In order to provide more comprehensive assistance to a greater number of families, the International Red Cross has revised their emergency appeal. The fund which launched a week ago, to support the Chilean Red Cross relief operation for people affected by t..   read more

New Zealand Red Cross has sent NZD $20,000 from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) in response to the International Red Cross emergency appeal for $7,000,000 Swiss francs (NZD $9,351,496). Funds from the International Red Cross emergency appeal will ..   read more

As the death toll from the massive earthquake which struck Chile on 27 February continues to climb above 700, the mobilisation of the Chilean Red Cross (CRC) and the international Red Cross gathers pace.New Zealand Red Cross has launched a response f..   read more

Haiti will hold a nationwide day of mourning today to remember those who died in the catastrophic earthquake exactly a month ago that claimed more than 200,000 lives and left much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in ruins.The official number of people..   read more

New Zealand Red Cross has been notified of an email that may be circulating internationally which is asking people to "Help the British Red Cross in Haiti (last chance!). The email is headed with the distinctive Red Cross emblem.While the email ..   read more

Red Cross aid workers in New Zealand and around the Pacific are on alert as Tropical Cyclone Rene gathers strength, threatening Tonga, Samoa and Fiji.New Zealand Red Cross humanitarian aid workers remain on standby to fly to the Cook Islands to assis..   read more