Apply now: SPCA Street Appeal 2025 – Volunteer Area Coordinator
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of animals? Do you love events and have strong organizational and administrative skills? Are you calm under pressure, an exceptional communicator, and eager to contribute to a cause that truly matters?
We’re looking for SPCA Street Appeal Coordinators to help organise our sites across your local region. SPCA Street Appeal is a crucial fundraising event that directly supports our mission to protect and care for animals across New Zealand. As an Area Coordinator, your role is vital in ensuring the success of this event. You’ll assist our Events Team by managing volunteers, overseeing rosters and collection sites for your specific areas during the Street Appeal on Friday, May 30th, Saturday, May 31st, and Sunday, June 1st.
Area Coordinators are responsible for:
• Oversight of the roster for Volunteer Collectors to ensure sites are covered for all 3 days. You will be provided with software to facilitate the rostering.
• Providing instruction and communicating with Volunteer Collectors in your area in the lead up to the appeal.
• Helping volunteer collectors be familiar with the non-cash donation options available (you will be provided with a full brief on these and systems to be used are incredibly user friendly).
• Being the first point of contact for Volunteer Collectors throughout the collection days.
• Setting up and visiting sites in your area to ensure everything is running smoothly throughout the two collection days.
• Banking the money collected in your area. We provide banking bags to make the process easy.
• Helping us promote the 2025 Street Appeal and encouraging your friends, family, colleagues and contacts to volunteer.
• Ensuring all event collateral is collected and returned after the event.
You must be available ALL of Fri 30th, Saturday 31 May & Sun 1st June from approx. 8am-6pm each day and have access to a vehicle.
You are required to attend one information session – this may be held in person or virtually (details TBA). Collection sites are provided but we really appreciate any suggestions for good areas to book.
We are more than happy to provide references afterwards.
This is an opportunity not to be missed to gain valuable experience in the not-for-profit sector and make a real difference in the lives of New Zealand’s animals.
If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Area Coordinator, please contact SPCA Events Team via email events@spca.nz and detail the location you would like to coordinate.
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Jetstar Christmas sale launches with 45,000 cheap fares from $48
Jetstar has launched a Christmas sale with 45,000 discounted domestic and international fares across 13 routes.
The airline’s Christmas sale began just after midnight, with one-way domestic fares available from as low as $48 and international fares from $142.
Travel dates vary per route but include early March to early September for domestic and early February to late August for international.
Jetstar’s head of New Zealand, Shelley Musk, said the airline was prepared for a record summer of flying in New Zealand.
“We’re gearing up for our busiest Christmas and New Year peak ever, with almost 700,000 customers expected to fly to and from New Zealand over December and January,” she said.
Air New Zealand estimated 1.6 million passengers will be travelling domestically around New Zealand this summer season.
“Queenstown will see 260,000 customers travel to and from the region while Nelson is gearing up for 150,000 customers, and Dunedin 110,000,” Air New Zealand general manager airports Kate Boyer said.
Boyer said the busiest day for domestic travel is Friday, December 19 with up to 32,000 travellers expected to fly, followed by Sunday 21, Monday 22 and Tuesday 23, with up to 31,000 customers taking to the skies each day.
This year, Jetstar launched five new domestic and transtasman routes, including Hamilton to Sydney and Christchurch to Cairns, while Hamilton to Christchurch and Brisbane to Queenstown flights will commence next year.
Jetstar’s domestic routes on sale
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● Auckland to Wellington from $48
● Christchurch to Wellington from $52
● Christchurch to Hamilton from $53
● Wellington to Queenstown from $53
● Auckland to Christchurch from $59
● Auckland to Dunedin from $72
● Auckland to Queenstown from $72
Jetstar’s international routes on sale
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● Hamilton to Sydney from $142
● Auckland to Sunshine Coast from $162
● Hamilton to Gold Coast from $169
● Dunedin to Gold Coast from $179
● Auckland to Rarotonga from $189
● Christchurch to Cairns from $199
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