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Concerns Mounting Over Queenstown Refugee Crisis: The Salvation Army
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 12:54 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has mounting concerns over what is becoming a refugee crisis in Queenstown. Many migrant workers, who fill a large proportion of hospitality and tourism jobs in the town, have found themselves unable to travel back home, without ... More >>
Addiction Services Helping People Through The Lockdown
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 5:27 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is concerned at the rise in the number of online gambling sites that have appeared since last week’s nationwide lockdown came into force. As the organisation continues to support people struggling with addiction through the lockdown, ... More >>
Online Foodbank Ramps Up For Covid-19 Response
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 1:08 pm | Salvation Army
New Zealanders have stumped up more than $850,000 in response to a call by The Salvation Army for donations to meet the growing demand on its foodbanks – and the amount is climbing daily. Foodbank.org.nz is the world’s first online foodbank and for ... More >>
Salvation Army Offering Support For Increasing Number Of People In Need
Friday, 27 March 2020, 5:44 pm | Salvation Army
Salvation Army emergency welfare, addiction and housing support services are continuing to serve the vulnerable, albeit in a modified way, in line with lock-down protocols. Those in need should ring WINZ in the first instance, and ask family and friends ... More >>
The Salvation Army Works With Government To Provide Services To New Zealanders
Monday, 23 March 2020, 4:32 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is working with the Government to formulate a nationwide response to Covid-19. The Army’s focus continues to be on the health and wellbeing of our staff and the wider New Zealand community. We are working collaboratively with the ... More >>
Resene Customers Donate More Than 200,000 Cans Of Food To The Salvation Army
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 9:06 am | Salvation Army
Resene customers have tipped the total number of cans of food delivered during the annual Hunger for Colour Appeal to a staggering 200,000 cans. Held every February for the last six years, the Resene Hunger for Colour Appeal sees cans swapped instore ... More >>
The Salvation Army Expands Driver Mentoring Programme
Monday, 9 March 2020, 9:12 am | Salvation Army
Drivers in Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Timaru, Ashburton and Rangiora are receiving free driver mentoring thanks to a boost to The Salvation Army’s Community Driver Mentoring Programme. The Salvation Army South island Regional Driver Hubs in the ... More >>
Refugee Driver Mentoring Service Opens In Christchurch
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 1:07 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is helping former refugees gain independence with its Open Road driver training programme in Christchurch. Open Road helps refugees improve their driving skills and safe driving practices to get to the stage where they can pass ... More >>
Bookings Available At Free Glenfield Eye Clinic On Wednesday
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 11:19 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army and OneSight have teamed up to fund eye tests and prescription glasses in Glenfield, Auckland tomorrow. On Wednesday, 4 March , the team will open a clinic from 8.30am to 3.30pm for people who would otherwise be unable to afford ... More >>
Paint Pots Helping Feed the Hungry
Sunday, 2 February 2020, 11:53 am | Salvation Army
New Zealanders all over the country will be colouring their world and brightening thousands of lives again this February. More >>
NZ Salvation Army staff respond to Australian bush fires
Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 2:26 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in New Zealand has sent an emergency response team to support evacuees and firefighters battling the Australian bush fires. A team of eight Salvation Army staff left New Zealand on the weekend bound for Perth. From there, they were ... More >>
Salvation Army spreads Christmas joy to Hamilton families
Friday, 13 December 2019, 8:14 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in Hamilton has opened its Christmas loft in support of those struggling to meet the demands of the festive season. More >>
Salvation Army rallies to support Samoans
Monday, 9 December 2019, 8:58 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has launched an appeal to assist those affected by the measles epidemic in Samoa. More >>
Significant and Enduring Inequality Needs Urgent Action
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 8:42 am | Salvation Army
New Zealand is making some progress towards fairness and equality but urgent Government action is needed to counter significant and enduring unfairness that remains. That is a key message of the discussion paper Progress Towards Equality released today ... More >>
Salvation Army proposes raft of criminal justice initiatives
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 9:48 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army’s Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit today released a broad range of proposals which it says will address systemic problems in the criminal justice system. More >>
Salvation Army home for more than 1,800 Kiwis at Christmas
Monday, 18 November 2019, 9:28 am | Salvation Army
As Aotearoa plans for festive season celebrations, The Salvation Army is preparing to make its house a home to hundreds of men, women and children who have nowhere else to stay. More >>
The Salvation Army opens new Auckland social housing complex
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 9:39 am | Salvation Army
Fifty nine people are moving off the Social Housing Register and into a brand new home, with the opening of a new Salvation Army housing complex in Royal Oak, Auckland. More >>
Criminal justice programmes must address roots of offending
Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 8:54 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army’s Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit today released the second in a series of Briefing Notes calling for a new vision in criminal justice programmes. More >>
Pacific families feeling the brunt of the housing crisis
Thursday, 31 October 2019, 10:39 am | Salvation Army
“Pasifika are over-represented in homelessness figures, emergency housing and rental accommodation, and massively under-represented in home ownership,” Ronji Tanielu from The Salvation Army says. More >>
Demand for Essentials as Strong as Ever on World Food Day
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 8:54 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army foodbank in Waitakere ran out of food last week; an indication of the strain many New Zealand whanau are under as they struggle to afford the cost of living. Wednesday, October 16 is World Food Day, and as demand for services offered ... More >>
