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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.
8 November 2022
No one will come to help: why we must keep nuclear weapons unthinkable
There are more than 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world, many on ‘hair trigger’ alert status, ready to be launched at a few minutes notice, writes Dr Rebecca Dudley.
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21 February 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force: It’s time to join the right side of history
New Zealand Red Cross’ International Humanitarian Law Advisor, Rebecca Dudley, and Youth Activator, Sakhr Munassar co-author this editorial to mark this historic event.
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