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New Zealand Red Cross is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world. We have more than 11,000 members and 400 staff, working to improve the lives of vulnerable people across the street and around the world.

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Our history

As part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, we've been helping in New Zealand for more than 100 years.

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What we stand for

Our seven Fundamental Principles guide everything we do, at home and overseas.

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Red Cross has always been about good people doing good things. We’ve been working in New Zealand for more than a century and today, you’ll find us lending a hand in your community and around the world – we’re here for good.

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Centenary

In 2015 we turned 100!  Read our collection of stories from the past 100 years, which highlight our involvement in the World Wars, early humanitarian aid in the Pacific, the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake and more.

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New Zealand Red Cross is committed to providing an environment where all people feel welcomed, valued and seen in their identities.

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17 June 2022

Solano Family from Waikato

From danger in Columbia to waiting in Ecuador to a new place called home in Hamilton – the Solano family finally feel safe.

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26 May 2022

International delegate returns from Ukraine

New Zealand Red Cross international delegate and security expert John Dyer has just returned from a five-week deployment to Ukraine. He was based in Western Ukraine where he saw a different view of the country to what many of us understand.   

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13 April 2022

A hand up for tomorrow’s engineers

Refugees arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand with a range of skills and lots of potential – one engineering company is working with New Zealand Red Cross to support people from refugee backgrounds into a career in engineering.


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