Red Cross stories
Red Cross stories
Read our stories filled with humanity, resilience and the spirit of volunteering. They show how your support is helping vulnerable people in New Zealand and around the world.
16 May 2025
Stepping up to help in emergencies
At age 21, Will Benefield is the youngest deployable member of Hamilton's Disaster Welfare and Support Team.
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6 May 2025
Red Cross Shops – an evolving purpose but constant presence
For over a century, we’ve been a cornerstone of care and compassion, supporting communities through crises, emergencies, and moments of need. One of the ways we’ve done this is through our Red Cross Shops, which have been part of our income generation and volunteering opportunities since our inception.
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5 May 2025
Restoring Family Links – tracing people across the world and through the years
Since 1915, we’ve played a vital role in both local communities and international humanitarian efforts. An area where our local and international work connects is tracing missing people, a service we’ve provided since the First World War and continue today with Restoring Family Links.
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24 April 2025
Palmerston North Book Sale writes another chapter
A ‘save the date’ on the Manawatū calendar, the Palmerston North Book Sale over King’s Birthday Weekend is annual proof of how our members and branches are here for humanity.
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23 April 2025
Upholding humanity, wherever it may be found
Judy Owen is our longest-serving international delegate. For 40 years, she went into conflict zones with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide humanitarian relief to the victims of war.
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