Birthright Kapiti - Charity Shop

08/10/2026

🌟 Meet the Team - Volunteer Edition: Jazz 🌟

Jazz’s volunteering journey actually started 1½ years ago with a simple act of kindness, collecting useful items to pass on to people experiencing homelessness in our community.

Jazz loves meeting everyone that comes through our doors and helping them leave with a smile.

Before joining us, Jazz had a pretty exciting career, she was a horse jockey! These days, she spends her spare time riding her own horse, Kiri🐴

One of the biggest lessons life has taught Jazz is that patience and kindness go a long way — and never judge a book by its cover.

We love that her journey with us started simply because she wanted to help people in her community.

06/10/2026

05/10/2026

We are looking for stair gates/baby gates. If you have any in good working order (with all the parts) and are willing to donate to another Kapiti family, please drop them to the social work office or the shop. Thank you!!

01/10/2026

28/09/2026

The day you've all been waiting for is only 1 more sleep away... see you bright and early tomorrow at 10am xox

25/09/2026

The wait is finally over.... Your favourite Retro Day is in 3 sleeps!!

25/09/2026

🌟 Meet the Team: Catherine! 🌟

This week, we’re introducing the wonderful Catherine, who keeps our Birthright shop — and an amazing team of 45 volunteers — ticking along!

Born and raised in Lower Hutt, Catherine made the move to Kapiti 13 years ago and has well and truly made it home.

Catherine joined the Birthright team 17 months ago and, despite being brand new to retail, quickly discovered that she absolutely loves it! For Catherine, it’s all about the people — chatting with our clients and customers, getting to know our community, and making the shop a place filled with laughter, love and connection. 💚

Before joining us, Catherine spent more than 30 years working as a Project Coordinator across the public, private and NGO sectors. So, while retail might be new, organising people, juggling a million things at once and building great relationships definitely isn’t!

Outside of Birthright, family is at the heart of Catherine’s world. She’s a proud mum to twin daughters and an even prouder grandmother to two gorgeous granddaughters.

We’re very lucky to have Catherine as part of our team — bringing her warmth, experience and love of people to Birthright every day.

If you pop into the shop, make sure you say hi! 👋💚

21/09/2026

1 more sleep to go... make sure to pop on in at 10am... See you then xox