In New Zealand

New Zealand Red Cross is actively responding to the fire sweeping across the Nelson region that began on 5 February 2019.

New Zealand Red Cross welcomes the Government’s announcement of new refugee settlement locations across Aotearoa.

By signing up to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), New Zealand is demonstrating international solidarity and a commitment to humanitarian principles that are core to who we are as Kiwis.

Eyob Jambo Teshome is on track to build the cities of the future, thanks to a scholarship from Beca Group.

Cyclone season in the South Pacific has begun, and New Zealand Red Cross is ready to help communities who need it most.

Thousands of dedicated Kiwis make up our New Zealand Red Cross whanau. Disaster Welfare Support Team (DWST) member Megan Pieterse, of Hamilton, is one of them. Just 15 years old, she talks about her work with Red Cross.

New arrivals to Nelson have been getting involved with local community group Keep Richmond beautiful, helping to preserve and protect their new home.

There are open roads ahead for the 25 recent graduates of the Red Cross drivers training programme in Dunedin.

The Annual Hamilton Book Fair has come around again, this year raising $46,000 toward the work of New Zealand Red Cross in the region.

New Zealand Red Cross’ next generation of good people doing good things are successfully juggling study with running Red Cross university groups.

Disaster Welfare and Support teams in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty have been busy, distributing Grab and Go packs and checking in on households in flood-affected areas.

Story by Andrew Jiang, member of the newly established New Zealand Red Cross group at Auckland University.