Nicola Rodger has made a career out of preparing others for an emergency. Last year, Nicola had to put the theory she's been teaching into practice after coming across a vehicle accident.

On World Humanitarian Day, New Zealand Red Cross is supporting the global #ProtectHumanity campaign and standing alongside humanitarian workers who show up in the hardest moments to help others in conflict, disaster, and crisis.

To commemorate the 81st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, Waiheke Red Cross hosted its second Paper Cranes for Peace event.

Our inaugural Giving Day in June reached our $250,000 goal to deliver an IT-in-a-Box system to the Pacific. The IT-in-a-Box system, which was designed to be a ‘plug in and go’ system, enables smooth running of computer software and online communications during normal times. But it really delivers during a disaster.

Recent strikes on Kyiv, including one attack that left at least 30 people dead and sent tens of thousands of families back into underground shelters, as well as further deadly attacks in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk, are a stark reminder that civilians across Ukraine continue to bear the heaviest toll.