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.
20 May 2025
Young people are the leaders of today
This Youth Week, we asked one of our newly elected young volunteer Area Councillors about what drew her to put herself forward for this role.
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19 May 2025
Delivering kindness – teen serves community during gap year
Just one day after turning 18, Grace Gunn did her first shift as a Meals on Wheels delivery driver. By eagerly stepping into the role as soon as she was eligible, she’s become one of our youngest Meals on Wheels volunteers.
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19 May 2025
Harnessing enthusiastic promise – Junior Red Cross, Red Cross Youth, and young people
Since 1915, thousands of people have mobilised for New Zealand Red Cross to harness collective energy into humanitarian action. Over our 110 years, we’ve seen children and young people join us to do good, give back, and contribute to building a future based on humanitarian principles.
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6 May 2025
Red Cross Shops – an evolving purpose but constant presence
For over a century, we’ve been a cornerstone of care and compassion, supporting communities through crises, emergencies, and moments of need. One of the ways we’ve done this is through our Red Cross Shops, which have been part of our income generation and volunteering opportunities since our inception.
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24 April 2025
Palmerston North Book Sale writes another chapter
A ‘save the date’ on the Manawatū calendar, the Palmerston North Book Sale over King’s Birthday Weekend is annual proof of how our members and branches are here for humanity.
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