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Kiwi celebrities to live below international poverty line
Wednesday, 28 February 2018, 11:59 am | Tearfund
Kiwi celebrities are challenging New Zealanders to join them this March as they live below the international poverty line for five days. More >>
Tearfund Preparing Communities for Cyclone Gita
Monday, 12 February 2018, 3:17 pm | Tearfund
Tearfund Preparing Communities for Cyclone Gita New Zealand aid and development NGO, Tearfund, is working through partners in Tonga to prepare communities as Tropical Cyclone Gita threatens to make landfall as a category four or five storm. “Communities ... More >>
Finding hope in desperate situations
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 11:46 am | Tearfund
A Ugandan former-sponsored child who lost all hope then recovered it when a 15-year-old student sponsored him is visiting New Zealand on a speaking tour. More >>
Walking Away From Pop Career
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 4:22 pm | Tearfund
Critically acclaimed, singer-songwriter Naomi Striemer, went from milking goats and gathering eggs in Nova Scotia, to signing a multi-million dollar record deal with Sony Records at 18 years old. More >>
Pabiona to Share How Filipino Children Are Beating Poverty
Monday, 25 September 2017, 3:32 pm | Tearfund
New Zealanders can hear how child poverty is being tackled in the Philippines when inspiring speaker Noel Pabiona tours the country this September and October. More >>
‘Love Thy Neighbour’ in Lead up to 2018 Justice Conference
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 1:45 pm | Tearfund
In the lead up to the highly anticipated 2018 Justice Conference, this November Tearfund will present Love Thy Neighbour . This Justice Conference event will feature inspiring, home-grown speakers exploring what it really means to love thy neighbour in today’s ... More >>
Kiwis to Join Momentum Against Human Trafficking
Friday, 28 July 2017, 12:33 pm | Tearfund
Kiwis to Join Momentum Against Human Trafficking Following Landmark Thai Court Case Hundreds of Kiwis will be joining the momentum in the fight against human trafficking and exploitation following news of Thailand’s largest ever human trafficking trial ... More >>
CEOs Gear up to Support Fight Against Human Trafficking
Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 12:01 pm | Tearfund
Some of New Zealand’s top CEOs are putting their bodies on the line in the fight against human trafficking by riding in this year’s Tearfund Poverty Cycle Challenge. More >>
Tearfund Wants Kiwis in the Poverty Cycle
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 2:22 pm | Tearfund
Tearfund is calling on Kiwi athletes, schools, businesses, churches and celebrities to join the Poverty Cycle, to break the cycle of poverty for some of the world’s most vulnerable people. More >>
Tearfund helping civilians in Aleppo and Mosul
Friday, 23 December 2016, 1:52 pm | Tearfund
Following the recapture of the Syrian city of Aleppo, Tearfund has launched an appeal to support the thousands of people who have been caught between fighting in both Syria and Iraq. More >>
Kiwi couple helping traumatised refugees from South Sudan
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 1:58 pm | Tearfund
Press Release 14/12/16 Kiwi couple helping traumatised refugees from South Sudan on break in NZ A Kiwi couple who have been on the frontlines helping South Sudanese refugees are hoping David Shearer’s new role as Special Representative of the UN ... More >>
Tearfund Responding to Hurricane Matthew
Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 9:40 am | Tearfund
Tearfund is appealing for donations to help those worst affected by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. More >>
“An Army of Poets’ Voices” Raised Loudly for Justice
Friday, 26 August 2016, 4:35 pm | Tearfund
A massive “poetry slam” aimed at all voices united on justice, is to be held on Thursday 27th October, 2016 at St Paul’s Crypt (Auckland) [ announced today, NZ’s National Poetry day .] More >>
Kiwis Money Boosts Human Trafficking Prosecutions
Friday, 12 August 2016, 9:37 am | Tearfund
Southeast Asia’s human trafficking industry is feeling the tough bite of Kiwi-led prosecutions, through donations given right here in New Zealand. More >>
Kiwi Cyclists to ‘Peddle’ Freedom
Friday, 24 June 2016, 1:31 pm | Tearfund
Tearfund is calling on Kiwis to get on their bikes to prevent women and children from being trafficked into sexual exploitation. More >>
Latest Fashion Report Helps Kiwis To Buy Ethical Brands
Friday, 22 April 2016, 12:16 pm | Tearfund
Baptist World Aid’s latest fashion report helps kiwis to buy brands that don’t use forced labour, child labour, or exploitation says Tearfund New Zealand. More >>
Woman Walks Length of NZ to Fight Slavery
Monday, 11 April 2016, 1:31 pm | Tearfund
Rebekah Clews, 24, has completed a 3,000 kilometre walk down the length of New Zealand to raise money for the 21 million people around the world trapped in slavery. Clews landed in Bluff last Tuesday, after three months of walking the mountainous terrain ... More >>
Tearfund Appealing for Donations for Fiji
Monday, 22 February 2016, 9:33 am | Tearfund
Tearfund is appealing to the New Zealand public for donations to help families affected by Cyclone Winston. More >>
Kiwi Artists and Foodies to Kick Trafficking Where it Hurts
Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 2:17 pm | Tearfund
Well known New Zealanders will join thousands of Kiwis in giving up their creature comforts this September to combat human trafficking. More >>
Ebola Nearing Tipping Point
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 3:13 pm | Tearfund
(Tuesday 4th November) TEAR Fund today launched an appeal to help contain the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia through its Integral Alliance partner Medical Teams International (MTI) as Ebola will have dramatic impacts even beyond the immediate ... More >>