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Catholic Church’s Lent Appeal: 25 percent to Christchurch
Sunday, 6 March 2011, 8:26 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will allocate at least 25 percent of its annual Lent Appeal towards assisting people hit by the Christchurch earthquake. The Lent Appeal runs for six weeks from Ash Wednesday on 9 March through to Easter, and is Caritas’ ... More >>
Caritas Pledges $25000 to Relief & Recovery after Chch Quake
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 11:30 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$25,000 towards relief and recovery following the latest devastating quake to hit Christchurch on 22 February 2011. ‘We are deeply saddened and shocked that this latest quake has caused such loss of life, injury ... More >>
Caritas questions evidence for lack of accountability
Friday, 17 December 2010, 4:36 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
The Catholic aid and development agency Caritas strongly refutes suggestions that poor paperwork and lack of professionalism and accountability is why many of its projects were declined under the government’s new funding scheme for international ... More >>
Pacific tsunami one year on
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:52 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
One year on from the Pacific tsunami that claimed almost 200 lives, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has allocated the half-a-million dollars New Zealanders donated to its tsunami appeal, primarily to housing projects across Samoa and Tonga. More >>
Social security is for the good of all
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 3:08 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
New Zealand’s social welfare system is for the good of our whole society, as well as benefitting individuals in need at different times of their lives, Catholic social justice agency Caritas says in a submission to the government Welfare Working Group. More >>
Caritas supports clergy in opposing Easter Trading
Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 2:43 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Extending Easter trading hours for districts covered by the Waitaki electorate would be a step towards losing all Easter trading restrictions, says Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development. More >>
Caritas pledges $10,000 toward Christchurch quake
Monday, 6 September 2010, 2:34 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged $10,000 towards relief work following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that shattered Christchurch on Saturday. More >>
Goalposts keep shifting for overseas aid funding
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 6:01 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Guidelines published this week for government funding schemes of development NGOs still leave unanswered questions, says Catholic aid and development agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. Director Mike Smith says they’ve written to the Ministry ... More >>
Catholic Agencies Urge Bill Be Sent To Committee
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 5:53 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Two national Catholic agencies are asking MPs to send a private members’ bill to Select Committee to enable a debate about interest-rate caps to take place in Parliament. More >>
Alternative Welfare Working Group starts tomorrow
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 5:14 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
‘ Welfare Justice – the Alternative Welfare Working Group’ is being launched at 10.00am Thursday 8 July at the Catholic Centre, Hill St, Wellington. More >>
What Is "Suitable" Work? - Caritas
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 11:20 am | Caritas Aotearoa
A definition of "suitable" work is required before further progress is made on extending work testing and benefit sanctions to domestic purpose and sickness beneficiaries, says Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand in ... More >>
Long-term beneficiaries target only of rhetoric
Friday, 26 March 2010, 3:46 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the punitive language used by Government Ministers in announcing planned welfare changes this week is entirely inappropriate for both the economic reality and the actual focus of the changes. More >>
Government pulls up its socks on children’s work
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 5:36 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes the Department of Labour’s consultation and associated research report on children’s work experiences – six years after the Catholic social justice agency drew attention to the lack of protection for many ... More >>
Caritas Responding to Fiji Cyclone
Friday, 19 March 2010, 9:37 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$10,000 to help relief efforts in Fiji following Cyclone Tomas, and is accepting donations from the public. More >>
Caritas Responding to Chile Earthquake
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 9:07 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged NZ$25,000 towards international Caritas relief efforts in Chile, following the 8.8 magnitude quake that hit the South American country on Saturday. Caritas is also accepting donations from the public. More >>
Head of Caritas Tonga Visiting New Zealand
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 3:58 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
A leader in relief and development response in Tonga is visiting New Zealand over the coming weeks, a few days after a cyclone tore destruction down the length of Tonga. More >>
Food Aid Through At Port-au-Prince Port
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:39 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Despite reports that the sea port at Port-au-Prince is out of action, Caritas member organisation Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been unloading food aid from a ship docked in the one operational berth: More >>
Caritas Supporting Over 50,000 People In Haiti
Monday, 18 January 2010, 4:01 pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Catholic aid network Caritas Internationalis is supporting over 50,000 people in an initial response to the earthquake in Haiti. More >>
Caritas Launches Response to Haitian Quake
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 11:29 am | Caritas Aotearoa
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is accepting donations towards a huge international Caritas effort responding to the devastation of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. More >>
MP Challenged To Sacrifice Christmas
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 9:41 am | Caritas Aotearoa
With another Easter Trading Bill served up on Parliamentary Members’ table just before the festive season, a Church group is asking the Bill’s proponent Todd McClay to discuss the issues – on Christmas Day. More >>
