30 Jan 2025

The op shop that is overflowing with volunteers

From Afternoons, 1:39 pm on 30 January 2025

At a time when more and more people are looking for paid work, Marion Waterland is never short of volunteers at the op shop she manages in Napier. 

Marion converted the former pizza parlor into the Fine Feathers Op Shop in order to raise funds for her friend's bird rescue charity.

But the volunteers aren't just there to support a good cause - it's a way to make friends, to feel a part of something - to feel valued.