Red Cross stories
Red Cross stories
Read our stories filled with humanity, resilience and the spirit of volunteering. They show how your support is helping vulnerable people in New Zealand and around the world.
2 June 2023
Spreading kindness through the New Zealand Disaster Fund
After Cyclone Gabrielle and severe weather events, the Kindness Collective committed everything they could to help affected families and communities. To support their incredible work, we provided a $100,000 grant from the New Zealand Disaster Fund.
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29 May 2023
The Auckland floods – Rahul’s story
Rahul’s home is one of 200 destroyed and declared uninhabitable in Auckland after the flooding in late January.
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3 February 2023
Dropping everything to help out in Auckland
Last Friday, Stuart Whelan and his family were at the airport ready for their 6pm flight to attend his mother in laws’ 80th birthday. Then, the airport began to flood.
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15 November 2022
"He just loved meeting people" – Soni’s story
We pay tribute to Wiremu Soni Rogan (known as Soni), veteran Auckland Meals on Wheels driver who brightened everyone’s lives. Soni died in August, but his legacy lives on.
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22 August 2022
First anniversary of Afghan evacuees arriving in New Zealand
A year ago today (23 August 2021) the first Afghan evacuees arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many arrived with just the clothes they were wearing when they fled their country as the Taliban took-over rule.
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