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- Stories, not stigma: how broadcasting is helping youth
- Dropping everything to help out in Auckland
- Dallas Roy, our international delegate, leaving for Türkiye
- From Afghanistan to Aotearoa: A determination to start again and thrive
- Helping those still cleaning up
- Giving the gift of their time – Jules and Susan
- Red Cross shops: Re-using, re-purposing, and re-loving just about anything
- The power of perseverance
- “I didn’t give up. I kept smiling.”
- Kitset cabins and collegial connections
- Huge Hanes new clothing donations a warm welcome for former refugees
- A bittersweet escape from Kabul
- Warm welcome for Masterton’s first refugee families
- Meet DWST Volunteer Kendra Roddis
- Always there in times of disaster – Westport floods
- A hand up for tomorrow’s engineers
- Every family reunited
- “I saved my son’s life thanks to Red Cross”
- A symbol of hope
- “They are like our second family”
- Samoa measles outbreak, one year on
- Refugee-background masons making a mark on Dunedin sea wall
- AA and New Zealand Red Cross raise the bar for self-help supplies
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force: It’s time to join the right side of history
- 10 years of Partnering for Good with New Zealand Post
- Helping connect people in disaster zones
- Red Cross responds to weather events across the North Island
- Meals on Wheels: 70 years of love and care across Aotearoa
- From Syria to Aotearoa: The tales of four women who survived the bombs
- Giving back with a smile
- New Zealand Red Cross nurse honoured with international award
- International delegate returns from Ukraine
- Paying it forward
- Blog: From Aotearoa to Armenia, face-to-face with the unimaginable
- Searching for the missing
- New General Manager Organisational Services Appointed
- First anniversary of Afghan evacuees arriving in New Zealand
- Behind the wheel of Meals on Wheels
- Behind the books and around the world
- Helping Kiwi kids grow
- Keeping people nice and warm during winter
- Our welcome to Masterton felt like we were back with family
- Settling in and contributing to the local community
- Local community rally to support new Kiwis
- A friend indeed: supporting refugee-background youth
- No one will come to help: why we must keep nuclear weapons unthinkable
- Helping remote Tongan communities learn life saving first aid
- "He just loved meeting people" – Soni’s story
- Men making a difference helping former refugees settle well
- IHL Moot – fostering the next generation of law leaders
- January Youth Psychological First Aid courses
- National Council 2022
- Knock on the door, we are always here to help
- University of Auckland wins 2022 IHL Moot
- The impact people like you made for vulnerable Kiwis in 2022
- Register interest for Aronui training courses
- Orchard work provides stepping stones for new Kiwis
- Cash assistance provides vital, dignified support for Ukrainians
- Preparing for and responding to Cyclone Gabrielle
- Delivering generators in the Far North
- Psychological First Aid courses provide wellbeing support after Cyclone Gabrielle
- IT and Telecommunications specialists head to Vanuatu to assist in restoring communications
- Employment support for Ukrainians in New Zealand
- New Zealand Disaster Fund reaches $15 million
- Red Cross team takes to the water at the Wellington Dragon Boat Festival
- Halfway in pursuit of a dream profession
- Supporting communities in early recovery
- Annual ICRC Day of Remembrance
- How our Red Cross Shops are helping after Cyclone Gabrielle
- Hastings Psychological First Aid courses
- New Zealand Red Cross announces major contribution to Wairoa recovery effort
- Vanuatu Red Cross communications restored by our IT and Telecommunications team
- Our international delegate Dallas Roy provides an update from the earthquake zone in Türkiye
- Communities encouraged to get involved with New Zealand Disaster Fund spending
- National Youth Hui
- Helping impacted communities across the country
- Palmerston North Book Sale unites people across region
- Supporting community-led recovery
- Helping communities now and in the future
- A place to call home, a dream to follow and goals to achieve
- The Auckland floods – Rahul’s story
- Getting help from the Meals on Wheels programme
- National Awards 2023 – nominations open
- One Voice amplified by funding support
- Fostering community connection after a disaster
- Spreading kindness through the New Zealand Disaster Fund
- $10 million in grants made
- Focusing on our support in Tairāwhiti
- International delegate, Dallas Roy returns to Türkiye to support recovery after the earthquakes
- National Council Special General Meeting
- A sense of satisfaction – volunteering in Hornby
- World Refugee Day events across the country
- Helping out in Hawke's Bay
- Lending a hand in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
- Six months on: Red Cross commits $20 million in disaster relief
- On the road to recovery in Tairāwhiti and Wairoa
- Giving hope in cyclone-torn Hawke’s Bay communities
- Meals on Wheels volunteering runs through generations
- Long-lost cousins reconnected after 40 years
- You never know when you’ll need to use first aid skills
- Staying with communities through long-term recovery
- Investing in resilience: ASB joins Disaster Response Alliance
- Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive – donate from your doorstep
- Building relationships and explaining our role in international and domestic emergencies
- Red Cross teams up with Student Volunteer Army
- Recovering peace of mind
- Araiteuru marae welcomes former refugees with a pōwhiri
- National Council brings reflection and celebration
- Looking after mental health in recovering communities
- Helping Vanuatu Red Cross respond to communities hit by Cyclone Lola
- No hierarchy in pain and suffering – what our Movement is doing in Israel and Gaza
- University of Auckland wins 2023 IHL Moot
- Into the breach again and again – 15 years of service recognised
- Balclutha Branch recognised for over 80 years of service to the community
- National Awards recognise exceptional service in Cyclone Gabrielle response
- Southland’s hospitality helps new Kiwis to settle well
- Years of quiet dedication recognised
- Years of disaster response service recognised
- Six decades of service recognised
- A year on: Full $28.5 million committed to community disaster relief
- How Home Bundles Help – Hend’s Story
- Ukraine: Two years on
- Red Cross workers evacuated during the Port Hills fire benefit from Good and Ready preparedness
- Helping generations
- Baghdad to Baldwin Street – the Imran family journey
- Variety the secret to a great meal
- Annual Day of Remembrance 2024
- Shortages of Meals on Wheels drivers in South Auckland means volunteers are doing multiple shifts a week
- Pacific Island National Societies sustainability planning pushing ahead
- Mobilising the power of humanity – Red Cross service in wartime and conflict
- Good people doing great things
- A little bit about the Florence Nightingale Medal
- How we’re keeping humanity alive
- Ukrainians finding work through Red Cross’ employment service
- What's important to us and our work – the value in our values
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day quickfire round
- Relaunching the international humanitarian law collection at Napier Library
- Red Cross rangatahi
- Books-a-plenty in Palmerston North
- Young people are ready – are we?
- Our newest and brightest Red Cross Shop has opened
- Outside the comfort zone
- Pātaka Ora welcomes everyone
- Bringing a smile and a meal to those who need it
- Volunteering on Waiheke Island
- Life in Afghanistan as a health programme coordinator
- Marking World Refugee Day across the country
- On the ground in Wairoa
- Responding to Papua New Guinea’s landslide disaster
- What next for the Geneva Conventions? Vice-President John Dyer speaks
- From student to teacher – Te Tiriti o Waitangi in our own language
- From volunteer to manager – Red Cross Shops provide opportunities as well as bargains
- Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive returns for 2024 – donate from your doorstep
- International Day of the Disappeared: Remembering the missing
- Learning for life – kaupapa Māori training at Red Cross
- Emergency preparedness – eating the elephant one bite at a time!
- Nurturing mental wellbeing: It's ok not to be ok
- "My Mum who does Red Cross" – meet Krystal Boyes
- Warm smiles and a dry roof for flood-affected people in the South
- One year of increased violence and suffering in the Middle East
- Safe haven from flooding with toys and a view
- New Zealanders’ support helps thousands of people affected by the conflict in Ukraine
- A look back on our 2023/24 year
- Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive – by the numbers
- We need more people like Samuel
- Help for those less mobile in Dunedin floods
- A day the world won’t forget
- Boxing Day Tsunami – memories from the Maldives
- “It was just like a war zone” – memories of Aceh
- Volunteers are the heart of the Red Cross Movement
- University of Auckland wins 2024 IHL Moot
- Dedicated to Red Cross values
- Three decades of service recognised
- Going above and beyond delivering Meals on Wheels
- Development scholarship awarded to Dunedin archaeologist
- Fifteen international delegates deployed to the Pacific in 2024
- New Kiwi family’s first Christmas in Levin
- Vanuatu communities face long recovery after earthquake
- Growing a stronger youth voice
- Creative ways to find new volunteers
- Resilient and ready, thanks to you
- Northland marae ready to help in a disaster
- Reflections on six years of steering Red Cross
- Making a difference: the vital role of refugee support volunteers
- Conflict is never inevitable – a conversation with ICRC’s Snowy Lintern
- Global humanitarian funding is everyone’s concern
- Meet our new National Youth Representative – Dan Wilden
- John Dyer – leading New Zealand Red Cross into a new era
- The power of humanity
- Upholding humanity, wherever it may be found
- Statement by the IFRC Governing Board
- Palmerston North Book Sale writes another chapter
- Restoring Family Links – tracing people across the world and through the years
- Stepping up to help in emergencies
- Red Cross Shops – an evolving purpose but constant presence
- Delivering kindness – teen serves community during gap year
- Harnessing enthusiastic promise – Junior Red Cross, Red Cross Youth, and young people
- Young people are the leaders of today
- Helping young former refugees thrive
- Helping new Kiwi families find their balance
- Mending bikes, rebuilding strength
- From customer to volunteer: Susan finds community at the Hornby Red Cross Shop
- Former refugee helping other new Kiwis into employment
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Media releases
- Welcome packs help former refugee families make their new house a home
- New Zealand Red Cross announces major contribution to Wairoa recovery effort
- Be Good and Ready in an emergency
- New Zealand Red Cross ready to respond to Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami
- Red Cross Shops need hundreds more volunteers this holiday season
- New Zealand Red Cross investigating data security in International Committee of the Red Cross privacy breach
- New Zealand Red Cross supporting emergency response on the West Coast
- New Zealand Red Cross says thanks a million for donating to support the people of Tonga
- New Zealand Red Cross mobilises Tonga relief effort
- Bids replace buckets in New Zealand Red Cross annual appeal
- Kiwi nurses respond to devastating measles outbreak in Pacific
- Fate of abducted New Zealand Red Cross nurse unknown
- New humanitarian migration report explains complex migration issues
- New Zealand Red Cross international delegate heads to Türkiye
- New Zealand Red Cross’ international delegate reports on a visit to the earthquake zone in Türkiye
- $1 million grant to Hawke’s Bay Disaster Relief Trust from New Zealand Disaster Fund
- Red Cross commits $20 million of the NZ Disaster Fund
- New Zealand Red Cross celebrates opening of new Dominion Road shop
- Geneva Conventions turn 75
- New Zealand Red Cross needs more people like Linda
- Five hundred + donated sewing machines whirring in new Kiwi homes
- New Zealand Red Cross launches Vanuatu Earthquakes Appeal
- Update from New Zealand Red Cross on the Vanuatu earthquake
- New Zealand Red Cross deploys to Vanuatu
- New Zealand Red Cross launches emergency appeal for Myanmar
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