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New Zealand Red Cross’ Disaster Welfare and Support Teams (DWST) have been responding to the Napier floods since the early hours of Tuesday 10 November. 

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.  

New Zealand Red Cross’ disaster response volunteers have been providing support to the people affected by the Lake Ōhau fire, thought to be New Zealand’s largest-ever wildfire, burning 48 houses to the ground.

While some of our volunteers are on the physical front lines, our volunteers also on the phone, looking after people who are staying at home. 

Six months on from the Christchurch mosque attacks, as a nation we continue to grapple with the enormity of what happened.