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.
18 August 2025
Service, sacrifice, and loss – Red Cross in Viet Nam
This year marks 50 years since the end of international armed conflict in Viet Nam. Between 1968 and 1975, we sent more than 30 team members to help people affected by the conflict. This Vietnam Veterans’ Day, we’re taking the time to remember our people who dedicated their time to upholding human dignity and protecting humanity in Viet Nam.
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5 May 2025
Restoring Family Links – tracing people across the world and through the years
Since 1915, we’ve played a vital role in both local communities and international humanitarian efforts. An area where our local and international work connects is tracing missing people, a service we’ve provided since the First World War and continue today with Restoring Family Links.
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23 April 2025
Upholding humanity, wherever it may be found
Judy Owen is our longest-serving international delegate. For 40 years, she went into conflict zones with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide humanitarian relief to the victims of war.
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22 April 2025
The power of humanity
Peter Scott was an Outward Bound instructor studying business when he applied to be an international delegate in 1996. Now our Pacific Programmes Lead, his first assignment was to southern Sudan in 1999.
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11 April 2025
Global humanitarian funding is everyone’s concern
As the consequences of the disastrous earthquake in Myanmar unfold, we are aware that the global landscape of humanitarian assistance funding is rapidly changing.
Our Secretary General, Sarah Stuart-Black, writes here about the impact of those changes.
Our Secretary General, Sarah Stuart-Black, writes here about the impact of those changes.
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