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New Zealanders empowering refugees

Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner in New Zealand, raising funds and awareness to support displaced people across the globe.

Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR unites caring New Zealanders – individuals, community groups and businesses – to support people fleeing conflict, disaster and persecution. We advocate and fundraise for refugee protection, emergency aid and long-term support and solutions, helping UNHCR reach millions of displaced people each year.

About Aotearoa NZ for UNHCR
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© UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

Your donations to Aotearoa NZ for UNHCR in action

Syrian refugees receive thermal blankets in Za'atari refugee camp.
©UNHCR/Shawkat Al Harfoush
million blankets keeping refugees warm
A Woman In A Rural Area Lightens Her Home With A Lamp She Received From UNHCR
© UNHCR/Franklyn Ruiz
solar lamps giving light to those forced to flee
UNHCR Assists Flood Impacted Villagers In Northeastern Region
© UNHCR/Wahid Ahmad Enayat
tents sheltering families forced to flee

Join our Emergency Response Team with your regular donation

Anyone can become a refugee. It takes just one war, one disaster, one crisis.

When a family’s world is turned upside down, they need immediate aid. By donating every four weeks, you ensure that emergency teams are ready to respond at a moment’s notice.

Refugees count on UNHCR to stay and deliver. You can support this vital work – sign up now to become a regular donor and begin changing lives.

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UNHCR staff and a refugee girl walking together. The background, a street seemed to be torn by war and disaster, is black and white
Greece. UNHCR Ramps Up Support After Fire Destroys Moria Reception Centre

Key Emergency Response

UNHCR works in more than 130 countries around the world. We are often first in and last out in a refugee crisis, providing vulnerable families with shelter, water and other survival essentials. Your gift to Aotearoa New Zealand for UNHCR can provide life-saving aid for people in their time of greatest need.

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“We were sleeping dressed in all our clothes, using two blankets to keep warm. I’ve never been so cold.”

- Olha, displaced Ukrainian mother of two 

While summer is almost here in Australia, refugee and displaced families on the other side of the world are bracing for the toughest time of year. More support is urgently needed to help refugees survive this winter. 

READ OHLA'S STORY
A blond-haired woman sits on a wooden bed wrapped in a grey UNHCR blanket
© UNHCR/Alina Kovalenko
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