Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In New Zealand and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Here you will find the latest news on our responses and work around the globe.
LATEST NEWS
Australian bushfires: Children’s mental health needs to be a key part of response and recovery - January 2020
Save the Children sets up Child Friendly Spaces to help bushfire hit communities - January 2020
Save the Children welcomes UN General Assembly adopting Rights of the Child Resolution - December 2019
Save the Children deploys team of health workers to support Samoa measles response - December 2019
2019: Natural disasters claim more than 1200 lives across East and Southern Africa - December 2019
Pledge from NZ Government to UNCRC - November 2019
Child rights advocates pleased with Government recommitment - November 2019
Celebrating 30 years of child rights - blog by Save the Children CEO Heidi Coetzee - November 2019
Children's picnic celebrates 30 years of child rights - November 2019
One child dies of pneumonia every 39 seconds, agencies warn - November 2019
Extreme flooding batters Somalia forcing at least 100,000 children from their homes - October 2019
Save the Children is Preparing for Cyclone Season in the Pacific - October 2019
From Beirut to BATS – the inspiring life of Eglantyne Jebb comes to Wellington - October 2019
More than 24 million children affected by conflict need mental health support - September 2019
61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar, call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns - August 2019
Opinion piece for World Humanitarian Day - August 2019
Save the Children on UN report on children in armed conflict - July 2019
New report shows critical under-investment in Pacific children's safety and protection - July 2019
Children's sector welcomes Government's human rights commitment - July 2019
Leading child rights organisations call for a second revolution in child rights - June 2019
Syrian refugees forced to tear down their homes - June 2019
Pukekohe growing expertise will help children in Nepal - June 2019
Report shows remarkable progress in protecting childhoods - May 2019
No more child deaths says Save the Children - May 2019
Exhibition shows impact of Save the Children over 100 years - April 2019
Cyclone Kenneth: Money running dry as death toll rises to 38 - April 2019
Standing together we are strong - March 2019
Open letter from Save the Children New Zealand in the wake of Christchurch Terror Attacks - March 2019
Four million Syrian children know nothing but war after eight years of conflict - March 2019
Children leaving last ISIS areas show signs of severe psychological distress – Save the Children - February 2019
Blog from Heidi Coetzee for Children's Day - February 2019
Charity encourages parents to put the phone down for Children's Day - February 2019
At least 100,000 babies die every year because of conflict - February 2019
SYRIA: Fears for more than 11,000 children in Idlib as flooding hits camps - January 2019
Save the Children welcomes passing of Child Poverty Reduction Bill - December 2018
Save the Children urges parents to spend time not money at Christmas - December 2018
Save the Children welcomes paper on preventing family violence - December 2018
FAMINE OR NOT, 120,000 CHILDREN IN YEMEN ARE IN A ‘CATASTROPHIC’ CONDITION - December 2018
Peppa Pig at Homewood photos - November 2018
Children's picnic celebrates 25 years of child rights - November 2018
Pneumonia to kill nearly 11 million children by 2030 - November 2018
One hundred children dying every day in Yemen - November 2018
Water is best for children's teeth - November 2018
Relief getting through to those affected by earthquake - October 2018
Save the Children pleased with support for Child Poverty Bill - October 2018
Sulawesi children at risk warns Save the Children - October 2018
Save the Children launches appeal to help children affected by the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami - October 2018
A further one million children as risk of famine as food and fuel prices soar across the country - September 2018
More than a million children missing out on education as thousands of schools remain shut following "super" Typhoon Mangkhut - September 2018
Millions of children at risk as country braces for potential devastation from Super Typhoon Mangkhut - September 2018
World Humanitarian Day - August 2018
Save the Children and partners concerned for children's mental health after second earthquake in a week hits Indonesian island - August 2018
Save the Children NZ encourages employers to provide better facilities for mums and babies - July 2018
New immigrant is everyday hero for Save the Children - July 2018
Save the Children to respond to catastrophic dam collapse in Laos - July 2018
Syria: Urgent humanitarian access needed to families displaced by fighting in Dera'a - July 2018
Kiwi contributions help West Timor children - July 2018
Rohingya children at risk of becoming lost generation - July 2018
Where children sleep - exhibition opening - June 2018
Children showcase their climate change understanding in Labasa - June 2018
Refugee crisis not over - five things you may not know about refugees - June 2018
Volunteers join legs to help children - June 2018
Save the Children deploys emergency health unit to help prevent the spread of Ebola - June 2018
Age no barrier for young volunteer - June 2018
Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh hit by biggest storm of the year - June 2018
Fijian children ask to be listened to about Disaster Risk Reduction - June 2018
Save the Children responding to Guatemala volcano eruption - June 2018
NZ ranks 28th in End of Childhood Report - May 2018
Budget's positive impact on children welcomed - May 2018
Children injured in Gaza protests - May 2018
New health crisis looms for Rohingya refugees - March 2018
Half a million people affected by Nepal floods in danger of second emergency - August 2017
Staff and family killed in Sierra Leone Mudslides - August 2017
Children are likely to be among hundred of casualties, in Sierra Leone - August 2017
Deadly flood waters continue to rise in Bangladesh and India - August 2017
Yemen Cholera Outbreak affect one child every minute - June 2017
One in every four children are robbed of their childhood - new report reveals - May 2017
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