Being prepared for an emergency or disaster reduces our vulnerability to their impact and helps save lives.

This month, New Zealand Red Cross’ Pathways to Settlement Programme will be delivering a welcome pack to former refugees’ households across Aotearoa to help them settle into their new homes.

Seven New Zealand Red Cross health delegates are in Samoa supporting measles treatment and prevention activities, as the number of people suspected to have contracted this disease in the Pacific continues to climb.

Louisa Akavi is a New Zealand Red Cross Nurse who was kidnapped in October 2013. Since that time International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the New Zealand Government have been doing everything possible to locate her and secure her release.