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.
29 September 2022
Our welcome to Masterton felt like we were back with family
As they set off from Te Āhuru Mōwai o Aotearoa I Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre to Masterton, Ali Shaukat and Asfa Mubarik remember their daughters' excitement to be finally heading to their new home.
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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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13 April 2022
A hand up for tomorrow’s engineers
Engineering and professional services consultancy Beca is partnering with New Zealand Red Cross to support people from refugee backgrounds into careers in engineering.
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31 January 2022
Warm welcome for Masterton’s first refugee families
In January Masterton welcomed two new families from Pakistan — the first former refugees to settle in the town in decades.
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20 December 2021
A bittersweet escape from Kabul
Amid the chaos of Kabul in August, Afghan pharmacist Zamir waited outside the airport wondering if he would ever safely make it out of Afghanistan to be with his fiancé on the other side of the world. Read about his courageous journey to a new life in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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