Aotearoa New Zealand, you showed up in a big way. Together, we collected 54,183kg of quality pre-loved clothing during the 2026 Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive. Thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, and helped make it happen.

Around 80 New Zealand Red Cross Disaster Welfare and Support Team (DWST) volunteers from around the North Island converged in Tauranga to take part in an emergency exercise as part of the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) national exercise, Exercise Pacific Wave.

A collection of treasured items telling part of New Zealand Red Cross’ history has found a permanent home at Te Papa Tongarewa | Museum of New Zealand, where they will be cared for and preserved for generations to come.

Three months on, a state of emergency remains in effect in quake hit areas of Venezuela as thousands of displaced families continue sheltering outdoors or in temporary reception centres. The emergency response has now transitioned into a structured 24-month recovery operation and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Venezuelan Red Cross have identified three critical focus areas: primary healthcare, mental health care, and access to safe drinking water.

What makes a warm Kiwi welcome? It's having someone alongside you when everything is brand new.

Every year around 1,000 former refugees arrive in New Zealand with courage, skill and big dreams – families like Elie Zagabe, his wife Irene and their four children. New Zealand Red Cross volunteers are on hand when they arrive to connect families to a medical centre, the nearby school, provide some essential household goods, and even tips on navigating local neighbourhoods and public transport – everything you need to help you settle into a new home.