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Honoring the Legacy of Volunteerism: Insights from Past and Present in New Zealand

Explore the rich history and evolution of volunteerism in New Zealand, from wartime motivations during WWI, where women packed clothing for soldiers, to the significant influence of Māori organizations in mainstream social structures. This narrative highlights the pivotal role of groups like the Auckland Ladies Benevolent Society and the integration of various community organizations, including sporting bodies and churches, in fostering a culture of service. Today, New Zealand boasts one of the largest volunteer workforces globally, with nearly a third of the population actively contributing to non-profit initiatives.

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Honoring the Legacy of Volunteerism: Insights from Past and Present in New Zealand

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  1. Walking Backwards to the Future Honouring – and learning - from volunteers past

  2. ‘Joining’

  3. Sophia Nelson and the Auckland Ladies Benevolent Society – multiple and generational

  4. Edwin Arnold and Prisoners’ Aid – men and volunteering

  5. Wartime Motivations WWI: Women packing clothing to send to the front

  6. Volunteering for causes

  7. ‘Expressive’ and ‘Service’ • Timing of settlement as Anglo-settler colony – inheritances, especially of ‘expressive’, member-directed societies, sporting bodies; • Under-development of ‘other-directed’ charities;

  8. Maori involvement in ‘mainstream’ societies - WCTU Contribution of Maori organisations Maori organisations (Maori Women’s Welfare League 1951)

  9. The ‘Social Glue’ of a Colonial Society Lodges Churches

  10. Cultural groups (the Dunedin Athenaeum) The local fire brigade (Nelson, 1880s)

  11. First key period for organised volunteering – 1880s -1900s Population sufficiency Improved transport Sectional identities – class, occupation, gender First political parties – 1890s on Trade unions – marked expansion late 1880s (friendly societies smaller membership than Australia) Churches more firmly established and denominationally distinct

  12. Wartime Activity

  13. Post war affluence, idealism

  14. Post war: Service Clubs

  15. NZ Snapshot from the 2000s 97,000 non-profit organisations – 90% do not employ staff – more reliant on volunteers than most other countries 31% of population aged 12+ volunteer for NPIs @ average of 5 hours per week Volunteer workforce translates into nearly 134,000 full-time equivalents or 6.4% of economically active population – proportionately one of largest in the world Majority of volunteers concentrated in ‘expressive’ fields – culture & recreation, membership organisations Total NPI workforce (paid and volunteersas FTIs): New Zealand: ‘Expressive’ = 49% ‘Service = 50% Australia: ‘Expressive’ = 37% ‘Service’ = 61%

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