Challenge yourself to go further for Red Cross Journey
7 April 2025
Take on a new fitness challenge this autumn! Get involved with Red Cross Journey, where every dollar raised helps us to provide shelter, supplies and support to those most in need.
Join Kiwis all over the country to follow the journey taken by a New Zealand Red Cross international delegate, disaster response volunteer or former refugee family who have settled in Aotearoa New Zealand. Get inspired to get active and fundraise for a great cause. There are amazing prizes up for grabs so sign up today!
About Red Cross Journey
Red Cross Journey runs from 1 to 31 May 2025 – register today!
Red Cross Journey encourages you to get active. You can join as an individual or as part of a team. There are three different distances to choose from. Depending on your personal or team goals, you can mirror the journey taken by:
- a disaster response volunteer responding to a New Zealand emergency
- a former refugee travelling to safety, or
- one of our international delegates deploying to an international emergency.
Challenge yourself physically while directly supporting vital humanitarian work that transforms lives across New Zealand and around the world!
How it works
- Register on our Red Cross Journey website.
- Pick your Red Cross Journey challenge.
- Customise your fundraising page.
Your fundraising page includes a tracker with your fitness progress and amount raised. You can post stories and photos about your journey, and share a link with your network, where your supporters can donate securely online directly through your page.
Sign up today on our Red Cross Journey website
Options to track your progress
You can track your progress by downloading the Strava app from your app store. You can either connect Strava to your fundraising account, or manually track your progress.
Fundraising support available
Get your family and friends to sponsor your challenge and start unlocking rewards and journey updates while you make a difference. The Red Cross Journey website includes a range of resources for those wanting to take part in fundraising, including a toolkit for schools wanting to join, and guides to running fundraising events from bake sales to quiz nights to help boost your amount raised!
How far will you go?
Choose a goal to match what you feel comfortable with and get going!
Disaster response in New Zealand: Jasmine Weston – 128km
Jasmine is a Dunedin-based Disaster Welfare and Support Team volunteer. She provided support to people affected by flooding in Dunedin in late 2024, and was previously deployed to Hawke’s Bay to provide support for those impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Refugee journey: Sonia Mora – 512km
Sonia is originally from Colombia and had to leave her home while fearing for her safety. Now living in Invercargill, Sonia arrived in New Zealand separated from her family. They have since been reunited, and Sonia and her family are now proud to call Southland home.
International delegate operation: Dallas Roy – 1,024km
Dallas is one of our International Delegates. He has previously been deployed to multiple emergencies around the world to lead operations, including Türkiye, following the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 2023. Recently, he was deployed to Papua New Guinea after a landslide caused widespread damage and loss of life.
Get started
Are you ready to take on a new challenge and make a difference? Not only will you crush your fitness goals, you'll also be empowering a worthy humanitarian cause and changing lives along the way!
Visit the Red Cross Journey website and register.