Be There For
Humanity –
Here & Abroad
Improving the lives of people experiencing vulnerability by mobilising the power of humanity and enhancing community resilience.
Every day, we help people across Aotearoa New Zealand – supporting them during disasters and emergencies, helping refugee-background families settle into life here, and delivering hot meals and other essential community services.
As part of the world's largest humanitarian network, we also respond to disasters, conflicts, and other emergencies, support resilience in the Pacific, and help reconnect families separated by conflict or disaster.
Your donation helps ensure we can be there before, during, and after crises – providing practical support, humanitarian assistance, and hope where it is needed most.
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Preparation saves lives
Recently, New Zealand Red Cross International Delegate Ellie van Baaren was in the Philippines following a series of devastating disasters – an earthquake followed by two powerful typhoons within weeks. Entire communities were overwhelmed by extreme winds, flooding, and destruction. Ellie witnessed the aftermath firsthand.
Help make our work possible
Donations help power the programmes and services that people across Aotearoa New Zealand rely on every day. From supporting communities before, during, and after disasters to helping refugee-background families build new lives, delivering Meals on Wheels, and reconnecting families separated by conflict, disaster, or migration, your generosity helps ensure we can continue providing vital support where it is needed most.
What your donation today will support
Your donation will help New Zealand Red Cross provide essential support to people and communities across Aotearoa New Zealand. By giving today, you will help us:
Train and equip Disaster Welfare and Support Teams
Deliver Meals on Wheels and other community services
Fund vital communication and emergency response tools
Support refugee-background families as they build new lives
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Be there in every hour of need – become a Humanitarian Partner
Join a community of caring supporters who are there when a disaster strikes, when an elderly or ill neighbour needs a hot meal, when a former refugee family arrives in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In every hour of need, the ongoing support of people who care, is what makes our life-changing humanitarian work possible. So please, turn your compassion into action and become a Humanitarian Partner today.
Frequently asked questions
Our organisation and our humanitarian work is funded in a range of ways including donations, bequests, corporate partnerships, government contracts for services, investments and our annual appeal. Learn more about our funding here:
New Zealand Red Cross is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world. In times of disasters, conflict, and other emergencies, we respond to the needs of vulnerable people around the world. We offer help to people who need it regardless of their cultural, religious, or political affiliations. Following our Fundamental Principles, we assist people during times of disaster, conflict, or emergency in a neutral and impartial way. We support the international community with our International Delegate Programme, our resilience work in the Pacific, fundraising for humanitarian crises overseas, and by helping to restore family links around the world. Learn more about our overseas work.
As a valued Humanitarian Partner, you'll see the lives you touch through our regular newsletter, Red Connect. You'll see the impact of your kindness in action and know that you are a vital part of the Red Cross movement.
Through stories, updates and real-world examples, you'll see how your support is changing lives every day across Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific and around the world.
Learn more about being a Humanitarian Partner.
When you make a donation of more than $5.00, you could claim 33.33% back from IRD. We will send you a receipt for your donation within 3 business days. If you have any questions or queries, please contact our Supporter Care team on 0800 733 276 or email at fundraising@redcross.org.nz
To donate via Internet Banking, please use the following account information
Account name: NZRC Fundraising
Account number: 12-3192-0043737-00
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Reference: Your supporter ID number if known. You will find this number on correspondence from Red Cross, it starts with “RE"
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There are five ways you can make a one-off donation.
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- Via internet banking.
- Via international telegraphic transfer.
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Learn how to get involved and make a difference by volunteering, fundraising, participating in our events, or working in one of our teams within Aotearoa New Zealand or as an international delegate.
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New Zealand Red Cross Incorporated is a registered charity (CC21860), making you eligible for a tax refund of up to a third of your donation. All transactions are billed in New Zealand dollars.
New Zealand Red Cross operates from 69 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, New Zealand.