Citizens Advice Bureau Nelson Tasman

17/06/2026

Happy Volunteer Week!

This week we celebrate our amazing CAB volunteers – and the incredible mahi aroha (work performed out of love and caring) they do for people in our Nelson and Tasman communities.

By generously giving time, knowledge and skills, they help people find information, understand their options, and feel supported through challenging situations. Every conversation, every act of kindness, and every effort has a positive impact.

💛Thank you for your dedication, empathy, and manaakitanga (kindness, respect and care). We are grateful for all that you do and proud to have you as part of the CAB whānau.💛

14/06/2026

💛💛It’s National Volunteer Week | Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu💛💛 (14 – 20 June), and we want to celebrate all our volunteers for their mahi aroha. This year’s theme, our Year to Volunteer – Tōu tau ki te tūao, has been chosen to mark International Year of the Volunteer 2026. It both recognises those who already volunteer and encourages others to give it a try.
🙌To our volunteers - thank you for your skills, passion, manaakitanga (support/kindness) and dedication to serving our community. This week and throughout the year, we celebrate and cherish you. We appreciate you every day, but this week is all about you - honouring you and everything you do for the CAB and the wellbeing of the people who come to you for support.
💫Ehara taku toa I te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini
My strength is not mine alone, but the strength of many.
Would you like to shout out a CAB volunteer who has helped you recently? Tell us in the comments

09/06/2026

27/05/2026

Please help our colleagues from Wellington CABs by signing the petition 🙏💛

These cuts will hit hardest for: • people struggling with the rising cost of living; • workers facing redundancy or employment issues; • tenants dealing with housing insecurity; • migrants and former refugees; • disabled people, older people, and students; • whānau experiencing hardship...

20/05/2026

UPDATE ON FUNDING CUT TO WELLINGTON CABs: We are devasted at the decision made today at the Wellington City Council’s Grants Committee meeting to approve the cut in funding for our Wellington CABs.

Citizens Advice Bureau Wellington’s vital service of information, advice and support reaches over 11,000 people throughout the city every year. With the impacts of the high cost of living, continuing cuts to the public service and further job loss in the city, the support the CAB provides to the community is becoming more critical than ever.

Our CABs need every cent of the approximately $230,000 per annum they have been receiving from Council to support Wellingtonians. Yet today the Council slashed that funding to just $100,000. This puts at risk the survival of the CAB service in Wellington. It has been done with very little notice – just a few working days - and no robust rationale. We are reeling from what has been done to our Wellington CABs and the way it has been done.

We are going to fight this because it is not right and it cannot stand.

We will need your help in this. Please watch this space.

[Below are our wonderful Wellington CAB (WelCAB) people – Carin Sundstedt, General Manager WelCAB, and Helen Rodenburg, Chairperson WelCAB Board - giving their presentation to the Council Grants Committee]

20/05/2026

14/05/2026

If you need guidance or support about your rights and responsibilities, you can come and see us in person in Richmond, Nelson or Motueka or phone us 5 days a week.
🚶‍IN PERSON VISITS - no appointment needed - our office in RICHMOND is open Monday to Friday, NELSON open on Mondays, MOTUEKA open on Thursday mornings
☎️ PHONE ENQUIRIES - 5 days a week on 03 548 2117 or 0800 367 222

You can also email your query to [email protected]

14/05/2026

CAB Nelson office is now open at Elma Turner Library! 🎉
You will find us there every Monday from 9.30am to 5.30pm, based in the Learning Centre (to the left of the main entrance).
A big thank you to the Library team from Nelson Public Libraries Ngā Whare Mātauranga o Whakatū for generously providing us with this space — we really appreciate it!💛🙏
If you need help with a tricky situation, understanding your rights and responsibilities, filling in forms or dealing with a government department (and much more) - come and see us. Our service is free and no appointment is needed.
We are also available:
In Richmond: 9a Cambridge Street, Monday to Friday, 9am–4.30pm
In Motueka Library, Thursday mornings 9.30am until 1pm
📞 03 548 2117
📧 [email protected]

29/03/2026

Just a friendly reminder 😊 our Justice of the Peace service is available at our Richmond office (9A Cambridge Street) every Monday from 9am – 11.30am.

Pop in if you need documents witnessed or signed — no appointment needed, just come by!

Not sure? Ask us 💛