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.
22 October 2024
Emergency preparedness – eating the elephant one bite at a time!
Sonia Fitchett, has had her share of emergencies and disasters – coping with the Port Hills fires of 2017 and the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010-2011.
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21 October 2024
New Zealanders’ support helps thousands of people affected by the conflict in Ukraine
The generosity of New Zealanders means we have raised just over NZD$5 million to help people affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
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8 October 2024
Safe haven from flooding with toys and a view
Mark Wills was in Dunedin for a couple of hours with his two children to meet friends when the road closed behind them and left them stranded.
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7 October 2024
One year of increased violence and suffering in the Middle East
Ordinary people are bearing the brunt of the ongoing devastating conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel, and neighbouring countries.
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7 October 2024
Warm smiles and a dry roof for flood-affected people in the South
Two of the wettest days in over a hundred years left a number of Dunedin and Otago people without safe homes or stranded away from home last week.
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