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700 Children A Day Eat A Red Cross Breakfast
Sunday, 13 April 2008, 3:09 pm | NZ Red Cross
Over 700 children a day are taking the opportunity to fuel their brains and fill their tummies with a healthy nutritious breakfast through the Red Cross Breakfast in Schools programme. More >>
One Man, One Bike: Planting Trees to Save Planet
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 1:09 pm | NZ Red Cross
Iranian Red Crescent Society member Mohamad Tajeran is currently biking the length and breadth of New Zealand as part of a world tour to promote the planting of more trees to help save the planet. More >>
Red Cross Uses Kiwi Ingenuity
Friday, 7 March 2008, 10:36 am | NZ Red Cross
A partnership born of Kiwi ingenuity between New Zealand Red Cross and Auckland based engineering firm General Marine has created a robust and mobile water making facility that can turn salt water into safe drinking water – offering a lifeline to small ... More >>
A Red Cross Breakfast For Porirua
Friday, 29 February 2008, 2:14 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross is helping to deliver a kick start to the learning day for students at Porirua's Russell School thanks to the Red Cross Breakfast in Schools programme. More >>
Governor-General to Present Medal to Aid Worker
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 5:24 pm | NZ Red Cross
Friday 15 February will be a special day for New Zealand Red Cross humanitarian aid worker Marianne Whittington. While she’s been to the location of almost every humanitarian crisis that has occurred in the past 17 years including Iraq, Darfur, Afghanistan, ... More >>
New Zealand Red Cross Aid Worker Safe In Chad
Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 10:19 am | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross has one humanitarian aid worker based in Chad. He is currently located in the city of Abeche, Eastern Chad and has reported he is safe and sound. He says there has been no significant change to the situation in Abeche. More >>
Back To School, Back To Red Cross Breakfast
Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 9:48 am | NZ Red Cross
As children return to school this week, New Zealand Red Cross will be making sure 400 of them are getting the opportunity to start their learning day with a healthy Red Cross breakfast. More >>
New Zealand Red Cross Prepares For The Holidays
Sunday, 23 December 2007, 7:27 am | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross is taking the old motto 'be prepared' to heart this holiday season. The National Inquiry Centre (NIC), maintained by New Zealand Red Cross, will be set up in Wellington on Thursday 20 December. More >>
Discrimination in Disasters: World Disaster Report
Thursday, 13 December 2007, 2:48 pm | NZ Red Cross
This year’s annual World Disasters Report, launched today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), examines the issue of discrimination in disasters. It looks at which groups are discriminated against and ... More >>
Mangroves Planted At Bali Climate Conference
Monday, 10 December 2007, 10:10 am | NZ Red Cross
Representatives from Red Cross and Red Crescent societies from all over the world, including New Zealander Bob McKerrow, will be planting 10,000 mangroves on behalf of the participants of the UN Climate Change conference in Bali on Sunday 9 December. More >>
Red Cross Aid For Papua New Guinea
Saturday, 1 December 2007, 12:51 am | NZ Red Cross
Essential humanitarian aid supplies from New Zealand Red Cross will be flown into flood affected Papua New Guinea tomorrow on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules. More >>
Red Cross Red Crescent appeal for Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 10:05 am | NZ Red Cross
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched an appeal for NZ$884,193 to assist at least 13,000 people made homeless by Cyclone Guba that smashed into the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on 10 November. More >>
NZ aid worker in flood affected Papua New Guinea
Friday, 23 November 2007, 4:55 pm | NZ Red Cross
In the wake of flooding in Papua New Guinea over the past week New Zealand Red Cross has deployed aid worker Rosemarie North to the affected region to assist in a communications role. More >>
NZ Red Cross Helps Tackle International Challenges
Friday, 23 November 2007, 11:20 am | NZ Red Cross
A three person delegation from New Zealand Red Cross will join 1,500 International Red Cross and Red Crescent representatives, 194 States party to the Geneva Conventions and representatives from international organisations in Geneva next week to take ... More >>
NZ support to flood relief efforts in Vietnam
Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 2:17 pm | NZ Red Cross
The affects of Typhoon Lekima which struck Vietnam in early October continue to wreak havoc in the country. As relief efforts intensify, New Zealand Red Cross has pledged $11 700 to fund recovery programmes that will target 193,000 people across the country ... More >>
NZ Red Cross Celebrate Husband And Wife Team
Monday, 5 November 2007, 4:33 pm | NZ Red Cross
Long serving New Zealand Red Cross members Sir Kenneth and Jocelyn, Lady Keith now share the accolade of being New Zealand Red Cross Counsellors of Honour, a title only 20 people can hold at any given time. More >>
Red Cross Breakfast in Schools reaches South Is
Friday, 5 October 2007, 11:20 am | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross’ Red Cross Breakfast in Schools programme has jumped the Cook Strait and will be on offer to hungry kids from Monday 8 October at St Patrick’s School in Nightcaps (Southland), before they begin their learning day. More >>
NZ Red Cross in Top 20 for International Donations
Tuesday, 28 August 2007, 10:25 am | NZ Red Cross
The old notion that New Zealanders are a generous lot has been reaffirmed in figures released by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently. New Zealand Red Cross is in the top 20 of the 185 national Red Cross societies in the world for ... More >>
International ‘Laws of War’ Conference to Be Held
Monday, 27 August 2007, 10:57 am | NZ Red Cross
International rules governing armed conflict, often termed the ‘laws of war’, will be discussed by over 100 representatives of Commonwealth governments and Red Cross National Societies in Wellington this week during the 2nd Commonwealth Red ... More >>
Exhibition Shows Cruel Reality Of War
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 11:03 am | NZ Red Cross
A photo exhibition, titled ‘Humanity in the Midst of Crisis’, which shows the cruel reality of the impact of war on civilians around the world, will be on display for a limited time in Wellington from 29 – 31 August. More >>
