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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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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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“Without UNHCR’s support, I wouldn’t have been able to make this house liveable again.”

After being displaced, Kinda and her family returned to their home in Syria to find it in ruins. With UNHCR’s assistance, they repaired their home by restoring the walls, installing electric cables and fixing the water supply, ensuring their family had safe shelter.

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