Red Cross stories
Red Cross stories
Read our stories filled with humanity, resilience and the spirit of volunteering. They show how your support is helping vulnerable people in New Zealand and around the world.
6 August 2024
Responding to Papua New Guinea’s landslide disaster
The landside, approximately the size of 18 football pitches, which swept through Enga province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea in late May, is no longer front-page news - but Red Cross have not forgotten the people affected by the disaster.
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29 March 2023
Vanuatu Red Cross communications restored by our IT and Telecommunications team
New Zealand Red Cross Emergency Response Unit’s IT and Telecommunications team has returned from Vanuatu after successfully restoring communications across the country for Vanuatu Red Cross in just two weeks.
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13 March 2023
IT and Telecommunications specialists head to Vanuatu to assist in restoring communications
Some of our IT and telecommunications specialists have headed to Vanuatu to assist in restoring communications after two powerful back-to-back cyclones and a strong earthquake.
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26 November 2020
Samoa measles outbreak, one year on
A year on from the devastating measles outbreak which affected Samoa in 2019, we’re looking at how New Zealand Red Cross extended its support to the people during this unprecedented emergency.
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9 March 2020
Paying it forward
Leina Isno, a registered nurse, believes the overwhelming humanitarian support that poured into Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam is what inspired her to become a New Zealand Red Cross international delegate.
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