Stories

Red Cross’ Young Humanitarians programme in Invercargill is getting kids out of bed during school holidays.

It’s a wet Tuesday morning in Invercargill, but it’s with a warm smile that Betty Wilson opens the door to Kevin Whitney, a New Zealand Red Cross Meals on Wheels driver.

Seven Community Transport drivers got together to look back on 10 years of New Zealand Red Cross running the service in their area, and some of their stories will warm your heart.

A community project is helping former refugees ease into life in their new New Zealand homes.

How one Kiwi bloke is doing his bit to provide a warm welcome to refugees in New Zealand.

Welcome Packs are one of many ways New Zealand Red Cross supports former refugees arriving in a new and unfamiliar place.

The Red Cross Auckland Service Centre got a visit from the Outreach Therapy Pets programme as part of a community orientation for former refugee families.

Thousands of dedicated Kiwis make up our New Zealand Red Cross whānau. Don Elliott, a Meals on Wheels driver in Dargaville, is one of them. He talks about his work with Red Cross.

Thousands of dedicated Kiwis make up our New Zealand Red Cross whānau. Community Transport driver Rosemary Wong, of Hawke’s Bay, is one of them. She talks about her work with Red Cross.

Thousands of dedicated Kiwis make up our New Zealand Red Cross whānau. Refugee Support Volunteer Naga Gorla, of Wellington, is one of them. He talks about his work with Red Cross.

A prestigious city art gallery is not where most people would expect to find Red Cross volunteers. However on 8 December that was exactly where volunteers from Bounce, a Red Cross youth-led wellbeing project, were taking their message to the community.

Thousands of dedicated Kiwis make up our New Zealand Red Cross whānau. Meals on Wheels driver Tineke van der Walle, of Auckland, is one of them. She talks about her work with Red Cross.