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Save The Children Presents 10,000-strong Petition To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 4:19 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children will tomorrow (Wednesday) present its petition signed by 10,774 concerned Kiwis which asks that the Government retain the role of New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner. The proposed Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children ... More >>
Violence Intensifies In Myanmar As At Least 150,000 Children Forced From Their Homes In The Year Since Military Coup
Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:24 pm | Save The Children
One year since the Myanmar military seized power in a coup, the scale and severity of violence against civilians, including children and humanitarian staff, is escalating, Save the Children said today. In the past two weeks alone, children have been killed ... More >>
More Than $60,000 Raised By Save The Children NZ Appeal To Help Children In Tonga Return Safely To School
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 10:37 am | Save The Children
New Zealanders have given more than $62,000 so far to a Save the Children emergency appeal launched on Friday to help children in Tonga return to school as soon as possible after the recent volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami. The severe damage to some ... More >>
Thousands Join Save The Children’s Call To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 6:59 am | Save The Children
More than 6000 Kiwis have joined Save the Children New Zealand’s call to retain the vital role of Children’s Commissioner, as the Government considers a new bill proposing major changes to the office, including the removal of a named Children’s ... More >>
Save The Children Calls For Kiwis To Help Support Tongan Families In Need
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:47 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand has today launched an emergency appeal to raise much-needed funds for children and their families in Tonga affected by Saturday’s volcanic eruption. At least three people have been killed and 50 homes destroyed following ... More >>
Tonga Volcano: Ash And Smoke Cause Concern For Air And Water Safety, Says Save The Children
Monday, 17 January 2022, 10:01 am | Save The Children
Families in Tonga are at risk of exposure to unsafe air and water due to ash and smoke from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano that erupted on Saturday, reports Save the Children. Satellite images indicate that the eruption has emitted a 5 km-wide ... More >>
Save The Children Ready To Respond In Tonga And Region Affected By Volcano Eruption
Sunday, 16 January 2022, 6:03 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children stands ready to assist communities throughout the Pacific region affected by tsunamis and tidal waves following a series of volcanic eruptions. An eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano, about 65 kilometres ... More >>
Save The Children Calls To Retain New Zealand’s Children’s Commissioner
Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 6:37 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand is calling on the Government to retain the vital role of Children’s Commissioner as it considers a new bill proposing major changes to the office, including the removal of a named Children’s Commissioner. The child ... More >>
Sad Loss Of John Bowis, MNZOM, Save The Children New Zealand’s First Executive Director
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 7:34 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand’s Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee acknowledged the sad loss of the organisation's first Executive Director John Bowis after his death last week and his immense contribution to improving the lives of children in Aotearoa ... More >>
Save The Children Staff Identified Among The Dead After Burnt Bodies Found In Myanmar
Wednesday, 29 December 2021, 6:13 pm | Save The Children
It is with profound sadness that Save the Children confirms today that two staff members were among at least 35 people, including women and children, killed on Friday 24 December in an attack by the Myanmar military in Kayah State, in the east of the ... More >>
Burned Bodies Of Women, Children Found In Myanmar; Save The Children Staff Missing
Sunday, 26 December 2021, 6:30 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children has today condemned an attack by the Myanmar military in which at least 38 people, including women and children, were killed in Kayah State in Eastern Myanmar. Two of our staff, who were travelling home for the holidays after conducting ... More >>
Desperate Afghan Mother Forced To Give Up One Twin To Feed The Other As Hunger Crisis Worsens
Friday, 10 December 2021, 4:55 pm | Save The Children
An Afghan mother has been forced to give up one of her twins to feed her other children as Afghanistan’s food crisis becomes so dire that an increasing number of families are being driven to desperate measures, Save the Children says. Bibi-, 40, gave birth ... More >>
Save The Children Says "we Need To Do Better" For Child Victims In Court Process
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 9:46 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is calling for a complete overhaul of the way the Justice System treats children following a damning report released today showing evidence of children being brutally re-traumatised and blamed for sexual abuse during court proceedings ... More >>
Save The Children New Zealand Re: 2021 Child Poverty Monitor
Monday, 6 December 2021, 9:18 am | Save The Children
Save the Children New Zealand’s Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey welcomed the findings of this year’s Child Poverty Monitor showing overall improvement in child poverty levels, but says more needs to be done to ensure every child in ... More >>
World Leaders Urged To Halt Escalating Hunger Crisis As 17% More People Expected To Need Life-saving Aid In 2022
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:30 am | Save The Children
A group of 120 non-governmental organisations has joined forces in an open letter calling on world leaders to do more to halt a devastating global hunger crisis as new analysis shows the number of people likely to be in need of humanitarian aid ... More >>
Save The Children Statement Re: Chief Ombudsman's Findings On MIQ
Friday, 26 November 2021, 9:29 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is concerned by the Chief Ombudsman’s findings that some children and young people may not have had their rights met during their forced stay in MIQ. "We expect Minister Hipkins to take these findings seriously and immediately ... More >>
Afghanistan: Two Babies Born Every Minute As Health System Nears Collapse In First 100 Days Of Taliban Rule
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 6:09 am | Save The Children
Afghan women have been left with no other option than to give birth at home with no medicine or pain relief as the country's health system nears collapse in first 100 days of Taliban rule. Two babies have been born every minute since the Taliban ... More >>
"We All Have Them!": Kiwi Kids Send Vital Message About Children’s Rights This World Children’s Day
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 6:37 am | Save The Children
A new short film , from children to children, sends a crucial reminder to Kiwi kids on World Children’s Day: "we all have rights". Hosted by ‘Super Millie’, the Kiwi kid super hero and star of Save the Children New Zealand's campaign to empower ... More >>
Don’t COP-out: Save The Children Calls For Greater Commitments At Climate Summit For Future Generations
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 9:53 am | Save The Children
Save the Children has described a draft agreement published at the COP26 climate summit on Wednesday as "incredibly disappointing" and urged governments to make great commitments and not letdown millions of children affected by the climate ... More >>
Increases To Family Tax Credits & Best Start Payments Will Have 'Little Effect For Struggling Families'
Sunday, 7 November 2021, 5:42 pm | Save The Children
Save the Children welcomed yesterday's slight lift in the Family Tax Credit and Best Start Payments that would give around 346,000 families an average $20 extra a week, but said the increase was not enough to make a tangible difference to the ... More >>
