Congratulations to all of our 2025 Volunteer Recognition Award recipients!
These volunteers have been recognised for their outstanding efforts and achievements, of all ages, across all sectors.
Ngā mihi nui for your mahi!
- Age Concern Canterbury – Pam McQuillan
- Belfast Community Network – Potters Kitchen Volunteers
- Blind Low Vision NZ – Martin Jefferson
- Bone Marrow Cancer Trust – Jenny Yee
- Bromley Community Centre – Johnny Gosling
- Canterbury Rugby Football Union – Rugby Club Committee Members and Administrators
- Cholmondeley Children’s Centre – Kerry Turner
- Christchurch City Mission – Lawrence Watson
- Christchurch Kidney Society – Kathy and Alae Tuu’u
- Christchurch South Community Patrol – Josh Tabley
- Christchurch Transitional Cathedral – Julie Andrews
- City Park Community Patrol, Christchurch – Lynda Cameron
- Clothed in Love – Volunteer Couriers
- Coastguard Tautiaki Moana – Andy Thornton
- Darfield Toy Library – Toy Library Committee
- Delta Community Support Trust – Delta Inn Community Cafe Team
- English Language Partners Christchurch – Carol Hart
- Family Drug Support Aotearoa NZ – Madeleine Price
- Fertility New Zealand – Charlotte Cook
- Forest & Bird Youth – Jessica Lamb
- GirlGuiding NZ – Helen Youngman
- Girls Brigade 29th Christchurch Company -Muriel Hill
- Graffiti Program, Christchurch City Council – Sue Greenwood
- Grandees – Wendy Nuthall
- Hohepa Canterbury – Charlotte Mowlem
- Hunters4Hope – Management Team
- Imagination Station – Learning Assistants
- Kaiapoi Food Forest – Ronnie Dunbar
- Kaiapoi Rugby Football Club – Brian Temple
- Kairos Food Rescue – Stephen McLean
- Life Education Trust Canterbury – Deborah Daines
- Living Springs – Andrew Harris
- Motor Neurone Disease NZ – Jeremy Benton
- Nurture Trust – Op Shop Supporters, Julie & Jayne
- NZ Gifts of Love and Strength – Volunteer Team
- One Mother to Another – Note Writing Team
- Packe Street Park and Community Garden – Hilary Kidd
- Presbyterian Support Upper South Island – Vicki Hamilton
- Radio Lollipop Christchurch – Bridget Manson
- Recreate NZ – Leigh Herdman
- Ronald McDonald House Charities – Murray Hight
- Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust – Chang Chun Mui (Mei)
- Shirley Community Trust – Toni Orchard
- Silverstream Reserve – David Birch
- Sister Eveleen Retreat House – Dugald Wilson
- Smith Street Community Farm – Andrew Johnson
- St Barnabas Church, Fendalton – Wendy Kington
- St. John of God Hauora Trust – Ross Nevell
- Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making – Louise Landess
- The Salvation Army Driver Programmes – Jean Little
- WanderSearch Canterbury – Stew Presnall
- We Are Richmond – Murray James
- Whareora House of Life – Janette Morris
- Woolston Development Project – Rachel Austin
