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Top CEO Pay Increased 20 Times Faster Than Workers’ Pay In 2025
Friday, 1 May 2026, 12:37 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Across Aotearoa, Workers’ pay declined by 1.3% in real terms from 2024 to 2025, while the top CEOs increased their pay by 45%. More >>
Fossil Fuel Companies Projected To Earn Almost $3K A Second In 2026 While Families Struggle To Afford Energy Bills
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 7:20 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Fossil fuel corporations and the super-rich that profit from them are entrenching inequality and turning their backs on the people most impacted by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis. More >>
Record Number Of People Displaced Into Neighbouring Countries As Sudan Conflict Marks Three Years - Oxfam
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 7:07 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
The crisis is compounded by the decimation of lifesaving support from the UN and humanitarian agencies, including Oxfam, who have been forced to either stop or scale back programmes across the region due to funding cuts. More >>
Death By Aid Cuts: Oxfam Reaction To OECD Preliminary Data On Aid Spending In 2025
Friday, 10 April 2026, 12:02 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Oxfam has previously praised the good work done through New Zealand’s support for climate action in the Pacific. We call on the New Zealand Government to restore and extend that support to our Pacific neighbours in this year’s budget. More >>
Peace Talks Only Successful If Ceasefire Encompasses The Region, As Israel Launches Deadliest Strikes Yet On Lebanon
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 6:03 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Any peace agreement must include the unconditional withdrawal of Israel’s forces in Lebanon and Syria, an end to its unlawful occupation of Gaza and the Syria Golan, and its annexation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. More >>
Israeli Forces Using Gaza Playbook In Lebanon, Decimating Water Infrastructure - Oxfam
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 2:30 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Israeli forces are destroying water and sanitation infrastructure including strikes near sites that were being rehabilitated after having been destroyed or damaged in the last war, Oxfam analysis has found. More >>
East Africa Drought Pushes Millions To Crisis, As Cost Of Water Increases By 2000% In Worst Hit Areas - Oxfam
Thursday, 5 March 2026, 2:46 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastates grazing lands and water sources, threatening pastoralist livelihoods More >>
Humanitarian Organisations Petition Israeli High Court As Closure Deadline Approaches
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 9:04 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
International NGOs have proposed practical alternatives, including independent sanctions screening and donor-audited vetting systems, that preserve both compliance and staff protection without disclosing personal data. More >>
Escalation Of Conflict In South Sudan Threatens To Push A Million Into Extreme Food Crisis
Monday, 9 February 2026, 9:01 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Even before the latest fighting, more than 700,000 people in Jonglei counties were facing crisis or emergency hunger, including over 11,000 living in catastrophic conditions. More >>
Nearly 80 Percent Of Millionaires Think Super-Rich Buy Political Influence
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 3:04 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Donald Trump’s presidency was also critiqued by the millionaires: six in ten polled believe it has had both a negative impact on global economic stability, and a negative impact on affordability for everyday people. More >>
Billionaire Wealth Jumps 3 Times Faster In 2025 To Highest Peak Ever, Sparking Dangerous Political Inequality
Monday, 19 January 2026, 1:58 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Oxfam estimates that billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary citizens. A World Values Survey of 66 countries found that almost half of all people polled say that the rich often buy elections in their country. More >>
100 Days Into Ceasefire Gaza Deliberately Deprived Of Water As Aid Groups Forced To Scavenge Under Illegal Blockade
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 6:07 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Despite months of severely restricted aid inflows, amidst power disruptions, access shutdowns and repeated rejection of essential materials, work has continued. More >>
Richest 1% Blow Carbon Budget In 10 Days, Says Oxfam
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 5:05 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Oxfam calls on governments to slash the emissions of the super-rich and make rich polluters pay. More >>
53 International NGOs Warn Israel’s Recent Registration Measures Will Impede Critical Humanitarian Action
Saturday, 3 January 2026, 4:51 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
This is not a technical or administrative matter, but a deliberate policy choice with foreseeable consequences. If registrations are allowed to lapse, the Israeli government will obstruct humanitarian assistance at scale. More >>
Simon Watts Was Right About Pacific Climate Support At COP30, Now We Must Deliver
Monday, 24 November 2025, 3:42 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts told COP30: ‘In the Pacific, climate change is not a distant threat; it is a lived reality.’ More >>
"Keep Up The Good Work" - Oxfam Aotearoa Calls On Government To Renew Climate Finance Commitment
Friday, 7 November 2025, 3:45 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
New Zealand must keep our promise to help our Pacific neighbours, who have done nothing to cause the climate crisis, but are already feeling the worst of the effects. More >>
A Person From The Richest 0.1% Produces More Carbon Pollution In A Day Than Someone In The Bottom 50% Produces All Year
Friday, 31 October 2025, 5:01 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
The report " Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster", presents updated data and analysis which finds that a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year. More >>
Ten Years On From The Paris Agreement, Rich Countries’ Pitiful Climate Targets Fall Drastically Short
Wednesday, 29 October 2025, 12:54 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
Countries’ climate plans will reduce global emissions by just 10% by 2035, far short of what is needed. More >>
Oxfam Reaction To Gaza Ceasefire Deal
Friday, 10 October 2025, 10:04 am | Oxfam Aotearoa
This fragile ceasefire must be the beginning of a sustained and principled effort that leads to ending Israel’s unlawful occupation and blockade. More >>
Two Thirds Of Climate Funding For Global South Is Loans As Rich Countries Profiteer From Escalating Climate Crisis
Monday, 6 October 2025, 2:55 pm | Oxfam Aotearoa
This form of crisis profiteering by rich countries is worsening debt burdens and hindering climate action. More >>
