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.
As part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, we've been helping in New Zealand for more than 100 years.
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.
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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Early reports reveal many houses have been destroyed by ferocious winds, flash flooding and storm surges and the full extent of the devastation is only starting to emerge. Red Cross first aid, relief and assessment teams are now reaching affected communities to assess the damage and ensure a coordinated response.
Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasa has made landfall in Fiji on Thursday night, 17 December, on the island of Vanua Levu, with winds at its centre gusting as high as 350km/h.
2020 has been a year like no other. Here are 20 photos capturing the humanitarian spirit in the toughest of times in 2020.
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