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South Island welfare centres take the strain
Monday, 30 April 2012, 9:20 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army launches its annual Red Shield Appeal today expecting an increase in demand throughout the South Island for its already stretched welfare services. More >>
Salvation Army Launches Fiji Flood Appeal
Monday, 2 April 2012, 1:28 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has launched an appeal to support flood-ravaged Fiji as the island nation braces itself for a tropical storm that is predicted to intensify to cyclone force. A state of natural disaster has been declared for most of Fiji’s Western ... More >>
‘End of life choice’ may lead to pressure
Monday, 26 March 2012, 9:27 am | Salvation Army
‘End of life choice’ may lead to pressure to choose an ‘early exit’ cautions Salvation Army. More >>
Fears Of Permanent And Dangerous Fracture In New Zealand
Friday, 17 February 2012, 9:05 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army fears a permanent and dangerous fracture in New Zealand society if policy makers continue along the path of concentrating the nation’s wealth and influence in the hands of a privileged few. The Salvation Army’s fifth State of ... More >>
Another round of respite breaks for families in dire need
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 11:06 am | Salvation Army
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and its staff around the country provided all-expenses-paid holidays to more than 30 seriously disadvantaged families last year and are set to do it all again. More >>
Glenfield Salvation Army Family Store Goes Digital
Wednesday, 11 January 2012, 9:55 am | Salvation Army
The Glenfield Salvation Army Family Store has gone digital and now has a number of donated second hand TVs for sale that are receiving a digital signal from a UHF aerial and Freeview set-top box. “It’s great to be able to show people that the ... More >>
Heed commission’s recommendations
Friday, 16 December 2011, 12:47 pm | Salvation Army
Declining housing affordability and a growing housing shortage may be one of New Zealand’s greatest social policy failures of the past decade, says The Salvation Army. More >>
Inquiry into poverty needs to be more than lip service
Monday, 12 December 2011, 4:24 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army welcomes the setting up of a ministerial inquiry on reducing poverty in New Zealand, but hopes ministers will work with the community and explore new solutions to eliminate poverty. More >>
Modern-day slavery exposed in New Zealand waters
Monday, 12 December 2011, 9:40 am | Salvation Army
University of Auckland researchers revealed the first documented cases of human trafficking in New Zealand at a recent trafficking conference in Wellington. More >>
Welfare policies won’t do it
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 3:08 pm | Salvation Army
Political parties need to start providing detail around what kind of jobs they will create and how they will achieve this or their policies to relieve unemployment will be largely worthless. More >>
New Zealand’s largest Christmas gift appeal needs you
Friday, 28 October 2011, 1:12 pm | Salvation Army
New Zealand’s largest Christmas gift appeal needs you The Salvation Army is urging Kiwis to start their Christmas shopping early and drop their gifts into their local Kmart store to help support New Zealand’s largest Christmas gift Appeal. The annual ... More >>
Overcrowding remains a problem for Sth Auckland communities
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 10:14 am | Salvation Army
A Salvation Army survey of housing conditions in one of Auckland’s more overcrowded suburbs has found there has been no improvement in their living conditions in the past five years. More >>
Time to cut our addiction to pokie money - Sallies
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 9:48 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is calling on community and sporting groups to reject funding that comes from communities that can least afford to finance them. More >>
Policy disarray dumps more unemployed on scrap heap
Monday, 8 August 2011, 10:04 am | Salvation Army
The accidental blowout of the tertiary funding agency’s 2009/2010 budget will reduce the chances of people moving from the benefit to work as employment training places are cut, The Salvation Army says. More >>
Give Yourself a Break - for Charity
Saturday, 6 August 2011, 1:17 pm | Salvation Army
Give Yourself a Break - for Charity Bargain hunters should have their good-deal radars set for August 8th when an on-line charity auction featuring $1 reserve accommodation and dining options throughout New Zealand’s InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) ... More >>
Low-income families’ household budgets hit harder
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 11:23 am | Salvation Army
Low-income families in one of New Zealand’s poorest suburbs are facing far higher increases in their weekly grocery bills than the reported consumer price index rise. More >>
Salvation Army receives funds from award winning student
Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 10:17 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in Tauranga has received a $250 donation from the winner of the TrustPower Tauranga Youth Community Spirit Award. Cameron Nguyen from Mount Maunganui College was named as winner of the Award, which recognises secondary school students’ ... More >>
Liquor store a hazard to Cannons Creek community
Monday, 25 July 2011, 10:38 am | Salvation Army
The Porirua Salvation Army is opposing the renewal of a liquor license for a Cannons Creek bottle store, saying the negative impacts of its operation are a danger to its clients and the wider community. More >>
Targeted training a solution for long-term unemployed
Friday, 22 July 2011, 9:12 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is proving it is still possible to place people in danger of long-term unemployment into work, despite the drawn out hangover of the recession. More >>
Forecast – hot showers for Christchurch
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 11:02 am | Salvation Army
Three Salvation Army-funded shower units are about to open to Christchurch’s quake-affected residents. More >>
