New Zealand Red Cross has launched an Emergency Appeal to support people affected by the devastating magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday 10 August (Tuesday 11 August NZT).

New Zealand Red Cross has launched an Emergency Appeal to support people affected by the deadly earthquakes in Venezuela, including the area surrounding Caracas. The earthquakes caused widespread structural damage, damaged homes, hospitals and other critical infrastructure, and prompted a nationwide state of emergency.

New Zealand Red Cross has launched an emergency appeal to raise funds for Myanmar after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the centre of the country on 28 March.

On 20 January 2022 (NZT 6:08am) New Zealand Red Cross were advised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that on the morning of 18 January 2022, they learned the ICRC Central Tracing Agency systems had been exposed to a highly sophisticated Cyber Security incident and Personal Data Breach.

Louisa Akavi is a New Zealand Red Cross Nurse who was kidnapped in October 2013. Since that time International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the New Zealand Government have been doing everything possible to locate her and secure her release.