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 May 2024
A little bit about the Florence Nightingale Medal
The Florence Nightingale Medal is the highest Red Cross award for nurses and voluntary nursing aides. Named after the famed British nurse, it honours people who’ve distinguished themselves in times of peace or war.
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6 May 2024
Good people doing great things
Each day across the motu, Red Cross people are doing things big and small to keep humanity alive. We provide help wherever we're needed, without discrimination. From Meals on Wheels, to supporting refugees, responding to disasters, and helping out in our shops, everyone has a part to play in Red Cross.
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6 May 2024
What's important to us and our work – the value in our values
As we celebrate all Red Cross people on World Red Cross Red Crescent Day this year, we asked, what are the values of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, shared by New Zealand Red Cross, and why should we care about them? Secretary-General Sarah Stuart-Black and Fiona Ross – General Manager People Experience and Support Fiona explain.
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19 March 2024
Variety the secret to a great meal
For a man in his 90th year, Ron Donnelly is committed to keeping active. He still has his driver’s licence, talks or texts his two children nearly every day and retains a sharp wit. And through Meals on Wheels, Ron gets something he deems just as important – “variety”.
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19 March 2024
Baghdad to Baldwin Street – the Imran family journey
As Jaafar Imran recalls this chilling warning, it is hard to imagine the struggles the family went through to begin a new life in New Zealand. Along with his wife, Ghusoon Khasmir, and four children – Sajjad, Mustafa, Murtadha and Fatimah – Jaafar recently celebrated his one year Kiwi anniversary, settling into their new lives in Dunedin.
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