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.
4 November 2024
Help for those less mobile in Dunedin floods
October 2024 was the third time Sandra Williams' house in South Dunedin had been flooded, but last time she’d been more mobile and able to take care of herself.
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8 October 2024
Safe haven from flooding with toys and a view
Mark Wills was in Dunedin for a couple of hours with his two children to meet friends when the road closed behind them and left them stranded.
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7 October 2024
Warm smiles and a dry roof for flood-affected people in the South
Two of the wettest days in over a hundred years left a number of Dunedin and Otago people without safe homes or stranded away from home last week.
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11 July 2024
On the ground in Wairoa
When Wairoa flooded for the second year in a row last month, our Disaster Welfare Support Teams were soon there to help.
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18 June 2024
Outside the comfort zone
Taranaki’s Disaster Welfare and Support Team leader reflects on responding to Cyclone Gabrielle, recruiting new team members, and making a home in Aotearoa.
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