Volunteer

Volunteer at Kaibosh

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 250 dedicated volunteers help Kaibosh Food Rescue at our three sites in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Te Awa Kairangai (Hutt Valley) and Kāpiti- Horowhenua. Our service for the community couldn’t work without volunteers, and we’re grateful to have so many wonderful people involved!  

Most volunteer opportunities at Kaibosh are weekdays during working hours, 9-3pm. Our Wellington site also has weekend volunteer opportunities. Read on below to find out more and to apply.

montage of photos of Kaibosh Food Rescue volunteers completing various tasks incl food sorting and packing into boxes, second harvest farm collection, chopping veges at Kaibosh production kitchen, moving boxes of food on trolleys.

Organisations and groups

We are developing this part of our volunteer programme in our region and will launch more offerings later in 2026. 

Here are some other ways for your group or businesses to get involved with supporting Kaibosh throughout the year. 

Individuals

Apply to Volunteer at Kaibosh

Please consider making a commitment of at least 6 months volunteering with us, due to the time spent on your induction and training. 

Kaibosh uses an online software called Volaby for our volunteer programme. 

The process to complete Volaby registration is in two steps:

  1. Please create a Volaby login with your email address and a password 
  2. Then login to your Volaby account and complete the ‘Kaibosh Profile’ – this is our volunteering application form.  

We will be in touch via phone or email after we review your application. Privacy Statement

If we don’t have a volunteer vacancy matching your interest and availability, you can apply to join our back up team who covers regular volunteers’ shifts when they are away.  

Kaibosh volunteers are asked to read and follow our Volunteer Agreement, which you can find here.

Learn more about volunteering at Kaibosh in this short video.

If you have questions or need support to complete your application, contact our Volunteer Managers at a site-specific email address: 

Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington

Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt Valley

Kapiti-Horowhenua

Volunteer Roles 

We have a range of individual volunteer roles for regular volunteering across our three sites. Read more.

Volunteering roles at Kaibosh are rostered once a week or once every fortnight.

Note, all roles require a good level of fitness, standing for several hours, and lifting boxes of up to 15kgs.  

Regular volunteering roles and rostered shifts include warehouse operations support, food rescue driver support, market rescue support, kitchen support, food sorting, second harvest produce sorting and sparkle squad cleaning support. Read more about specific roles and approximate timings across each of our three bases.

Onboarding at Kaibosh

Following our on-boarding and health and safety induction, all volunteers are expected to be able to support our mahi unsupervised and work collaboratively with staff and volunteers in small to medium-sized teams. 

We work with you to find a volunteer vacancy and role matching your interests and availability.

If we don’t have a suitable vacancy, you might like to consider joining our backup/cover team.