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Red Cross plans for freeing up $18m cyclone fund to stretch into May
Most of $18m fund to be spent within 6 months, but there's calls for haste.
The New Zealand Disaster Fund: What is it and how is it helping Hawke’s Bay?
NZME has raised $13 million for the Red Cross's fund so far.
Red Cross Whanganui share cyclone relief experiences
"...as we went around the back we realised it was full of kittens.”
$13 million! Red Cross fund backed by NZ Herald already helping cyclone-ravaged regions
Donations are used to provide ongoing support to those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
ANZ donates $3 million to cyclone relief
The bank has joined ASB and BNZ in making donations; Westpac offering small business fund.
'Like flying into a warzone': How Whanganui's helping the Cylone Gabrielle relief
Six personnel from the Whanganui Fire Station are assisting Urban Search and Rescue.
Turkish quake victims sleep in trains, tents, greenhouses
5400 shipping containers, 200,000 tents dispatched after 332,000 dwellings destroyed.
Quake death toll passes 20,000 as survivors struggle to stay warm and fed
Grim toll has surpassed 2011 Fukushima quake and tsunami that killed more than 18,400.
Hope fading as quake deaths pass 11,000, window for survival closes
Race on as “statistically today is the day when we’re going to stop finding people".
Covid-19: WHO records 140 cases in Tuvalu
Community transmission was only picked up 6 days ago and now it's past 100.
Last stand: Evacuation efforts go on at sprawling Ukrainian steel mill
Efforts to evacuate civilians from tunnels beneath Ukrainian steel mill are continuing.
Fresh details emerge about terrifying ordeal of Kiwi Isis hostage
Kiwi nurse was comforted by fellow hostage after being taken captive by Isis.
Woman funds monthly Disney trips with blood
The unusual side hustle allows her to visit the magic kingdom once a month.
Govt keen to play lead role in banning killer robots
Emerging technologies in new weapons systems raise legal, ethical and security risks.
Exclusive: Taliban leader vows safe exit of NZ nationals from Kabul
Hard-line Islamist group wants strong relationship with NZ government as nation rebuilds.
Desperate to flee: Afghans fall to death after clinging to departing plane at Kabul airport
Chaos at the main airport in the Afghan capital has killed at least seven people.
'Enormous damage': Death toll rises after 7.2-magnitude earthquake
Death toll in Haiti rises following massive earthquake, which caused devastating damage.
Red Cross giving $40k of food vouchers to stranded foreigners a day
More than 4000 backpackers, seasonal workers and tourists need food and warm clothing.
Photo shows country on the brink
Disdain for Lebanon's government grows following the deadly explosion in Beirut.
Local Focus: False alarm result of 'legacy system'
Confusion about sirens for future tsunami alarms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.