More than 4000 backpackers, seasonal workers and tourists need food and warm clothing.

Disdain for Lebanon's government grows following the deadly explosion in Beirut.

Confusion about sirens for future tsunami alarms. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

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Tafale Maddren made sure everyone in her village was vaccinated.

Raiders reportedly wielding guns, knives and machetes slashed tents and robbed students.

At least three families took children out of hospital against medical advice.

Stranger's generosity at Dunedin supermarket reduces Syrian refugee to tears.

Trapped people can be heard screaming for help as rescuers scramble to reach them.

Government had to grapple with difficult decision while nurse's life was in the balance.

The Govt and the International Red Cross are at odds over publicising Louisa Akavi's name

The ICRC was surprised when Jacinda Ardern objected to the public naming of Louisa Akavi.

The 62-year-old was first taken hostage in 2013 by the Islamic State.

New Zealand nurse has served 17 missions for Red Cross in world's worst spots.

COMMENT: The Government accepted reality and gave up pleading.

Last plausible sighting of Louisa Akavi was the end of last year: Red Cross.

David Fisher reveals the inside story of the NZ nurse kidnapped by ISIS terrorists.

'We all miss her and think about her every day. She's not once been forgotten.'

For five and half years, a New Zealand nurse has been an Islamic State hostage in Syria.

Cyclone Idai damaged or destroyed around 90 per cent of one port city.

From noon the sirens will sound for one minute each across the Auckland region.

From a harsh life as a refugee to a national treasure. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: People of Lombok need help to recover from the earthquake.

Red Cross worker speaks about horrors she has witnessed in aftermath of Lombok quakes.

Humanity's capacity for cruelty a shock for Whangarei nurse/midwife Donna Collins.

Yesterday's exodus was the largest of civilians in Syria's eight year civil war.

Luke Benrud found his wife collapsed without a heartbeat on their kitchen floor.

A Kiwi aid worker talks about life in Tonga after Gita - and how resilient the people are.