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New Zealand Red Cross teams are on the ground in Westport and other centres on the West Coast assisting with welfare support and logistics, as residents face their second major flood in seven months.

Many people in Edgecumbe were unprepared when, on 6 April 2017, the Rangitaiki River breached a stopbank, which caused widespread flooding across the whole town. One of these residents was Vicky Richards, who lost her home that day.

New Zealand Red Cross’ Disaster Welfare and Support Team members are supporting people affected by the severe flooding which hit the Hawke's Bay region overnight.  

Following the large explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, affecting thousands of people and causing significant damage across the city, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has been providing life-saving services. 

A group of young people in Dunedin is leading the way – every week, the teenagers learn practical skills to look after their own community in an emergency or a disaster. 

A New Zealand Red Cross grant for schoolchildren affected by the November 2016 earthquake has allowed Amberley School pupils to take part in activities – from camps to kapa haka – to build resilience and positivity.

Get to know Campbell, a dedicated Area Councillor and Disaster Welfare and Support Team member who has been responding to emergencies as part of Red Cross for ten years.

Community Energy Action, with support from Red Cross, has offered financial assistance to help people make their homes warmer and more energy efficient while they undertake earthquake repairs.

It's an Autumn day at Seddon School and the students of Room Nine are learning what do in an emergency with a little help from Red Cross and a picture book called 'Kiri and the Emergency'. 

Experiencing the 2011 Christchurch earthquake had a big impact on then teenager Tayla Cadigan. Now 21, the tough times she went through after the earthquake have prompted her to join Red Cross as a Disaster Welfare and Support volunteer and to help out in quake-shaken Kaikoura.

Red Cross is encouraging people to send help, not high heels and handbags, to countries hit by natural disasters.

Dick Frizzell gifted New Zealand Red Cross with limited edition prints, titled ‘7 Mins’, to support our November Earthquake Appeal. Prints are available for purchased.