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‘Schools Should Be A Safe Haven’
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 11:36 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas and the New Zealand Catholic Education Office join together in condemning the recent air strike on the Holy Family School in Gaza and call for an end to hostilities. More >>
'NZ Is Falling Behind' - Caritas Calls For More Action On Human Trafficking
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 1:45 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
New Zealand slipped down the rankings to Tier Two, after the Government failed to do enough to prevent the growing crime in 2021, after 17 years in Tier One. More >>
Caritas Calls For An End To Attacks On Civilians And For A Humanitarian Corridor Into Gaza
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 8:15 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand today called for an end to attacks on civilians in the Holy Land, for all parties to cease fire and for the creation of a humanitarian corridor for the supply of water, food, medicines and essential supplies to reach ... More >>
Caritas Responds To Deadly Pakistan Floods
Friday, 2 September 2022, 11:32 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is sending a solidarity grant of $10,000 NZD to partners at Caritas Pakistan to assist with the recovery and ongoing relief following the devastating floods across Pakistan. The recent heavy rainfalls have resulted in devastating ... More >>
Caritas Supporting Relief In Philippines Following Typhoon Rai
Friday, 17 December 2021, 5:12 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is supporting sister agency NASSA (Caritas Philippines) to respond to Typhoon Rai battering the Philippines. The Category 5 storm made landfall yesterday and continues to move across the country with winds of 185 km/h near the ... More >>
'Severe' Outlook Says Caritas In Statement On The Oceania Environment
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 6:28 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas has shifted the dial to 'severe' for four of its five environmental indicators, while climate finance for the poor has remained stubbornly at 'woefully inadequate' for 7 years. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has monitored five environmental issues ... More >>
Hands Off The West Bank
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 3:17 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the government to oppose the planned annexation by Israel of the West Bank, which is due to begin on 1 July. “We are very concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to unilaterally annex a large ... More >>
Celebrating Laudato Si' Week: "Everything Is Interconnected"
Friday, 15 May 2020, 11:08 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Five years ago this month, Pope Francis launched his ground breaking encyclical " Laudato Si' – On Care for our Common Home ". As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the message of Laudato Si' , that all of life is interconnected, ... More >>
Budget: A Foundation Of Hope On Which All Can Flourish
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 5:09 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas, the Catholic justice and peace agency, welcomed the government’s Budget today, saying it provides a foundation of hope on which we can build a fairer society in which all can flourish. “In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team of 5 ... More >>
Caritas participates in international conference
Monday, 2 December 2019, 1:02 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
This week, Julianne Hickey, the Director of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, is attending a conference in Bangkok to discuss issues surrounding child protection, human trafficking and labour migration in Asia and Oceania. The conference, focused on “The Future ... More >>
Caritas supports Samoa in the face of measles outbreak
Friday, 29 November 2019, 3:25 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is reaching out to help our partners in Samoa as they work to fight the ongoing measles epidemic in their country. 2,936 cases of measles have been reported as of November 28 and 39 people have died from the disease. More >>
Cut the talk, take action, says Caritas
Monday, 30 September 2019, 5:22 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
On the heels of more than 40 events held across the country last week in a wave of international climate protests and marches, Caritas will release its annual State of the Environment for Oceania report on 3 October, the eve of St Francis day. This ... More >>
Continuing our efforts in the face of a growing crisis
Friday, 30 August 2019, 11:21 am | Caritas Aotearoa
With continued violence and atrocities in Myanmar, increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees pour into precarious, overcrowded camps in neighbouring Bangladesh. Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, most of whom have arrived since ... More >>
Caritas call on us all to take responsibility for planet
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 2:25 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas applauds the sense of urgency conveyed in the timeframe set out in the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill, which requires a climate change risk assessment to be prepared and presented to Parliament within a year. More >>
Caritas announces 2019 winners of SINGout4JUSTICE
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 2:10 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Winners of the 2019 Caritas SINGout4JUSTICE song writing competition have been announced from more than 82 students from throughout New Zealand. This annual competition provides a platform for intermediate and secondary school students to share concerns on issues ... More >>
Caritas promotes message to journey with migrant community
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 11:43 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Across New Zealand this week, Caritas is marking the National Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants on Sunday, 23 June, the day is set aside each year to fall as close as possible to the internationally celebrated World Refugee Day on 20 June. ... More >>
Oceania Voices on Caring for our Home
Saturday, 8 June 2019, 1:53 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has released three short videos for World Environment and World Oceans Day highlighting key environmental concerns for the peoples of Oceania. The videos are available through Caritas’ State of Environment page on its website. ... More >>
Answering the Call to Care for Earth and People
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 8:27 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Around Oceania this week, groups connected to Caritas and the Catholic Church are protecting and enhancing the environment where they live. They are answering the call of Pope Francis to care for the earth and care for the poor. For World Environment ... More >>
Caritas Welcomes Stronger Focus on Vulnerable In Budget
Friday, 31 May 2019, 10:07 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes a stronger focus on New Zealand’s most vulnerable people and indications of a long-term, integrated approach to climate change in this year’s Budget. “Earlier in the year, we supported the intergenerational wellbeing ... More >>
Caritas welcomes community refugee sponsorship evaluation
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 5:26 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes an evaluation report released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) on Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS). The CORS programme was approved by the government as a pilot ... More >>
