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Read stories about the work that we do in New Zealand. Our members, volunteers and the people that we help all have a unique story to tell.

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13 April 2022

A hand up for tomorrow’s engineers

Refugees arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand with a range of skills and lots of potential – one engineering company is working with New Zealand Red Cross to support people from refugee backgrounds into a career in engineering.

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18 March 2022

Media Release | Bids replace buckets in New Zealand Red Cross annual appeal

Instead of popping your spare change into a Red Cross bucket for their street appeal this year, you could be bidding to buy a year’s supply of chocolate, a bungy jump, or a power tool.   

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3 March 2022

Always there in times of disaster – Westport floods

New Zealand Red Cross disaster response teams were there for the people of Westport as they faced their homes flooding for the second time in seven months. Two team members reflect on their experience and on a weary but strong community standing up to help itself.

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9 February 2022

Media Release | New Zealand Red Cross says thanks a million for donating to support the people of Tonga

Well over a million dollars has been raised so far for the relief effort in Tonga and surrounding Pacific nations through New Zealand Red Cross’ Pacific Tsunami Appeal.

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4 February 2022

Media Release | New Zealand Red Cross supporting emergency response on the West Coast

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.

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3 February 2022

Meet DWST Volunteer Kendra Roddis

We interviewed Kendra Roddis, one of our newest DWST recruits, to find out how DWST are trained and how she is feeling about her first deployment.

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31 January 2022

Warm welcome for Masterton’s first refugee families

In January Masterton welcomed two new families from Pakistan — the first former refugees to settle in the town in decades.

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21 January 2022

Media Release| New Zealand Red Cross investigating data security in International Committee of the Red Cross privacy breach

On 20 January 2022 (NZT 6:08am) New Zealand Red Cross were advised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that on the morning of 18 January 2022, they learned the ICRC Central Tracing Agency systems had been exposed to a highly sophisticated Cyber Security incident and Personal Data Breach.

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20 December 2021

A bittersweet escape from Kabul

Amid the chaos of Kabul in August, Afghan pharmacist Zamir waited outside the airport wondering if he would ever safely make it out of Afghanistan to be with his fiancé on the other side of the world. Read about his courageous journey to a new life in Aotearoa New Zealand.  

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2 December 2021

Red Cross Shops need hundreds more volunteers this holiday season

With International Volunteer Day coming up on Sunday, New Zealand Red Cross Shops are putting a call out for hundreds more volunteers to help during the holiday season and beyond.

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25 November 2021

Huge Hanes new clothing donations a warm welcome for former refugees

In the last six months, former refugees preparing to settle in Aotearoa New Zealand at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre have been offered a choice of new items of essential clothing donated by Hanes Australasia.   

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22 November 2021

COVID-19 Place of Interest : New Zealand Red Cross Shop Greerton Tauranga

The health and safety of our customers and our Red Cross people is our greatest priority.  


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