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Red Cross Provides Assistance to Flood-Stricken Myanmar
Wednesday, 19 August 2015, 3:33 pm | NZ Red Cross
An emergency appeal to support flood-hit communities in Myanmar has been launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). More >>
Nepal Earthquake: Three Months on
Saturday, 25 July 2015, 11:05 am | NZ Red Cross
On 25 April 2015, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Nepal were changed by the worst earthquake the country has experienced since 1934. More >>
International Red Cross Secretary General Visits New Zealand
Sunday, 5 July 2015, 10:43 pm | NZ Red Cross
The global head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has commended New Zealand Red Cross on its humanitarian work in Aotearoa and around the world. More >>
'People's homes have gone.' Emergency flooding appeal
Friday, 26 June 2015, 2:14 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross has been responding to the severe flooding across the country and has launched an emergency appeal to further help the people hardest hit. More >>
Red Cross Launches Emergency Appeal for Flooding
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 2:33 pm | NZ Red Cross
Red Cross Launches Emergency Appeal for Flooding Red Cross has been responding to the severe flooding across the country and has launched an emergency appeal to further help the people hardest hit. New Zealand Red Cross Secretary General Tony Paine says ... More >>
New Zealand Red Cross celebrates World Refugee Day
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 4:33 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross celebrated World Refugee Day at a parliamentary event hosted by the Minister of Immigration Michael Woodhouse, featuring speeches from former refugees and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative ... More >>
Cyclone Pam – three months on
Friday, 12 June 2015, 1:26 pm | NZ Red Cross
Three months after Tropical Cyclone Pam swept across the Pacific, Red Cross is intensifying its efforts to ensure people have increased access to safe water during the regions dry season. More >>
Aid workers accounted for following second major earthquake
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 1:01 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross has five aid workers in Nepal, who have been accounted for and are safe and well. They are part of an international Red Cross team in Nepal, which is now on high alert following yesterday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake that ... More >>
Red Cross Launches Book for Leaders in Disaster Recovery
Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 1:59 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross has launched Leading in Disaster Recovery: Companion through the Chaos, a book for leaders working in disaster recovery. More >>
NZ Red Cross support urgent relief efforts in Nepal
Friday, 1 May 2015, 8:07 pm | NZ Red Cross
Two New Zealand Red Cross aid workers leave for Nepal today as the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) calls for a greater urgency in relief efforts following the devastating earthquake in Nepal. More >>
Red Cross Aid Workers Headed to Nepal
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 9:14 am | NZ Red Cross
The New Zealand Red Cross emergency response unit (ERU) consisting of three telecommunications specialists was deployed for Kathmandu to establish local communication networks to help ensure the smooth flow of information in the operation. More >>
Red Cross : Contact for People Separated by Nepal Quake
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 9:17 am | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross has launched an appeal to support the needs of people affected by the massive 7.8 earthquake in Nepal and is working to restore contact between people separated by the disaster. More >>
Red Cross Delivering Urgent Life-Saving Aid to Nepal
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 9:14 am | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross Secretary General Tony Paine says Red Cross in New Zealand and around the world is mobilizing resources to scale up assistance to thousands of people affected by the devastating Nepal earthquake. More >>
Nepal: Red Cross on the front lines
Sunday, 26 April 2015, 10:40 am | NZ Red Cross
Delhi/ Kuala Lumpur/ Geneva, 25 April 2015 – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is preparing to mount an international emergency response to the estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Nepal today. More >>
Kiwi Students Win Debate on the Role of Law in War
Tuesday, 31 March 2015, 1:42 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand students from Victoria University have taken home the top prize at the 13th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot for Asia Pacific, which deals with fictitious court cases anchored in the realities of war and violence. More >>
Stopping Ebola With Courage
Friday, 27 March 2015, 3:32 pm | NZ Red Cross
When my colleague Josh told me a few weeks ago the Red Cross emblems had been temporarily taken off our cars in Guinea, I found it hard to grasp what I was hearing. But being in Conakry and experiencing the hostility of some in the community first-hand, I ... More >>
Red Cross Distributes Aid in Vanuatu
Monday, 23 March 2015, 8:08 pm | NZ Red Cross
On Friday, Red Cross was the first organisation sanctioned by the Government of Vanuatu to begin relief distributions to communities devastated by Cyclone Pam. More >>
Tropical Cyclone Pam: Howling winds, frightened children
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 4:52 pm | NZ Red Cross
When cyclone Pam made landfall on the archipelago of Vanuatu, the night was dark and sombre. It took only a few hours before the wind started to frenetically shake houses and trees, destroying everything in its path. More >>
Emergency appeal to raise NZD $5.3 million for Vanuatu
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 4:50 pm | NZ Red Cross
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has launched an emergency appeal for NZD $5.3 million to support 60,000 people affected by Tropical Cyclone Pam which has devastated much of Vanuatu. More >>
Red Cross Sends More Supplies to Stricken Vanuatu
Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 3:49 pm | NZ Red Cross
New Zealand Red Cross is today sending another consignment of critically needed supplies to cyclone torn Vanuatu, its third consignment in four days. More >>
