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Climate finance action plan can set table for Paris deal
Monday, 1 December 2014, 2:43 pm | Oxfam
Lima, Peru - All countries must use the COP 20 Summit in Lima to resolve the impasse over “climate finance,” and make success possible at the critical Paris talks in December 2015, says international aid agency Oxfam. More >>
Cheery knits in the name of charity
Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 4:11 pm | Oxfam
Kiwis join Christmas jumper craze to raise funds for families in poverty International aid agency Oxfam is asking Kiwis across the country to deck themselves out in a Christmas jumper or Christmas gear on Friday 12th December and make a gold coin donation to ... More >>
Global inequality spirals out of control
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 9:58 am | Oxfam
Number of billionaires doubles since financial crisis as global inequality spirals out of control In same period at least a million mothers died in childbirth due to lack of basic health services Rising inequality could set the fight against poverty ... More >>
New Zealand awarded UN Security Council seat
Friday, 17 October 2014, 9:07 am | Oxfam
International aid agency Oxfam New Zealand welcomes New Zealand’s election to the United Nations Security Council, saying it gives an extraordinary opportunity to make a lasting contribution to international peace and security and improve the lives ... More >>
Iconic Kiwi event celebrates 10 years
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 11:34 am | Oxfam
Oxfam Trailwalker, one of New Zealand’s longest-standing charity events, is celebrating the launch of its 10th anniversary event with a new trail and a big goal: to raise $1 million to help people in the Pacific rise out of poverty. The event – which ... More >>
International response to Syria failing on ‘every front’
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 2:07 pm | Oxfam
The international response to Syria is failing on three fronts – insufficient aid, meagre resettlement offers and continued arms transfers – international aid agency Oxfam warns in a report published today. More >>
International response to Syria failing on ‘every front’
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 12:12 pm | Oxfam
The international response to Syria is failing on three fronts – insufficient aid, meagre resettlement offers and continued arms transfers – international aid agency Oxfam warns in a report published today. More >>
NZratifies new treaty to control the $85bn global arms trade
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 12:05 pm | Oxfam
New Zealand ratifies new treaty to control the $85bn global arms trade for the first time ever More >>
Oxfam Foreign Affairs Election Debate
Friday, 15 August 2014, 12:06 pm | Oxfam
It’s just over a month until Election Day - are key election issues like foreign affairs and climate change getting the attention they deserve? To see where parties stand, Oxfam is hosting two election debates and the first, on foreign affairs and ... More >>
Oxfam accepts cheque from Pacific Corporation Foundation
Friday, 25 July 2014, 2:08 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam New Zealand has accepted a cheque for almost $1000 today from the Pacific Corporation Foundation toward recovery efforts in the Solomon Islands, following April’s flash flooding that left thousands homeless. More >>
Big ten food companies amongst world's worst polluters
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 12:41 pm | Oxfam
Big ten food companies emitting as much as “world’s 25th most polluting country”, Oxfam says More >>
Philippines six months on
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 3:45 pm | Oxfam
Up to 200,000 survivors of last November’s deadly typhoon Haiyan are at risk of worsening poverty because the government plans to relocate them without sufficient consideration as to how they will earn a living. More >>
Water of major concern in Solomon Islands
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 2:53 pm | Oxfam
With recovery efforts in Honiara and its surrounds underway following devastating flooding, there is growing concern around the lack of clean water and sanitation in the region, international aid agency Oxfam said today. More >>
One fifth of Honiara’s population in evacuation centres
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 4:06 pm | Oxfam
Tens of thousands of people in and around Honiara have been left homeless by the recent flash flooding and heavy rains in the Solomon Islands. More >>
Cool Runnings Makes Oxfam Trailwalker History 2014
Sunday, 6 April 2014, 1:33 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam Trailwalker team Cool Runnings, has tonight made history, becoming the first team to cross the finish line in the fastest time, two years in a row. More >>
Over 1000 set to challenge poverty at Oxfam Trailwalker this
Wednesday, 2 April 2014, 5:04 pm | Oxfam
People of all ages and fitness levels from across the country will be up bright and early this Saturday morning, gearing up to converge on stunning trails in Taupō to challenge themselves and challenge poverty at Oxfam Trailwalker 2014. The event ... More >>
World “woefully unprepared” for climate impacts on food
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 11:07 am | Oxfam
Climate change could put back the fight against hunger by decades but our global food system is woefully unprepared to cope with the challenge, said Oxfam today (25 March). More >>
PepsiCo: “zero tolerance” for land grabs in supply chain
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 11:35 am | Oxfam
PepsiCo declares “zero tolerance” for land grabs in supply chain Oxfam welcomes PepsiCo’s commitments to act following tremendous public pressure More >>
Public pressure pushes big food companies
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 10:42 am | Oxfam
Campaign actions by hundreds of thousands of people in the past 12 months, including thousands of Kiwis, have swayed nine of the world’s ten biggest food and beverage companies to improve their social and environmental policies, says worldwide development ... More >>
Northern Mali on the brink of a new food crisis
Monday, 3 February 2014, 12:23 pm | Oxfam
Published: 31 January 2014 Bamako, Mali: Ahead of the Sahel Appeal to be launched by the United Nations on the 3rd February 2014 in Rome, 11 humanitarian agencies warn that northern Mali is set to face another serious food crisis unless funds are ... More >>
