kiwis in the field

Red Cross Humanitarian Aid Workers from New Zealand are deployed across the world to help in times of crisis and in rebuilding efforts once the crisis has passed.  > For information on becoming an aid worker.

Volunteers and staff jump into action in the miracle city

Volunteers and staff jump into action in the miracle city     read more Read More

Niall Shepherd
A day in the life of...
2010/07/09

In the first of a new series, Niall Shepherd, Red Cross security coordinator in Colombo, Sri Lanka, shares his day.  It is 6am and through the haze of sleep I vaguely hear a bell ringing in the distance calling local M..   read more Read More

Victoria Fray checks a water tank
Resilience in Samoa
2010/05/28

Auckland engineer Victoria Fray has just returned to New Zealand after a mission as a water and sanitation aid worker in Samoa following September's tsunami and earthquake. Her job, in an international team that supported the Samoa Red Cross Society,..   read more Read More

The main quake was centred in the mountains that divide Qinghai province from the Tibet Autonomous Region.
red cross veteran in china
2010/04/15

Red Cross veteran Warwick Inder has been deployed to China this week for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He will work with the Red Cross Society of China.Hours after the most recent quake, in Qinghai Province, 1,..   read more Read More

New Zealand Red Cross humanitarian aid workers Colleen Clark and Marion Picken.
medals awarded to international aid workers
2010/03/09

Wellingtonian Red Cross humanitarian aid workers Marion Picken and Colleen Clark have each been awarded the New Zealand Operational Service Medal and the New Zealand General Service Medal for their work in Afghanistan.The New Zealand Operational Serv..   read more Read More

Damage in Tonga. Mike Whittle Australian Red Cross.
red cross aid workers return from pacific
2010/02/25

New Zealand Red Cross aid workers sent to Tonga and the Cook Islands following destructive cyclones returned to New Zealand today (Tuesday).Douglas Clark, now back in his home town of Dunedin, said Tonga was fortunate to escape serious damage...   read more Read More