food Rescue at the Newtown Market on Saturday and Harbourside Market on Sunday. All roles require a good level of fitness, working unsupervised after induction and lifting 15kg boxes.
We ask for a 6-month minimum commitment from volunteers, who join a regular scheduled shift for around 2-3 hours once a week or fortnight.
Operations Support 9:00 – 11:00am [weekly or fortnightly]
Wednesday & Thursday vacancy
About the role: Ops Support volunteers support Kaibosh with a variety of morning tasks at our Hopper Street site under the guidance of a staff member. This may include meeting and greeting our charity partners arriving to collect kai for their community, helping to load boxes of food into their vehicles, cleaning our site and other ad hoc warehouse tasks. This role requires a good level of physical fitness and lifting up to 15kg is involved.
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About the role: This is a shift for those who like to lift. Market Rescue Volunteers meet our Kaibosh driver at the Harbourside Market to help rescue food/kai from market stalls as they finish for the day. Then help load the food crates into the Kaibosh van, before it travels back to base.
About the role: This is another shift for those who like to lift. Meet our Kaibosh driver at our Hopper Street Base, help load the van with empty crates, travel to Newtown Market together to rescue food/kai from market stall holders as they finish for the day. Then help load the food crates into the Kaibosh van, and travel back to base to help unload the crates ready for the food sort shift.
Lower Hutt based volunteer roles include Weekday Food Sorting, Kitchen Support and Operations Support on site at our premises in Pito-one; and Food Rescue Driver Support roles on weekdays or Saturday. All roles require a good level of fitness, working unsupervised after induction and lifting 15kg boxes.
Shift timings (approx): Monday – Saturday: 7:00am – 11:00am
About the role: Working with our Kaibosh drivers, food rescue volunteers are out and about in our vans, collecting quality surplus food from supermarkets around the Hutt Valley. A good level of fitness is required and lifting 15kg boxes.
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Note: There are no current Food Sorting or Kitchen Support volunteer vacancies at Kaibosh Pito-one and we are currently running a waiting list.
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Volunteer roles based at our Paraparaumu site include Food Rescue Driver Support, Weekday Food Sorting and Kitchen Food Prep. All roles require a good level of fitness to be standing for several hours, and Driver Support requires frequent lifting of 15kg boxes.
Note: There are no current volunteer vacancies in Paraparaumu.
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Volunteers are at the heart of our work. In just a couple of hours a week you can make a real difference, helping to reduce food poverty and food waste in our communities.
Over 230 dedicated volunteers help Kaibosh Food Rescue at our three sites in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Te Awa Kairangai – Hutt Valley and Kāpiti. Our service for the community couldn’t work without them and we’re grateful to have so many wonderful people involved!
“I can give something back to the community by volunteering here. Kaibosh reduces waste and at the same time helps people in need. The working atmosphere here is awesome and dynamic.” – Monique, Kaibosh volunteer
