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 March 2023
Delivering generators in the Far North
Donations to the New Zealand Disaster Fund have allowed us to purchase much needed generators to help people get their power back on.
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26 February 2023
Preparing for and responding to Cyclone Gabrielle
Preparing for and responding to disasters is what we do. Even so, the scale of the devastation caused by recent weather and Cyclone Gabrielle is enormous.
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17 February 2023
Dallas Roy, our international delegate, leaving for Türkiye
As part of our response to the Türkiye and Syria earthquakes, our first international specialist delegate, Dallas Roy, leaves for Türkiye this Friday.
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26 May 2022
International delegate returns from Ukraine
New Zealand Red Cross international delegate and security expert John Dyer has just returned from a five-week deployment to Ukraine. He was based in Western Ukraine where he saw a different view of the country to what many of us understand.
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3 March 2022
Always there in times of disaster – Westport floods
New Zealand Red Cross disaster response teams were there for the people of Westport as they faced their homes flooding for the second time in seven months. Two team members reflect on their experience and on a weary but strong community standing up to help itself.
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