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.
21 March 2023
Annual ICRC Day of Remembrance
March 21 is the International Committee of the Red Cross annual Day of Remembrance. It’s when we honour and pay tribute to our colleagues who have lost their lives or who have been seriously injured while performing their humanitarian duties.
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8 November 2022
No one will come to help: why we must keep nuclear weapons unthinkable
There are more than 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world, many on ‘hair trigger’ alert status, ready to be launched at a few minutes notice, writes Dr Rebecca Dudley.
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23 February 2021
Blog: From Aotearoa to Armenia, face-to-face with the unimaginable
In this blog, New Zealand Red Cross delegate Jessica Timings talks about her time in Armenia, helping the response to the needs of people fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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14 May 2019
New Zealand Red Cross nurse honoured with international award
Red Cross nurse Felicity Gapes has been awarded the highest international nursing distinction, the Florence Nightingale Medal, for her work in regions of conflict and political instability.
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