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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11 July 2024
On the ground in Wairoa
When Wairoa flooded for the second year in a row last month, our Disaster Welfare Support Teams were soon there to help.
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18 June 2024
Outside the comfort zone
Taranaki’s Disaster Welfare and Support Team leader reflects on responding to Cyclone Gabrielle, recruiting new team members, and making a home in Aotearoa.
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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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15 March 2024
Helping generations
Many of the homes in the small Hawke’s Bay community of Waiohiki have stayed in the same family for generations. Kiriana Laison is the fourth generation of her family to live in her home – her children are the fifth. The night flooding from Cyclone Gabrielle arrived, Kiriana was worried she had not only lost her home but her entire community – and her family.
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