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Michele and Isabelle
7 May 2018

Warm homes, well families

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.
Tayla in Kaikoura
24 April 2017

From Christchurch to Kaikoura: A young woman’s journey

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.
Boxes of canned goods languish in a warehouse
28 February 2017

Send help, not heels and hand bags

Red Cross is encouraging people to send help, not high heels and handbags, to countries hit by natural disasters.
Kaikoura 4.png
19 January 2017

Limited edition prints from Dick Frizzell available for purchase

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.
Women in Ward who were holidaying visit the welfare centre after the November 2016 earthquake
15 December 2016

Red Cross continues earthquake recovery efforts in Marlborough

New Zealand Red Cross continues to support people affected by last months earthquake throughout the Marlborough region.
Kaikoura Primary School
28 November 2016

Red Cross continues support for New Zealanders still cut off after quake

More than a fortnight after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit central New Zealand, thousands of people remain cut off and in need of basic supplies.
Red Cross volunteers door knocking during the Havelock North gastro outbreak, 2016
19 August 2016

Red Cross helps Havelock North residents hit by gastro illness

More than 3,000 people in Havelock North have been struck down with a gastroenteritis bug after the town water supply was contaminated. Red Cross Disaster Welfare and Support Team volunteers are on the ground helping out residents.